A new code of conduct is set to govern how AI is developed in Canada. But it’s voluntary, and despite immediate support from big players in the business, there are also concerns it could stifle innovation and the ability to compete with companies based outside of Canada. Some businesses concerned …
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1 family, 3 generations’ views on the impacts of residential schools
Dolores Naponse was sent to a residential school near Sudbury, and the impacts of that time were felt by her family for decades. Dolores Naponse, her daughter and granddaughter reflect ahead of 3rd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Dolores Naponse keeps a binder filled with memories both good and …
Read More »Marcos vows: PH will defend borders
THE Philippines is not looking for a fight with China, but it will defend its borders against aggression, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday. The President made the statement after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) carried out his orders to take down the 300-meter-long floating barrier the Chinese put …
Read More »‘Whole-of-drugnation program to fight drugs needed’
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said a whole-of-nation approach is needed to rid the country of illegal drugs through prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and law enforcement. In an address read for him during the 4th anniversary of the DOH-Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on …
Read More »Marcos reappoints Herbosa as Health chief
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reappointed Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa as secretary of the Department of Health (DH) after the Commission on Appointments (CA) bypassed his designation as a member of the Cabinet. The Presidential Communications Office announced the appointment of Herbosa as interim secretary of the DoH in a Facebook …
Read More »Rice price cap seen to last until end-Oct.
Prices of rice are falling in markets across Metro Manila, but the price cap imposed by the government may remain until end-October, a Department of Agriculture official said Friday. The falling prices are not enough to remove the P41 to P45 price cap on regular and well-milled rice, DA Senior …
Read More »What’s driving Canada’s big bet on EV batteries
This week, Quebec and Ottawa committed $2.7 billion toward an electric vehicle battery factory near Montreal. Such projects have faced questions, given the amount of public money involved. ‘We either remain competitive in this race to electrification or we get left behind,’ policy analyst says. Standing before a backdrop that …
Read More »Head of Canadian Ukrainian group defends man who fought for unit created by Nazis
The president of the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada is defending a Second World War veteran of a Nazi unit who was recently lauded as a hero in Canada’s Parliament. Jurij Klufas has not met 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka but says the veteran is being treated unfairly. He says Hunka was …
Read More »‘Doesn’t mean a lot without action’: Reflections on Canada’s third National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30
‘Doesn’t mean a lot without action’: Reflections on Canada’s third National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 People attend the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and PowWow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Friday, September 30, 2022. The Manitoba government will not make …
Read More »Trump, in campaign mode, attempts to back off abortion
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – Donald Trump never misses a chance to remind voters that he was the one to appoint three justices to the US Supreme Court who voted to ditch the federal right to an abortion. But ask the 77-year-old what he thinks personally about abortion, and his position …
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