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Aug. 8: We can lead without a data centre moratorium and other letters
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (566+ words) Re: Hamilton suddenly looks like a laggard, Aug. 5 Dan Shannon and Nick Tsergas raise legitimate questions about the environmental impact of AI data centres. Residents expect council to ensure these operate safely and responsibly. That requires rigorous environmental standards, transparent…...
How are Burlington, Waterloo, Toronto and Mississagua approaching AI data centre proposals after Hamilton council rejected a moratorium?
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1090+ words) Mississauga city council will consider a motion on AI data centres in September. A former Tucker’s Marketplace at 3110 South Service Rd. is the site of a proposed AI data centre in Burlington. The Ascent TOR1 data centre in Cambridge made headlines…...
TekSavvy, other independent carriers ask CRTC to reduce wholesale internet rates
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (849+ words) Two telecommunications companies are seeking to appeal a recent CRTC decision that reaffirmed the ability of Canada’s Big Three internet companies to resell fibre internet over rivals’ networks. Networking cables in a server bay are shown in Toronto on Wednesday,…...
Bell completes satellite ground station build amid plan to launch space-based service
3+ week, 3+ day ago (166+ words) Bell Canada says it has reached a key milestone toward launching satellite-to-mobile coverage with the completion of a ground station in Quebec. Last fall, the telecommunications company announced plans to launch space-based cellular service through a partnership with AST SpaceMobile…...
Alberta premier offers reassurances on massive Meta data centre during radio show
3+ week, 6+ day ago (708+ words) The facility, shown in this rendered image, will be a one-gigawatt, nearly 270,000-square-metre data centre powered by a natural gas-fired plant. Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram, says it’s building a new AI date centre in Sturgeon County,…...
EU demands Facebook and Instagram dismantle design features it calls addictive for users
4+ week, 1+ day ago (419+ words) The Europe Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” like infinite scrolling. The EU’s executive arm issued a fresh set…...
Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users location history
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (403+ words) Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don’t forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google’s location history. “A cellphone user is not to be viewed as sharing private information with third parties—which then can…...
New CRTC rules aim to empower consumers, but will Canadians truly save on bills?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1065+ words) A person types on a cellphone in Ottawa on, Dec. 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Every couple of years, Marc Nanni makes a call to his home internet provider to see if he can find some savings on his monthly…...
Hamilton’s struggle against data centres reflects nationwide concerns
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (609+ words) Despite overwhelming opposition, the federal government is pushing ahead for rapid AI adoption and data centre development. Communities can’t afford the unsustainable demand of data centres on water supplies and electrical grids, Deanna Allain writes. Hamilton residents launched an unprecedented…...
Why is there a rotary phone in the middle of the Dundas Valley forest?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (343+ words) The Hamilton Conservation Authority has installed their first “wind phone” in the popular conservation area. The wind phone just installed in the Beckett Forest of the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. There is now a phone booth in the middle of…...