Opinion: An antidote for our shrinking attention spans

We risk losing big ideas to character limits and emojis if audiences don’t allow time for depth, context and nuance. As we’re bombarded by social media platforms, our attention span has shrunk.Photo by DENIS CHARLET /AFP via Getty Images I work in communications. That means, I’m in the business of concision. Over the years I’ve … Read more

Universal City hotel expansion project clears early approval hurdle

Rendering of a planned 18-story, 395-room addition to the existing 24-story Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City hotel in Universal City. (Ankrom Moisan) Construction of a new high-rise addition to the Hilton hotel in Universal City was approved by the Los Angeles Planning Commission, clearing a major hurdle for the long-planned expansion. The decision comes as Universal … Read more

MLSE’s Ed Rogers: In it to win it, just like the fans want

Edward Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Communications.Photo by Fred Chartrand /The Canadian Press Normally, very little is heard from Rogers executive chairman Edward Rogers, one of the most powerful sports owners in North America. But on a day his company put in a $4.7-billion offer to take over Bell’s shares in MLSE and have a 75% … Read more

Sheriff’s Department announces long-awaited policy banning deputy gangs

Nearly two years after taking office, Sheriff Robert Luna rolled out a new policy banning membership in so-called deputy gangs. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) Nearly two years after Sheriff Robert Luna took office and promised to eradicate deputy gangs, and three years after state lawmakers greenlit a measure requiring police agencies … Read more

Montreal police search for missing woman with Alzheimer’s

Officials say they have reason to worry for the health and safety of 58-year-old Marie Esther Dormeus. Marie Esther Dormeus was last seen Wednesday morning in Rivière-des-Prairies.SPVM Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in locating Marie Esther Dormeus, a 58-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease last seen Wednesday morning in Rivière-des-Prairies. Dormeus stands 1.58 … Read more

Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals her son Beau, 11, has ‘not a single memory’ from ‘nightmare’ hospitalization

Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s son Beau has no recollection of his recent hospitalization. During a Tuesday episode of Sigler and Christina Applegate’s podcast “Messy,” the 43-year-old revealed that the 11-year-old has “no memory” of being in the hospital in August. “The brain is wild that he has no memory of what he went through,” Sigler shared with … Read more

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