The federal government is cutting funding for a public internet access program, CBC News has learned.

One of the largest academic publishers in the world has withdrawn its support from a controversial U.S. bill that could restrict public access to published, publicly-funded research, following a boycott by thousands of researchers around the world.

Canadian government scientists are still being hampered from talking to the media about their taxpayer-funded research and that's bad news for the public, say groups representing both journalists and federal scientists.

The federal integrity commissioner has found that a Service Canada manager in Manitoba misused public funds and assets.