The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country. The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person’s identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in. … Read more
Jasper, Alta., residents are expected to return to their community on Friday to see what remains following a devastating wildfire. And while some will be able to enter their homes again, they’ll likely find more than smoke or water damage – many will need to get rid of spoiled food. When the town was evacuated some … Read more
Whoever takes over the top job at CSIS this fall will face deep fissures inside Canada’s intelligence agency that are hampering efforts to probe and disrupt Chinese foreign interference. Little-noticed items in two recent reports by federal national security oversight agencies pointed to the overriding problem and challenge: intelligence officers in a regional office are … Read more
A farmer near Haywood, Man., south of Portage la Prairie, is offering the public a designated place for sunflower photo opportunities, for a good cause. “I noticed there was quite a few people stopping taking pictures and I’ve heard that other farmers were having issues with people coming in their fields and damaging (crops),” JP … Read more
With a chance of rain in the forecast, some Okanagan Falls, B.C., residents are bracing for the worst. Excess runoff from above their home has turned Wendie and Larry Huddart’s property into a muddy nightmare. The water has completely destroyed their backyard, the front of their house and the driveway. “What we need now is … Read more
As early as next week, Canada could see workers at its two major railways either going on strike or locked out by the railways and Canada’s food industry is nervous. On Friday, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. warned they will lock out employees on Aug. 22 unless they can reach … Read more
Amanda Harrison hasn’t been able to sleep. She tosses and turns, lying awake and wondering if she’s going to get a call saying she will be able to keep a roof over her head. The daytime isn’t much better. “There are days where I sit here and just want to cry … because I didn’t … Read more
The mother of a boy who died during flash flooding in Nova Scotia is suing the province for negligence, in the latest instance of a citizen trying to hold government accountable for alleged failures during a climate disaster. Tera Sisco, the mother of six-year-old Colton Sisco — who was swept into floodwaters on July 22, … Read more
The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., as Opposition Conservatives demand answers and New Democrats call for a ban on bonuses. It is up to the federal government to approve a bonus for Catherine Tait following a review of her performance and … Read more
The former mayor of a northern Alberta town ravaged by wildfire more than a decade ago says community ties will be key as Jasper, Alta., recovers from the blaze that swept through last month. Wildfires destroyed 358 homes and businesses in the Rocky Mountain tourist hot spot three weeks ago, totalling an estimated $283 million … Read more