Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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From bridge tolls to rotisserie chickens, N.S. parties campaign on affordability
HALIFAX - On the third day of the Nova Scotia election campaign, the three major political parties focused on affordability. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston announced Tuesday that if his p...
Oct 29, 2024
Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier
TORONTO - Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it's getting more difficult to tell videos, voices and images generated with the technology from material that's real -- but he has an id...
Oct 28, 2024
Google exempt from Online News Act for five years: CRTC
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to release the $100 million it now owes to Canad...
Oct 28, 2024 Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year, indexed to inflation, in order to be exempt from the law, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news publishers to pay for content reposted on their platforms. (The Canadian Press)
'Baffling': MP says Alberta minister made false claims about pandemic bill
EDMONTON - A Liberal member of Parliament says he's baffled by the Alberta United Conservative government's response to his private member's bill about pandemic preparedness. The bill from Toronto MP ...
Oct 28, 2024
Monthly food bank use soars to new record, due to cost of groceries, housing
TORONTO - Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 - n...
Oct 28, 2024
Poilievre promises to abolish GST on new homes under $1 million
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same. Poil...
Oct 28, 2024
Ontario vision of Niagara as northern Las Vegas may not include Marineland: minister
TORONTO - A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says. Stan Cho ...
Oct 28, 2024
Ontario government moves to extend 5.7 cent gas tax cut to June 2025
TORONTO - Ontario is moving to extend a 5.7-cent cut to the provincial gas tax until next summer. Premier Doug Ford says his government will soon put forward legislation that, if passed, will keep the...
Oct 27, 2024
Amanda Todd's family joins American parents in lawsuit against social media giants
WASHINGTON - When B.C. teenager Amanda Todd sat in front of her computer and detailed the relentless bullying and extortion she'd faced on social media, it sent a shock wave to parents around the worl...
Oct 27, 2024
Ready for liftoff: Why Canada's telecom sector sees opportunity in satellite internet
TORONTO - When a severe tropical cyclone hit New Zealand in February 2023, it left thousands on the country's North Island without internet or cellphone service for nearly a week, as major roads carry...
Oct 27, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 1
8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...