In Newfoundland and Labrador, there’s a growing sense that a provincial election disrupted by a COVID-19 outbreak won’t truly be over for a long time. Kyle Rees, president of the province’s New Democratic Party and a lawyer, says no matter which party ends up with the most votes, the election will probably end up […]
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Serena Fleites was in seventh grade when a sexually explicit video of her was uploaded to Pornhub. The fallout from that fateful post — made without her knowledge after a boyfriend demanded she send him naked images — would send her into a years-long spiral of depression, drug use and self-harm, as the illegal […]
Facebook will restore Australian news pages, ending an unprecedented week-long blackout after wringing concessions from the government over a proposed law that will require tech giants to pay traditional media companies for their content. Both sides claimed victory in the clash, which has drawn global attention as countries including Canada and Britain consider similar […]
Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. The Parliament on Thursday passed the final amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook […]
Tens of millions of people watched the extraordinary landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars, but few with as much interest as Maxence Abela, a 23-year-old computer and IT student at Epitech, a graduate school for information and new technologies in Paris. He describes himself as a big fan of space exploration, so he […]
Executives from Canada’s major broadcasters and a Netflix official spoke before a parliamentary committee on Friday, saying changes need to be made to bring Canada’s broadcasting landscape into the 21st century. Read more: Liberals propose new rules for streaming platforms like Netflix, Spotify Where they differed, however, was in how best to go about […]
Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state. Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups. […]
Technology is one of the fastest-growing industries in North America, yet an industry group reports only 9.3 per cent of those who work in the Canadian tech sector are Black. That statistic inspired a group of former and current athletes to try to change that by encouraging more Black youth and young professionals to […]
Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill (CNN) — “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a […]
Story highlights Astronauts can temporarily gain 2 inches in height but suffer muscle loss and back pain More countermeasures involving exercise may help mitigate pain and muscle loss (CNN) — A six-month stay on the International Space Station can be a pain in the back for astronauts. While they may gain up to 2 […]