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The Libs pass the science test

02/06/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young In yet another sign that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have a very different approach to drugs than the previous government, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott yesterday toured Insite, the long-standing supervised injection site on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and called the experience ‘incredibly moving.’”– CBC News Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, drugs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Hunter Tootoo, Jane Philpott, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, oceans, Ontario, Stephen Harper, Tony Clement, Vancouver

NationBuilder comes to Canada

02/04/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Ten years ago the Cons bought CIMS, their Constituent Information Management System, and began stuffing it with our phone numbers and adding smiley/frowny faces beside our names and whatever other info they could glean about us. The other parties had their own lesser versions. Most of us first took notice of CIMS when we […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: 2015 federal election, advertising, Canada, Facebook, LinkedIn, Malaysia, Manning Centre, mobile phones, social media, Stella Ambler, twitter, U.S., Venezuela

Are Mealworms the New Maki?

06/12/2014 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Drew McLachlan Chowing down on crickets or meal worms may conjure up old reality show episodes, or possibly your gag reflex, but a Toronto-based startup is banking on bugs becoming “the new sushi.” Founded last year by five McGill MBA students, Aspire specializes in entomophagy, the practice of eating insects. The company develops methods […]

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Net fatality

05/16/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

A BoB Short A recent U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) proposal that could have a significant impact on net neutrality in Canada as well as the United States has both users and big business up in arms. The proposal, slated for voting later this month, would bolster access to any website willing to pay the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: amazon, CRTC, Facebook, FCC, Google, internet, Michael Geist, Ottawa Citizen, twitter

Warrantless surveillance comes to your phone

05/09/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside Nine out of 12 big telecoms in Canada deigned to reply to Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart with info about their disclosure of customer data to law enforcement in 2011. Law enforcement agencies made 1,193,630 requests for subscriber data in 2011 Or, one request every 27 seconds Three telecom providers alone disclosed information from 785,000 customer accounts […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, Conservatives, CSEC, cyber bullying, government surveillance, Jennifer Stoddart, privacy, privacy commissioner, RCMP, telcos

Bit by Bitcoin

05/04/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

A BoB Short The popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has landed in Canada, and it may soon be making an appearance in your city. The open-source, digital currency has proven popular since its inception in 2009, with proponents often pointing to the fact that it is decentralized, and therefore not controlled by banks as conventional currencies are. […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, crypto currency, Edmonton, Halifax, money, Montreal, Quebec City, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver

CSEC: Hackdom’s Sugar Daddy

09/20/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Nope, not a photoshop this time. It’s CSEC, the Canadian government’s version of the NSA, presenting a hacker conference for computer security enthusiasts this November in Quebec. [h/t Lux ex Umbra] Events scheduled for Hackfest Strikes Back include: Hide yo Apache, hide yo SSH cause they backdoorin’ everybody out there Bypassing Security Controls with Mobile […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Canada, Communications Security Establishment Canada, CSEC, encryption, Google, National Security Agency, online spying, privacy, Quebec, smartphones, U.S.

NSA spying: The Canadian Connection

09/16/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside NYTimes: New iPhone’s Fingerprint Scanner: “Coming just one day after leaked documents suggested that the National Security Agency is able to hack into smartphones, the unveiling of a new iPhone with a built-in fingerprint scanner prompted dismay and mockery…” Business Insider: NSA Slides Refer To iPhone Owners As ‘Zombies’ Cryptome/ Spiegel Online: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, Canada, Communications Security Establishment Canada, CSEC, Google, iPhone, National Security Agency, online spying, smartphones, U.S.

How to evade the British and Yank snoops

08/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) There’s no way to escape the overseeing PRISM eye of the US electronics intelligence service the NSA, right? Not entirely true. If you use American or British nodes to route your Internet traffic, odds are your every communication will be saved for days at least. Still, you don’t have to […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Britain, Canada, crime, government surveillance, internet, Julian Assange, National Security Agency, PRISM, privacy, U.S.

Microsoft: Team player

07/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside Feel free to drop by this Microsoft ad and give it a thumbs down. “At Microsoft, your privacy is our priority.” Indeed. About that … Guardian: How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages • Secret files show scale of Silicon Valley co-operation on Prism • Outlook.com encryption including Hotmail unlocked even before official launch • Skype worked […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Android, Apple, CIA, crime, Facebook, FBI, Google, government surveillance, internet, Microsoft, National Security Agency, PRISM, privacy, RCMP, Skype, twitter, U.S., Yahoo

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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