Though few Canadians seem to be aware of this, the recent federal election campaign was fought under a new law that imposes severe penalties for publishing misleading statements on the internet during the writ period. The new, amended Section 91 of the Canada Elections Act, which came into effect on September 11, threatens prison terms of up to five…

Now that the election is over and researchers have combed through the data collected, their conclusion is clear: there was more talk about foreign trolls during the campaign than there was evidence of their activities. Although there were a few confirmed cases of attempts to deceive Canadians online, three large research teams devoted to detecting coordinated influence…

When Dale Scullion started his fishing guide business in Quebec City 15 years ago, there wasn’t a single striped bass to be hooked in the St. Lawrence River. Nowadays, he said anglers could easily spend the day reeling them in without any special gear. “Even a grandma, 90 years old, could catch one,” Scullion says. Striped bass, also…

When mechanical engineer Vlad Rotaru leaves the office trailer at the Toronto construction site where he works, the most important tool he carries — apart from the hard hat and safety vest he wears — is his smartphone. The 22-year-old graduated in April from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, recently rebranded  the Ontario Tech University,…

The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1 billion US acquisition of the U.S. social media app Musical.ly, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. While the acquisition was completed two years ago, U.S. lawmakers have been calling in recent weeks for a national security…

Millions of years ago, Yukon was home to rhinoceroses, turtles and tortoises, suggesting the climate was far different then than it is now, according to a co-author of a study released Thursday. “It was probably much more like parts of the southern United States, where you have swamps throughout the whole year that probably didn’t freeze over,”…