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Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being used by 13 federal departments and agencies, Radio-Canada has learned, but none of them are conducting privacy assessments despite a government directive. Agencies ignoring federal directive to carry out privacy impact assessments Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being …

Tools capable of extracting personal data from phones or computers are being used by 13 federal departments and agencies, according to contracts obtained under access to information legislation and shared with Radio-Canada. Agencies ignoring federal directive to carry out privacy impact assessments Tools capable of extracting personal data from phones …

Finland is temporarily shutting down its 1,340-kilometre long eastern border with Russia after seeing an abnormally large number of migrants arrive this month — a situation its prime minister describes as a "hybrid attack" orchestrated by Moscow. Crossings to be shut for at least 2 weeks following surge of migrants …

A family doctor recruited to work for a decade in the northern Manitoba community of The Pas left after just 16 months and is now refusing and/or neglecting to repay a $100,000 interest-free loan, according to documents filed in court. Recruiting and retaining doctors is an ongoing challenge in rural, …

Jamie Shannon has a new morning routine. He straps a puppet onto his right hand, torques his voice to mimic a three-year-old girl and hits live on his cell phone. Suddenly, he's sending and receiving love worldwide on TikTok. Today, there are fans from locations as diverse as Panama and …

A grab from handout footage released by Yemen’s Huthi Ansarullah Media Centre on November 19, 2023, reportedly shows members of the rebel group during the capture of an Israel-linked cargo vessel at an undefined location in the Red Sea. – Israeli ships are a “legitimate target”, Yemen’s Huthi rebels warned …

Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's public safety minister, said Tuesday his government is still working on new legislation targeting online harm — something first promised in 2019 but which has yet to be tabled. 'It's a complicated space,' Canada's public safety minister says of legislation targeting online harm For Carol Todd, news …

A joint Committee of the House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously voted to adopt three resolutions urging the government to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs. Before the vote, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra told the committees on …

Noralyn Babadilla (left) with a fellow hostage freed by Hamas. President Marcos on Wednesday announced that the last Filipino hostage in the Gaza Strip had been freed by the Palestinian group Hamas and had safely returned to Israel. “Just days after expressing concern for Noralyn Babadilla’s whereabouts, I am very …

The common front workers, who work across the public sector, including in health care and education, joined teachers from the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE) who have been on an unlimited strike since Nov. 23. If there is no agreement, a general unlimited strike is on the horizon, union leaders …