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40 mayors worldwide endorse a pact to shape data centre development
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1099+ words) Posted June 23, 2026 7: 02 am. Forty mayors from around the world have signed onto a pact announced Tuesday to try to shape how urban data centres are built and operated. It's their vision for how urban data centre development can be done…...
Canada Post moves to convert nearly half a million more homes to community mailboxes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (496+ words) Posted June 11, 2026 3: 24 pm. OTTAWA " Canada Post is rolling out the latest phase of its transition from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes, selecting more than three dozen communities that will undergo the conversion starting next year. Spanning seven provinces and 37 communities…...
Social media platforms, app stores at odds over who should enforce social media bans
1+ week, 5+ day ago (956+ words) Posted June 11, 2026 4: 00 am. As countries including Canada move toward social media bans in an attempt to keep youths safe online, tech companies are in a tug of war over who should be the gatekeepers. Executives from Snapchat and Meta, the…...
Concerns raised over growing number of data centres in the GTA
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (634+ words) Posted May 22, 2026 6: 19 pm. For decades, the facility at 3650 Danforth Ave. in Scarborough housed'a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. But since 2023,'it's been an'8 megawatt data centre operated by Stack Infrastructure.'It's one of many across the GTA that have caught the attention…...
Major VPN provider says it could leave Canada over lawful access bill
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (528+ words) Posted May 15, 2026 11: 49 am. OTTAWA " Virtual private network service Nord VPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the federal government's proposed lawful access bill. Nord VPN said in a social media post it is reviewing the bill…...
Meta launches Whats App 'incognito' mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (457+ words) Posted May 13, 2026 10: 01 am. The social media company said in a blog post that incognito chat mode provides a way to have private, temporary conversations with Meta AI, its artificial intelligence assistant that's been available on Whats App for a few…...
What can kids access on social media? Teen accounts, explained
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (974+ words) Posted May 7, 2026 4: 00 am. Fed up with kids encountering dangers online or so addicted to screens they can't pull themselves away from the infinite scroll, Canadian policymakers are looking to make social media safer. If Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew gets his…...
Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (661+ words) Posted May 7, 2026 4: 00 am. OTTAWA " More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they support age restrictions for…...
Cellphone, internet and TV complaints jump 61 per cent: watchdog report
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (784+ words) Posted April 29, 2026 6: 00 am. A new report says customer complaints about their phone, internet and television services have surged 61 per cent so far this year. The mid-year report by the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS) said the watchdog handled…...
Advocate says end of door-to-door mail delivery will be 'isolating' for seniors
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (744+ words) Posted April 19, 2026 6: 00 am. OTTAWA " Seventy-nine-year-old Janet Wees says she writes 400 letters a year and usually gets mail delivered at least two or three times a week. For Wees, Canada Post's plan to end door-to-door mail delivery, in favour of community…...