Protect your devices from trackers for as low as $25 with Disconnect VPN bit.ly/2Wdhpv4

UrtheCast receives $2 million grant from Canadian Space Agency bit.ly/2I90LCT

NDP government would ban single-use plastics by 2022: Singh bit.ly/2XgGSQB

Waterloo-based North’s Focals AR smart glasses now feature Slack integration bit.ly/2ELTjNg

Meet the 96-year-old Ottawa woman who contributed to the discovery of DNA’s double helix bit.ly/2Xjj8eG

Scientists will investigate spike in grey whale deaths on West Coast bit.ly/2QF0sUu

Silicon Valley startup Punchh opens Toronto AI engineering hub bit.ly/2JTfSno

CIBC, NAB, Bank Leumi launch platform to connect banks with FinTechs bit.ly/311th1Q

Digital Charter is ‘talk,’ won’t provide regulation on Sidewalk Labs says Anne Cavoukian bit.ly/2XeizD0

AI Powers Productivity in Cloud-based Business and Office Software Suite bit.ly/2EOWpAe

Google bans marijuana delivery apps from Play Store bit.ly/30UWvj2

Lyft partners with Pride Toronto and launches pronouns initiative bit.ly/2WhzI2k

Canada’s Digital Charter not strong enough to soothe privacy concerns on Sidewalk Labs: critics bit.ly/2I4CdLe

Reports that Huawei cancelling U.S. meetings, sending home American employees bit.ly/2JPOhUd

Google won’t take down Montreal YouTuber’s anti-vaccination video bit.ly/310uOVW

Wildfire service sets up special camp in northwestern B.C. as fire risk soars bit.ly/2W3TWHF

YouTube to shutter its Toronto creator space bit.ly/2JQ4sk9

Silicon Valley startup Punchh opens Toronto AI engineering hub bit.ly/2WztI4i

Calgary-based Bootkik only Canadian startup accepted to Silicon Valley’s Founders Embassy bit.ly/30XsfnS

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