Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, Instagram
Meta has now integrated AI into Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger in Canada — but its presence may not be welcomed by all.
Canada
Apr 19
B.C. woman says no recourse after Facebook account hacked to sell fake Taylor Swift concert tickets
"There's no recourse for me. There's nowhere for me to go to fix this problem. So for three months, I've been living with knowing that people are being harmed on my behalf."
Consumer
Apr 9
Guilty plea in Boxing Day double stabbing in Vancouver’s Olympic Village
Sheldon Ilbegi-Asl, the man accused in a Boxing Day Facebook Marketplace robbery and attack, has pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
Crime
Apr 15
4 Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok
Four Ontario school boards have launched lawsuits against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok alleging the platforms are disrupting student learning.
Education
Mar 28
Another Ontario school board joins lawsuit against major social media companies
The lawsuit by Simcoe County and the four other school boards is seeking $4 billion in damages from the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok.
Education
Apr 5
Toronto victim pepper sprayed during Facebook Marketplace transaction
Toronto police say they are searching for a suspect after a victim was pepper sprayed during a Facebook Marketplace transaction of a cellphone.
Crime
Mar 21
Facebook, Instagram back online after Meta sees global outage
Thousands of social media users in Canada and across the globe could not access their Facebook and Instagram accounts amid a massive outage of the platforms owned by Meta.
Tech
Mar 5
Series of costly losses in 2023 contributed to Just for Laughs insolvency: report
Court filings show attempts by Facebook and YouTube to compete with the increasingly popular TikTok are among the factors that led revenue to plummet at the JFL parent company.
Canada
Mar 17
Man trying to sell iPhone via Facebook is robbed: Durham police
A man who met up with someone to sell an iPhone he had listed for sale on Facebook ended up getting robbed and sprayed with an "unknown substance," Durham police say.
Crime
Mar 7
‘Dangerous’ cave found in Edmonton’s river valley was purposely dug out for shelter: police
Edmonton police posted about seeing the cave on Facebook on Monday. They said someone found it in the river valley and alerted them to the hole.
Canada
Mar 12
South Surrey restaurant forced to close after suspicious fire, more criminal acts reported
A number of criminal acts were reported to police at a South Surrey business district, which all took place over the course of a night.
Crime
May 9
Message found in bottle in New Brunswick begs finder to ‘let me out’
Two Irishtown, N.B., neighbours are looking for whoever penned a message in a bottle that's sat for four decades waiting to be discovered.
Canada
May 17
Beaver dam break floods parts of Bancroft, Ont.
The Woodview Lane area in Bancroft was among the hardest hit after a beaver dam broke and flooded the area on Wednesday evening.
Canada
May 16
Online buying and selling: Most in Ontario say they’re anxious about meet ups
A new report suggests the majority of Ontario residents are uncomfortable meeting up in person for buying or selling items through Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji due to scams.
Canada
Feb 27
Fashion fundraiser held for Shuswap Paws Rescue Society
“Spaying and neutering are the only way that we are going to curb the overpopulation of animals,” said Barbara Gosselin of Shuswap Paws.
Canada
May 11
Black bear attacks, bites woman on Squamish trail
The woman was attacked by a black bear while she was walking her dog at a nature estuary in Squamish.
Canada
May 11
Large structure fire in Bathurst, N.B., under control but still active, officials say
A large fire broke out Saturday night at an Eddy Group store in Bathurst, N.B., forcing nearby residents to evacuate. The fire was still active Sunday morning, but under control.
Fire
May 12
Ontario wants meeting with social media execs to battle classroom distractions
A plan from Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce to sit down with social media leaders comes as some school boards take the tech giants to court, seeking billions.
Politics
May 9
More than 3,000 ‘dinosaurs’ in Drumheller fail to break world record
Travel Drumheller says more than 3,000 showed up but they failed to break the Guinness World Record for most people dressed as dinosaurs.
Consumer
May 13
Mayors call on federal government to deny parole to Robert Pickton
Robert Pickton was charged with 26 murders in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but only convicted of second-degree murder for six of them.
Crime
Apr 25
