A leading Canadian newspaper has adopted encryption technology to protect sources and whistleblowers wanting to submit material. The Globe and Mail is the first Canadian media outlet to provide a system called SecureDrop, but it is used by publications outside… »
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Canadian headlines
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
RCI 70th Anniversary- the first official broadcast (film)
After initial but not particularly pressing discussions in the 1930’s about Canada joining the world’s other major nations as a shortwave broadcaster to adding it voice to world discussions, the outbreak of war suddenly increased the pressure. At the same… »
Frozen hair contest nets winners $150
Winter can be long and awful, but there is no end to the ways Canadians find to make it interesting and fun. Take the frozen hair contest run by Takhini Hot Pools in the northern territory of Yukon. The contest… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Group protests park use for commercial trips
An environmental group is going to court over a provincial government plan to give a private company the exclusive right to run guided horse trips in a protected wilderness park. The government of the western province of British Columbia issued… »
Update: impersonating military officer
He looked every bit the part- to the non-military eye, of a wellturned out and decorated sergeant in the Canadian Forces.. Last year in the nation’s capital on the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day, November 11, last year Franck Gervais… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian archive allows online access to Edward Snowden documents
A Canadian team has created an archive of a searchable database archive of all the publicly released classified documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The archive was put together by the journalist organization Canadian Journalists for… »
Why have Canada, Venezuela not confirmed each other’s ambassadors?
Canada and Venezuela have not accredited each other’s proposed ambassadors, writes the Associate Editor of Ottawa’s Embassy Magazine Kristen Shane. In the article posted Wednesday (March 4) on the Embassy website the journalist points out this comes at a time of… »
Reduced inspections risk workers’ safety: retiree
A former health and safety inspector says workers in the western province of Saskatchewan could be at risk because of drastically reduced workplace inspections and enforcement of safety rules. Each province has occupational safety rules and ways to enforce them.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Anger, frustration over extended cod fishery
Independent inshore fishermen in Newfoundland are angry and frustrated at a Department of Fisheries decision to extend the cod fishing season until the end of March again this year. The season was supposed to end March 01, prior to spawning… »
Xavier Dolan’s film ‘Mommy’ earns nine Canadian Screen Awards
Xavier Dolan’s film Mommy dominated this Sunday’s (March 1) Canadian Screen Awards winning best director and best film awards, along with seven other awards. Mommy is about a widowed mother, Diane Després, struggling with the difficulty of raising her violent… »
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