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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) drew many bemused and sarcastic replies after its tweet about job postings which quoted the work by Le Carré, the pen name of British author and former spy David Cornwell. “You could be the perfect spy. All you need is a cause,” Canada’s CSIS …

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday that he would begin drafting legislation that could resemble Australia’s bid to make Facebook and other companies pay a licensing fee to feature domestically created content on their platforms.  “Canada is at the forefront of this battle… we are really among the …

Both nations will sanction Myanmar’s Minister of Defense General Mya Tun Oo over the military’s crackdown on protesters and Home Affairs Minister Lt General Soe Htut for his responsibility over the police’s actions. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Lt General Than Hlaing is the third person named under the new penalties. …

Last October, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about this. His reply didn’t address the specific claim at hand, instead he spoke generally of “noise and harmful misinformation on the Internet,” and bizarrely urged people to resist “people who would sow chaos within our communities and our democracy.” (I …

Last October, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about this. His reply didn’t address the specific claim at hand, instead he spoke generally of “noise and harmful misinformation on the Internet,” and bizarrely urged people to resist “people who would sow chaos within our communities and our democracy.” (I …

Considering that the foundation of US politics is now constructed almost entirely from the aggregate of half-truths, propaganda, and partisan politics, it should come as no surprise that the news headlines are starting to reflect that sad state of affairs. Case in point is Canada’s outrageous decision to designate the …

Outage monitor downdetector.com reported the outage complaints from users. Outages for the site have been reported every day this week. “We did have some issues with higher error rates this week…It meant slower load times for some users but we were never hard down,” a spokesperson for Reddit told Reuters …

The ‘White Helmets’ are depicted in the West as the noble, selfless and brave humanitarian workers saving lives of innocent civilians in areas of Syria held by “moderate rebels” against the evil dictator Bashar Assad.  In reality, documented by independent journalists and civilians liberated from their tender mercies, they are …

A new “canine coronavirus” has been determined to be the culprit behind the outbreak, the national medical director for VCA Animal Hospitals, Danny Joffe, said. The outbreak has already affected Calgary and Edmonton, with multiple new cases reported daily. Urban coyotes, roaming the same parks as pet dogs are believed …

Given the brutal impact of sanctions that the Trump administration has been imposing on it over the last few years, Venezuela is without doubt among the countries anxious to see what a Biden presidency will mean for their fortunes. On the campaign trail, Biden took to Twitter on several occasions …