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Ashley Madison had inadequate security safeguards, privacy officials say
Ashley Madison marketed itself as a discreet and secure service, but the site for married people seeking affairs had inadequate security safeguards and policies when it was targeted by hackers, privac...
Aug 23, 2016

Canadian Families Spent More on Taxes than on Necessities in 2015
VANCOUVER: Most people are familiar with the old adage – “nothing is as certain as death and taxes”! Now, a study finds that not only are taxes certain but, thy cost average Canadian...
Aug 23, 2016

Prosecutor says he doesn't believe Sandusky accuser's claim
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A former Pennsylvania prosecutor testified Tuesday he does not believe a man who reached a settlement with Penn State over a molestation claim is the same person seen by a witness be...
Aug 23, 2016
Mongolia's Olympic wrestling strip gets public backing
ULAAN BATAAR, Mongolia - A skin-baring protest by a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics might have struck some observers as slightly bizarre. Back home in their landlock...
Aug 23, 2016
Evacuation remains in effect around Bear Creek wildfire near West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Visitors forced to flee from a campsite in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley ahead of a raging wildfire on Sunday night will have a chance to retrieve abandoned items. The Central Okan...
Aug 23, 2016

Federal, provincial Liberals signing $1.49-billion transit funding agreement
OTTAWA - The federal treasury is doling out $1.49 billion worth of transit funding among cities in Ontario for track upgrades, new buses and improvements and accessibility upgrades to stations, the pr...
Aug 23, 2016

Sudan says it has South Sudan's former rebel leader who fled
KHARTOUM, Sudan - South Sudan’s former rebel leader and vice-president who fled the country last week has re-emerged in neighbouring Sudan, which announced Tuesday that he had needed “urge...
Aug 23, 2016
B.C. study says rats remain slackers even when given medicinal part of marijuana
VANCOUVER - Apparent laziness caused by the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana persists even when the same amount of pot’s medicinal component is added, a new study suggests. Lead author ...
Aug 23, 2016
Arkansas city sued over hot check court fines, arrests
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A central Arkansas city is effectively operating a debtors’ prison that imposes hefty fines and jail time for thousands of poor people whose checks bounce and infringes on th...
Aug 23, 2016

Peter Doig 'absolutely did not paint' Canadian-owned work, judge rules
A painting at the centre of a strange multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit filed by a former Canadian correctional officer who owns the canvas was not the work of famed artist Peter Doig, a Chicago judge...
Aug 23, 2016