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• Latest Winnipeg water tests clear, but boil-water advisory still on
• City of Calgary creating designated Car2Go parking spots downtown
• Parliament's watchdogs warn bill could create stigma for employees
• Snowden files show Canada spy agency runs global Internet watch: CBC

Latest Winnipeg water tests clear, but boil-water advisory still on Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:51 PM PST The most recent tests done on Winnipeg's water supply came back clean Wednesday, but the city's 700,000 residents remained under a boil-water advisory while the results were verified.

City of Calgary creating designated Car2Go parking spots downtown Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:32 PM PST New parking spots designated specifically for Car2Go will soon be in place in downtown Calgary.

Parliament's watchdogs warn bill could create stigma for employees Posted: 28 Jan 2015 07:13 PM PST Parliament's watchdogs used terms like "witch hunt," and "metaphorical tattoo" to argue against a bill that would require their employees and potential hires to disclose any past political positions. Four agents of Parliament who appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday night said that Bill C-520 appears to be trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist, but could create new ones. "Candidates for positions in the offices of agents of Parliament must declare their past political activities, but what are agents to do with this information?" said Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, who said political preference is considered by law sensitive personal information. Conservative MP Mark Adler's private member's bill obliges anybody applying for a job with an agent of Parliament to declare prior political work.

Snowden files show Canada spy agency runs global Internet watch: CBC Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:55 PM PST By David Ljunggren and Mike De Souza OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's electronic spy agency has been intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily as part of a global surveillance program, according to a report published on Wednesday. Critics said the revelations, made in 2012 documents obtained by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and leaked to journalists, showed much more oversight was needed over Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE). The documents are the first indication from the Snowden files showing Canada had its own globe-spanning Internet surveillance in a bid to counter extremists. The covert dragnet, nicknamed Levitation, has covered allied countries and trading partners such as the United States, Britain, Brazil, Germany, Spain and Portugal, the report by CBC News and news website The Intercept said.

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