Month: October 2025

U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News

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Warren Shepell had an unsettling experience this month when boarding his flight from Cleveland heading home to Toronto. Just before getting on the plane, he says two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp (Jetway), and one took his photo. “I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist. Read full story here: U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News

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Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House | Futurism

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Forget your phone spying on you — maybe it’s your vacuum you should really be worried about. In a post on his blog Small World, the computer programmer and electronics enthusiast Harishankar Narayanan detailed a startling find he made about his $300 smart vacuum: it was transmitting intimate data out of his home. Narayanan had been letting his iLife A11 smart vacuum — a popular gadget that’s gained mainstream media coverage — do its thing for about a year, before he became curious about its inner workings. Read full story…

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Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement | CBC News

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Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told CBC News is now standard procedure. Jacquie and Steve Ree of Ladysmith, B.C., arrived at the Peace Arch Border Crossing between Surrey, B.C., and Blaine, Wash., on Oct. 9. The snowbirds knew they’d have to comply with a new registration requirement for travelers staying in the United States longer than 29 days. So when a CBP officer said they could complete…

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Denmark’s postal service is dumping letter delivery. Could Canada? | CBC News

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Denmark’s mail volume has declined 90 per cent over the past two decades. By the end of 2025, Denmark’s postal service will have delivered its last letter. The state-owned PostNord is getting out of the letter delivery business and will focus solely on parcels. It’s a move, the Danish postal service said, that was precipitated by the significant decline in letter volumes over the past 20 years, a development due in large part to the digitization of its society. Canada’s postal service too has encountered major mail volume decreases —…

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Nova Scotia Power customers to get refund, but likely only a couple bucks apiece | CBC News

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The Nova Scotia Energy Board has ordered Nova Scotia Power to refund more than a million dollars because of a costly shutdown at a coal-powered plant that critics say was avoidable. But before anyone gets dollar signs in their eyes, know that the refund will likely amount to just two or three dollars per customer. The board ordered the refund following an audit of energy costs Nova Scotia Power downloaded to customers in parts of 2022 and 2023. It acted on the recommendation of the consumer advocate, who reviewed the…

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Here’s why you could be ‘debanked’ by your financial institution | CTV News

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More than 100 people have come forward to share their experiences with being dumped by their banks after CTV News reported on RBC cutting ties with a decades-long customer with no explanation. Tomas Nassab, of Alliston, told CTV News last month that he received a letter from RBC informing him that they were ending their banking relationship with him and that he would be given 30 days to close his accounts and move his money out of the bank. Following the publication of the story, CTV News heard from dozens…

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How fraudsters are using crypto ATMs to launder millions from Canadian scam victim | CBC News

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Brenda Smith didn’t know what a cryptocurrency ATM was before she was directed to deposit more than $12,000 cash into two of the machines last year as part of an elaborate cyber scam. The 76-year-old Calgary retiree suffered a stroke a few months before that, which she says was affecting her cognitively.  “They’re so convincing, and unfortunately I was vulnerable,” Smith said. Read full story here: How fraudsters are using crypto ATMs to launder millions from Canadian scam victim | CBC News

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