The Canadian Border Services Agency is collecting the DNA of immigrants and using ancestry websites to find long-lost family members in order to establish nationalities. “CBSA has said that they are using genetic profiling and uploading that information to websites to assist in their investigations for deportation,” Toronto immigration lawyer David Cote told Global News. […]
By Hannah Thomas-Peter, US correspondent Given the circumstances, I should be writing about politics, division, rhetoric, fear, anger or any of the other words that have taken up permanent residence in the work of journalists who observe America for a living. Instead, in an act of defiance, I’m going to write about cheerleaders. So here […]
A new wave of unionized workers at Canada Post walked off the job on Wednesday morning as rotating, 24-hour strikes hit the Ottawa and Arnprior-Renfrew areas, four communities in British Columbia, two cities in P.E.I. and a number of areas in Quebec. It’s the latest development in a protracted labour dispute between the corporation and […]
The Greater Edmonton Racing Canoe and Kayak Club is pleading for help after its trailer full of competitive boats was stolen earlier this month, placing many of its athletes in a precarious situation when it comes to training. Head coach Zak Mahmoudi said the trailer was temporarily being stored beside a Quonset on Riel Drive […]
An Ottawa member of Parliament is under investigation by the federal ethics watchdog for her “conduct” in endorsing her husband’s municipal election bid. Anita Vandenbeld is the Liberal MP for Ottawa West–Nepean. Her husband Don Dransfield ran as a candidate for city councillor in Bay ward in Ottawa’s 2018 municipal election. The conflict of interest code […]
Police officers in Montreal-West were on a sweet assignment on Halloween night, handing out candy to trick-or-treaters around town. But it wasn’t just about the candy. The officers were also dishing out safety advice. “It’s Halloween evening so we want to be sure that everything’s going to be alright, it’s going to be safe for […]
A class-action lawsuit spearheaded by taxi drivers against the Quebec government has been given the go-ahead. Quebec Superior Court Judge Mark Peacock gave the green light on Wednesday to the lawsuit, which can now proceed. If the class-action lawsuit is successful, it could cost the province up to $1 billion over the loss of value […]
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public health is trying to get the word out on the dangers of radon gas in homes. Public Health is hosting a radon and lung cancer information session on Monday, Nov. 5 at Guelph’s West End Rec Centre. The free drop-in event runs from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Radon test kits will be […]
The federal government has lost in a bid to go behind closed doors in a prominent court case about allegations of spying on anti-pipeline activists. In a ruling Wednesday, Federal Court Justice Robert Barnes sided with the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association in embracing the open-court principle and turning down the government’s confidentiality request. If […]
Amid the uproar over Statistics Canada‘s plan to obtain the sensitive banking data of hundreds of thousands of Canadians without their consent, privacy experts say there is little people can do to verify if their information has been obtained by the national statistical agency. Teresa Scassa, a University of Ottawa professor who specializes in information […]