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Joly discusses NAFTA with creative sector

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly met Friday with representatives from Canada’s creative industries to talk about the ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Dazn admits launch ‘did not go as planned’

Following problems streaming games on the first weekend of the National Football League (NFL) season that elicited complaints from subscribers on social media, Perform Group’s Dazn has issued a statement acknowledging the debut “did not go as planned.”

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Facebook launches AI centre in Montreal

Facebook Inc. is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) centre in Montreal, the company announced Friday.

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Kelly Gillis leaving ISED

Kelly Gillis, the associate deputy minister at Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada, has been appointed as deputy minister at Infrastructure Canada, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Connect to Innovate funding announced for Nunavut

Twenty-five Nunavut communities are the targeted beneficiaries of the latest round of Connect to Innovate funding, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced Thursday.

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N. America to be fast 5G adopter: GSMA

North American adoption of 5G will be as swift as 4G adoption, with about 100 million 5G connections predicted on the continent by 2023, four years after it launches, according to a recent GSMA report.

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Cultural groups team up in push for Cancon regulations

More than 30 cultural organizations have teamed up to call for the Canadian and Quebec governments to take action to “help the industry overcome the current difficulties” wrought by the digital age.

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Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPC

The federal privacy commissioner’s office has found that while RCMP use of IMSI catchers wasn’t lawful in some instances, the agency has since changed its policy, and the office was satisfied by RCMP responses regarding the collection of third-party information and interception of voice and text communications.

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Marques out, Cairo in as Bains’ chief of staff

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has a new chief of staff following internal personnel shuffles.

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U.S. gov’t sued over warrantless device searches at border

American civil liberties groups are suing the U.S. federal government over warrantless searches of travellers’ personal devices at the border.

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