Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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An AI 'hallucination' turned up in a B.C. court case. Experts say it's a wake-up call
Vancouver tech lawyer Ryan Black's work with video game companies put him in a position to watch the rise of artificial intelligence in the industry. Now he finds himself on the front lines again as h...
Feb 29, 2024
Canadian man drives off Hawaiian cliff, falls from wreck, washes out to sea, survives
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii - A Canadian tourist in Hawaii has survived a disastrous sequence of events after he took a wrong turn while heading out to watch the sunrise, drove off a cliff, fell out of the wr...
Feb 28, 2024
CBC reaches tentative deal with union, says the Canadian Media Guild
OTTAWA - The Canadian Media Guild says it has reached a tentative agreement with CBC/Radio Canada. In a statement, the union says the deal has been recommended by its bargaining committee and the deta...
Feb 28, 2024
Arguments begin at competition body in case against Cineplex over online booking fees
OTTAWA - Cineplex Inc. is engaging in harmful "drip pricing" with its online booking fees, and moviegoers have no way to avoid them, says Canada's competition czar. A lawyer representing the competiti...
Feb 28, 2024
Appellate judge refuses to halt Trump's $454 million fraud penalty while he appeals
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump's $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, leaving the former president less than a month t...
Feb 28, 2024
Proposed new Virginia 'tech tax' sparks backlash from business community
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Trade associations representing hundreds of companies that do business in Virginia have come out swinging against a proposal to expand the state sales tax to cover digital goods, ...
Feb 27, 2024
Chatbots' inaccurate, misleading responses about U.S. elections threaten to keep voters from polls
NEW YORK (AP) - With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report pu...
Feb 27, 2024
Proposed Quebec language rules will lead to fewer products, higher prices: lawyer
MONTREAL - Proposed Quebec regulations that would require more French markings on consumer products will lead to fewer choices and higher costs for things such as home appliances, according to an indu...
Feb 27, 2024
Coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is found in contempt
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been found in contempt by a federal judge for not following an order to pay an insurance company to maintain collate...
Feb 27, 2024
Ottawa freezes merger notification threshold, funds housing innovation projects
Ottawa is freezing the threshold at which the Competition Bureau must be notified of a merger. The federal Liberal government is also providing $123 million to eight homebuilders it says are driving i...
Feb 27, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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