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On Tuesday, Canada backed a controversial initiative aimed at boosting countries' support for high-tech farming methods designed to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change on farms and food. 

Two friends interested in coding and helping others have built a prototype device to turn the basics of American Sign Language into speech. It cost $40 (and took thousands of hours) to build, and with science fair winnings, they plan to tweak it and make more.

Gowtham Ramachandran and Toronto startup company Trace are developing manufacturing technologies to make it faster, cheaper and more efficient for hardware teams to build electronics.

The department of Public Safety did not respond to Canada’s National Observer's request for comment on whether the government demanded users’ data from the company. However, cybersecurity experts see a flaw in Canada's privacy laws that goes beyond Amazon.

The proposed lawsuit was filed on behalf of millions of Canadians by law firms from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario. In a release, the firms said they are seeking compensation for the invasion of privacy, trespass, and consumer protection violations with the intention of getting Google to stop these alleged invasive practices.

Everyone seems to agree the housing crisis – both the high cost of buying a home and the shortage and expense of rentals – is contributing to Vancouver’s acute labour shortage.

Premier Kathleen Wynne wrapped up a trade mission to China and says the trip has secured nearly $2 billion in agreements between Ontario and Chinese companies.

Gerald Cossette says it’s important for the federal government to encourage innovation by emerging financial technology companies.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel leads the way capturing, battling, and training virtual creatures.

Emma Mogus’s invention is called the Tongue−Interface−Communication project.