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Canada crawling toward AI regulatory regime, but experts say reform is urgent

Canada crawling toward AI regulatory regime, but experts say reform is urgent

OTTAWA — On Thursday, privacy watchdogs revealed that five million images of shoppers' faces were collected without their consent at a dozen of Canada's most popular malls.
Quebec player wins Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot

Quebec player wins Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — A ticket holder in Quebec won Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were also five MaxMillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and two of them were claimed by lottery players in Quebec and British Columbia. Another B.C.
Passcode sharing with RCMP 'heart wrenching' personal error: Border officer

Passcode sharing with RCMP 'heart wrenching' personal error: Border officer

VANCOUVER — A Canadian border officer says Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phone passcodes were shared with the RCMP two years ago through a personal blunder, not a plot between law enforcement agencies to thwart privacy laws.
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou

Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou

EDMONTON — Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others.
B.C. casino didn't always fulfil reporting rules for cash buy-ins, inquiry hears

B.C. casino didn't always fulfil reporting rules for cash buy-ins, inquiry hears

VANCOUVER — The inquiry into money laundering has heard British Columbia's largest casino didn't always comply with reporting requirements on large cash buy-ins as suspicious transactions became increasingly common a decade ago.
'He was so sick,' says daughter of Saskatoon man who committed suicide in hospital

'He was so sick,' says daughter of Saskatoon man who committed suicide in hospital

REGINA — Allan Landrie died alone on the floor of a locked hospital washroom that nobody opened for more than three days.
'We are at risk:' Leadership sounds alarm as COVID-19 cases surge among First Nations

'We are at risk:' Leadership sounds alarm as COVID-19 cases surge among First Nations

WINNIPEG — Grand Chief Arlen Dumas shook his head in shock when he saw the line indicating new First Nations infections on a chart during the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs most recent COVID-19 meeting.
Trudeau government eyes national declassification centre for historical spy documents

Trudeau government eyes national declassification centre for historical spy documents

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is looking at ways to pry open Canada's neglected national security vaults, possibly through creation of a centre to declassify historical documents, a newly released memo reveals.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday Oct. 30, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday Oct. 30, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:54 p.m. EDT on Oct. 30, 2020: There are 231,998 confirmed cases in Canada.
'It means a lot': Planning underway for permanent Humboldt Broncos crash memorial

'It means a lot': Planning underway for permanent Humboldt Broncos crash memorial

TISDALE, Sask. — The makeshift memorial of hockey sticks, jerseys, flowers and crosses is weathered and worn by time. The only thing vivid are the memories and the pain.