OTTAWA — The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a federal bill would give it power to regulate user-generated content, such as homemade videos posted on YouTube.
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is banning Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE from Canada’s long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks.
Google is warning that the federal government’s online news bill could force it to subsidize non-authoritative or biased news sources, such as the Russian state-sponsored news agency Sputnik.
The federal government will spend more than $1 million to fund high-speed Internet to 1,162 rural Manitoba households.
OTTAWA — A report sent to the House of Commons ethics committee shows that Canadians’ movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OTTAWA — Digital giant Meta says it has “serious concerns” about the federal government’s online news bill, which would force tech companies to compensate news outlets for reusing their work on social media platforms.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expanding access to a pilot project to increase technological advances in law enforcement across the province.
OTTAWA — New measures to ensure Canada doesn’t export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country’s economic security.
Amazon is raising the price of its Prime membership in Canada.
WINNIPEG — Schools across Manitoba are sharing more than $1.4 million from the provincial government to upgrade technology in industrial arts and technical vocational programs.
OTTAWA — Digital giants will have six months to negotiate private deals to compensate Canadian media outlets for reusing their news content or be forced to reach an agreement, if a new federal bill becomes law.
New Brunswick-based Xplornet Communications has acquired Winnipeg Internet service provider Full Throttle Networks.
