Canada’s housing market continued to cool last month, new numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association show Friday, as the number of homes sold has now fallen for three months in a row and benchmark prices slipped lower, too. Benchmark prices fell by 0.3% during month, first decline since March. …
Read More »The EU wants to crack down on misinformation online — but here’s why it probably won’t work
The European Union wants social networks to deal with fake information or face consequences. But industry researchers and experts say it could be an impossible task — even as hundreds of accounts linked to Hamas have been removed by at least one platform. Sheer size of social platforms makes it …
Read More »NDP resolution suggests Singh could kill deal with Liberals if they don’t deliver on pharmacare
Delegates at this weekend’s NDP policy convention could end up giving party leader Jagmeet Singh a bargaining chip as the party pushes the governing Liberals to introduce a universal single-payer pharmacare program. Delegates call on Jagmeet Singh ‘to go to the mat’ with the Liberals on pharmacare. Delegates at this …
Read More »UAW strike takes biggest step yet with shutdown of Ford’s massive Kentucky plant
The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, shutting down Ford’s largest factory and threatening Jeep maker Stellantis. 8,700 workers at factory that makes F-150 truck and expensive SUVs walk off job. The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its walkout against Detroit’s Big …
Read More »RCBC, Hungarian FinTech opens doors to OFW digital banking
THE Philippines’ first embedded finance initiative for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through the collaboration between Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and Hungary-based fintech Peak Card Services Ltd. (Peak) and Columbus Private Equity Fund (Columbus) was announced during the series of events organized for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of …
Read More »Niña Corpuz to host ‘CAFarmer, CAFisher, Tayo ang Bida’ TV special on PTV-4
“CAFarmer, CAFisher, Tayo ang Bida”, the two-part TV Special by the Philippine Statistics Authority, will explain everything one needs to know about the importance of 2022 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (2022 CAF). The first-part of the TV Special will air this Sunday, October 15, 2023 from 10am to 11am …
Read More »Parent calls Sask. government’s new bill a ‘smokescreen’ over mental health, addictions crisis
Sarah Mackenzie lost her non-binary child to suicide earlier this year. As the province works to implement a new policy dictating how schools deal with gender-diverse students, she’s calling on the government to focus on bettering mental health and addictions supports instead. Sarah Mackenzie’s 14-year-old non-binary child died by suicide …
Read More »IOC approves Maxine Esteban nationality change
THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday has approved the switching of national teams of fencer Maxine Esteban from the Philippine team to the Ivory Coast in preparation of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Maxine Esteban. FACEBOOK PHOTO During its session in Mumbai, India, the IOC Executive Board …
Read More »Reimagining Sexbomb Girls’ ‘Bakit Papa?’
YARA’s contemporary spin on “Bakit Papa?” is co-produced by the reliable hitmaker Thyro Alfaro, responsible for some of the most memorable chart-toppers of the last decade, including hits by Sarah Geronimo, James Reid, and Sam Concepcion. Alfaro worked with John Paul Soliva on the arrangement and Niño of Popinoy on the production side, all while carefully considering the artistic direction …
Read More »Remember this spring’s $20M gold heist at Pearson? Brink’s is suing Air Canada to get its money back
Brink’s security is suing Canada’s biggest airline for more than $20 million for allegedly letting a thief walk into an Air Canada facility at Pearson airport and walk out with gold bars and cash. Security company suing to get back the money it lost in the caper. Brink’s is suing …
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