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CSIS warns ‘smart city’ technology can open door to attacks, foreign interference
AI platforms for things like traffic lights, energy use, transportation create security risk
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Report says long COVID could impact economy and be ‘mass disabling event’ in Canada
It’s becoming clear COVID-19 raises risk of chronic diseases including diabetes and hypertension
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Albertans exploring 2030 Commonwealth Games bid in communities across the province
Commonwealth Sport Canada is endorsing Alberta as the preferred candidate to make a bid
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Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given’ right, says Quebec judge
Says the fact Quebec man arrested and prosecuted at all was a bewildering injustice
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Union files petition in Ottawa to stop foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas
UFAW-Unifor seeks a formal ending to all foreign investment, owner operator policy framework
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Tim Hortons customers subject to ‘technical error’ incorrectly saying they’d won $10K
Restaurant says ‘small subset’ of players being compensated with $50 gift card instead
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B.C. auditor general renews calls for better fraud risk management in public bodies
More than half of public bodies had been the victim of some form of fraud in the past year
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Annual count of Metro Vancouver homeless underway after pandemic hiatus
11 municipalities across the Lower Mainland are taking part in the 24-hour, point-in-time count
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Pedestrian in Fort St. John, B.C., killed by snow clearing equipment
Bystanders provided first aid but the unresponsive victim was pronounced dead in hospital
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Chinese Canadians walk tightrope in political arena amid foreign interference debate
Some worry about Chinese Canadians being tarred by association
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