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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A photograph taken from a rugged mountaintop in the Cape Breton Highlands that shows the ocean, a small island and a shadowy mass has sparked lively debate …
Read More »Children’s advocates want new online harms legislation before the end of the year
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A national coalition of advocacy groups, health-care organizations and a telecommunications company have come together to demand the federal government reintroduce legislation to protect children from online …
Read More »Desperate parents needing baby formula turn to online strangers as Canadian prices nearly double since 2017
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Cassandra Shedden has sometimes had to rummage around her home, looking for things to hawk, just to pay for baby formula. The 33-year-old mother of three in …
Read More »Misogynistic ideas made popular online are popping up in Canadian classrooms, survey says
In her Grade 8 to Grade 12 classrooms, Annie Ohana says ideas with toxic undertones are often not far away. Like earlier this school year, when she was handing out cups for an activity, and a boy asked if any part of it would “lower [his] testosterone.” The student conceded …
Read More »Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them
Warning: This story deals with suicide. For self-proclaimed scammer “John,” luring foreigners into sending him money is a full-time job. “We look for them through Facebook or Instagram,” he told CBC’s Marketplace. “We look through celebrities’ accounts, followers’ accounts, then we add them.” He’s one of Nigeria’s “Yahoo Boys,” whose …
Read More »Unravelling at the seams: when online fashion orders don’t come as advertised
Toronto boutique owner Julie Skirving was confused when she got flooded with complaints from online customers who received poor quality items or didn’t get their orders at all. Over five hundred and forty people came to her with one common thread: they had seen a sponsored ad on Facebook and ordered from …
Read More »Online retailer Ssense filing for bankruptcy protection
Montreal-based online fashion retailer Ssense plans to file for bankruptcy protection as its primary lender attempts to force a sale of the company, a Ssense spokesperson told CBC News in an email. According to the company, its primary lender has placed Ssense under Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) protection in …
Read More »Punjab Government Launched Eight New Online Services, Work Can Be Done From Home – Chandigarh News
—– -सभी सेवाएं शहरी स्थानीय निकायों से जुड़ीं, लोगों को मिलेगी राहत —– अमर उजाला ब्यूरो चंडीगढ़। पंजाब सरकार ने स्थानीय निकाय विभाग के अंतर्गत आठ नई सेवाएं शुरू करने का निर्णय लिया है। इससे लोगों को काफी राहत मिलेगी। इन सुविधाओं में शहरी निवासियों के लिए पालतू जानवरों के …
Read More »Judge Frank Caprio, known online as the ‘nicest judge in the world,’ dead at 88
Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of the courtroom show ” Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social media accounts said Wednesday that he “passed away peacefully” after “a long and courageous battle …
Read More »Online misogyny seeping into classrooms in ‘frightening’ ways, teachers and experts say
“Shut up and make me a sandwich.” “I don’t have to listen to you, go get the man in charge.” Those are some of the comments one Halifax teacher says she has heard from some of her male students in recent years. Christine Emberley said the comments range from sarcastic sniping about …
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