COVID-19 Live Update: News about Coronavirus in Calgary on May 20th

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Thursday

Judge reserves decision on whether Coots protesters charged with murder plots will be released until trial

A judge in Lethbridge reserved her decision on Thursday whether a suspect charged with a plot to kill Mounties during a blockade protesting COVID-19’s health measures would be released until trial.

Judge Jonna Kubic has submitted from prosecutors Matt Daridwitz and Stephen Johnston, and defendant lawyer Balfor Dare, whether Chris Carbert is a suitable candidate for the awaiting judicial release from prison. I heard.

At Der’s request, the Queen’s court judge imposed a ban on the proceedings, covering the evidence called, the submission of a lawyer, and her ultimate reason for granting or denying bail.

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45-year-old Robert of Lethbridge, along with three other men in a plot to murder and mischief by interfering with the legitimate use of property and possession of weapons for dangerous purposes by others. Was charged in February.

The arrests followed the RCMP raid on three trailers in the village of Kutz near the Montana-Alberta border.

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Another threat from COVID — enhanced surveillance and loss of privacy

Loss of taste and smell are well-known symptoms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can also add a monitoring and “big data” expert, a loss of privacy.

How Canadian personal information was used and misused during the pandemic is the subject of a report by David Lyon of the Queen’s University Surveillance Research Center, presented Wednesday at the University of Ottawa’s “Big Data” conference. The rush to collect data during the pandemic was different from what was seen after the 9/11 attacks, Lyon wrote.

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Advances in StingRay mobile phone trackers, facial recognition technology, powerful machine learning programs, and more have made police more accessible to tools for collecting personal data than ever before.

This report identifies the risk of so-called “biased information” that arises when businesses and governments accumulate large amounts of personal information without the knowledge of private citizens.

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Quebec Coroner says many people share responsibility for high death toll in the first wave of COVID

Quebec coroners say they have a lot of responsibility for the deaths of 47 residents of private care facilities in the Montreal region during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coroner Gehane Kamel says state governments, local health authorities, and owners of Herron care homes “turned the ball” while residents were forced to die.

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She spoke to reporters for the first time today since she published her report earlier this week on her investigation into the deaths of 53 people in several care facilities, including Heron, during the first wave of the pandemic. Did.

Camel says her mission was not to blame certain people, but to make recommendations to prevent a similar situation from recurring.

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Tamara Rich, the organizer of the prison’s “Freedom Convoy,” again claims in Ottawa court

Prosecutors should return to prison until trial after Tamararich, the organizer of the “Freedom Convoy,” accused her of violating bail conditions after receiving an award for her leadership during Ottawa’s protests. Insisted.

The judge initially refused to release Lich after being arrested in February during a massive protest that overtook downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks, but after considering the court’s ruling, in March. I was released.

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Rich and fellow protesters Chris Barber have been co-accused of mischief, interfering with police and advising others to mischief and intimidate.

She was released under various conditions, including a ban from all social media and an order to “not support anything related to Canada Convoy”.

The crown says Lich violated one of her bail conditions by agreeing to accept a “freedom award” from the Legal Center for Constitutional Freedom, a legal advocate in support of the protest. increase.

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Cisco crashes to 18-month lows as China’s blockade raises supply questions

Cisco Systems Inc’s share price hit a low for the first time in 18 months after worried Wall Street about how exports would deteriorate due to China’s COVID restrictions and the Ukraine crisis and warned that component shortages would continue.

The company’s stock, which lowered its full-year growth forecast, fell about 13% to $ 42.4, while peers Juniper Networks, F5 Inc and Arista Networks fell 1% to 3.1% in early trading. became.

Enterprise-centric companies such as Cisco, which benefited from the company’s spending to upgrade its technology infrastructure to incorporate hybrid work, saw China, its major supply hub, perform a strict COVID lockdown in April. We are facing challenges due to the lack of components that have deteriorated since implementation.

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