Front Burner Taking stock of where the biggest changes have happened in Trump’s first 100 days, and to what extent they are irreversible. FRONT BURNER · Posted: May 05, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb …
Read More »The U.S. tax loophole that made Shein and Temu rich is changing. What will happen to the brands now?
For years, Shein and Temu used a U.S. tax loophole to keep their costs low and send items to the country ultra-quickly. Not anymore. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 2 to end the de minimis exemption — a rule that allows small packages worth less than …
Read More »Anora and the changing depiction of sex work in Hollywood
Andrea Werhun didn’t have to wait long to see her influence play out onscreen. Because as the Toronto-based artist and former sex worker watched just the opening scenes of Anora, she already saw something so familiar, and yet groundbreaking. As the Oscar-frontrunner for best picture introduced its main character — …
Read More »Ontario is banning cellphones in classrooms. What’s changing and how will it work?
The Ontario government says a provincewide approach to banning cellphones in classrooms will bring uniformity to the rules on devices and improve student concentration as it leans on parents to make the new policy possible. On Sunday, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced new rules for vaping and cellphones that will …
Read More »Barrhaven tornado shows how twisters in Canada are changing: ‘It’s concerning’
Emergency crews are cleaning up an Ottawa suburb after a tornado touched down on Thursday with little to no warning. Residents in Barrhaven, which is about 20 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa, continue to deal with the fallout of the twister that damaged at least 125 homes and left a …
Read More »Are you proud to be Canadian? Most say yes — but pride levels are changing – National
Nearly half of people in Canada say the pride they feel in being Canadian has changed in the past five years and those who reported either a pride drop or increase are evenly split, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs exclusively for Global News, …
Read More »Parliament’s Centre Block is getting a massive overhaul. Here’s what’s changing
A massive overhaul of Centre Block on Parliament Hill is expected to be completed by 2031 and open to the public by 2032. Rob Wright, an assistant deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says structural strengthening and heritage restoration is currently underway. A new three-level welcome centre is …
Read More »‘Job massacre’: Ontario journalism programs adapting to changing industry amid layoffs
Journalism schools across Ontario say they are adapting their programs to better reflect changes in the industry, teaching students how to become storytellers not just in traditional newsrooms, but in other fields as well. It’s a shift media educators say will prepare graduates for careers that might have to withstand …
Read More »Police charge man with voyeurism in connection with Toronto changing room incident – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police have arrested a man and charged him with voyeurism. Investigators with Toronto police alleged the 38-year-old man was caught attempting to use his phone to see inside a woman’s changing room in the Bloor and Dufferin streets area of Toronto after …
Read More »Inside the mind of ChatGPT: How artificial intelligence is changing the way we learn
“It can be difficult for a professor to tell the difference between a paper written by a student and one generated by ChatGPT, especially if the student has made minimal changes to the text generated by the model.” — ChatGPT answering the question, “Would a professor be able to tell …
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