The Daily Chase: Reddit rally continues; Big Tech sounds cautious note
GameStop is still grabbing the worldâs attention and the situation can turn on a dime. Its shares â along with others that have ve been swept up in the Reddit frenzy â were initially under pressure in pre-market trading this morning; then, all of a sudden, they were up more than 20 per cent. . As that was playing out, Jon Erlichman had a canât-miss interview with the originator of the playground where all the hysteria is playing out. WallStreetBets Founder Jaime Rogozinski explained why fundamentals donât even matter for the subredditâs users. Check it out here if you missed it live.
iPolitics We have to shed the notion that we can “win” the battle against climate change. It will take all the effort we can muster to avert environmental catastrophe. (Arcadio Esquivel)
Sound familiar?
The human coronavirus was identified more than 50 years ago, and its threat recognized with the SARS outbreak of 2002. But despite scientific warnings of an inevitable pandemic, Canadian governments were unprepared for the havoc it has caused.
Are we going to repeat that mistake with climate change?
In its 2019 report on climate change, the federal government said Canada has warmed at a rate twice the global average and will continue on that trajectory. The result, it said, will be: more extreme rainfall that causes flooding of homes and businesses; more intense heat waves that worsen droughts and forest fires; and permafrost thaw that will undermine northern infrastructure.
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The federal government is making final revisions to its plans to act against online hate and harassment on social-media platforms in light of the deadly U.S. Capitol Hill riots, and its proposed measures will be presented to cabinet in the coming weeks.
The recent actions of web giants Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple and Amazon following the riots are prompting worldwide debate about fundamental issues of freedom of speech, the responsibility of platform companies to moderate their sites, and the proper role of government regulation.
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There are major agenda items on city council s horizon that aren t strictly about the pandemic, though as we all learned in 2020, there s almost no facet of daily life that isn t touched in some way by COVID-19.(Kristy Nease/CBC)
Winnipeg Free Press
Purpose of September trip remains a mystery, beyond vague reference to Ottawa meetings By: Larry Kusch | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
The release of Brian Pallister s official events calendar sheds no new light on why the premier took a weeklong trip to Ottawa in mid-September as the second wave of COVID-19 was ramping up in Manitoba.
The release of Brian Pallister s official events calendar sheds no new light on why the premier took a weeklong trip to Ottawa in mid-September as the second wave of COVID-19 was ramping up in Manitoba.
The
Free Press obtained a copy of the calendar, through freedom of information legislation, after his office repeatedly refused to provide an itinerary for the trip. He left for the nation s capital on Sept. 15 and returned on the 23rd.