An employee of the town of Hafford in Saskatchewan was found to be snooping in public records in order to use the information for personal use, according to a report from the province’s privacy commissioner. In a ruling handed down on June 29, Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski called the snooping the worst kind of privacy…
SK Town Employee Pried Into Property Records for Personal Gain: Report
Barbara Kay: When They Say ‘We’re Coming for Your Children,’ Believe Them
Commentary For years, Canadians have proved amenable to demands for basic rights, but also to entitlements, for those who identify, variously, as “trans,” “non-binary” or “queer.” These entitlements, even those encroaching on women’s rights, are supported by government and most media. They extend into all our cultural, therapeutic, and social institutions. The only domain in…
ANALYSIS: CCP Poised to Expand Security Footprint in Latin America With New Port in Argentina
China’s rapidly expanding military and surveillance initiatives across Latin America have become more than just a thorn in the side of Washington. In Argentina’s southern tip, Tierra del Fuego, on June 5, Governor Gustavo Melella greenlit a”multi-purpose” Chinese-operated port facility through decree 3312/22, which entered the provincial legislature the same day. The country currently houses a Chinese…
John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending
July 10, 2023
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Commentary According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines. We’ve been free-riding on…
Surge of Weekend Drug Overdoses in Ottawa Part of Ongoing National Crisis
Ottawa police say nearly two dozen people suffered drug overdoses over the weekend in the country’s capital city. The Ottawa Police Service says it responded to 19 drug-related overdoses on Saturday, and another three on Sunday morning. Police say emergency responders and civilians administered naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, in many of the…
Deputy Minister Had No Reason to Think Mendicino Unaware of Bernardo Move: Department
The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has for weeks been dealing with the fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to move Bernardo…
Peru Declares National Health Emergency Over ‘Unusual Increase’ in Rare Neurological Syndrome
Peruvian authorities declared a 90-day emergency over an “unusual increase” in Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disorder that is linked to certain vaccines, the Zika virus, COVID-19, and other viruses, according to reports. President Dina Booluarte issued a decree over the weekend that about $3.2 million will be used to improve patient care, increase control on detections, and other…
Alberta’s Smith Decries ‘Federal Interference’ Ahead of Premiers’ Meeting
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith believes she’ll have allies in her battle against so-called federal overreach when she attends this week’s meeting of provincial and territorial premiers in Winnipeg. Smith made the comments Monday at the annual Premier’s Stampede Breakfast in Calgary, where she flipped pancakes for a crowd of hundreds just hours before her scheduled…
Transport Secretary Stops Government Funding for New LTNs as They Set ‘People Against Each Other’
The Transport Secretary has called for a review of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) as they set “people against each other” and has urged local councils to scrap existing unpopular versions of the scheme. In an interview with The Telegraph on Sunday, Conservative MP Mark Harper said he has put an end to central government funding…
Lightning Sparks About 200 New Wildfires Across BC as Heat Grips Interior
Hundreds of lightning strikes in many parts of British Columbia almost tripled the number of active wildfires in the province over the weekend, with most burning in central and northern B.C. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting more than 300 fires, with 87 spotted in the last 24 hours and almost 200 of the total…
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