Wayne Crookes, a former campaign manager of the Green Party of Canada, is suing Google, Wikipedia and openpolitics.ca for libel. He is suing the sites for posting made by anonymous users on Google’s Blogspot, for an entry under his name on Wikipedia, and on openpolitics.ca, a political forum run by Michael Pilling a Green Party activist.
Google Allows Canadian Adwords Qualification
Google took a big step recently by finally allowing Canadian companies to become Adwords Qualified; a stamp of a approval previously denied to Google’s ignored neighbors. Yes, that is ever so subtle bitterness you sense. Thankfully however I can begin to put to rest my ill will now that Google has come to its senses.
What does it take for a company to become Adwords Qualified?
Canadian Teens Are Unaware of Internet Dangers
A study was released recently indicating that the vast majority of Canadian teens are unaware of the dangers and privacy issues of the internet.
Canadian E-Commerce To Increase
While online holiday shopping in the US remains robust things are different north of our border in Canada. Canadians lead the world in broadband penetration, time spent online, electronic banking and bill paying. Clearly they are an Internet savvy country but when it comes to making online purchases Canadians prefer to buy at a store.
Canadian Schools Flee From US Servers
Universities in Canada fear the potential for abuse that could take place under the US Patriot Act, so to avoid the gaze of American investigators they have moved their RefWorks accounts to Ontario.
Canadian ISP A Net Neutrality Smoking Gun?
It’s been difficult for the layman to conceptualize what is meant by the neologism “Network Neutrality.” It floats over heads like the word “neologism.” Advocates typically have cited scenarios that could happen without a neutral Internet and, when they can, cite real life examples – like yesterday’s report of a Canadian ISP shakedown.
Canadian Analysts Favor GBuy
RBC Capital Markets believes Google’s new online payment system, called GBuy, could be the next big thing. The financial services provider, based in Canada, is maintaining its “outperform” rating on Google due to the perceived potential of GBuy.
Canadian Cattle To Come Into the U.S. Again
Imports of Canadian cattle into the U.S. have been banned for two years in an effort to keep mad cow disease out of the country, but that ban has now been lifted by a U.S. federal appeals court.
Canadian Cattle Being Imported to U.S. Again
A ban on imports of Canadian cattle has been lifted by a U.S. federal appeals court. The ban was originally in effect to keep mad cow disease out of the country.
Canadian Cattle Import Ban Lifted
Yesterday, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that banned Canadian cattle from being imported into the United States due to mad cow disease concerns.