Canada's Metroland Media Group has sought bankruptcy protection and will cease print publication of more than 70 weekly community newspapers, a move that will mean a loss of 605 jobs
The Globe and Mail says separately in a paywalled article that almost 70 journalists will lose their jobs.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-media-chain-stop-printing-195242807.html
#Canada #Ontario #newspapers #journalism #layoffs
Canadian government issues new rules for public servants using AI
Anand says government will monitor to ensure AI tools aren't biased and don't discriminate
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/generative-ai-chatgpt-government-1.6961323
#AI #Canada #CDNpoli
Mila Kunis: "I wholeheartedly vouch for Danny Masterson’s exceptional character"
#rape #MeToo #Hollywood #Scientology
He was scammed $16K from his BMO line of credit. The bank is charging him interest anyway
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bmo-scam-line-of-credit-two-factor-1.6947461
#BMO #banking #scam #fraud #Canada
Josh Freed: I loved Montreal in the 'good old days,' but I love it more now
#Montréal #nostalgia
Legal scholars increasingly raise constitutional argument that Trump should be barred from presidency
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/politics/donald-trump-fourteenth-amendment-2024-race/index.html
#MAGA #GOP #uspol
Original cast of "Scott Pilgrim" return for anime series
#anime #TV #Toronto
nostr:npub1vmkde46tf8n8jxg6l4eqtw2t4e3hlmu7j7l26u50tx3rjzegw2nqfe407a I didn't even get an echo! I tried it out and stuff just vanishes into the void, unless you have thousands of followers.
nostr:npub1nxgxs0942zynyh03kr0wz7q574a954rdzrset6c8xm5le0zysadqx8lkra Don't we have more active user accounts than that here?
nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k The shot of her with Paris Hilton is something. Yes, Paris will save X.
https://www.ft.com/content/a3ec6975-72af-489a-9c77-c8a77e383ea8
I keep thinking that Yaccarino has to be a profoundly stupid person, and yet I know at the same time that she can't be.
Analysis: China's Ukraine peace-talks gambit shows shift in approach
#China #Russia #Ukraine
‘It’s just not for me’: linebacker Darnell Sankey found less ‘satisfaction’ in XFL compared to CFL
(yay!)
#CFL #XFL #NFL #Saskatchewan
nostr:npub1plczzgxfax2llf9fx3pc8f0c7m38g07sv2h44tyn2zfljx9g8rtqu9rxqa I wonder if there's something happening in the world that makes a post like this from Russia so tone-deaf and stupid?
Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change
#Vermont #Montpelier #VermontFlood #ClimateChange
‘Something’s changed’: Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say
#climatechange #Canada
‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee
#Flordia #DeSantis #rightwing #GOP #academics