The City of Greater Sudbury has fallen victim to fraud, after an unknown party posing as a contractor scammed the municipality out of over $1.5 million last month. The city says it is now trying to recover the funds, which were deposited into a Scotiabank account set up at Scarborough …
Read More »Ex-officer’s account of being ordered to ‘close’ rape file challenged in N.S. hearing
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former RCMP officer who testified last week that he was ordered to stop investigating an alleged sexual assault in Halifax is having his account questioned today during cross-examination. Jerell Smith …
Read More »RCMP account of how they entered my home is wrong, mom says
Cortney Pike stands inside the frame of the door of her home, where she says two RCMP officers entered unannounced around 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning. (Troy Turner/CBC) A Mount Moriah, N.L. mother is pushing back against the RCMP’s explanation for why two officers entered her home without permission through an …
Read More »An inside account of what 911 call takers experienced during N.S. mass shooting
One of the people operating the 911 call centre the night of April 18, 2020 has provided a glimpse into what it was like when people from Portapique, N.S., began calling to report gunshots, murders and fires. Jennifer MacCallum was one of the civilian supervisors at the RCMP’s operational command centre that was …
Read More »Twitter tests new banners that inform users if their account is permanently suspended or temporarily locked
Twitter is testing a new feature that will inform users whether their account is temporarily locked or permanently suspended. The microblogging platform is testing new notices that will be displayed as banners at the top of the user’s timeline informing them of the status of their account. “Knowing where your …
Read More »Corona Delta Variant Account 90 Percent New Covid Cases Europe By End August EU Agency
New Delhi: The new delta variant of Coronavirus could account for as much as 90 per cent of the new cases registered in European Union (EU) in the coming months. The assumption was shared by bloc’s disease control agency on Wednesday. “The Delta variant is more transmissible than other circulating …
Read More »Using Friends’ Netflix Account? Bad News For You
Everyone watches Netflix around the world, and almost half of those people do it on someone else’s Netflix subscription. Netflix is now cracking down on those shared passwords. The company is testing a new log-in warning that is said to prevent unauthorised password sharing. “If you don’t live with the …
Read More »In leaked email, Amazon says it will suspend Parler's AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST for not complying with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety (John Paczkowski/BuzzFeed News)
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: In leaked email, Amazon says it will suspend Parler’s AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST for not complying with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety — Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services. Parler, a social network …
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