Category: Canada

Verizon Demands $880 From Rural Library For Just 0.44GB Of Roaming Data | Ars Technica

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A small library that lends out mobile hotspots is facing a tough budget decision because one of its borrowers accidentally ran up $880 in roaming fees, and Verizon refuses to waive or reduce the charges. The library has an “unlimited” data plan for the hotspots, but Verizon says it has to pay the $880 to cover less than half a gigabyte of data usage that happened across the border with Canada. Read full story here: Verizon Demands $880 From Rural Library For Just 0.44GB Of Roaming Data | Ars Technica

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Canada’s New Nationwide EV Tax Credit Bumped Sales By 30%, Report Says | Roadshow

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The Canadian government is hoping to spark the EV revolution in the Great White North with a new EV tax credit. Electric cars are getting more popular in America’s neighbor-to-the-north, thanks to a new country-wide EV tax credit. Here at Roadshow, we talk a lot about EV sales in the US and how various state and federal tax incentives have affected them. Well, guess what, champ — Canada has EV tax incentives too, and we’ll be damned if theirs aren’t working like a dream. Read full story here: Canada’s New Nationwide…

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What’s In Your File? Federal Political Parties Don’t Have To Tell You | CBC News

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Federal political parties are collecting and compiling reams of personal information about Canadians, but unlike businesses and governments, there is no oversight, no requirement they seek consent and no limits on what they can do with it. Federal parties are exempt from privacy laws in Canada, something privacy advocates, as well as federal, provincial and territorial privacy commissioners, have unsuccessfully urged the government to change. Read full story here: What’s In Your File? Federal Political Parties Don’t Have To Tell You | CBC News

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Border Officials To Start Sharing Data About U.S., Canadian Travellers | CBC News

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Border agents will be able to share information about U.S. and Canadian citizens more freely as the third phase of a 2011 border agreement meant to make it easier for trade and travel across the Canada-U.S. border comes into effect. It was announced on Thursday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency will exchange biographic data, travel documents, and other information related to border crossings of U.S. and Canadian citizens. Read full story here: Border Officials To Start Sharing Data About U.S., Canadian Travellers | CBC News

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Citizenship Question Causing An Uproar In U.S. Has Been Part Of Canada’s Census Since 1901 | CBC News

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A politically divisive debate continues to rage over U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to add a citizenship question to the U.S. census. That same question has been part of Canada’s census form for over a century without a ripple. Trump has been waging a fierce fight to add the controversial query to the 2020 census, and said Friday he’s now considering an executive order to get it done after a Supreme Court ruling blocked his efforts. Read full story here: Citizenship Question Causing An Uproar In U.S. Has Been Part…

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Passport Power: How Does Canada Stack Up Against The World? | Lifestyle From CTV News

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Some Asian passports are becoming the most valuable for travellers seeking easy access to as many countries as possible, while Canadian passports are a little more powerful than they used to be. The newest update to the Henley Passport Index, which ranks passports based on their ability to facilitate visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to as many countries as possible, places Canada in a seven-way tie for 16th place. Although the index lists the seven countries as being ranked sixth, there are 15 countries ahead of them. Read full story here:…

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Pot Edibles Could Lead To Higher Life Insurance Premiums | CBC News

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Canadians looking to enjoy soon-to-be-legalized pot-infused edibles could get hit with higher insurance premiums — depending on the size of their appetites. Many insurers no longer treat cannabis users as cigarette smokers — who pay much higher premiums due to the high-risk activity — provided there is no tobacco or nicotine in products they use. The shift came in recent years as Canada moved to legalize pot for recreational use, starting with dried flower, oils, plants and seeds. Read full story here: Pot Edibles Could Lead To Higher Life Insurance Premiums…

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Some Paper Bills Will No Longer Be Legal Tender In Canada | CTV News

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The Bank of Canada says it is removing the legal tender status from a series of older bills. For the first time, the Bank of Canada will be removing the legal tender status of five older bank notes. The bills haven’t been produced in decades and removing their legal tender status is the “final step to remove them as transaction notes” says Bank of Canada spokesperson Amelie Ferron-Craig. Read full story here: Some Paper Bills Will No Longer Be Legal Tender In Canada | CTV News

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Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

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With the Tesla Model 3 and the Hyundai Kona EV boosting Canada’s EV sales in the first quarter, the country has achieved a new milestone: 100,000 electric vehicles on the road. But a report on Canada’s electric vehicle sales for the first quarter is not all positive. Electric Mobility Canada, a national membership-based not-for-profit organization dedicated accelerating electrification, released its Q1 2019 EV sales report in Canada. Read full storey here: Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

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Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

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For the second time in three years, Canada is hiring private charters to help carry out its fall oceanographic science missions on the East Coast because the oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet is undergoing a refit to prolong its life. The replacements are for three regularly scheduled fall cruises that gather biological, chemical and physical ocean data. Read full story here: Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

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