Canada

All public servants will be required to be in the office at least four days a week as of 6 July by a new policy issued earlier this week, with all government executives starting on-site presence for five days a week on 4 May

More leaks and further disruption are expected until Calgary's main water pipe is completely replaced, mayor says, after a rupture caused water shortages that led to calls for conservation with showers shorter than 3', essential flushing and water boiling

Satellite-to-cell service is sooner and faster than operator Rogers had expected and the number of users in its trial period much higher, with over a million text messages sent in six months; the technology secures coverage in remote areas

The province of Alberta has signed a new energy deal that will position Canada as a global energy superpower while working toward net-zero emissions; the agreement involves a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast with Indigenous co-ownership

Swimmer Penny Oleksiak has been given a two-year ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation between October 2024 and June 2025, said the International Testing Agency; suspension ends in July 2027, before the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Veterans, dignitaries and public celebrated Remembrance Day in ceremonies across Canada on 11 November, this year marking also the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; as per tradition, children put a poppy on soldiers' graves

Privacy commissioners found that TikTok collected sensitive personal data from hundreds of thousands of Canadians under the age of 13

A new anti-hate bill, to be introduced today, will make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against Jews, Muslims or other groups by showing symbols of terrorist groups in public, like waving a Hamas, Hezbollah or Swastika flag outside a synagogue

65.500 jobs were lost in August, mostly those in part-time work, due to both lower hiring and layoffs, thus bringing the unemployment rate at 7,1%, or 1,6 million people, in a nine-year peak excluding pandemic years