Global National: Aug. 10, 2022 | Concerns ArriveCAN app potentially violating constitutional rights
CA, 11 Aug 2022
Some data and privacy experts are concerned the controversial ArriveCAN app may be impeding on Canadians' constitutional rights. Mercedes Stephenson explains why, and looks at how the app's glitches have uprooted some people's lives.
The seven-year-old boy and his eight-year-old sister who were at the centre of an Amber Alert issued by Saskatchewan RCMP, have been found safe. The pair was reportedly travelling with convicted sex offender Benjamin Martin Moore, who is now in police custody. Troy Charles explains where the children were found and Moore's criminal history.
Transgender activist and Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti, better known as Keffals online, details how she was doxxed on the internet and arrested by London, Ont. police at gunpoint over a fake email. Ahmar Khan reports on what she endured, and how she remains undeterred in the face of hatemongers.
Many people in Newfoundland and Labrador are preparing to leave at a moment's notice, as changing winds could further fuel the province's swelling wildfire crisis. Abigail Bimman looks at what Grand Falls-Windsor Mayor Barry Manuel wants residents to do, and how confident crews are in getting the flames under control.
Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, has been charged in connection with an alleged assassination plot targeting two members of former U.S. president Donald Trump's inner circle, former national security advisor John Bolton, and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo. Jackson Proskow explains why the pair were targeted, and how much the plot was worth.
Canada and other G7 nations are demanding Russian forces hand back control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. Redmond Shannon explains what Ukraine is accusing Russia of, and the growing fears of the facility's safety.
Jonathan Tippett, an engineer in Squamish, British Columbia, has turned his dream into reality after creating the world's largest tetrapod exoskeleton mech suit. And his aspirations just keep getting bigger. As Mike Drolet reports, Tippett and his team hope their technical marvels could be the start of one very metal competition.
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