In-custody deaths

CBC, Global News, CTV and others are reporting that a man died in RCMP custody in Turtleford, Sask on Wednesday July 29th, after being in cells for around 90 minutes. The Serious Incident Response Team will have conduct of the investigation into the events, but the scope will be limited to what should have been … Read more

Consent-Talk

Consent-Talk is all about open, honest communication and mutual consent. It’s designed to help you and your partner(s) talk about what you both enjoy and what you don’t. As you go through the activity questions together, the goal isn’t just to find matches, but to start real conversations about your preferences, boundaries, and comfort levels. … Read more

Death in Police Custody (Target 0)

For the last 150 years the standard on how to keep people alive in police custody has been the same. Have a cop with nil medical training look them over (doesn’t always work), ask them if they’ve taken any drugs (almost never works), then put them in a cell and then look at them every … Read more

Wage Theft (is a crime)

Another day, another group of restaurant staff go unpaid. Popeyes franchisee loses restaurants after employees raise alarm about unpaid wages. The line between civil and criminal cases is sometimes drawn very unfairly. Individuals who bounce a single cheque can be charged with fraud, but if a restaurant owner with 13 locations fails to pay staff … Read more

Digital (Building Code)

The building code (pretty much everywhere) tells us that if you build a building without a fire escape you’re in trouble, but it took government to impose those rules. If your site has more then 500 users, or any sensitive PII the digital code should require you to require 2FA, and encrypt that data at … Read more