ALERT uses International Safer Internet Day to talk about child exploitation

In 2012 alone, Alberta officials investigated more than 440 new cases of internet-related child exploitation, and laid more than 300 charges against 72 people province-wide. Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams’ (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) units are using International Safer Internet Day as an opportunity to raise awareness about the issue and to remind people…

The Internet Centre’s founder awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

Graham Fletcher was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal along with 49 other Albertans at Government House yesterday; in recognition of Graham’s contributions to his community in West Edmonton, and also for contributions in the development of communications technology and infrastructure in Alberta. From left to right: The Honorable David Xia, MLA (Mclung), Graham Fletcher,…