Three men are facing charges in Toronto SMS Blaster arrests(tps.ca)

187 points by gnabgib 6 months ago | 101 comments

Surveillance of reporter a 'serious attack on freedom of the press in Canada'(cbc.ca)

32 points by dmbche 3 years ago | 8 comments

Research shows that people who BS are more likely to fall for BS (2021)(uwaterloo.ca)

118 points by mgh2 2 years ago | 75 comments

Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths(bbc.com)

411 points by vinni2 1 year ago | 701 comments

BBC News article reporting that medically assisted dying in Canada now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths.

Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately(uwaterloo.ca)

358 points by ndrwnaguib 1 year ago | 145 comments

University of Waterloo news release about researchers developing a needle-free wrist-worn device that tracks blood glucose levels more accurately.

ChatGPT 3 validates misinformation, research finds(uwaterloo.ca)

4 points by giuliomagnifico 2 years ago | 2 comments

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop(theintercept.com)

464 points by tdeck 22 hours ago | 126 comments

Intercept opinion piece on Eugene, Oregon police quoting a local news outlet a $2.5M fee for public records about an officer accused of misconduct.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees(cbc.ca)

57 points by MC995 1 month ago | 52 comments

CBC News article reporting that Montreal city council adopted a bylaw banning insults directed at police officers and municipal employees.

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months(arstechnica.com)

324 points by quantified 3 months ago | 185 comments

Ars Technica article on how police misread a username missing an underscore, leading to an innocent man spending 18 months in prison.

Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used(texasobserver.org)

330 points by nobody9999 9 months ago | 93 comments

Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.