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Milliard has 99 days to prove his mettle
Milliard has 99 days to prove his mettle Sherbrooke Record · 8 days ago by Matthew Mccully · Municipal By Sharon McCully Newly-minted Liberal leader Charles Milliard is mid-way through the race to the Oct. 5 finish line when a new government will be formed in Quebec, trailing the Parti Québecois by just three percentage points in the latest Léger…
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Sagrada Família is almost done after 144 years
Sagrada Família is almost done after 144 years Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Construction of the church that’s taking longer than even your landlord’s effort to fix that leaky faucet is nearly finished. Pope Leo XIV is visiting Barcelona today to inaugurate the Sagrada Família’s 566-foot Tower of Jesus Christ, the completion of which recently made it…
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Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta
Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta Not a word about the tech behemoth’s harm to kids. One disgusted jury awarded $375 million in damages.Andrew Nikiforuk 14 Jul 2026The Tyee Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Our journalism is supported by…
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Hundreds of Rural Albertans Line Up to Battle Data Centre Goliath
Hundreds of Rural Albertans Line Up to Battle Data Centre Goliath May 29, 2026 Reading time: 6 minutes Full Story: The Energy Mix Jody MacPherson Rebecca MacIntosh/YouTube A proposed C$10-billion artificial intelligence data centre and power plant complex in Olds, Alberta, has sparked more registered intervenors than any utility project in the province’s recent history, according…
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Camp styles of the rich and the famous
Camp styles of the rich and the famous Brant Lake Camp Traditionally, sleepaway summer camps have been places to connect with nature, make boondoggle bracelets, and shower in your swimsuit. But that’s not all that they have to be, especially if your parents can afford to send you to a luxury camp. Amenity now: Luxury…
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Americans’ money-saving hack: not buying groceries
Americans’ money-saving hack: not buying groceries Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images A “positive attitude” might start counting as something to legitimately bring to a dinner party. Food prices are rising so much that US shoppers are simply buying fewer groceries: Grocery unit sales, which refer to individual items sold, fell 1.8% in June compared to the…
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Will Alberta be UCP in Perpetuity?
News and insights from The Tyee Will Alberta be UCP in Perpetuity? Mired in corruption scandals, besieged by bad press and at the mercy of fringe separatist groups that the vast majority of the public is against, you’d think the United Conservative Party would be in hard times. And yet… A new poll for…
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Bell completes ground station build with AST really
Bell completes ground station build in step toward launching space-based service – Victoria Times Colonist Bell completes ground station build in step toward launching space-based serviceBell Canada says it has reached a key milestone toward launching satellite-to-mobile coverage after it finished building a ground station in Quebec.Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Pressabout 4 hours ago Bell…
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Ope, the diarrhea parasite is in the Midwest
Ope, the diarrhea parasite is in the Midwest Marvin Joseph/Getty Images Romaine is always causing problems. An explosive, diarrhea-causing outbreak of the cyclospora parasite has been running flowing spreading making its way through the Midwest, most prominently in Michigan. Health officials haven’t identified a source of the outbreak but are investigating Taco Bell, according…
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Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta
Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta Not a word about the tech behemoth’s harm to kids. One disgusted jury awarded $375 million in damages.
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Zoom Has a ‘SWAT Team’ to Stand Out on ChatGPT and Gemini – WSJ
Zoom Has a ‘SWAT Team’ to Stand Out on ChatGPT and Gemini – WSJ Yet another new job duty has skyrocketed in importance for chief marketing officers: optimizing how their companies appear in conversations with large language models like ChatGPT or Google Gemini. For Kimberly Storin, CMO at the video meeting provider Zoom Communications, that has meant working…
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US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper
US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper, Ditch American Ones”‘Hey, we don’t need the best model, we can use the faster, cheaper models.’” By Frank Landymore Published Jul 13, 2026 4:01 PM EDTAdd Futurism(opens in a new tab)More information Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock Sign up to see the…
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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says threats are high
Supreme Court Justice Barrett says the threat level against judges ‘is really high’Published Tue, Jul 14 202610:47 AM EDT Updated Tue, Jul 14 20263:42 PM EDTDan Mangan@in/danmangancnbc/@_DanManganShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailKey PointsSupreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House subcommittee that “the…
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Bell completes ground station build in step toward launching space-based service – Victoria Times Colonist
Bell completes ground station build in step toward launching space-based service – Victoria Times Colonist Bell completes ground station build in step toward launching space-based serviceBell Canada says it has reached a key milestone toward launching satellite-to-mobile coverage after it finished building a ground station in Quebec.Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press about 4 hours ago…
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Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI
Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI Universities are dropping programs in translation and foreign languages while adding degrees in embodied intelligence, AI, and robotics. Rest of World/iStock By Kinling Lo + 22 June 2026Translate As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, Chinese universities are rapidly redrawing the landscape of what is worth…
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Former public servant accused in foreign interference
Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving ChinaDennis Lu, retired from Natural Resources Canada, charged with breach of trust, unauthorized use of a computer Kristy Nease · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2026 1:00 AM PDT | Last Updated: July 13 Listen to this articleEstimated 6 minutes Dennis Lu, seen here in…
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What’s up with home insurance nonpayment rates?
What’s up with home insurance nonpayment rates? If the arrival of the Summer House reunion special didn’t already tip you off, the US is entering disaster season. But, according to the Wall Street Journal, “many Americans face a near flip-of-the-coin chance” that they’ll get relief from home insurance carriers when weather damages their house. Insurance,…
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B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster – irresponsible?
B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster VICTORIA — Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the site of a catastrophic dam collapse more than a decade ago. Canadian Pressabout 16 hours…
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The US has set out to allow companies to bypass UN protections against risks in international waters.
A Vancouver Company’s Role in the Race to Mine the Seabed The US has set out to allow companies to bypass UN protections against risks in international waters. Cara B.G. James TodayThe Conversation Cara B.G. James is a PhD candidate in geophysics at the University of British Columbia. This article was originally published by the Conversation. Our journalism…
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Judge nullifies Trump’s $1.776B fund, refers lawyers for discipline
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more BREAKING: Judge nullifies Trump’s $1.776B fund, refers lawyers for discipline Judge Williams also voided the release order purporting to bar Trump and his family from being audited. Adam KlasfeldJul 13 READ IN APP A federal judge on Monday nullified a purported settlement that served as the…
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Finance Interactive Dictionary
Finance Interactive Dictionary Author: R.G.RichardsonFinance Interactive Dictionary – multi-language search updated 2026. Balancing the definitions between the old and the new! A biannual updated series of economics, Markets, Finance, money, and Banking. Available on Amazon and Kobo/Rakuten. This search is in English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Indian, Portuguese and Japanese!Economic Interactive Notes,…
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DuckDuckGo’s Doing Numbers After Pitching Itself as the Home of AI-Free Web Searches
DuckDuckGo’s Doing Numbers After Pitching Itself as the Home of AI-Free Web Searches DuckDuckGo’s Doing Numbers After Pitching Itself as the Home of AI-Free Web SearchesAI haters are leaving Google in droves.BY JUSTIN CAFFIERPUBLISHED JUNE 1, 2026, 6:35 PM ET READING TIME 3 MINUTES © sdx15 (Shutterstock)READ LATER COMMENTS (28) As AI is increasingly injected…
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Study reports inconsistencies in the Canadian Youth employment process
Study reports inconsistencies in the Canadian Youth employment process Sherbrooke Record · 16 hours agoby Matthew Mccully · Demographics Young people job-searching and business owners not on the same page Record Staff (HB) A new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reveals fundamental discrepancies at every stage of the hiring process in…
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RG Richardson Interactive Money and Banking
Finance Interactive DictionaryAuthor: R.G.RichardsonFinance Interactive Dictionary – multi-language search updated 2026. Balancing the definitions between the old and the new! A biannual updated series of economics, Markets, Finance, money, and Banking. Available on Amazon and Kobo/Rakuten. This search is in English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Indian, Portuguese and Japanese!Economic Interactive Notes, Financial Market,…
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College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science
College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics.” By Frank Landymore Published Jun 3, 2026 3:01 PM EDTAdd Futurism(opens in a new tab)More information Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock Sign up to see the future,…
