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Harvard says it’s removed human skin from binding of 19th century book
FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
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OpenAI reveals Voice Engine, but won’t yet publicly release the risky AI voice-cloning technology
FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. A wave of AI deepfakes tied to elections in Europe and Asia has coursed through social media for months, serving as a warning for more than 50 countries heading to the polls this year. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
canada
Parental consent should be required for student pronoun changes, Manitoba Tories say
Manitoba's new Progressive Conservative Leader, Wayne Ewasko poses at the Provincial Legislature Wednesday afternoon. See Temur Durrani story. (Phil Hossack / Globe and Mail)
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Privacy Commissioner says Pornhub owner broke privacy laws by sharing explicit images
alberta
Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks after plebiscite
A town north of Edmonton has voted in favour of a bylaw that bans Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from being displayed on municipal property. A person holds a Pride flag during the Zurich Pride parade in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, June 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP
canada
Some of the most common patient complaints in Ontario are over cataract surgery charges
The entrance sign to the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. The Ontario government says it plans to recoup loan payments issued to doctors at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to cover their increased costs and loss of revenue from lower patient volumes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
canada
Quebec wants Criminal Code exemption so people can request MAID in advance
Quebec Minister for Seniors Sonia Belanger announces a program to help seniors homes in Quebec City on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Quebec is asking the federal government to change the Criminal Code so it can begin allowing people to request medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
alberta
Teens stage walkout over Alberta gender policies
Students walk out of Leduc Composite High School to protest sweeping gender policies announced by the UCP in Leduc, Alberta, on Wednesday February 7, 2024. Approximately two dozen students participated, chanting "Trans rights are human rights." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
canada
‘Butt out’: Poilievre criticizes Trudeau, feds on Alberta’s planned transgender rules
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Sex acts that lead to death or serious injury cannot be consensual, Alberta appeal court rules
Protesters hold signs in support of Cindy Gladue outside Edmonton's city hall on April 2, 2015. The case of an Ontario trucker acquitted in the death of an Alberta woman referred to at trial as a "native" and a "prostitute" is to go before the Supreme Court this week in what could set a precedent in Canada's sexual assault laws. Bradley Barton says Cindy Gladue died after a night of consensual, rough sex in an Edmonton motel in June 2011. Her body was found in the bathtub after Barton called 911. She had an 11-centimetre cut in her vagina and had bled to death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Topher Seguin
canada
Supreme Court of Canada upholds acquittal in sex assault case revolving around consent
Signage reading 'Supreme Court of Canada' is seen in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
canada
At least 99 patients in Ontario placed in LTC homes without consent, provincial Auditor-General says
Nick Stavropoulos, Ontario's acting auditor general, releases his 2023 annual report at Queens's Park in Toronto on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
soccer
Luis Rubiales ruled unfit to hold job in Spanish soccer for three years over kiss scandal
FILE - Former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales arrives at the National Court in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. FIFA has banned ousted former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from the sport for three years. He was judged for misconduct at the Women’s World Cup final where he forcibly kissed a player on the lips at the trophy ceremony. FIFA did not publish details of the verdict reached by its disciplinary committee judges. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
opinion
Crisis hotlines, like Canada’s new 988, promise confidentiality. So why do so many trace calls and texts?
Rob Wipond
world
Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights
SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland speaks to the media, next to SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher, after SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to bring an end to the actors strike, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
british columbia
Planned B.C. gold mine near Quesnel passes environmental assessment
B.C. Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman speaks during an announcement at Burns Bog, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, June 29, 2020. Plans for a gold mine east of Quesnel in British Columbia's Interior took a significant step forward with the granting of an environmental assessment certificate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
technology
Meta considering ad-free subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook users in Europe: sources
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
canada
Canada extending $650-million in additional aid for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota (L) and Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagne (R) take part in a signing ceremony on Parliament Hill in OttawaOttawa, Canada, on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Doyle / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK DOYLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Court hears arguments over injunction for Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy
A person holds a pride flag during a Pride flag raising ceremony in Saskatoon on Thursday, June 1, 2023. A Saskatchewan judge is to hear today an injunction application that seeks to halt the province's pronoun policy affecting children at school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
opinion
This fall, I’m rethinking the lessons I learned on campus about consent
Genevieve Scott
politics
Saskatchewan, New Brunswick naming changes means ‘life or death’ for trans students, minister says
Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Canada's minister for women, gender equality and youth says Saskatchewan and New Brunswick's decision to require students under 16 have parental consent to have schools use their preferred pronoun and names places trans kids in a "life or death situation." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Saskatchewan says schools must seek parental consent when students under 16 want to change names, pronouns
Dustin Duncan, education minister, looks on during a policy announcement at the Legislative Building in Regina, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. The policy says that schools in Saskatchewan must seek parent or guardian permission when changing the preferred name and pronouns used by students under the age of 16. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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B.C.’s low-income renters thought they’d get free AC units, but some face hurdles
Window mounted air conditioners and exhaust hoses from portable units are seen in apartment windows, in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, August 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Higgs government faces caucus revolt over changes to LGBTQ school policy in New Brunswick
Education Minister Bill Hogan unveils highly anticipated changes to Policy 713, which outlines minimum requirements for a safe environment for LGBTQ students in schools at a news conference in Fredericton, N.B. Thursday, June 8, 2023. Students under the age of 16 in New Brunswick schools will now require parental approval before changing their name or pronouns in schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alam Hina
world
Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case moments before trial
FILE - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court, Jan. 22, 2020, in New York. Three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them — including one upset she never got her day in court when Gooding resolved criminal charges without trial or jail — can testify at a federal civil trial next week to support a woman’s claim that the actor raped her in 2013, a judge ruled Friday, June 2, 2023. (Alec Tabak/The Daily News via AP, File, Pool)
canada
Ontario Court of Appeal critical of sexual-assault ruling made by judge now on Supreme Court
Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin delivers a speech as she is welcomed during a ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov 28, 2022. O’Bonsawin is the first Indigenous judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
The office romance has fallen victim to a new Victorianism
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
politics
Home Depot did not comply with privacy law when it shared data with Meta, privacy watchdog says
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne delivers the results of an investigation into Home Depot of Canada Inc.'s sharing of customer e-receipt information with Meta Platforms Inc., which operates Facebook, at a press conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
politics
Politics Briefing: Ford stands with Trudeau on trucker evictions, saying he has ‘zero tolerance’ for disrupting residents’ lives, commerce
canada
Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation
canada
Most Ontarians put patients’ rights ahead of easing hospital pressures, poll says
canada
Seniors, advocates, slam new Ontario law that could force patients to long-term care homes
hockey
Lawyers make closing submissions in sex assault trial for former Vancouver Canuck
canada
London police reopen investigation in alleged sexual assault involving members of 2018 world junior hockey team
canada
London police to review its investigation of sexual-assault allegations following a 2018 Hockey Canada event
british columbia
Tahltan Nation has final say on proposed $600-million gold mine