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How Trump’s pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical, health and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health. Yet as Dr. Casey Means has criticized scientists, medical schools and regulators…
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Musk could lose billions of dollars depending on how spat with Trump unfolds
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest man could lose billions in his fight with world’s most powerful politician. The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump could mean Tesla’s plans for self-driving cars hit a roadblock, SpaceX flies fewer missions for NASA, Starlink gets fewer overseas satellite contracts and the social media platform X…
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X users were glued to the Musk v. Trump blowup. Could this be good for the platform?
The blowup between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man has played out on social media in real time, the latest, perhaps ultimate example of how X has become Elon Musk’s personal platform, his own reality show where anyone can tune in to watch the mercurial twists and turns of his…
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Toronto Public Library website, some services affected by cybersecurity ‘incident’
TORONTO — The Toronto Public Library says it is dealing with a cybersecurity incident that’s affecting its website and some in-branch services. The library says the issue was detected on Saturday and that its website, digital collections and museum and arts passes cannot be accessed. A statement posted online also says that public computers and…
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White House lays out early framework for regulating AI development, growth
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden enacted sweeping new ground rules and guardrails Monday for the growth and development of artificial intelligence, leaving room for what Canadian experts hope will be a careful but complementary approach from Ottawa. The executive order, billed as the single most comprehensive government action on AI in the technology’s history,…
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New Brunswick’s Pride in Education day in May mobilized opposition to Policy 713
FREDERICTON — In the weeks before the New Brunswick government decided to change its policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, it received a deluge of emails and other communications critical of the guidelines. A Canadian Press access to information request to the Department of Education seeking all complaints about Policy 713 —…
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Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds
Two inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre died and three others were hospitalized after receiving poor medical care at the institution, the province’s public interest commissioner has found. “These significant lapses in the standard of care demonstrated a substantial and significant danger to the life, health and safety of patients,” said the investigation report from…
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Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop Paul Bernardo from making public statement
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around the notorious killer’s transfer to a medium-security prison. Bernardo was moved to La Macaza Institution, a medium-security prison about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal, in late May from…