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COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital privacy risks, federal watchdog warns
OTTAWA - The federal privacy czar says the COVID-19 pandemic is underscoring weaknesses in the law that place the personal information of Canadians at risk. In his annual report presented to Parliamen...
Oct 08, 2020
Testimony at Fredericton murder trial on hold while lawyers discuss SCOC decision
FREDERICTON - Testimony at the Matthew Raymond murder trial in Fredericton is on hold until Friday morning. Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen's Bench told the jury today that a Supreme Court ...
Oct 08, 2020
Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says more than two-thirds of students at the country's military colleges personally witnessed or experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in the past year. The fin...
Oct 08, 2020
Quebec reports 1,078 new COVID-19 infections, nine more deaths linked to virus
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says the province is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Legault told reporters today hospitalizations incr...
Oct 08, 2020
Penhold man charged for assault at Sept. 20 anti-racism event
RCMP say their investigation into altercations that broke out after an anti-racism demonstration last month in Red Deer was disrupted has determined that three separate assaults took place.The investi...
Oct 08, 2020
Alberta wants to clear the way for development of 'untapped' geothermal energy
CALGARY - Alberta's energy minister says the province intends to clear hurdles to the development of clean geothermal energy.Sonya Savage said the United Conservative government plans to bring in legi...
Oct 08, 2020
Supreme Court declines to review sentence in stabbing of Manitoba teenager
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.Maksym Kravchenko assaulted the girl in a washroom after a Sunday servic...
Oct 08, 2020
AP source: New Titans positive test raises total to 23 cases
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans have had another positive test result to raise their outbreak to 23 cases, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. Also, an inconcl...
Oct 08, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Pence echoes Trump misfires in VP debate
WASHINGTON - Although more buttoned-up on the stage than his boss, Vice-President Mike Pence nevertheless echoed many of President Donald Trump's falsehoods Wednesday in the one and only debate with D...
Oct 08, 2020
Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman's home
BERLIN - Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimetre (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the open door. Freiburg po...
Oct 08, 2020