2024 Season Episode 33

2024 Season Episode 33


New database tracks more than 2,100 deaths in custody across Canada since 2000

The average age of people who died in a Canadian correctional facility in the past two decades was 44, according to a database launched Friday by a team helmed by an Ottawa criminologist. The Tracking (In)Justice data set lists more than 2,100 deaths from all causes of people in custody across Canada over the past […]

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Are you a Cash App user? You may be eligible for a piece of this $15 million settlement

NEW YORK (AP) — Current and former Cash App users could be eligible for a hefty piece of a proposed class-action settlement from the popular online payment service. Earlier this year, Cash App Investing and its parent company Block Inc. agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged a “failure to exercise […]

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One year after news ban, Facebook important source for weather updates in disasters

Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook’s news blackout to share updates about dangerous weather events, but they say it’s still tough to get information to people quickly on the platform. One year after Meta, Facebook’s parent company, banned all links to Canadian news on its platforms — […]

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