Category Archives: Arts
‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ goes south to cover U.S. election under COVID-19 protocols
TORONTO — Armed with masks, face shields, a minivan and an "ungodly" amount of hand sanitizer, a small team of producers from the CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" is in the U.S. to cover a rather unpredictable presidential election. Producer
Central banks must have digital currency alternative if Facebook’s Libra blocked: BoC
OTTAWA — A senior official at the Bank of Canada says central banks should have their own digital currency ready as an alternative if they decide to say no to one being developed by Facebook. The social media giant has spent
Doc examines what this Canadian-made AI system predicts for the U.S. election
TORONTO — She's accurately predicted the Brexit vote, the 2016 American presidential outcome, and last year's federal election in Canada. Now, a Canadian-made artificial intelligence system called Polly is forecasting next month's U.S. presidenti...
Canadians spend more money and time online during COVID pandemic: StatCan
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says Canadians have been spending more time and money online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency found in a survey conducted last month that 44 per cent of Canadians had spent more money online
No ‘magic bullet’ to solve toxic social-media content, LeBlanc says
OTTAWA — There is no magic legislative bullet to control objectionable content on social media, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says. LeBlanc told a virtual conference on democracy Wednesday if there were a simple answer, many other ...
Trust and situational awareness key to success of the Forces’ most famous tweeter
OTTAWA — Trust.Capt. Kirk Sullivan is talking about running what has become one of the most talked-about Twitter accounts in the federal government.In particular, he is explaining why he doesn’t have to get approval before posting his tweets online.Tha...
‘SNL’ season premiere sneak peek video shows Jim Carrey playing Joe Biden
TORONTO — "Saturday Night Live" has released a first look at Canadian comedian Jim Carrey playing U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the show. The NBC sketch series has posted a short teaser video for this weekend's season premiere, sh...
Broadcaster Marci Ien to run for Liberals in Bill Morneau’s old riding
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have named broadcaster Marci Ien as their candidate in the riding formerly held by Bill Morneau. Morneau represented Toronto Centre for the Liberals during his time in the House of Commons, which came to an abrupt
Canadian artists, writers, performers call for national basic income
TORONTO — A group of Canadian artists, writers, technicians and performers is calling on Ottawa to guarantee a basic income for anyone in need. Novellist and screenwriter Emma Donoghue, poet George Elliott Clarke and opera singer Adrianne Pie...
Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day
ROME — Italy on Tuesday returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall. The chief prosecutor in charge of the
