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Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
Ashley Dayer’s dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with an infant in her arms and a shoestring laboratory budget. Competition is intense for NSF grants, a key source of funding for science research at U.S. universities. It took three failed…
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CAJ hands dubious honour to federal government over Residential School records
The Canadian Association of Journalists bestowed a dubious honour on the federal government last week over its policy of fighting Indigenous groups over access to records from Residential Schools for the last decade. The CAJ made the federal government the 2024 recipient of the federal Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy…
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B.C. Court of Appeal tosses ICBC appeal of $15,000 per person for privacy breach
The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. to reduce damages awarded in a class-action lawsuit for privacy violations by a former employee that set off “arson and shooting attacks.” The court ruled Wednesday that $15,000 per class member awarded by the lower court was appropriate, rejecting the…
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Scrambling for aircraft in N.S. mass shooting, RCMP told to ‘pound sand’: official
HALIFAX — Transcripts of calls between the RCMP and search and rescue officials in Halifax show an overall lack of understanding of what was required to have a military aircraft assist during the search for a gunman who killed 22 people in April 2020. Log and audio transcripts obtained by The Canadian Press under an access to information request…