Report released Tuesday says there are roughly 241,000 tech industry jobs in the GTA, making this the fourth-largest tech hub in North America — and the fastest growing. | Continue reading
A Chinese telecommunication company secretly diverted Canadian internet traffic to China, particularly from Rogers subscribers in the Ottawa area, says the specialist. | Continue reading
Numbers appearing to come from Vancouver, Toronto, are used by Google to “monitor” clients’ phone calls with customers. | Continue reading
‘Some of these privacy fears have been blown well out of proportion to what’s actually happened so far, which is not much of anything, and it risks undermining the entire project before it can even get to the stage where it can be fairly judged.’ | Continue reading
A new report says 10 times as many cyclists ride on Richmond and Adelaide Sts. since dedicated bike lanes were installed there, Edward Keenan writes. | Continue reading
The famed science fiction writer was wrong about a world government, but pretty close on robots. On computers, though ... | Continue reading
The El Faro sank in 2015 in the throes of Hurricane Joaquin, becoming the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel since 1983. | Continue reading
The famed science fiction writer was wrong about a world government, but pretty close on robots. On computers, though ... | Continue reading
Censorship on the enormously popular Chinese app WeChat is affecting the way Canadian immigrants read the news about Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Vancouver. | Continue reading
Meng Wanzhou appeared in B.C. Supreme Court to determine whether she will remain in custody. The U.S. is seeking her extradition from Canada over allegations she knew Huawei was breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran. | Continue reading
Hallmark churns out Christmas movies like its characters bake cookies — by the dozen, following a trusted recipe. But insiders say there’s an art to the magic. Try to make your own with the Star’s plot generator. | Continue reading
The 9-0 decision is likely to be seen as a defeat for media that could leave them vulnerable to serving as investigative arms of the police. | Continue reading
The oil industry’s strategy to deal with a trillion litres of toxic goop is centred on a process even the Alberta Energy Regulator calls unproven. One top scientist describes the claim that water capping will return land to a natural state an an “impossible fantasy.” | Continue reading
As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, Lee was widely considered the architect of the contemporary comic book. | Continue reading
The plaintiffs blame the city for the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft and a loss in the value of taxi plates of hundreds of thousands of dollars. In a statement of defence, the city says any lost value is the “result of market forces.” | Continue reading
“Basic income will go right back into local businesses,” the CEOs wrote in an open letter to Queen’s Park urging Doug Ford and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod to reverse their decision to shutter the program, launched in 2017 by the previous Liberal government. | Continue reading
The giant U.S. real estate site promised to post its first Canadian listings on Tuesday. | Continue reading
In the most comprehensive picture of the case ever published, StarMetro follows the money stolen from Edmonton’s MacEwan University as it crosses the ocean and back before being reinvested in Vancouver real estate. | Continue reading
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that he will not “impress upon the U.S. who they have to let in or not.” | Continue reading
India horticulture commissioner, B.N. Srinivasa Murthy, emailed a letter to the dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health asking for “corrective measures” to be taken. | Continue reading
Speaking “off the record,” Trump said he is not compromising at all in trade negotiations with Canada — but could not say this publicly because “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal.” | Continue reading
Study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found 22 per cent of professionals are precariously employed, challenging notions precarious work only impacts blue collar or low-wage jobs. | Continue reading
The number one most borrowed book? The Girl on the Train, says the library’s Maria Cirpriano. | Continue reading
The tech giant has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion. | Continue reading
A house made from eight steel shipping containers painted bright red? For owner Geoffrey Young, who has long followed the road less travelled, it made perfect sense. | Continue reading
The whimsical take on co-working offers a free, outdoor site that targets independent workers and creative types otherwise left searching for spots in Wi-Fi-equipped cafés. | Continue reading
Many of the almost 700,000 undocumented immigrants would qualify for federal and provincial immigration programs, Ottawa briefing note says. | Continue reading
“Some cyber experts don’t go to sleep without putting their key into a metal container,” said Moshe Shlisel, a veteran of the Israeli Air Force and now CEO of GuardKnox Cyber Technologies. “It’s called a Faraday Cage. You block the electromagnetic field.” | Continue reading
Computers built at the atomic level can worker a thousand times faster and use less energy — and now researchers found a way to make them quicker. | Continue reading
Donald Trump is a serial liar. We should use the word “lie” to describe many of his claims. But other words are more appropriate for other claims. | Continue reading
A former UofT colleague examines the bestselling author’s increasingly controversial positions and concludes in an opinion piece that Jordan Peterson is using fear to unleash ‘dark desires’ | Continue reading
A former UofT colleague examines the bestselling author’s increasingly controversial positions and concludes in an opinion piece that Jordan Peterson is using fear to unleash ‘dark desires’ | Continue reading
For those who embrace it, ‘collective housing’ means not just sharing a space, but creating a community where resources and work are also shared. | Continue reading
Investors have endured millions of dollars in short-term losses for years in hopes of a long-term payoff. But a conference call Wednesday night left many wondering how much more they can take. | Continue reading