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Businesses and other private-sector organizations would be required to report ransomware incidents and other cyberattacks to the government under a federal bill to be tabled today.
The legislation is intended to flesh out Liberal government efforts to protect critical infrastructure following last month's announcement that Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and
At the time, Public Safety Minister
He said it would establish a framework to better shield systems vital to national security and give the government a new tool to respond to emerging dangers in cyberspace.
Attacks on companies, universities and even hospitals by cybercriminals who hold data hostage in return for a ransom have become alarmingly common.
Some targeted organizations have preferred to pay the fee demanded to try to make the problem go away quietly, making it difficult for officials to get a full picture of the phenomenon.
Mendicino signalled at a recent
The anticipated measures also include amendments to the Telecommunications Act that would allow the government to prohibit the use of equipment and services from designated suppliers where necessary.
The federal policy outlined in May forbids the use of new 5G equipment and managed services from Huawei and
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Northern Affairs Minister
He says a deal will be signed today over
The 1.3-square-kilometre island sits in the territorial waters of both
It's been the subject of decades of diplomatic disputes, and negotiations for this deal have been going on since 2005.
Both countries have planted their flags on the island. In 1984,
The deal is expected involve drawing a territorial line drawn across the island, which is traditional hunting territory for Canadian and Greenlandic Inuit.
That will mean
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Now, parts of them are burning yet again this year, fuelled by winds that grounded air resources Monday. Fire crews were anticipating more moderate winds Tuesday and throughout the week, which could help them get a better handle on the blaze that has largely spared homes but made a run into a wilderness area and toward a lava dome volcano.
Residents around the city looked toward the mountains as smoke billowed through the air and winds howled, some scared, some nervous _ most hoping that moisture in the forecast late this week brings some relief.
Roughly 2,500 homes have been evacuated because of two wildfires burning on the outskirts of
In northern
Fire incident Cmdr.
Two other smaller wildfires northeast of the blaze merged, forcing evacuations in a more remote area Monday.
Wildfires broke out early this spring in multiple states in the
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The report said a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in
According to the chief of the provincial health department,
Authorities on Tuesday reopened a nearby major road that they had closed after the explosion. The factory went online in 2020.
Sensitive military and nuclear sites in
In February, a fire broke out at a warehouse full of engine oil and flammable materials at a base belonging to
The reports come as
The 2015 deal that granted
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The three misdemeanour charges stemmed directly from Alexander's attempt to get into the wedding, which he livestreamed on Instagram. The stalking charge involved repeated incidents over time, Spears attorney
"He's going to _ I hope, and I pledged my support _ be very vigorously prosecuted,'' Rosengart said outside the hearing. "It's a very serious matter. This was more than just a quote `wedding crash.' This was an intrusion.''
A judge issued a restraining order requiring Alexander, who appeared in court via video conference from jail, to stay at least 100 yards from Spears for three years. The judge set his bail at
Alexander was Spears' first husband. The two were married for less than three days in 2004 before an annulment.
Spears, 40, and Asghari, 28, were married Thursday at her home in
Alexander, who was a childhood friend of Spears, was streaming live on Instagram when he approached house. He appeared in a mostly empty but decorated room, telling security Spears had invited him. Deputies responding to a trespassing call detained him, and he was arrested when they learned he had a warrant for his arrest in another county, the
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The federal government says 72 per cent of Canadians who apply for a passport in any manner will get it within 40 business days, while 96 per cent of people who submit their application in person will get their passport within 10 business days.
The government's website now includes estimated wait times for visits to passport offices, updated three times a day, to help people plan.
On Monday afternoon you could expect to wait four hours and 45 minutes at the
Gould says her department is considering further changes, including moving the application process online.
She also says her department is working with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to determine if there's a way to issue passports to people as they get their citizenship instead of requiring a separate application. Both examples will take time to implement.
There are typically between two million and five million passport applications per year in
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