Right, it’s Friday, it’s aboutfour o’clock in the afternoonwhere I am right now, and I’m about to clock off, but I just had to share this HILARIOUS story from Vancouver with you. According to theVancouver Island Free Daily, Campbell River police pulled over a vehicle last week. Boring! But it gets better. After some erratic maneuvers and failing to stay in its lane, officers believed that the vehicle was being driven by a drunk person....

IIROC, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization in Canada is sending out updated guidelines, reminding investment dealers that social networks including Facebook, Twitter and blogs still demand the same compliance. Reutersreportedtoday that the new guidelines were mailed out this week, outlining the way investment dealers should be communicating with clients and advertising to the public within the social media space. Earlier today we spoke with the IIORC Toronto office to ask them about the “new” guidelines....

A Canadian citizen in the province of Manitoba is suing Google, asking it to pay for damages that allegedly caused the user’s private information to be released through its social network Buzz. The claim that was filed through a Manitoba Court stated that Google jeopardized the privacy of it’s users when it allowed private profile information to be accessed by other members without consent. The private information may have contained details such as the users home address and was allegedly viewed by everyone that “followed” the user....

The Royal Tour? There was an app for that, and Canadians funded it whether they could (or would) have used it. Since June 30th, Prince William and his new bride Kate Middleton (also known as The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) have been touring throughout various parts of Canada. For those royal-watchers that wanted to keep track of the couple’s first visit to our nation, while their was a website and news feeds that provided such information, there was also an iPhone app to help out....

When the CRTC attempted to implementusage based billingon the Internet a few weeks back, Canadians were outraged andspoke out loudlyon the web. The impact of both social media campaigns likeStoptheMeter.caand a flood of blog posts opposing the decision, lead the government to cave and they agreed to overturn the unfavorable new legislation. Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, even spoke to Canadians via Twitterannouncingthat he’d be reviewing the CRTC’s decision....