French-language news in Quebec faces mounting challenges in the fight against disinformation These are challenging times for news media in Quebec and larger Canada. More and more journalists are leaving the industry and traditional advertising revenues are diminishing, which in turn affects ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Quebec's minimum wage goes up in May but still isn't enough to live on, a new study finds Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... 04/29/2024 - 6:00 am | View Link
Quebec to spend $603M to help French remain vital in the province Quebec will spend $603 million over five years to reverse what the province's French language minister describes as the decline of French. At a news conference Sunday, French Language Minister ... 04/28/2024 - 4:03 am | View Link
The European rights court rules Turkey’s jailing of a UN judge after a coup attempt was unlawful ISTANBUL (AP) — A United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed when he was arrested in Turkey in the wake of a 2016 coup attempt despite holding diplomatic immunity, the European Court of Human ... 04/22/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
Anti-coup forces claim control of key Myanmar border town Hundreds of troops were reported to have surrendered in a ‘major blow’ to generals who seized power in February 2021. Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ... 04/8/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.