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Hackers infiltrate Algonquin College databases

OTTAWA — Algonquin College in eastern Ontario says it is advising students and alumni that hackers have infiltrated a server infected with malware.

Jul 17, 2018 2:17 AM Read more >

Former Mountie who fired Taser at Robert Dziekanski drops appeal of sentence

VANCOUVER — The former RCMP constable who fired a Taser at a Polish immigrant at Vancouver's airport has dropped his appeal of a 30-month jail sentence he received after being convicted of perjury.

Jul 16, 2018 8:08 PM Read more >

Ontario Tory minister flip-flops on sex-ed curriculum stance

TORONTO — Ontario's education minister went back and forth Monday on just what students will learn while her government scraps the province's modernized sex-ed curriculum.

Jul 16, 2018 6:37 PM Read more >

MPs agree to urgent summer study of asylum seekers surge

OTTAWA — Under mounting pressure from opposition MPs, the House of Commons immigration committee will meet at least two times before early August to study the simmering issue of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States.

Jul 16, 2018 6:05 PM Read more >

Trudeau's youth council divided over Trans Mountain pipeline purchase

OTTAWA — Fissures have appeared inside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's youth council after a group of current and former members publicly urged the Liberal government to reverse its decision to buy Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

Jul 16, 2018 6:01 PM Read more >

Protesters camped outside Saskatchewan legislature taking province to court

REGINA — Protesters camped outside the Saskatchewan legislature say they are taking the government to court over six arrests made last month. The people were taken into custody June 18 when Regina police enforced an eviction order.

Jul 16, 2018 5:46 PM Read more >

Reporter calls out immigration photo on social media as fake news

A Vancouver radio reporter says people on social media, including a vocal British politician, should be more careful about spreading fake news.

Jul 16, 2018 5:44 PM Read more >

Ontario's chief coroner testifies at Elizabeth Wettlaufer inquiry

Unusual patterns of deaths in long-term care homes are not always tracked or analyzed because some death reports are not filed electronically, as rules require, the province's chief coroner said Monday. Dr.

Jul 16, 2018 5:39 PM Read more >

Robert Lepage willing to sit down with opponents of upcoming show

MONTREAL — Quebec director Robert Lepage says he is willing to meet with people who are opposed to one of his upcoming shows because it does not include Indigenous performers.

Jul 16, 2018 5:21 PM Read more >

Mother of girls shot at playground calls for community programs to stop gun crime

TORONTO — The mother of two young girls who were hit by stray bullets at a Toronto playground last month called Monday for better education and community support programs, not increased police presence, to curb gun violence in the city.

Jul 16, 2018 5:06 PM Read more >