NATIONAL NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / SOMMAIRE DES NOUVELLES NATIONALES
ADM(PA) / SMA(AP)
August 20 2015 / le 20 août 2015
MINISTER / LE MINISTRE
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
ASSOCIATE MINISTER / MINISTRE ASSOCIÉ
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CDS / CEM
Sexual Misconduct in the Military: Comment
An Ottawa Citizen editorial about Gen Vance’s orders on sexual misconduct was reprinted (RLP A6,
VSun B4).
CAF OPERATIONS / OPÉRATIONS FAC
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
IRAQ/SYRIA / IRAK/SYRIE
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
COMMEMORATION / COMMÉMORATION
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
PROCUREMENT / APPROVISIONNEMENT
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
OTHERS / AUTRES
Death of Gabriel Comeau
The family of a 13-year-old air cadet who died at a Nova Scotia military base earlier this month says he
had a sudden and severe asthma attack. The family of Gabriel Comeau says they are thankful he had
access at a cadet training centre to immediate medical care, which they described as the "finest quality."
"They went above and beyond to try and save our boy," the family said in a statement released by DND
(CP: TSun 16, ESun 46, HCH A4; J. Tunney: NBTJ A1, MTT A6, FDG A5; CP: ctvnews.ca).
Ashley Madison Data Leak
Coverage noted that 163 emails revealed in the Ashley Madison hack end in @forces.gc.ca, the domain
used by the military (T. Hopper: NP A3, Gaz A8, EJ A11, RLP B4, SSP C7, VSun B1; A. Boutilier: TStar
A1; CTV National News 2300).
Other coverage suggested more than 170 emails associated with the CAF are on the list (CP: CG B6,
VTC A8, WStar A6, LFP B2, HCH A10, HS A20; Postmedia: CSun 2).
Award for Cadet
Cadet Sgt. Reannin Ost of Red Deer has been honoured for her citizenship. Cadet Sgt Ost received the
Blayne Materi Citizenship Award recently during the final parade and sunset ceremony at Vernon, B.C.,
Army Cadet Summer Training Centre (Staff: RDA C2).
Air Show Atlantic
Look up, way up. It's what thousands of spectators will be doing as Air Show Atlantic takes over the skies
over Slemon Park this weekend. After a two-year absence, the two-day spectacle returns to Summerside,
with plenty to see, including performances by the Snowbirds and the SkyHawks parachute team. The
RCAF’s Snowbirds and two CF-18s will be using the Charlottetown Airport as its home base for the next
few days. These aircraft will be on Prince Edward Island for the Atlantic Canada International Air Show
that is taking place at the Summerside Airport in Slemon Park this weekend (N. MacPhee: CG A4).
Election Promises and the Rangers: Comment
Madeline Ashby: Minister Stephen Harper has promised, if re-elected, to expand the Junior Canadian
Rangers by 15 per cent to a force of 5,000. They will also receive shiny new guns. Those Junior Rangers
currently carrying Lee Enfield rifles will be allowed to keep them, as "a symbol of our nation's gratitude for
their dedication and commitment." This expansion, and the rifle replacement program, are part of the
Conservative government's Northern Strategy. Arctic sovereignty has been a plank in the Conservative
platform for a number of years, now. Presumably, arming a group of 12-18 year-olds and asking them to
work alongside seasoned adults as scouts is the answer. Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with the
Junior Canadian Rangers program. What's wrong is positioning the accomplishments of these young
people as valuable only in their contribution to Canada's plans for Arctic sovereignty (KWS A4, LFP A7).
New NATO Secretary General: Comment
Tim Dunne: It's time for a change in Canada's role in NATO. Recognition for our contributions and
participation over the past 66 years is overdue. We have been punching above our weight pretty much
since the beginning. Despite Canada's leadership role in the establishment of the Alliance and our
continuing (and expensive) involvement in NATO operations, a Canadian has yet to occupy the office of
secretary general, and I believe we are past due. Of the many Canadians who could run the alliance,
Nova Scotia's Peter MacKay has the most experience (HCH A9).
Military for Prisoners: Comment
Jose Vivar: Men and women sentenced to or serving time in a federal penitentiary should be given the
opportunity to complete their sentences, or a portion of them, volunteering in the Canadian military.
Sound like a good idea? I think it is. From what I've heard from my favourite uncle, who served in the
CAF, the Canadian military instils qualities like respect, honour and discipline in its members. The
Canadian military teaches skills that are not only valuable in a military capacity, but also valuable to the
entire Canadian workforce. I think an experience like this would be beneficial for those convicted of
crimes in becoming law-abiding citizens. Unfortunately, men and women serving time in a provincial or
federal setting are precluded from joining the military. I'd learn about all the things my uncle told me the
military is about, and maybe my contributions while serving my time and my country would really make a
difference (KWS A5).
Site de rencontres extraconjugales
Les adresses courriel supposées de centaines d'employés fédéraux, provinciaux et municipaux
canadiens sont incluses dans une fuite massive de noms qui seraient des utilisateurs d'Ashley Madison,
un site de rencontres extraconjugales. Ashley Madison n'envoie pas de courriel de vérification, ce qui
signifie que les comptes peuvent ne pas appartenir à des utilisateurs actuels du site et pourraient être le
travail de mauvais plaisantins. La liste inclut plus de 170 adresses courriel associées aux Forces armées
canadiennes et des centaines d'autres de ministères et d'agences fédérales (Dv A4, Dr 17, SRC.ca).
Nouvelles révélations
Martin Couture-Rouleau n'avait pas l'intention de se rendre après avoir heurté mortellement l'adjudant
Patrice Vincent avec son véhicule. Il avait un plan bien défini: tuer un autre soldat. Ces nouveaux détails
exclusifs de l'attentat de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu d'octobre dernier sont dévoilés dans le livre Djihad.ca,
des journalistes Fabrice de Pierrebourg et Vincent Larouche (Pr A2, VE 11, Tr 28, Sol 21).
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Source: The Leader-Post
Page: A6
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: Forum
Outlet: The Leader-Post (Regina)
Headline: Military's welcome new orders
The last time we heard much from the Canadian Forces regarding sexual harassment in their
ranks, it was the muffled sound of ex-chief of defence staff Tom Lawson removing his foot from
his mouth.
In a CBC interview following the release of a report by retired Supreme Court Justice Marie
Deschamps that concluded the military's "sexualized culture" was causing "endemic" harassment
and assault that was often overlooked by superiors (if it was reported at all), Lawson was asked
why those problems continued to plague the Forces.
"It would be a trite answer, but it's because we're biologically wired in a certain way and there
will be those who believe it is a reasonable thing to press themselves and their desires on others.
It's not the way it should be," the now-retired Lawson told Peter Mansbridge, earning a hailstorm
of criticism from all directions and a particularly strong rebuke from Prime Minister Stephen
Harper.
So it was refreshing to hear this week that the new chief, Gen. Jonathan Vance, had formally
signed orders aimed at stamping out not only specific offences, but behaviours that "perpetuate
stereotypes and modes of thinking that devalue members on the basis of their sex, sexuality or
sexual orientation.
"Eliminating harmful and inappropriate sexual behaviour within the Canadian Armed Forces
(CAF) depends on its members demonstrating the integrity to act in a manner that bears the
closest scrutiny and the courage to overcome difficult challenges through determination and
strength of character," Vance's order says. "There shall be no grace period for the application of
our values and ethics. Proper conduct starts now."
Vance made it clear that those who don't comply will be held accountable, and he'll reportedly
reinforce the message at a meeting with senior leadership this week. There is no other workplace
like the military, but the military should be no different than any other workplace when it comes
to sexual harassment and assault: The only option is zero tolerance.
Now, stating something and following through are two very different things, and the military has
"cracked down" on these issues before. As The Canadian Press pointed out, now-retired Gen.
Maurice Baril wrote in 1999 of his similar expectations for the Forces, including providing a
harassment-free workplace that treated women with dignity and respect.
And here we are. That's why it'll be all the more important for observers inside the military and
out to keep a close eye on plans to roll out an independent agency for handling harassment
complaints, and start making some noise if leadership begins dragging its feet on other suggested
reforms.
There can be no excuses this time around. Our soldiers deserve better.
This editorial first appeared in the Ottawa Citizen.
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Lead: OTTAWA--The family of a 13-year-old air cadet who died at a Nova Scotia military base
earlier this month says he had a sudden and severe asthma attack.
Page: 16
Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: News
Illustrations:
 photo of GABRIEL COMEAU 13 years old
Outlet: The Toronto Sun
Headline: Death of young cadet down to asthma attack: Kin
OTTAWA--The family of a 13-year-old air cadet who died at a Nova Scotia military base earlier
this month says he had a sudden and severe asthma attack.
The family of Gabriel Comeau says they are thankful he had access at a cadet training centre to
immediate medical care, which they described as the "finest quality."
"They went above and beyond to try and save our boy," the family said in a statement released
Wednesday by the Department of National Defence.
Gabriel, who was from Quispamsis, N.B., fell ill on Aug. 4 in his accommodations at 14 Wing at
Canadian Forces Base Greenwood.
The boy was taken to the base's medical clinic and later transferred to a hospital in Kentville,
N.S., where he was pronounced dead.
Gabriel was taking a three-week basic fitness and sports course, which promotes healthy living.
The boy's family says he joined the cadets when he was 12 after watching his brothers participate
in the program for five years.
"He loved being a part of the program and wanted to take in every inch of what cadets offered.
We always discussed the risks and benefits of every activity with Gabe; however, this was
different. Gabe suffered a sudden and severe asthma attack that had no warning."
His family says Gabriel wouldn't want what happened to him to be used as an argument against
taking part.
"Gabriel would never want this to be used as an excuse to exclude youth with pre-existing health
concerns from organizations and activities such as cadets and cadet training centres," they wrote.
"He had a passion for all activities from cadets to music, to fishing and friends."
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Page: A1
Byline: Joseph Tunney
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: Main
Outlet: New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal
Headline: Asthma attack killed cadet, says family
SAINT JOHN * A Saint John-area teenager who collapsed at a Nova Scotia air cadet training
camp earlier this month died after a "sudden and severe asthma attack that had no warning," his
family says.
Gabriel Comeau, 13, of Quispamsis, died on Aug. 4 while attending a three-week basic fitness
and sports camp at Canadian Forces Base Greenwood.
"Gabriel had a gift to light up any room with his smile, and his light has never shone brighter
than we've seen during this time," the family said in a statement released on Wednesday.
"Gabriel was part of such an incredible community that has pulled together for us in our time of
greatest need.
"We would like to thank everyone for their love, support and comfort over the last two weeks,"
his family said.
His family went on to say Comeau would never want his death to be used as an excuse to
exclude youth with pre-existing health concerns from organizations and activities such as Air
Cadets.
"He had a passion for all activities from Cadets to music, to fishing and friends. Gabe loved that
he could do whatever he set his mind to and be part of the fun in life," his family said.
According to Capt. Liam Mather, a spokesman for Cadets in Atlantic Canada, Comeau's parents
would have filled out a "detailed health questionnaire" before their son headed off to summer
training in Greenwood, N.S, which would have been reviewed by medical personnel. Mather
said asthma would be one of the conditions looked for on these medical questionnaire, but that
Comeau's medical information is personal and could not be disclosed.
Mather did say Greenwood was "aware of any and all, anything that was disclosed to us (from
the parents)."
Mather said a decision on whether a cadet is restricted from certain activities due to a preexisting medical condition is determined on case-by-case basis.
"It depends on what information the family and child disclose, what information their medical
practitioner provides for us," said Mather. "It would make that determinations as to if there's
restrictions or if there's not. It really is case-by-case.
"It really is up to the parents to disclose that information," Mather said. "From there, our
program does what it can to accommodate them."
Some of Comeau's classmates at École Samuel-De Champlain in Saint John gathered earlier this
month to pay tribute to their friend, remembering him for his loyalty, compassion, humour and
love of all things Cadet.
"Gabe was really just a great kid, and it's really just a shame that someone so young passes, and
so much potential, so much to accomplish, so much ahead of him," Olivia Cull, student council
president and a friend to both Comeau and his sister, said during the Aug. 6 gathering. "It's a
shame - he was a great kid."
According to a time line released, Comeau exited his barracks at approximately 1:10 p.m. on
Aug. 4 and was noticeably ill. He collapsed five minutes later as emergency services arrived at
the scene. Comeau was taken to the local clinic and then was transferred to Valley Regional
Hospital in Kentville.
He arrived at the hospital at about 3 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m.
"We are thankful for the fact that it happened while at a Cadet Training Centre," the family said
in the release. "Gabe had immediate medical care of the finest quality.
"They went above and beyond to try and save our boy. We are so thankful for the whole team
that responded that day."
His family said Comeau joined Air Cadets at age 12 after watching his brothers participate in
them as he grew up, and he "wanted to take in every inch of what Cadets offered."
"We always discussed the risks and benefits of every activity with Gabe; however, this was
different," his family said.
"From our home in Quispamsis, N.B., to the cadet community and Gabe's school - we have felt
very loved and supported during this time."
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Source: National Post
Page: A3
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: News
Illustrations:
 Lee Jin-Man, The Associated Press Files / It's impossible to know how many of the 33 million
Ashley Madison accounts breached by hackers are real, but the file amounts to 9.7 gigabytes of
data - enough to store the complete works of William Shakespeare 2,000 times over.
Outlet: National Post
Headline: Digging through the data dump
How big is the breach?
It's impossible an unprecedented data leak. to tell how many of the 33 million accounts are real,
but that's roughly the population of Canada, where Ashley Madison is headquartered. In
technical terms, the file amounts to 9.7 gigabytes of data. That's enough to store the complete
works of William Shakespeare 2,000 times over.
Who did it?
A group of hackers calling themselves "Impact Team" has claimed responsibility. As critics have
noted, this hack is different from the typical cyber attack. It wasn't exposing government secrets,
like Wikileaks. It didn't steal credit card data for profit, like the 2013 Target cyberattack. Instead,
the whole purpose of this exercise was the somewhat puritanical goal of shaming "cheating dirt
bags," as the Impact Team calls the site's users.
A month after breaching the web servers of AshleyMadison.com, hackers have released data
revealing the names, email addresses, home addresses and sexual desires of the adultery-oriented
website's entire user base. On Tuesday, as web forums buzzed alternately with panic and
schadenfreude-fuelled attempts to expose the desires of the rich and powerful, the National Post's
Tristin Hopper took a look at the implications of such
Are they all cheaters?
About 70 per cent of Ashley-Madison's users are male, which should provide some clue about
the likelihood of successfully finding a mistress. Not to mention the fact that, of the female users,
many are "scammers and webcam girls and sugar babies," as one anonymous writer told Vice
this year. And Ashley Madison doesn't verify email addresses, so anybody can open an account
with make up an email. While real-life affairs were certainly sparked on AshleyMadison. com,
it's likely that most of the 33 million users treated the site as a kind of supercharged version of
online pornography.
Who has been exposed?
The massive data dump is still being analyzed, and for most casual Internet users, it remains
locked in dense, hardto-read data files. But early reads of the information have turned up the
following:
15,000 accounts used email addresses ending in .mil or .gov, indicating a member of the U.S.
military or U.S. government employee;
273,320 email addresses ending in ".ca," indicating a Canada-based domain;
163 accounts used emails ending in @forces.gc.ca, the domain used by the Canadian military;
Hundreds of email addresses are associated with Canadian federal departments and agencies,
including justice, public works, the Canada Revenue Agency and the RCMP.
At least one Canadian MP was registered by name. Several email addresses attached to the
Senate were registered although not under any sitting senators' names. There were also municipal
government email addresses, including 78 in Toronto, 41 in Ottawa and 32 in Calgary. Ashley
Madison does not verify email addresses, allowing users to sign up with whatever email they
please.
The implications of the hack
Divorce Raoul Felder, a prominent U.S. divorce lawyer, told Reuters on Tuesday that the release
is the best thing to happen to his profession since the 7th Amendment, which guarantees
Americans' right to a jury trial.
Financial security The hack didn't just expose names and sexual desires, it also released reams of
data about addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. That's all enterprising criminals
would need to orchestrate a devastating identity theft against a stranger - that is, unless they
opted to try blackmail instead.
Personal security With 33 million users, many Ashley Madison clients now live in countries
where adultery and philandering come with severe penalties. One widely circulated Reddit post
from a gay man in Saudi Arabia said he used Ashley Madison while studying in the United
States - and was now facing torture and possible execution if the data was made public. Although
the message cannot be verified, it is within the realm of possibility.
False identity Scottish MP Michelle Thomson was among the first public figures to have her
email address found in the data breach. But in a statement, Thomson called the discovery a
surprise and said her email had been hijacked by a stranger. True or false, hundreds of celebrities
or authority figures could soon be facing false accusations as a result of joke accounts or users
who got a sexual thrill out of impersonating them on Ashley Madison.
Lawsuits Lawyers in Missouri and Toronto have already begun sussing out plaintiffs for a classaction lawsuit against Ashley Madison. According to a statement of claim filed in the U.S. last
month, the website "failed to adequately analyze its computer systems for vulnerabilities that
could expose cardholder data."
Death Rash behaviour is common when marital fidelity is breached, and with so many
relationships and families at stake, simple math seems to point to at least a few fatal tragedies
stemming from the hack. Security analyst Brian Krebs broke the initial story of the data breach,
and on Tuesday he told Britain's The Telegraph, "I wouldn't be surprised if we saw people taking
their lives because of this."
Nobody is safe Until now, the worst thing most Internet users could expect was to lose their
credit card number in a data breach. But the Ashley Madison hack deals a devastating blow to
the 21st century promise that the online world could be a realm of freedom and anonymity. For
anybody who hoped to keep their religion, political beliefs, sexual orientation and even movie
preferences private, the world will never be the same.
thopper@nationalpost.com
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Page: A1
Byline: Alex Boutilier Toronto Star Joel Eastwood AND Craig Desson Data Analysis
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: News
Outlet: Toronto Star
Headline: Data leak includes hundreds of federal email addresses; Government security
breaches feared after massive dump of personal details from dating site
Hundreds of federal employees' email addresses are included in leaked membership data for
hookup site Ashley Madison, released publicly by hackers who demanded the adulterypromoting service shut down.
The email addresses in no way confirm public servants' participation on the site, nor do they
indicate any wrongdoing - anyone could sign up someone else's email address, and the site
promoted single connections in addition to extra-marital affairs.
But the initial estimation of security researchers is the data does appear to be legitimate. And the
mere presence of more than 500 federal government emails connected to the site raises a number
of security concerns, both for government networks and for potential blackmail.
The emails were included among a massive leak of Ashley Madison users' personal information,
including credit card transactions, location data and sexual interests. The site boasts of almost 39
million users worldwide, but that number is probably inflated by fake, inactive or dummy
accounts.
The federal Treasury Board, the department responsible for the government's IT practices,
directed queries Wednesday night to the government's acceptable use policy: "The Guideline on
Acceptable Network and Device Use applies to the professional and personal use of Government
of Canada electronic networks and devices, and Web 2.0 tools and services, including social
media," wrote Rebecca Grace, acting director of the board's public affairs department.
The information held by Ashley Madison's owners, Avid Life Media Inc., is extremely sensitive.
Security researchers and journalists have noted the hack, pulled off more than a month ago by a
group calling themselves The Impact Team, is unique in its scope, sensitivity and potential for
offline damage.
Ray Boisvert, a former assistant director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said
problems could arise if any of those employees had security clearances that could be exploited.
"Lifestyle is always a touchy issue because it's not a judgmental thing (in security screening). . . .
It's really about the potential for compromise," Boisvert said Wednesday.
"Why would you use your user name, your client ID, from your credentials from work, to log in
and create an account at AshleyMadison.com? You'd think somebody would be using hotmail
and, as most people do, a pseudonym."
Boisvert said such credentials as email addresses or user names could be used by other malicious
actors to try to gain access to other websites used by those people identified in the Ashley
Madison hack.
In all, 548 unique email addresses for various federal agencies were included in the data dump,
including Canadian Forces members, RCMP and Canadian Border Services employees.
A further 64 emails were connected to Toronto.ca.
A total of 1,494 emails with the Ontario.ca domain were included, but that domain covers
everyone from school board employees to police to municipal staff.
The leak also includes emails with the domain names of prominent Canadian companies,
including CP Rail, Scotiabank and CIBC, though it is impossible to verify if any of the email
addresses are legitimate. Journalism outlets, including the Toronto Star, CBC, the Globe and
Mail and CTV, appear among the emails.
When contacted Wednesday, CP Rail said it had no comment on the matter. The other
companies and journalism outlets did not respond by press time.
The Star is not naming anyone included in the membership data, public employees or not. The
data cannot be verified, and members are consenting adults.
In a statement Wednesday, Avid Life Media said it became aware of an attack on its systems in
July and was actively investigating the hack. The Toronto-based company said it was cooperating with investigators from the RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, the FBI, as well as the
Toronto Police Service.
"This event is not an act of hacktivism, it is an act of criminality," the company wrote. "It is an
illegal action against the individual members of AshleyMadison.com, as well as any freethinking
people who choose to engage in fully lawful online activities."
The company's slogan - "Life is short. Have an Affair" - apparently drew the ire of The Impact
Team. In July, the group demanded Ashley Madison shut down within a month.
"We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of (Avid Life Media) and their members.
Now everyone gets to see their data," the group posted in a statement accompanying the data.
"Find yourself in here? It was ALM that failed you and lied to you. Prosecute them and claim
damages . . . Embarrassing now, but you'll get over it."
Although the site's marketing focuses on extra-marital affairs, the service can also be used by
single men and women for consensual relationships. The sites' users appear to be predominantly
male.
With files from Alison Shouldice
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Outlet: CTV - CTV News
Date: Wednesday 19 August 2015
Section: none
Headline: Ashley Madison Leak
End: 23:30:00 ET
Start: 23:00:00 ET
LISA LAFLAMME: Well the number one Google search in Ottawa today had nothing to do with
politics, it was all about panic. Thousands of cheating spouses were online furiously searching to
see if their secrets had been exposed. Hackers made good on a promise and released the personal
data of all 37 million users of the adultery website Ashley Madison. Now the FBI is investigating
the leak and divorce lawyers are clearing their schedules. CTV's Peter Akman has the details.
ASHLEY MADISON AD: Isn't it time for ashleymadison.com?
PETER AKMAN (Reporter): Not today, because hackers announced time's up.
CARMI LEVY (Technology Analyst): The clock was ticking from the moment this breach
actually happened. We knew this would happen, the question was when and how, and now we
know.
AKMAN: Last month hackers dubbed the Impact Team demanded the owners of Ashley
Madison shut down or else. Today, one fell swoop, more than 30 million customer emails,
names, credit card information, naked photos, and sexual fantasies were released.
ASHLEY MADISON AD: Life is short, have an affair.
AKMAN: Causing a frenzy of internet searches by cheaters and their suspicious spouses. The
hackers announcing, find yourself here, prosecute them and claim damages. Learn your lesson
and make amends, embarrassing now but you'll get over it. While many people don't support the
hackers actions, they do agree the Ashley Madison site is repugnant.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: With cheating you just, it's a bad slippery slope to go down.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: People that go on it deserve what they get.
AKMAN: But Ashley Madison's parent company says it and their customers are the victims.
This event is not an act of hactivism, it's an act of criminality. The criminals involved have
appointed themselves as the moral judge, juror, and executioner. But much of the hacked
information shouldn't have even been available to leak according to the site's CEO.
NOEL BIDERMAN (Avid Life Media CEO): On Ashley Madison, we'll go back and recall
every message you ever sent, every photo you ever shared, we make it like you're a ghost.
AKMAN: Of the millions of email addresses, there are several unlikely to be real, like Barack
Obama's and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. But there are tens of thousands linked to
government, military, and police employees, parliamentary emails, RCMP, Canadian Armed
Forces, and the list goes on, potentially leaving all of those agencies exposed.
DAVID FRASER (Internet Privacy Lawyer): Once you have an email address and a password,
very often people reuse those passwords, and so in fact other accounts could be compromised.
AKMAN: We reached out to the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces to see if they're
investigating employees who are named in this leak. Neither would comment on the case.
LAFLAMME: I can imagine. Now what about the clients themselves, Peter, were you able to
contact anyone specifically on that list?
AKMAN: Well we randomly picked about a dozen and a half. It was relatively easy. We found
their office numbers. We called them, a lot of uncomfortable silences when I mentioned Ashley
Madison. Once they gathered themselves, all of the men we spoke with said they must have been
hacked. The one woman we contacted hung up on me.
LAFLAMME: Very interesting. As you say uncomfortable conversations, interesting story
though, Peter, thank you. By the way, while the most Google searches for Ashley Madison came
from Ottawa today. It's not the only Canadian city with secrets. We couldn't help noticing the top
five places in the world looking for the cheaters list today were all in Canada. All of them, by the
way, cities in Ontario. Okay. Well we're going to take a break, but when we come back, the
famous pitchman exposed as a child predator. The face of Subway, Jared Fogel, the monster next
door. And sinkhole sequel. A frightening scene in Florida as the ground gives way again.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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Source: The Canadian Press
Page: B6 / FRONT
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: Canada
Illustrations:
 Noel Biderman, chief executive of Avid Life Media Inc., which operates
AshleyMadison.com., poses during a photo session in Tokyo. Hackers claim to have leaked a
massive database of users from Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses.
Outlet: The Guardian (Charlottetown)
Dateline: Toronto
Headline: Fed email addresses found on hacked cheaters' list
The apparent email addresses of hundreds of Canadian federal, provincial and municipal
government employees are contained in a massive leaked list of names purported to be users of
Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses.
Ashley Madison does not send verification emails, meaning the accounts might not belong to
actual users of the site and could simply be the work of disgruntled tricksters. Further, the data
goes back to 2004, suggesting some email addresses may no longer be operational.
In a statement, Toronto-based Ashley Madison's parent company, Avid Life Media, said it was
actively monitoring and investigating the leak to determine the validity of any information
posted online.
It did not immediately respond to a question about why people can register for Ashley Madison
with unverified or fake email addresses. Federally, more than 170 addresses associated with the
Canadian Armed Forces are on the list, and hundreds more from other departments and agencies,
including justice, public works, the Canada Revenue Agency and the RCMP.
At least one MP was registered by name. Several email addresses attached to the Senate were
registered although not under any sitting senators' names.
According to data on AshleyMadison.com, there were more than 55,000 users on the website
living in Ottawa in 2013, making it the most infidelity-friendly city in Canada.
There were also municipal government email addresses on the list, including 78 in Toronto, 41 in
Ottawa and 32 in Calgary. Dozens of university email addresses are also included.
Hackers leaked the list after claiming Ashley Madison refused to bow to their demands to close
the site. A message posted online said "Time's Up!" and accused parent company Avid Life
Media of deceit and incompetence.
Computer security expert Brian Krebs, who writes the KrebsOnSecurity blog, said many of the
leaked accounts appeared to be little more than a name and an email address, raising questions
about their authenticity.
"But when you start factoring in payment information, that becomes harder to explain," he said.
Krebs said it was unsurprising that some of the emails were attached to government accounts, but
he declined to speculate on the motivations of those who signed up.
"This wouldn't be the first time that people have signed up for services that they wouldn't want
their name associated with on the front page of the newspaper," he said. "You put yourself in a
compromising situation, but people do it all the time."
Hackers claim to have exposed data on millions of spouses who signed up to Ashley Madison.
"Now everyone gets to see their data," a message posted by the hackers said.
Ashley Madison has long courted attention with its claim to be the Internet's leading facilitator of
extramarital liaisons, boasting that "thousands of cheating wives and cheating husbands sign up
every day looking for an affair." Avid Life Media has previously acknowledged suffering an
electronic break-in.
Canadian and U.S. law enforcement are involved in the probe, the company said Wednesday.
A call to Avid Life Media wasn't returned. The hackers didn't immediately return emails.
The number of people who actively used the site to seek sex outside their marriage is an open
question.
But whatever the final number, the breach is still a humbling moment for Ashley Madison,
which had made discretion a key selling point.
In a television interview last year, chief executive Noel Biderman described the company's
servers as "kind of untouchable."
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Lead: E-mail addresses of cheaters -- including more than 100,000 from the Calgary region -were among those hackers released in the Ashley Madison data leak Tuesday.
Page: 2
Byline: POSTMEDIA NETWORK,
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: News
Outlet: The Calgary Sun
Headline: SECRET'S OUT
E-mail addresses of cheaters -- including more than 100,000 from the Calgary region -- were
among those hackers released in the Ashley Madison data leak Tuesday.
It's the latest hack to raise concerns about Internet security and data protection.
"If your name's been published, you're going to live in fear. There's nothing you can do once it's
been published," said Rik Turner, senior analyst of infrastructure solutions at consultancy firm
Ovum.
More than 170 e-mail addresses associated with the Canadian Armed Forces had accounts with
the Torontobased infidelity website, as well as hundreds more from other federal departments
and agencies, including justice, public works, the Canada Revenue Agency and the RCMP.
At least one MP was registered by name. Several e-mail
addresses attached to the Senate were registered, although not under any sitting senators' names.
There were also municipal government e-mail addresses, including 78 in Toronto, 41 in Ottawa
and 32 in Calgary. Dozens of university e-mail addresses were also included.
Last month, the hackers threatened to leak nude photos, sexual fantasies, real names and credit
card information for as many as 37 million customers worldwide unless Ashley Madison was
shut down.
The site's slogan is: "Life is short. Have an affair."
Twitter was abuzz, with "hack" trending worldwide. Most comments expressed horror that
people's identities were exposed and many were astonished people had used their work e-mails
to sign up.
It's not clear how many e-mails are legitimate, as users don't have to verify them. A British
parliamentarian whose e-mail address was included on the list said it was used without her
knowledge. Former British prime minister Tony Blair and an e-mail associated with Barack
Obama was among the leaked data.
The FBI and Canadian cops are probing what parent company Avid Life Media believes was an
inside job.
On Wednesday, Ashley Madison said current and past members' full credit card numbers weren't
stolen and the company hasn't stored members' full numbers.
Calgary figures prominently in data from infidelity dating site released by hackers
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Page: C2
Outlet: Red Deer Advocate
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Headline: Red Deer army cadet earns top citizenship award
Section: NEWS
Illustrations:
 Cadet Sgt. Reannin ?.
Cadet Sgt. Reannin Ost of Red Deer has been honoured for her citizenship.
Ost received the Blayne Materi Citizenship Award recently during the final parade and sunset
ceremony at Vernon, B.C., Army Cadet Summer Training Centre.
The award is presented annually by the Materi family of Creston, B.C., in memory of Cadet
Master Warrant Officer Blayne Materi, a staff cadet who died in June 1995 in a vehicle collision.
The award recognizes a cadet who has participated in or supported activities with the local
community, who has taken an interest in the well-being and morale of her cadets, and who
respects and uses authority properly and maintains outstanding personal conduct.
Ost is a member of 1390 Red Deer Army Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.
During the summer, 1,500 army, air and sea cadets from Western Canada spent up to six weeks
in the Okanagan Valley centre, expanding the training they receive at their home corps,
developing new skills and forming friendships.
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Source: TC Media
Page: A4
Byline: Nancy MacPhee
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: The province
Illustrations:
 Colin Stephenson, executive director of Air Show Atlantic 2015, has been busy answering
calls and emails in the lead up to the two-day show, set to take place at Slemon Park Saturday
and Sunday.
Dateline: SLEMON PARK
Outlet: The Guardian (Charlottetown)
Headline: Flying high; Air Show Atlantic returns this weekend to Summerside
Look up, way up.
It's what thousands of spectators will be doing as Air Show Atlantic takes over the skies over
Slemon Park this weekend.
After a two-year absence, the two-day spectacle returns to Summerside, with plenty to see,
including performances by the Snowbirds and the SkyHawks parachute team.
The show, held last year in Moncton and Miramichi in 2013, was first staged in Summerside in
2011, returning the following year.
"Summerside has proven itself to be an excellent location from a facilities point of view,
volunteer support, certainly great municipal support," said Colin Stephenson, the show's
executive director. "There are a lot of elements that want us to want to make Summerside a
regular stop."
The gates for the Summerside show open at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the spectacle in the
skies, weather depending, slated to start sometime after noon.
"Getting all the assets collected and deployed on the site is something we have been working at
for a week and a half now," said Stephenson. "We are ahead of schedule. We have our show line
markers out, we have a lot of the fencing on site, and our ticket booths are close to being ready."
Volunteers from out of province began arriving Tuesday and organizers are using local
community groups and volunteers to help make the event a success.
"Now it is execution time, where a lot has to be done in a short-time," said Stephenson. "We are
excited right now."
He added that the former Canadian Forces Base is the perfect venue. "It is a very welcoming
facility. We own the air space for the weekend ... that makes for a great flow for the air display,"
said Stephenson. "After the two-year absence on the Island we had people very excited about us
returning. You don't want to come too often and you don't want to stay away too long.
"Hopefully, we found the sweet spot."
The show's first year in Summerside wasn't without its challenges. The morning of its first day in
2011 saw a huge fire at ADL in Read's Corner, which backed up traffic several kilometres going
into Slemon Park and tied up resources from area fire departments that were needed on the
ground.
That night, a hurricane blew in, prompting in-air events to be cancelled on day two.
"It was a handful, that's for sure, but 2012 went off without a hitch."
Stephenson said this year's event is one of the biggest to date.
And with a favourable weather forecast - sun, high temperatures and no hurricanes in site organizers are anticipating crowds in the tens of thousands.
Charlottetown Airport Advisory
The Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds and two CF-18s will be using the Charlottetown
Airport as its home base for the next few days.
These aircraft will be on Prince Edward Island for the Atlantic Canada International Air Show
that is taking place at the Summerside Airport in Slemon Park this weekend.
Doug Newson, CEO of the Charlottetown Airport Authority, says there are no safety concerns to
the public however the airport authority would like to provide advance notice of this unusual
activity, as they will be performing fly-overs and other demonstrations in the area in the coming
days.
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Lead: Minister Stephen Harper has promised, if re-elected, to expand the Junior
Page: A4
Byline: MADELINE ASHBY
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: Editorial/Opinion
Outlet: The Kingston Whig-Standard
Headline: Northern youth just fodder for Tories' campaign
Minister Stephen Harper has promised, if re-elected, to expand the Junior
Canadian Rangers by 15 per cent to a force of 5,000.
They will also receive shiny new guns: A .308-calibre Winchester rifle called the C-19, based on
an existing Sako compact tactical rifle design but built under licence by Colt Canada.
Those Junior Rangers currently carrying Lee Enfield rifles will be allowed to keep them, as "a
symbol of our nation's gratitude for their dedication and commitment."
This expansion, and the rifle replacement program, are part of the Conservative government's
Northern Strategy, whose goal is "helping the North realize its true potential as a healthy,
prosperous and secure region within a strong and sovereign Canada."
Arctic sovereignty has been a plank in the Conservative platform for a number of years, now. As
Harper himself said, "We share the Arctic with a hostile state, unconcerned with international
norms such as respect for territorial integrity . . . Justin Trudeau's alarming naivete, and Thomas
Mulcair's dangerously ideological foreign policy, mean that they simply aren't prepared to keep
Canada safe."
Presumably, arming a group of 12-18 yearolds and asking them to work alongside seasoned
adults as scouts is the answer.
Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with the Junior Canadian Rangers program.
In fact, teaching kids how to operate guns, snowmobiles and other dangerous pieces of
equipment safely, as well as how to survive in the wilderness, is a pretty great idea. That so
many of the youth who participate are aboriginal is even better: Many JCR cadet patrols focus on
preserving aspects of "traditional" aboriginal life local to their areas. (What this means varies by
area.) And the JCR is undivided by gender. Boys and girls participate in training together.
What's wrong is positioning the accomplishments of these young people as valuable only in their
contribution to Canada's plans for Arctic sovereignty. Learning how to navigate, build a shelter,
pilot a boat, deliver first aid and lead a team are all valuable skills. But they're valuable skills in
and of themselves, outside of a national defence agenda. More kids everywhere should learn
those same skills, not just the ones who, Sarah Palin-like, might see some Russians from their
porch.
When we involve youth, especially underprivileged youth, in a national defence agenda, we tell
them that their primary value to Canada is as watchdogs and little else. The expansion of the JCR
sounds a lot like Red Dawn, but also a bit like Game of Thrones: Perhaps some day kids from all
over Canada will be sent to watch the border for those mythical Russian wildlings.
Why focus so intently on the military contribution these kids can provide? Why not focus on the
social value? Isn't that also part of peace, order and good government?
The answer is that a primarily social good that is of benefit to underprivileged youth in
communities where not nearly enough of Canada's bounty is invested just doesn't play to the
Conservative party's base. And the Conservative party's strategy this election has been to play to
their base, to promise more of the same.
This, at a time when most Canadians say they're no better off than they were four years ago. And
they're not: Faced with rising housing and food costs, escalating personal debt, and cancer cases
projected to rise by 40 per cent in 15 years as the population ages, Canadians are no healthier or
wealthier than they were in 2011. Promising more of the same is one strategy. But it might also
be why the Tories have slipped into third place in some polls.
-- Madeline Ashby is a strategic foresight consultant and novelist in Toronto.
madelineashby.com, Twitter @MadelineAshby.
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Page: A9
Outlet: The Chronicle-Herald
Byline: Tim Dunne
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Headline: Selecting MacKay as NATO head would reward Canada's heavy lifting
Section: Opinion
It's time for a change in Canada's role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Recognition for our contributions and participation over the past 66 years is overdue. We have
been punching above our weight pretty much since the beginning, when Prime Minister Louis
St-Laurent first proposed a "single mutual defence system."
In November 1947, as the Soviet Union flexed its powerful muscles, the United States, Britain
and Canada had begun secret exploratory talks about alternative security arrangements in
addition to the United Nations.
These discussions ultimately included France, the Benelux countries and Norway, and resulted in
the North Atlantic Treaty, a.k.a. the Washington Treaty, signed on April 4, 1949. Denmark,
Iceland, Portugal, and Italy immediately joined.
After the Second World War and the rise of Stalin's Soviet Union, Canada and the United States
recognized the new geopolitical realities with the perception that our security was inseparable
from that of Western Europeans.
Canada was one of the very few countries that emerged from the Second World War
economically and militarily strong and, with the United States, shouldered some of the defence
burden of Western Europe as it recovered from its wartime devastation. The U.S. Marshall Plan
provided billions of dollars for European economic recovery, and Canada operated a Mutual Aid
Program for Europe, which gave Great Britain top-of-the-line Canadian F-86 Sabre jet fighters.
In those early days, Canada and the United States were producers of security and the Europeans
were the consumers.
Beginning in 1951, Canada deployed a well-equipped army brigade group and an even betterequipped air division, whose strength would eventually reach 12 squadrons, totalling 240
aircraft. For a time during the later phases of the Korean conflict, the RCAF was flying more
advanced fighters in the European theatre than even the U.S. Air Force and was responsible for
the biggest contribution to the expansion of West European air defence.
By 1953, Canada was allocating more than eight per cent of its GDP to defence spending, a
massive increase from 1947's 1.4 per cent. During the Korean War's final year, Canada's
defence/GDP ratio was the fourth highest in NATO, and its defence budget of nearly $2 billion
accounted for 45 per cent of all federal spending.
In time, Canada cut back a significant portion of its contributions to West European defence
because of the massive expense to sustain a robust military contribution on the European
continent as we undertook shared responsibilities for North American air defence with the U.S.
Canada also believed that Western European countries could do more for their own defence as
they recovered from the war. Europe and its defence requirements were depriving Canada of its
ability to focus limited resources on parts of the world where need was even greater and the
entitlement more justified.
In the end, Canada withdrew its stationed forces from Germany in 1993, saving upwards of $1
billion annually. However, Canada still deployed its forces to massive NATO exercises in
Germany and Norway and maintained an active engagement in the Alliance. Canadian troops
were involved in NATO-led operations in the Balkans when NATO accepted responsibility for
peacekeeping operations from the United Nations (1996-2004), Kosovo air campaign (1999),
Afghanistan (2003-2014) and Libya (2011).
The Royal Canadian Navy has deployed ships with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic since
its inauguration in 1968 and with its successor, Standing NATO Maritime Group One, since its
establishment in January 2005.
In the 66 years since NATO was established, there have been 12 secretaries general, with
Denmark, Germany, Italy and Norway having the position once each, Belgium twice and the
Netherlands and United Kingdom three times each. Despite Canada's leadership role in the
establishment of the Alliance and our continuing (and expensive) involvement in NATO
operations, a Canadian has yet to occupy that office, and I believe we are past due.
Of the many Canadians who could run the alliance, Nova Scotia's Peter MacKay has the most
experience. As foreign affairs minister (2006-2007) and defence minister (2007-2013), he has
become a familiar face at NATO headquarters in Brussels and at the military headquarters in
Mons, Belgium. He knows the processes, protocols and practices. He has sat at the table to make
the difficult decisions about sending our military, diplomatic and aid workers into harm's way to
foster peace and further Canadian values, and then returned to Ottawa to put the decisions into
effect.
Canada is one of only two non-European nations to be a consistent contributor to European
security with little return for our investment. It's high time to finally have a Canadian secretary
general who can bring a North American perspective to the NATO deliberations, something that
it has needed for quite some time.
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Lead: Men and women sentenced to or serving time in a federal penitentiary should be given the
opportunity to complete their sentences, or a portion of them, volunteering in the Canadian
military.
Page: A5
Byline: JOSE VIVAR , JOSE VIVAR IS A FEDERAL INMATE.
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015
Section: Editorial/Opinion
Illustrations:
 IAN MACALPINE/THE WHIG-STANDARD The gates at CFB Kingston.
Outlet: The Kingston Whig-Standard
Headline: Could federal inmates volunteer for military service? COLUMN
Men and women sentenced to or serving time in a federal penitentiary should be given the
opportunity to complete their sentences, or a portion of them, volunteering in the Canadian
military.
Sound like a good idea? I think it is.
From what I've heard from my favourite uncle, who served in the Canadian Armed Forces, the
Canadian military instils qualities like respect, honour and discipline in its members. The
Canadian military teaches skills that are not only valuable in a military capacity, but also
valuable to the entire Canadian workforce. Men and women come out of the military as
engineers, electricians, welders and with other skilled trades that can help fill the shortage of
skilled workers in this country. They take part in humanitarian efforts like providing medical aid
and food assistance, and take part in rescue missions in parts of the world that have been
devastated by natural disasters.
I think an experience like this would be beneficial for those convicted of crimes in becoming
law-abiding citizens. Unfortunately, men and women serving time in a provincial or federal
setting are precluded from joining the military.
The way this could work is by allowing low-risk, non-violent offenders the option of serving
their country in the military as opposed to serving time in a prison. Offenders who committed
violence, but have proven themselves over time, and have cascaded to minimum security
settings, screened through psychological testing, and are deemed low risk to reoffend, could also
be given this option.
Don't worry, someone like Paul Bernardo wouldn't be running around an army camp with a
loaded AR-15 and body armour strapped around him.
Men and women approved to take part in this program would not serve in a combative setting.
They would be trained to take part in humanitarian and aid missions. They would help construct
military machinery and equipment and take part in maintenance work. They could cook and
clean and do laundry and at the same time learn skills that would serve them well when they
eventually hit the streets.
Think about how much money this would save. It costs over $100,000 to house a federal inmate
in a penitentiary. And prisons are crime schools, places where men and women perhaps come out
smarter and more knowledgeable criminals. Programming offered decades before, which have
taught inmates skilled trades, are diminishing. Before there were programs in which inmates
could earn their degrees and upgrade their education, and there were a variety of print-based
courses that motivated inmate could take to better themselves. It's not like this anymore.
Let us now view this idea from a crime victim's point of view. Would it be in the best interest of
the country, and of public safety, to allow the young man convicted my murdering my godson,
once he was deemed low risk, to serve in the Canadian military? I think it would. I would prefer
that he serves his sentence learning the values and discipline taught in the military. I would
prefer that he follows a chain of command and learns respect and that through his actions and
deeds serving his country, he is able to give back to it in a positive way. I prefer that his days are
spent reflecting on his choices and working hard for a better future for himself and his family
instead of vegetating, and perhaps even becoming more violent, in a federal penitentiary. I
assume that there are a lot of people who think differently than I do, and think that those who
have victimized them should be serving hard time and not learning anything, not getting squat. I
don't blame you, but I think that's not in the best interests of anyone involved.
In no way do I want to come off as being critical of the system or anti-authority, because that's
not the case. But in my opinion, the focus on rehabilitation in prison is not what it could be. And
we all know there is only so much running and push-ups and pull-ups a prisoner can do.
As for myself and for the crimes I have committed, I am a proud Canadian and I was born in this
country. I think that if this program were to exist when I was sentenced, I would have considered
it as a way to give back and serve my country in an honourable and responsible manner. I'd learn
about all the things my uncle told me the military is about, and maybe my contributions while
serving my time and my country would really make a difference.
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