11 h. ago Media Advisory: Picket Line Locations for Calgary, Foothills and Black Gold Strikes

CALGARY, Alberta — The Canadian Union of Public Employees released the picket line locations for Monday, February 24, 2025. Please note, that these locations are for Monday only. Going forward, CUPE expects locations to change. CUPE 40 (Calgary Board of Education) 7:00 am-9:00 am: McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW, Calgary 9:00 am-11:00 am: Calgary […]

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24 h. ago Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, police, cleared of ‘baseless’ DUI allegation

Global News has learned that the Vancouver police became aware of social media posts from developer and ex-political commentator Alex Tsakumis in late 2023.

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25 h. ago Ontario Liberals suspend Oshawa candidate over social media post

Ontario’s Liberals have suspended their candidate in Oshawa over an inflammatory social media post. The suspension for Viresh Bansal comes after several Liberal candidates called on leader Bonnie Crombie to dump him. Bansal posted a response in 2023 to an NDP statement on the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar after Prime Minister Justin […]

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3 d. ago ‘I will make you famous’: Retailer turns to social media to track down shoplifters

A B.C. small business owner says she no longer reports crimes to the police and is relying solely on social media to hold criminals accountable. And she says it works.

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4 d. ago Opinion: As AI companies flaunt their theft, news media has to fight back

Danielle Coffey: Lawsuits can be long and costly, but media has no choice if AI companies take advantage of their intellectual property

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5 d. ago Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95

MONTREAL — Antonine Maillet — novelist, playwright, and proud Acadian — has died at the age of 95. Her publisher, Lemeac, announced the news Monday on social media, saying the author had died overnight at her home in Montreal. Born in New Brunswick, she became the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary […]

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