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Meitu Goes Viral Despite Security Concerns

January 21, 2017Malika Karoum Dubai

Meitu, a beautifying photo app from a Chinese company called Meitu, has gone viral. It’s everywhere right now, and you may even have downloaded it yourself. However, Meitu asks for a lot of app permissions, and is collecting masses of data on its users. Which is worrying. Occasionally, an app explodes in popularity, lurching from […]

Okanagan Nation Alliance among Indigenous groups issuing travel advisory to U.S.
Indigenous travellers crossing the border into the United States are being warned to exercise extreme caution amid an increasingly tense political climate.
Klaudia Van Emmerik
‘Hard to believe’: Almost one year since B.C. mother Jennifer Provencal disappeared
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Kristen Robinson
Prince Rupert man feared a ‘hit’ had been ordered before his family’s death, inquest hears
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Former Edmonton cadets instructor charged with historic sexual assaults
Edmonton police allege three teenage boys, who were cadets, were sexually assaulted on separate occasions between 2009 and 2016 by a man who was their cadet instructor.
Karen Bartko
AI strategy must prioritize trust as Canadians voice skepticism: watchdog
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Harper and Chretien talk Alberta separatism, Canadian sovereignty in Ottawa
Speaking alongside Harper in Ottawa, Chrétien said there is a major shift in geopolitics that likely spells the beginning of the end for the American empire.
Globalnews Digital
3 junior hockey players killed in collision south of Calgary
A 17-year-old from Alabama and two 18-year-olds from Kamloops, B.C. who played on the Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey team were killed while headed to practice in Stavely.
Ken MacGillivray
Assault at Manitoba Hydro building raising concerns about downtown safety
Winnipeg police say they responded to reports of a man with a knife. A member of the public managed to disarm the 18-year-old suspect but was injured in the process.
Sean Previl
One worker killed, another hurt by rolling pipe at Cenovus Energy’s Christina Lake site
The workers were struck by a pipe that rolled off a truck they were unloading at Cenovus Energy's Christina Lake North oil site near Conklin in northeastern Alberta.
Globalnews Digital
Halifax Forum supporter calls mayor’s idea to pause redevelopment plan a ‘shock’
The future of the Halifax Forum is in question after the mayor said he wants to push pause on the project due to concerns around costs.
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