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Ottawa upholds CRTC ruling on wholesale internet access to 'allow for more competition'

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Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada's telecommunications regulator allowing the country's largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals — as long as they do so outside their core regions.

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dreadhead
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Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling granting unionization to its workers rejected

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A large truck with a blue container reading 'Amazon' on it next to a large warehouse with the same symbol.

British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta, B.C.

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dreadhead
1 day ago
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Definitely going to get closed.
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A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash

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Dillon Angulo, who was seriously injured in a Florida crash involving Tesla

A Miami jury decided Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology. The automaker said it will appeal.

(Image credit: David Fischer)

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dreadhead
5 days ago
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Number of B.C. wildfires doubles in the last 24 hours

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More than 120 wildfires are burning throughout B.C., with evacuation notices issued for some communities.

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dreadhead
6 days ago
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B.C. brush fire sparked by bird dropping fish on power lines, firefighters say

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Firefighters at charred grass near Ashcroft, B.C.

Firefighters say a brush fire in the B.C. Interior was caused when a bird dropped a fish onto power lines.

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fxer
7 days ago
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Ospreys know it’s grilling season
Bend, Oregon
dreadhead
7 days ago
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Insurance won't cover $5M in City of Hamilton claims for cyberattack, citing lack of log-in security

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The insurance company did not cover any of the city’s claims totalling about $5 million. City staff say they've learned from their mistakes and are taking accountability for the cybersecurity breach.

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fxer
7 days ago
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> "We heard, 'We have major resistance from people working for the City of Hamilton,'" he said.

Everyone has it for their fuckin banks, MFA ain’t new so succumbing to “resistance” is pretty weak tea
Bend, Oregon
DMack
5 days ago
They should be using typical "local government" info sec: your login session expires every 6 hours and you're forced to change your password every month in a "self serve" web portal that doesn't work. That ensures everyone will have short passwords and no MFA to reduce a daily chore
dreadhead
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