Characterized by the Government Services Union as a ‘spy for management,’ feds are leasing the robot for two years for $39,663 Government of Canada ,uildings in Gatineau, Quebec.Photo by Tony Caldwell/Postmedia/File A robot manufactured by a Toronto-based company is raising eyebrows among public servants who fear they are being “spied on.” Per CBC, the product, … Read more
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been visiting allies ahead of the NATO leaders’ summit in Washington, D.C., next month and to mark the alliance’s 75th anniversary. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg takes part in an interview in Ottawa on Thursday, June 20, 2024.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO … Read more
Quebec has refused a request by Montreal’s transit agency to fund new projects after 2026. “Elevators in the métro are necessary for people in wheelchairs, but they are very useful for families with strollers, pregnant women, people with walkers or canes, people with luggage and even people who are bringing bicycles on the métro,” says … Read more
Ameca, a humanoid robot created by Engineered Arts, takes part in an AI interview with Alberta Innovates CEO Laura Kilcrease during Inventures at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.Photo by Brent Calver/Postmedia /Postmedia Albertans are innovators. This a province that knows technology and has used it to become an economic … Read more
The Columbia University subway station was defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in bright red paint this week — months after protesters occupied the Morningside Heights Ivy League campus. A station superintendent was riding a southbound No. 1 train around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday when he spotted the brazen graffiti on both the northbound and southbound platforms of … Read more
Storm clouds over a canola field in Alberta.Mike Drew/ Postmedia file Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the City of Calgary and surrounding areas. Storms are expected to develop this afternoon and move slowly eastward through the day. Some of the thunderstorms may produce strong winds, damaging hail and heavy rain. Environment … Read more
They’ve got grounds to be mad. A small Brooklyn coffee shop says a big chain retailer took an image of their flower-adorned storefront without their permission and sold it on a T-shirt — and now they want in on the clothing windfall. An image that looks uncannily like Caffe de Martini in Prospect Heights — … Read more
What’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees The sun rises over the Toronto skyline on Saturday, May 1, 2021.Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just … Read more
Schreiner’s appeal application was dismissed this week. He’s serving a life sentence for the murder of his spouse, Tammy Brown. Blake Jeffrey Schreiner is photographed after his arrest on Jan. 29, 2019. Court exhibit photo.jpg SCC appeals are only heard if a leave to appeal is granted. Tammy Brown, 39, was stabbed 80 times by … Read more
A strawberry moon rises behind the San Francisco skyline on June 3, 2023. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) Mark your calendars and turn to the sky — there will be another exciting celestial event Friday night, right after the start of summer. The full moon, called a “strawberry moon” because of its pink or reddish … Read more
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