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☆ Human remains found on beach in Canada are possibly connected to a 19th-century shipwreck, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Human remains found on Canada's Prince Edward Island could be linked to a 19th-century shipwreck. The force said on Facebook that officers had received reports of human remains found on January 27 at 4 p.m.RCMP Cpl. Gavin Moore said that it appeared that the cliff "had eroded with time and revealed the human remains," per the CBC. AdvertisementIt's not the first time human remains found in Canada have been linked back to 1800s shipwrecks. The ship was carrying 180 people from Ireland when it sank off of the coast of Cap-des-Rosiers, north of Prince Edward Island, per the report.

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☆ A comic book you could buy for 12 cents in 1962 is being sold for $44,000 today
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Canadian comic book store hopes to sell a copy of Marvel's "Amazing Fantasy #15" for $44,300. The comic book was the first-ever issue to feature Spider-Man, and retailed for 12 cents in 1962. AdvertisementA comic book store in Canada is seeking around $44,300 for a 1962 Spider-Man comic book that originally retailed for 12 cents. The "Amazing Fantasy #15" was originally sold in stores for 12 cents, according to its cover. The 1938 comic book was graded with an 8.0 rating, per CGC.

Persons: —, Hunter, Rémi Vienneau LeClair, Vienneau LeClair, they're, Mickey Mantle, YouTuber Logan Paul, Michael Jordan's Organizations: Service, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Certified Guaranty Company, CBC, Heritage Locations: Canada

RAW Chief Ravi Sinha, the only serving official publicly affiliated with the agency, did not return messages seeking comment. All six officials denied that RAW engages in targeted killings, noting that the agency has no mandate for such operations. Fallout from the Vancouver incident has also raised concerns that RAW will come under greater global monitoring, Indian intelligence officials and analysts said. "The current developments have undoubtedly increased global curiosity about RAW," said Dheeraj Paramesha Chaya, an expert on Indian intelligence at Britain's Hull University. "Our footprint is growing in parts of the world which were not important earlier," a recently retired senior RAW official said, without providing specifics.

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☆ Canada wildfires: what are the causes and when will it end?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Here are some questions and answers about Canada's wildfires, which have charred millions of hectares and polluted the air in that nation and the U.S.WHAT PARTS OF CANADA HAVE WILDFIRES HIT? Wildfires are common in Canada's western provinces, but this year the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, Quebec and parts of Ontario have also reeled from out-of-control wildfires. This week, the focus returned to the west, as wildfires burned about 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Yellowknife, the capital of the vast, sparsely populated Northwest Territories. As of Wednesday, there were 1,054 active wildfires in Canada, including 230 in the Northwest Territories and 669 deemed out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Widespread spring fires across the whole of Canada are also unusual, and research shows fire seasons across North America are getting longer.

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☆ Opinion: Hitting the gym or going to yoga? Your workout clothes could be doing more harm than you realize
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Opinion Alden Wicker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

BPA is an endocrine disruptor, meaning that it mimics or interferes with the body’s hormones. It governs weight management and your energy levels, not to mention your skin’s appearance and your ability to fend off illness. Others have tried to argue that some of the chemicals in clothing fell within the legal and regulatory limits. The signs that something is very, very wrong with our reproductive health and endocrine systems are myriad. After all, you might be undoing the benefits of hitting the gym every day when your workout clothes could be doing so much damage to your health.

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☆ A Canadian woman mysteriously received over 50 packages of women's shoes she never ordered. She says she was asked to pay over $220 in collect-on-delivery fees.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Canadian woman says she received over 50 Amazon packages over two months that she did not order. It isn't the first time someone has been flooded with Amazon packages they never ordered. Nitu told CBC that she's refusing to pay for these fees and is disputing them with UPS. Multiple people have claimed they received Amazon packages they never ordered, going as far back as 2018, Insider previously reported. UPS told CBC they intend to investigate the issue, while Amazon told the outlet: "Corrective action is being taken to stop the packages."

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☆ Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Matthew Lewis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Musician Robbie Robertson arrives for the gala presentation of his biopic "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 5, 2019. The Band included four Canadians - Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel - and was anchored by an Arkansas drummer, Levon Helm. Robbie Robertson later learned that his biological father was a man he described as a "card shark" of Jewish heritage named Alex Klegerman, who was killed in a highway hit-and-run accident before Robertson was born. Danko died at age 55 in 1999. Helm died of throat cancer in 2012.

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☆ Video of Justin Trudeau discussing the 'difficult ups and downs' in his marriage re-emerges after his split with wife Sophie
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife announced their separation on Wednesday. A resurfaced interview shows Trudeau discussing the "difficult ups and downs" in their relationship. Trudeau and Grégoire Trudeau, a former television presenter, were married in Montreal in 2005 and have three children together, aged 15, 14, and 9 years old. In a 2015 interview, Grégoire Trudeau refused to address allegations of an affair. The Canadian prime minister announced a split with his wife in a statement uploaded to Instagram on Wednesday.

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☆ Google will block Canadian news outlets from search results in the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Google told the Canadian government it would block articles from Canada-based news outlets from appearing in search results and other products in the country after the passage of a new bill that would require Google to pay a fee to news companies. The bill would have brought in $329 million for Canadian newsrooms annually, Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer estimated, a revenue stream that now seems unlikely to materialize. It requires companies such as Meta and Google to pay media outlets when they link to news in search or feeds. From 2008 to 2018, 216 Canadian newsrooms closed their doors, according to researchers. Meta already said it would begin blocking Canadian news outlets from appearing on Facebook or Instagram after the bill's passage.

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☆ Fact Check-Audio meme based on horror video game shared as Titanic sub recording
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An audio clip shared online as sounds coming from inside the Titanic submersible that imploded in June 2023 is taken from a fan-made clip, based on a horror video game, that became a popular meme in 2021. A search for “Michael don’t leave me here” leads to a 2020 YouTube video created by account Squimpus McGrimpus (here). The YouTube clip titled “Finale” is part of a fan-made analog horror video series based on survival horror video game series Five Nights at Freddy’s (fivenightsatfreddys3.com/), (here), the first of which was released in 2014. Based on the description of the original fan-made clip posted by Squimpus McGrimpus, the voice acting was done by “theniftytable,” a stage name used by voice actor Nolan David (twitter.com/theniftytable), (here). The audio heard in online posts claiming that it is from the Titan sub originated in a 2020 fan-made video based on a video game series.

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OTTAWA, June 15 (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba on Thursday after a semi-trailer truck hit a small bus that was carrying a group of mainly elderly people, police said. The crash occurred at the junction of two major roads near the town of Carberry in southwestern Manitoba, 170 km (105 miles) west of Winnipeg. The bus passengers had been on their way to a casino in Carberry, CBC News reported, citing a casino spokesperson. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Police secures the area at the crash scene near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada June 15, 2023 in this still image obtained from a social media video. "My heart breaks hearing the news of the tragic accident near Carberry," Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson said on Twitter.

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☆ Musk threatens to reassign NPR Twitter account, NPR says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 2 (Reuters) - Twitter chief Elon Musk has "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's Twitter account to another company, the U.S.-based broadcaster said on Tuesday. Musk suggested that he would reassign the network's main account, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person, NPR said. NPR stopped posting content to its 52 official Twitter feeds last month in protest against a Twitter designation that implied government involvement in its editorial content. Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said. "So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?"

☆ Twitter drops 'government-funded' label on media accounts, including in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 21 (Reuters) - Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also dropped the "China state-affiliated media" tag on the accounts of Xinhua News as well as of journalists associated with government-backed publications. That led NPR and CBC to stop posting to their Twitter accounts, arguing that the label did not accurately capture their governance structure. Twitter, NPR, CBC and BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the removal of the tag.

☆ Twitter drops 'government-funded media' tag on NPR, other media accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 21 (Reuters) - Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" tag, which implies government involvement in editorial content, on some accounts like National Public Radio (NPR) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), their accounts showed on Friday. Besides NPR and CBC, the tag, labeled 'state-affiliated media' earlier, was also absent from the British Broadcasting Corp's (BBC) Twitter account. Earlier this month, NPR and CBC paused their activities on the social media platform, arguing that the tag did not accurately capture their governance structure. We're adjusting the label to be 'publicly funded', which I think is perhaps not too objectionable," Musk had said. Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann ThoppilOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Pope loses verified status on Twitter, US basketball star LeBron James remains
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Yuvraj Malik | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 20 (Reuters) - Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses. Some personalities such as basketball star LeBron James and author Stephen King still had their checkmarks. "The Shining" author King, who has previously called Musk a terrible fit for Twitter, tweeted: "My Twitter account says I've subscribed to Twitter Blue. My Twitter account says I've given a phone number. U.S. non-profit National Public Radio (NPR) stopped posting content on its 52 official Twitter feeds after Twitter labeled it "state-affiliated media" and later "government-funded media".

☆ Factbox: Broadcasters go silent on Twitter after 'government-funded' label
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 18 (Reuters) - Public broadcasters ranging from U.S.-based National Public Radio to Canadian Broadcasting Corp have stopped posting on Twitter in recent days after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform labeled their accounts as "government-funded". ** Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)CBC said on Monday it would pause its use of Twitter after the platform labeled it as "69% government-funded media". The Twitter label on the CBC account previously showed "70% government-funded media", but was changed to the current one after the CBC asked Twitter to re-examine the designation. ** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)PBS, which has around 2.2 million followers on Twitter, halted publishing on Twitter after it was labeled as "government-funded media", according to media reports. ** Hawaii Public RadioHawaii Public Radio, a member station of NPR, said it would stop sharing its content on Twitter after the micro-blogging site labeled NPR's Twitter handle as "government-funded media".

☆ Canada's CBC says Twitter 'not serious' after '69% government-funded media' label
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File PhotoApril 18 (Reuters) - Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Tuesday pushed back against Twitter's move to label it "69% government funded media," saying it had complete editorial independence. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform had on Sunday stamped CBC with a label that said it was government-funded media, after placing similar notices for U.S. broadcasters NPR and PBS. "Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they're 'less than 70% government-funded', so we corrected the label," Musk said in a tweet on Monday. "The real issue is that Twitter's definition of government-funded media means open to editorial interference by government. Twitter defines its "government-funded media" label as "where the government provides some or all of the outlet's funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content".

☆ A female orca adopted a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A female orca appeared to adopt a baby pilot whale in the first known case of its kind. The orca, known as "Sædís," was first observed swimming with the pilot whale calf in August 2021 in western Iceland. This marks the first scientific documentation of orcas nurturing and tending to a long-finned pilot whale calf. "The orca was swimming with the pilot whale calf in the echelon position, which means the calf was swimming right behind the pectoral fin of the orca," she said. Off Iceland, there's been quite the interaction between both species, and oftentimes pilot whales are seen chasing the killer whales," she said.

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