Technology has upended how art is created and consumed. Is that a good thing?
From the outside, the last few years have seen a non-stop series of revolutions in the art world.From the time they found widespread notoriety early last year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have commanded price tags in the tens of millions for pieces of digital art. But critics describe them as a fundamentally valueless grift that offers nothing
Boris Johnson returns from holiday, mulls bid to be Britain’s PM again
Boris Johnson returned to Britain from holiday on Saturday to consider an audacious bid for a second term as prime minister in a race that could pit him against his former finance minister, whose resignation in July helped drive him out of office.Potential candidates to replace Prime Minister Liz Truss, who quit on Thursday after only six weeks
Premier Danielle Smith touts party unity ahead of 2023 election
Alberta's new Premier Danielle Smith says the United Conservative Party is ready to fight and win the next provincial election in May 2023. In a keynote address at the governing party's annual general meeting on Saturday, Smith tried to rally party members who have just come through a year of division marked by a leadership review
Danielle Smith shared link to antisemitic blog while writing about potential of global currency
On two occasions over the past year, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith included links in her newsletter to a blog that a Canadian Jewish Human Rights organization says is a known source of antisemitic tropes and racist conspiracy theories.Her sharing of the blog's content was first reported by independent journalist Justin Ling.In a statement Wednesday, a spokesperson
Elon Musk tells investors he plans to fire 75% of Twitter employees: report
Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post.Musk has told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that he plans to cut nearly 75 per cent of Twitter's employee base of 7,500 workers, leaving the
Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying subpoena from Jan. 6...
Steve Bannon, a former top strategist and campaign chair to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court to four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges.Bannon refused to co-operate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. He was convicted earlier this year after a four-day
Woman’s lawsuit alleges abuse in Winnipeg maternity home run by United Church of Canada
A woman who says she was abused and forced to put her baby up for adoption in 1965 at a church-run maternity home in Winnipeg is spearheading a proposed class-action lawsuit against the United Church of Canada.The woman, from Thunder Bay, Ont., launched the lawsuit 57 years after she was raped at age 17 and
National handgun sales ‘freeze’ takes effect today
The federal government's promised national "freeze" on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns takes effect Friday — part of Ottawa's plan to limit access to firearms to tamp down on a spike in crime.Under the regulations, people can still own and use their existing registered handguns and sell or transfer handguns to "exempted individuals or
John Schneider agrees to 3-year deal to remain Blue Jays manager
John Schneider and Ross Atkins never stopped speaking with each other, it's just the subject matter that has shifted over the past two weeks.Schneider and the Blue Jays officially agreed on a new contract on Friday to make him Toronto's manager for at least the next three years, with a team option for the 2026
Melting glaciers are unveiling salt deposits. Goats and sheep are competing over them
As It Happens6:36When goats and sheep compete for tasty mountain salt, goats almost always winAs climate change causes glaciers to melt, two high-climbing species are competing over who gets to lick up all the nutritious salt deposits left in their wake. Bighorn sheep and mountain goats both want a piece of these previously unavailable mineral deposits
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Ravens vs. Saints final score, results: Lamar Jackson, Baltimore cruise to Big Easy win...
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Hakeem Jeffries, Pelosi’s likely replacement, supports commission to study slavery reparations
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the top candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic leader, supports legislation to study the feasibility of providing reparations to the descendants of enslaved individuals. Jeffries, D-N.Y., is one of nearly 200 co-sponsors of a bill to create a national commission to study and develop proposals on slavery reparations. The 13-member commission