Penny Daflos
Journalist at CTV-TV (Vancouver, BC)
@CTVVancouver journalist & coffee enthusiast. Reporting style: confrontation with a smile. On Mast, Post, etc as @pennydaflos.
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2 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos
The 2025 federal election campaign hasn’t resulted in a slew of deep fakes and voter confusion as some had feared, but experts and observers are warning Canadian voters to remain vigilant about misinformation as a new era of technological adaptation is underway. A Canada Research Chair for public policy and professor at UBC agrees that anecdotally, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of AI-generated material on social media platforms but she cautions that it may be circulating in smaller circles.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos
A month after the head of Fraser Health was ousted, the CEO of the Provincial Health Services Authorities has been replaced as several board members are dismissed and a formal ministry review begins. The New Democrats had promised to review health authority spending and decision-making on the provincial campaign trail in the fall, and on Monday Minister Josie Osborne announced PHSA would be the first to come under the microscope.
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3 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos
The leader of the federal New Democrats made several campaign stops in Metro Vancouver on Sunday as he tried to promote the idea of government-backed mortgages, but kept facing questions about sagging polling numbers. Flanked by Lower Mainland NDP candidates, Jagmeet Singh announced that he would push for government-backed, low-interest loans for first-time homebuyers to enter the housing market, suggesting it was only fair since government has provided low-interest loans for corporation.
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4 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos
The Vancouver Police Department has dramatically expanded its use of drone technology since it established the program in 2019, but while the technology has become a pivotal tool in a variety of unexpected ways, the VPD’s unchanged privacy policy has observers urging an update. The department started with one drone and now has upwards of 20 Remotely-Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), which are dispatched for more than 1,800 flights per year.
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1 month ago |
ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos
This composite image shows, left to right, Liberal Leader Mark Carney on March 21, 2025; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on March 4, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Jan. 22, 2025, in Ottawa.
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