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BEYOND LOCAL: The implications of being ordered to hand over your phone, passwords to the courts

BEYOND LOCAL: The implications of being ordered to hand over your phone, passwords to the courts

As police face greater obstacles with encryption, courts are divided on whether compelling people to reveal their passwords is legal
CANADA: The stem cell registry isn’t diverse enough to help those who need it

CANADA: The stem cell registry isn’t diverse enough to help those who need it

Finding biracial or ethnically diverse stem cells can be extremely difficult
CANADA: Hotline launched to help victims, survivors of human trafficking

CANADA: Hotline launched to help victims, survivors of human trafficking

The hotline was funded by the federal government
BEYOND LOCAL: Alex Trebek shares positive, ‘mind-boggling’ cancer update

BEYOND LOCAL: Alex Trebek shares positive, ‘mind-boggling’ cancer update

Some of the tumours have already shrunk by more than 50 per cent, according to Trebek's doctors
CANADA: SNC-Lavalin will go to trial on charges of fraud, corruption

CANADA: SNC-Lavalin will go to trial on charges of fraud, corruption

The RCMP has accused the company of paying $47.7 million in bribes to public officials in Libya between 2001 and 2011
ONTARIO: Changing Beer Store deal about creating fairness for consumers, Fedeli says

ONTARIO: Changing Beer Store deal about creating fairness for consumers, Fedeli says

Fedeli also said it is premature to say what the cost of moving beer and wine to convenience stores will be
CANADA: Enrolment, test scores falling as school spending increases

CANADA: Enrolment, test scores falling as school spending increases

The big spending provinces in Canada did not necessarily get the best Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) standardized test results.
BEYOND LOCAL: Physician calls Ontario's approach to opioid crisis 'short-sighted and cruel'

BEYOND LOCAL: Physician calls Ontario's approach to opioid crisis 'short-sighted and cruel'

From January to September 2018, 1,031 Ontarians died of an overdose
BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why you shouldn't donate food you wouldn't eat anyway

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why you shouldn't donate food you wouldn't eat anyway

Giving food that would otherwise go to landfill to hungry people does little to ensure the well-being of Canadians who are food insecure, prof says
CANADA: The end of the 'Wild-West' online era may be upon us

CANADA: The end of the 'Wild-West' online era may be upon us

Cyberthreats have been a concern coming into election season