(REUTERS) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has warned if the US administration moves ahead with sweeping ban on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, it risks compromising national security, the Financial Times reported on Thursday (June 6). Google’s move comes as the world’s two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China’s […]
YouTube will delete thousands of accounts after banning “supremacists”, conspiracy theorists and other harmful accounts, it has claimed. The decision was made after an in-depth review of its rules on hateful content, YouTube said. While it has always banned hate content in general, the site has allowed some specific kinds of harmful videos – such […]
A political battle over conversion therapy is brewing both at the legislature and across Alberta, and Calgary Pride is taking the issue to city hall, urging council to ban conversion therapy locally. “This is an active practice in the city and we need to put an end to it,” Calgary Pride board president Shone Thistle said. […]
Canada’s Senate has voted not to accept a report from its transportation and communications committee that was sharply critical of Bill C-48, legislation to formalize a moratorium on oil tanker traffic in northern B.C. waters. The vote means that the bill will now proceed to third reading at the Senate’s next sitting. The report was […]
TORONTO (REUTERS) – Lawyers for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou will bring a motion to challenge her extradition to the United States in January 2020, the company said in a statement on Thursday (June 6) after her legal team appeared in a Canadian court to set future court dates. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported […]
US President Donald Trump said he believes Iran wants to engage in negotiations and he is ready for talks. Iran is failing as a nation after Washington imposed powerful sanctions last year, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding that things could change rapidly in talks with the leadership in Tehran. “When I became […]
Just because Stephen Moffett leases land to Corridor Resources for natural gas extraction doesn’t mean environmental impacts aren’t on his mind. “I live here, I’m a farmer. My family are here, my family fish in the river,” Moffet says. “Environmental concerns are every bit as important to me as anyone else, maybe more so,” he […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he was concerned that China could broaden its crackdown on Canada’s exports, and that he might seek a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. China has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and looks set to boost customs’ examinations of pork shipments. “We are … […]
The provincial auditor of Saskatchewan likes what she sees from SGI and the job they are doing when it comes to photo radar. In her spring 2019 report, Judy Ferguson said SGI, on the behalf of Auto Fund, does a “good job operating the now permanent Automated Speed Enforcement Program under The Traffic Safety Act.” […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle entered the booming podcast business on Thursday (June 6), announcing a multi-year partnership with streaming service Spotify to produce a series of exclusive podcasts. Under the partnership, the Obamas will “develop, produce and lend their voices” to select podcasts that will be […]