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The day the ‘code red’ IPCC report dropped, top US papers made a measurably bigger deal of it.

The virus changed reading habits, writing ambitions and BC’s book biz. Here’s how.

Canada under fire for secretly using facial recognition at Torontos Pearson airport Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. What do the Toronto Police Service, the owners of the Eaton Centre and Canadas federal government have in common? Theyve all now been caught using facial recognition technology on members of the public without consent, warning or even notice — and they didnt just scan a few faces, but mill...

Article content Bill C-36, which brings back a civil remedy for hate speech under Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, has been criticized by advocates who say it could put a chill on free expression. Under the legislation, Canadians could bring complaints about online hate speech to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, who would then refer cases to a tribunal. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Hate speech bill wont curb freedom of expre...

“Midnight Madness: as Canadians slept, the Liberals, Bloc and NDP combined to pass Bill C-10.” That is how Canadian law professor and the country’s foremost expert on law and technology,  Michael Geist, described Tuesday evening’s House of Commons shenanigans that allowed the Trudeau government to ram through its controversial internet censorship law. This comes after we saw “the government limiting debate, overruling its own committee chair, and using every available procedural mano...

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The news is full of them. Why journalists need to cover people and communities outside their familiar comfort zone.

Once debate time ran out, the committee continued voting on amendments, but referred to them only by number, with no information available to the public

Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic The ex-Greenpeacer claims his new book is science-based. It’s gaining traction. But when contacted, researchers he cites said he got their work wrong. Sean Holman covered B.C. politics for 10 years and is now a journalism professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. SHARES Moore wrongly claims that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn’t conclude the climate is changing faster than in the past. Actuall...

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