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Twitter shares jump on rise in user numbers, revenue
Shares in Twitter jumped Thursday after the social media company said revenue and user numbers exceeded forecasts in the latest quarter, though profit fell as expenses rose. The San Francisco-based te...
Feb 06, 2020
Privacy czar asks court to declare Facebook broke law governing personal info
OTTAWA - The federal privacy czar is asking a judge to declare that Facebook broke Canada's law governing how the private sector can use personal information. Privacy commissioner ...
Feb 06, 2020
B.C. father, husband wants government help for his family in Wuhan, China
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man says he's "really hurt" that the Canadian government is not doing more to get permanent residents out of the city at the centre of a new cor...
Feb 06, 2020
Police had no right to seize hidden bedside camera from Airbnb condo, judge says
TORONTO - A police officer had no right to enter a condo rented to an Airbnb guest who found a video camera hidden in a clock pointed at the bed, an Ontario judge has ruled. The decision effectively e...
Feb 06, 2020
City of Kamloops fuel management begins in Pineview Valley, Westsyde, Kenna Cartwright Park
KAMLOOPS - Wildfires may be the last thing on our minds right now, but the City of Kamloops has begun seasonal work to prevent the spread of fires in local natural areas.According to a City of Kamloop...
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Second psychiatrist had worried Desmond was 'falling through the cracks'
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychiatrist who assessed Lionel Desmond two days before he fatally shot his family and himself says the former soldier showed no signs he was planning to hur...
Feb 06, 2020
Taxpayer group reveals 43,000 Quebec public sector workers earn $100,000 or more
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility, the city of Montreal and McGill University are among the public bodies in the province that employ the most people earning six-figure salaries, a...
Feb 06, 2020
Canada has secured second charter flight out of Wuhan, set to leave next week
The federal government has chartered a second flight to bring Canadians home from the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak next week. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne s...
Feb 06, 2020
Health officials investigating Imperial Tobacco ad campaign on vaping
MONTREAL - Health Canada and its provincial counterpart in Quebec are investigating a widely disseminated Imperial Tobacco advertisement on vaping to see whether it violates advertising laws...
Feb 06, 2020
Rider Express applies to increase Trans Canada service, add Sorrento and Chase
KAMLOOPS - A passenger bus company that serves the Trans Canada Highway corridor through the B.C. Interior is applying to increase its route frequency.Rider Express already makes daily runs between Ka...
Feb 06, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
