A leading Canadian expert on internet law is accusing media giant Bell of “astroturfing” government hearings on the future of the internet by urging its employees to back a web censorship plan. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, publicized an internal Bell communique on Tuesday
Beyonce performed at the opening of a star-studded wedding as celebrations kicked off for the nuptials of the daughter of India’s richest man. Scores of high-profile figures, including Hillary Clinton, landed in over 100 chartered aircraft at a sleepy airport in India’s western Rajasthan state at the weekend, to attend the grand pre-wedding festivities. Isha Ambani,
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes there will be agreement in short order on a renewed North American free trade deal between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Trudeau didn’t put any timeline on that belief when questioned about the negotiations Wednesday, only saying he believed a deal is “eminently possible.” The
A fourth victim of the Strasbourg Christmas market attack died from his wounds yesterday as investigators searched for possible accomplices of the gunman slain after two days of terror. The prime suspect, Cherif Chekatt, 29, was killed on Thursday after he opened fire on three officers who crossed his path by chance while on patrol.
Michael Cohen issued a stinging rebuke of his former boss Donald Trump on Wednesday as he was sentenced to three years in prison, insisting it had been his job to cover up Mr Trump’s “dirty deeds”. Cohen, who served as Mr Trump’s lawyer and fixer for a decade, likened his sentencing to a moment of
OTTAWA — The country’s annual pace of inflation sped up to 2.2 per cent last month to rise above the central bank’s ideal target of two per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency’s February data showed a significant boost to the inflation rate compared with the month before when it was 1.7 per cent.
Assaulted by 24 million tourists a year, Venice is to charge visitors a tax up to 10 euros each in a move approved by the Italian government. The new measure, which will bring in tens of millions of euros a year in revenue to the World Heritage city, was contained in Italy’s 2019 budget, which was
An Alberta cabinet minister apologized Wednesday after he called B.C. government officials “a bunch of shitheads” during a conference. He told CBC News he was fed up with the province’s efforts to delay construction on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion when he made the comments. “Quite frankly, ideally we need to be more collaborative
Detectives are investigating after a woman at a nursing home, who had been in a persistent vegetative state for over a decade, gave birth. The woman was believed to have been a victim of sexual abuse while receiving 24-hour care. She had been treated at nursing home facility in Phoenix, Arizona after almost drowning more
Authorities in British Columbia arrested anti-pipeline protesters Saturday on Burnaby Mountain, a first in a string of actions demonstrators said they have planned for the coming week. Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, who spoke on behalf of a coalition of demonstrators under the banner Protect the Inlet, said each protester was ready to be arrested to send a