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Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER — The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
Aug 6, 2022 3:46 PM
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Senegalese government says diplomat "savagely beaten" by Gatineau police
GATINEAU, Que. — Global Affairs Canada says it is "extremely concerned" about allegations that a Senegalese diplomat was detained and beaten by police in an Ottawa suburb last week.
Aug 6, 2022 3:41 PM
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Firearm used to kill three people in Montreal was illegally acquired police say
MONTREAL — Quebec police say the gun used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally.
Aug 6, 2022 1:57 PM
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Heat warning issued for southern Ontario, southern Quebec, N.B., N.S. this weekend
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning spanning four provinces as a two-day heat event gears up across much of the central and eastern parts of the country.
Aug 6, 2022 12:19 PM
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Single winning ticket sold for Friday's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO — Someone in Ontario is starting their weekend $55 million dollars richer. A single winning ticket was drawn for Friday's Lotto Max jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) says the ticket was sold in Toronto.
Aug 6, 2022 7:50 AM
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Artists to cash in when work is resold with update of copyright laws
OTTAWA — Artists are to get paid when their work is resold in a shakeup of copyright laws that would give them a slice of collectors' profits.
Aug 6, 2022 5:00 AM
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Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
OTTAWA — Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, eco
Aug 6, 2022 5:00 AM
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Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates
NEW WESTMINSTER — The mother of Amanda Todd hopes her daughter's case brings increased awareness of the devastating impacts of "sextortion", as a jury in the trial of a Dutch man accused of blackmailing the British Columbia teenager begins its first
Aug 6, 2022 3:00 AM
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Lotto Max winning numbers for Friday, Aug. 5, 2022
TORONTO — The winning numbers in Friday's Lotto Max draw for an estimated $55 million: 07, 16, 19, 33, 36, 48 & 49.
Aug 6, 2022 1:01 AM
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Shifting winds keep villages on edge as fire in B.C.'s Okanagan forces evacuations
KEREMEOS, B.C.
Aug 5, 2022 11:44 PM
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