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With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed’ — leaving Canadian laws behind

With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed’ — leaving Canadian laws behind

OTTAWA — Technology that tracks your location at work and the time you're spending in the bathroom. A program that takes random screenshots of your laptop screen. A monitoring system that detects your mood during your shift.
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Refinery in Burnaby, B.C., to resume operations after seven-week stoppage

Refinery in Burnaby, B.C., to resume operations after seven-week stoppage

BURNABY, B.C. — The Parkland fuel refinery in Metro Vancouver is set to resume operations Sunday, seven weeks after an "unplanned issue" forced it to shut down.
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Premier Eby meets Jewish leaders and vows to 'root out' antisemitism in B.C.

Premier Eby meets Jewish leaders and vows to 'root out' antisemitism in B.C.

The premier said although none of the cases relayed to him by the Jewish groups have been reported to the province, he knows from personal experience as a human rights lawyer that people may be "incredibly scared" to come forward.
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B.C. RCMP announce seizure of millions of dollars worth of contraband cigarettes

B.C. RCMP announce seizure of millions of dollars worth of contraband cigarettes

SURREY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say they've seized more than 27 tonnes of contraband cigarettes worth more than $24 million in a pair of investigations over the past year.
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'Big smile and compassionate': Survivor of Ottawa attack feeling community support

'Big smile and compassionate': Survivor of Ottawa attack feeling community support

OTTAWA — Tears welled up in the eyes of the sole survivor of a mass killing as he contemplated life without his wife and kids — as well as the plight of the man now charged in their deaths, a family friend said Friday.
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B.C. class action alleges menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy

B.C. class action alleges menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles.
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Eby downplays Danielle Smith's concerns about diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs

Eby downplays Danielle Smith's concerns about diversion of B.C. safe-supply drugs

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby is downplaying concerns raised by his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith about the diversion of safe supply opioids from B.C.
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Contractor defends work on ArriveCan app, says conflict concerns were addressed

Contractor defends work on ArriveCan app, says conflict concerns were addressed

OTTAWA — A company that worked on the ArriveCan app is defending its integrity and asserts steps were taken to address conflict-of-interest concerns related to its founder, who recently went to work for the Department of National Defence.
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No charges after voter fraud probe into 2017 UCP leadership race: Alberta RCMP

No charges after voter fraud probe into 2017 UCP leadership race: Alberta RCMP

EDMONTON — Alberta RCMP won't lay criminal charges following a multi-year probe into alleged voter identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race that saw former premier Jason Kenney elected leader.
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Manitoba government urged to keep promise to search landfill for women's remains

Manitoba government urged to keep promise to search landfill for women's remains

WINNIPEG — The families of two slain First Nations women continued to press the Manitoba government Friday to search a landfill for their remains, while Premier Wab Kinew appeared to back away from a timeline for the search to start.
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