By cbc.ca Published August 14, 2013 Drivers in the Vancouver area are unknowingly helping to track traffic congestion, as their cellphone GPS signals are being automatically fed into a new online traffic map. TransLink, Transport Canada and B.C.’s Transportation Ministry … Read More
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OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson and BCCLA’s Michael Vonn speak on Vic Toews’ resignation
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‘Test case’ against defamation laws fails in rural dispute
Posted onBy Cam Fortems Published August 1, 2013/ kamloopsnews.ca A resident of a rural area near Lytton lost a bid to have a defamation suit against her dismissed, the latest salvo in a battle to stop an organic waste facility operating … Read More
Should the Serial Spying US Government Run the Web?
Posted onBy Michael Geist Published July 30, 2013/ thetyee.ca One year ago, many Internet users were engaged in a contentious debate over the question of who should govern the Internet. The debate pitted the current model led by a United States … Read More
Sentencing for constable who shot man is adjourned-RCMP officer, who works in Nanaimo, now slated to be sentenced Aug. 26-27
Posted onBy Ben Ingram Published July 24, 2013/ canada.com Bill Gillespie will have to wait to learn the fate of the police officer who shot him during a routine traffic stop. A sentencing hearing in Duncan for RCMP officer Const. David … Read More
Shooting victim angry as sentencing postponed
Posted onBy Sarah Simpson Published July 23, 2013/ cowichanvalleycitizen.com Bill Gillespie’s hopes for closure were postponed on Tuesday when he learned the sentencing of the police officer that shot him four years ago has been put off until Aug. 26 and … Read More
‘Lost Canadian’ sues government for citizenship
Posted onBy CBC News Published July 22nd, 2013/ cbc.ca A woman born to a Canadian soldier and a British woman during the Second World War is suing the federal government after being denied Canadian citizenship. Jackie Scott says it was only … Read More
Another coroner’s jury recommends cameras in police cars
Posted onBy Jason Howe Published July 19, 2013/ news1130.com VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – RCMP in this province are taking a cautious approach after the latest coroner’s jury recommended cameras in police cars – the third jury to do so in recent months. … Read More
Eye Spy: Civil liberties advocate Josh Paterson looks at a changing culture of surveillance in Canada
Posted onBy Sean Condon Published July 17, 2013/megaphonemagazine.com In almost one fell swoop of fantastic leaks and freedom of information requests, Canadians learned last month that the Canadian and American governments are seemingly collecting all of our online communications. The revelations … Read More
BC Civil Liberties Association calling on EU to increase data protection
Posted onBy Martin MacMahon/cknw.com Published June 29, 2013 The BC Civil Liberties Association and several other organizations promoting the protection of internet privacy have signed a ‘Washington Statement’ calling on the European Union to increase data protection. In the wake of … Read More
