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CBCCanada's medical system 'severely damaged' by use of nursing agencies, Gardam warnsAs a country, Canada needs to find a way to control the hiring of nurses through agencies or costs will only spiral further, says Health P.E.I.CEO Dr.Michael Gardam."Our system is being severely damaged by this," Gardam told a P.E.I.legislative committee last week."People are being moved around for substantial profit and there doesn't seem to be a mechanism at this stage to try to contain that."Health departments across Canada have been turning to nursing agencies to fill shifts that can't beReutersCanada bans WeChat, Kaspersky applications on government devicesOTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised.The ban was announced after an assessment by Canada's chief information officer that Tencent-owned WeChat and applications made by Moscow-based Kaspersky "present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security," the Treasury Board of Canada, which oversees public administration, said in a statement.The New York TimesHow Years of Israeli Failures on Hamas Led to a Devastating AttackTEL AVIV, Israel — It was 3 a.m.on Oct. 7, and Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s domestic security service, still could not determine if what he was seeing was just another Hamas military exercise.At the headquarters of his service, Shin Bet, officials had spent hours monitoring Hamas activity in the Gaza Strip, which was unusually active for the middle of the night.Israeli intelligence and national security officials, who had convinced themselves that Hamas had no interest in going to war, initialThe Canadian PressFrench government says 9 people detained after violent attack on Lyon soccer team busesPARIS (AP) — French police have detained nine people and are searching for other suspects after a violent attack on buses carrying the Lyon soccer team and fans left coach Fabio Grosso with a head injury and forced the postponement of its game at Marseille, the interior minister said Monday.Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on BFM television that five police officers were also injured in the attack Sunday night, which drew nationwide attention amid concerns about soccer violence.“Shame anThe HillBiden issues sweeping executive order on AIPresident Biden issued a highly anticipated, sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday, focused on seizing on the emerging technology and managing its risks. The order includes several new actions, which focus on areas like safety, privacy, protecting workers, and protecting innovation.“President Biden believes that we have an obligation to harness the…Associated PressPutin claims without proof that airport riots targeting Israelis were staged from UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday charged without offering evidence that Western spy agencies and their Ukrainian agents have helped engineer a riot in the southern region of Dagestan, where a mob stormed the airport after a flight from Israel landed there.More than 20 people were hurt — none Israelis — in clashes that Putin cast as part of U.S.efforts to weaken Russia.
