Canada’s next federal election must take place on or before Oct. 25, 2025. @thetyee looks at foreign influence on Canadian politics, in particular, from Russia, and the role of people like Tenet Media influencer Lauren Southern.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/
Canada, Ukraine Ink Bilateral Information Security Agreement https://www.byteseu.com/556003/ #Belgium #Canada #Communications #Cyber #cybersecurity #technolo #Technology #Ukraine
Carbon pricing had 'minimal impact' on inflation 2019-2024; consumer prices are up 19.3%, with just 0.5% of that due to sales, excise and carbon taxes:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-negligible-impact-on-inflation-study-1.7408728
@ProPublica #america your #medicines come from #india and #canada and #mexico
@justinling just published a thoughtful piece in the TorStar about the limits of litigation in addressing polarization in Canadian society.
He's right to say that winning a legal battle isn't the same thing as changing minds.
DNA breakthrough helps police ID skull found in 1988 cold case
Police in Peterborough, Ont., say advances in DNA technology have led to a breakthrough in a cold case that began decades ago with the grisly discovery of a human skull in a river.
#crime #investigation #technology #Peterborough #Ont #News #Canada #Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/peterborough-otonabee-river-man-identified-as-gerald-durcoher-in-cold-case-breakthrough-1.7407767?cmp=rss
Meta says ‘technical issue’ impacting apps like Facebook, Instagram
More than 100,000 Facebook users in the U.S. and 20,000 in Canada dealt with an outage, with thousands more seeing issues on other Meta apps.
#outage #apps #US #Canada #Consumer #Tech #Facebook
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912926/meta-outage-december-2024/
Meta says ‘technical issue’ impacting apps like Facebook, Instagram
More than 100,000 Facebook users in the U.S. and 20,000 in Canada dealt with an outage, with thousands more seeing issues on other Meta apps.
#outage #apps #US #Canada #Consumer #Tech #Facebook
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912926/meta-outage-december-2024/
every once in a while i stumble across a great DS title at a thrift store
today’s find was Club House Games - a relatively early title that took advantage of the DS’s architecture
one criminally underrated and underused DS feature is “single card download play” - which lets you play against other DS players who *do not* own a copy of the card themselves. it wirelessly transmits the game to them for ad hoc competitions.
i love that the first owner of this bought it at a local Zellers. how i miss your vinyl offgassing shoe aisles and $3 PC bargain bins
It's not yet official, but this is the world's smallest arcade machine. Guess what game it plays?
A college student in London, Ont. has attempted to break the record for building the world's tiniest arcade machine, with a replica of a classic game that fits in the palm of her hand.
#technology #innovation #records #London #Ont #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/it-s-not-yet-official-but-this-is-the-world-s-smallest-arcade-machine-guess-what-game-it-plays-1.7406570?cmp=rss
TikTok seeks judicial review of Ottawa’s shutdown order
The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.
#judicialreview #shutdownorder #Ottawa #Vancouver #Canada #Politics #Tech #TikTok
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912284/tiktok-canada-shudown-legal-challenge/
TikTok seeks judicial review of Ottawa’s shutdown order
The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.
#judicialreview #shutdownorder #Ottawa #Vancouver #Canada #Politics #Tech #TikTok
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912284/tiktok-canada-shudown-legal-challenge/
TikTok seeks judicial review of Ottawa’s shutdown order
The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.
#judicialreview #shutdownorder #Ottawa #Vancouver #Canada #Politics #Tech #TikTok
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912284/tiktok-canada-shudown-legal-challenge/
TikTok seeks judicial review of Ottawa’s shutdown order
The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.
#judicialreview #shutdownorder #Ottawa #Vancouver #Canada #Politics #Tech #TikTok
https://globalnews.ca/news/10912284/tiktok-canada-shudown-legal-challenge/
A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting an Ontario water charity
Geoffrey Hinton, a so-called godfather of artificial intelligence, is not boosting the latest tech startup or funding an initiative to counter the dangers of AI.
#charity #technology #Ontario #Canada #ArtificialIntelligence #GeoffreyHinton #NobelPrize
https://globalnews.ca/news/10911750/geoffrey-hinton-nobel-prize-organization-investment/
A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting an Ontario water charity
Geoffrey Hinton, a so-called godfather of artificial intelligence, is not boosting the latest tech startup or funding an initiative to counter the dangers of AI.
#charity #technology #Ontario #Canada #ArtificialIntelligence #GeoffreyHinton #NobelPrize
https://globalnews.ca/news/10911750/geoffrey-hinton-nobel-prize-organization-investment/
A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting an Ontario water charity
Geoffrey Hinton, a so-called godfather of artificial intelligence, is not boosting the latest tech startup or funding an initiative to counter the dangers of AI.
#charity #technology #Ontario #Canada #ArtificialIntelligence #GeoffreyHinton #NobelPrize
https://globalnews.ca/news/10911750/geoffrey-hinton-nobel-prize-organization-investment/