A clash is brewing in Hollywood as actors seek to impose limits on artificial intelligence technology — particularly when it comes to their digital likenesses — while studios are pushing back, arguing that such limits would violate First Amendment rights.
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After more than a decade of jurisdictional squabbling, political grandstanding, activist obstructionism, legal wrangling and bureaucratic delays, the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion gained final approval earlier this week and began shipping oil on Wednesday.
Inflation has finally caught up to millions of people’s morning routine — that half-double decaffeinated half-caf frappuccino with a twist of lemon concoction from their corner Starbucks.
H5N1 or avian flu has been detected at dozens of dairy farms in the United States and Canadian experts are urging surveillance on the north side of the border.
“We should be actively looking for it,” said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases specialist at Toronto’s University Health Network.
Bogoch says the number and diversity of mammals that have been affected by H5N1 this year has jumped dramatically.
The Israeli National Security Agency (NISA) increased the threat level of traveling to Sweden from level 2 to level 3 on Thursday, ahead of Eurovision.
“Malmo is recognized as a hub for anti-Israel protests, given its high concentration of immigrants from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran. These protests are a weekly occurrence and often involve demonstrations, calls for harm against Jews and Israelis, and the burning of Israeli flags, among other actions. Notably, on October 7 (the day of Hamas’ attack on Israel), anti-Israeli elements in Malmo openly celebrated the tragic events that occurred in Israel,” the statement began.
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, as the economy rebounded from the pandemic slowdown, according to figures obtained by Radio-Canada ahead of today’s government announcement.
The new National Inventory Report data shows emissions reached 708 megatonnes in that year, compared with 698 megatonnes in 2021.
The United States has completed the first full-scale at sea test of a futuristic new underwater drone able to hibernate on the sea bed.
The Manta Ray prototype, produced by US aviation giant Northrop Grumman, is part of a US Navy project to develop a new class of underwater drone capable of carrying out much longer missions.
In days like these, it is useful to remember that there have always been days like these.
Question period may have needed a “viewer discretion advised” warning on Tuesday, when Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons and his caucus followed him out of the door.
But anyone who talks about “a new low” in parliamentary behaviour has forgotten their history.
A Boeing whistleblower who raised concerns about one of the carrier’s suppliers ignoring production defects died suddenly on Tuesday — just two months after another employee who sounded the alarm about the embattled company died by alleged suicide.
The infection broke out in a mysterious six bullet grouping to the back of the head.
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Tanya King, a transgender and autistic public servant working for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said she is concerned about the possibility of having to spend more time in the office, given that she has faced harassment and micro-aggressions from her coworkers.
These are the foot soldiers of your ruling class. Perks unheard of by working people mean civil servants do not vote conservative in any number worth considering.
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Police and private security throng every entrance but one. Steel barriers line the streets. Students pack up belongings in their cars and leave for home – classes are cancelled, and exam plans are up in the air.
Everywhere there is gloom, and uncertainty about what happens next at Columbia University in New York City.
Students told the BBC that the university’s decision to call in police to clear a Gaza protest late on Tuesday, leading to a raid on the occupied Hamilton Hall and more than 100 arrests, has left the college community shattered.
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest budget was aimed at making Canadians feel better about their future, but it appears to have made them feel worse about his government, a new poll suggests.
The latest Abacus Data survey sought to gauge whether and how the Liberals’ latest budget landed with Canadians at a time when the governing party is trailing badly in the polls — which the survey found is still the case.
Student protests have erupted across numerous elite American campuses over the past two weeks, pitting administrations against student activists. What accounts for the energy of the movement?
The Israel-Palestine issue is complex, with a good case to be made that Israel should have acted with more restraint. Palestinian motivations are understandable. What is harder to explain, however, is the exceptional focus of white progressive student protesters on this question.
A new report lends insight into Canadians who leave the country, estimated to number around four million in 2016, or about 11 per cent of the population according to Statistics Canada.
Canada has trouble retaining new citizens, with onward migration showing an increase by 31 per cent between 2017 and 2019, according to the report published by McGill Institute for the Study of Canada on Monday.
