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Amanda Todd’s family joins American parents in lawsuit against social media giants
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2024
WASHINGTON – When B.C. teenager Amanda Todd sat in front of her computer and detailed the relentless bullying and extortion she’d faced on social media, it sent a shock wave to parents around the world. Twelve years later her family is joining others in a lawsuit alleging those dangers persist for kids online. Only a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican
By Trisha Thomas, The Associated Press on October 27th, 2024
ROME (AP) – With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican. How timely, then, that just across town in Rome, ” Conclave “ a thriller filled with back-stabbing, manipulative cardinals, quick to toss morality out of the window as they promote ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some say it’s time for Canada to criminalize residential school denialism
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – As a young child, Dennis Saddleman’s mother always ensured he knew how much she loved him, gave him kisses on his forehead and told him how beautiful he was. That all changed when he was six years old, and those warm words turned ice cold when he was sent to the Kamloops Indian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump refers to CNN’s Anderson Cooper by a woman’s first name
By The Associated Press on October 26th, 2024
NOVI, Mich. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with a woman’s first name in recent days as the Republican presidential nominee focuses his closing message on a hypermasculine appeal to men. On a Friday morning post on Trump’s social media site Truth Social, the former president referred ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge blocks further sweeps of homeless camp in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concerts
By Kate Payne, The Associated Press on October 26th, 2024
A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans – stalling a push that came ahead of three Taylor Swift concerts in the city this weekend. The effort to relocate about 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass near the Superdome began in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals call to investigate closures of French-language classes for newcomers
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec Liberal Party is calling for an investigation after reports that some French-language training courses for newcomers have been cancelled. The party’s official opposition critic for immigration, French language classes and integration says he sent a letter to the province’s French language commissioner to “ensure that the right to French learning services” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who does Trump see as ‘enemies from within’?
By Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press on October 25th, 2024
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Donald Trump’s allies have tried in vain to persuade him to stop venting his rage against “enemies from within” in the campaign’s waning days. But he keeps going. In his rallies and interviews, the former president is increasingly fixated on the Americans he believes have wronged or betrayed him. They are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré’s footsteps with spy thriller ‘Karla’s Choice’
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on October 25th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – George Smiley, the subtle fictional spymaster navigating treacherous Cold War currents, is back. And so, somewhat surprisingly, is his creator, John le Carré. Four years after the spy writer’s death at the age of 89, comes a new thriller, “Karla’s Choice.” Billed as “a John le Carré novel,” it was written by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump
By Darlene Superville, Colleen Long And Nadia Lathan, The Associated Press on October 25th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women’s rights. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beyoncé endorses Kamala Harris in joyful speech at Houston rally: ‘I’m here as a mother’
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on October 25th, 2024
“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé said at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign Friday night. “A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beyoncé delivers emotive, joyful speech at Kamala Harris’ Houston rally: ‘I’m here as a mother’
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on October 25th, 2024
“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé said at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign Friday night. “A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to ... Read More »
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