Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, considered a visionary of modern indigenous cinema, has died. The director’s reps say he died after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46 years old. Raised on Quebec’s Listuguj Reserve, Barnaby directed many short films, including the Jutra Award-nominated The Colony and the Genie-nominated File Under Miscellaneous. The writer-director, who …
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Dominic Cardy has resigned as New Brunswick’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. Cardy announced in a tweet that he would be leaving Premier Blaine Higgs’ cabinet, but would continue as the Progressive Conservative MP for Fredericton West-Hanwell. In a searing resignation letter to Higgs, Cardy criticized the Prime Minister’s leadership style, saying “change …
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Eight months after COVID-19 vaccine mandate protesters disrupted parts of downtown Ottawa, a public inquiry has opened public hearings as it probes the federal government’s unprecedented use of emergency powers to clean up the capital . The official launch of the Public Order Emergency Commission this morning kicks off what is expected to be six …
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Ontario is opening appointments for everyone 12 years of age and older to receive an Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine starting next week. With the province expected to receive its first shipments of the Pfizer bivalent vaccine from the federal government this week, Ontarians aged 12 to 17 will be able to book an appointment starting Monday, …
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Ontario residents will be able to get their annual flu shot starting in November. The provincial government said the vaccine will be available starting Nov. 1 through participating health care providers, public health units and pharmacies. “The colder weather is here, which means an increase in respiratory illnesses,” Health Minister Sylvia Jones said in a …
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In our experiment, the performance obtained for the dark condition with linear perspective was as accurate as that obtained in the full cue condition (for example, see Figure 7 ). This indicates that any information our observers used to judge object size was fully available in the dark with a linear perspective condition. Under the …
SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts are seated inside the Dragon Freedom crew ship. The commercial crew quartet (from left) are Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, Pilot Robert Hines, Commander Kjell Lindgren and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristorforetti. Credit: SpaceX Crew-4 was scheduled to undock from the space station at 7:05 PM EDT today to begin its journey back to …
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TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Shares in Toshiba Corp ( 6502.T ) rose on Thursday after a report that a group led by domestic investors was seeking a $19 billion bid, a potential deal that would likely lead to foreign activist shareholders. bought after years of tension. A consortium led by private equity firm Japan …
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Microsoft held a live launch event on Wednesday where the company announced three new Microsoft Surface PCs, along with some other updates to Windows 11, new AI platforms for creativity and an audio dock that doubles as a hub USB-C. The interesting offering here is the Surface Pro 9, which comes in both ARM and …
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In just one day, a BC pharmacist administered 100 doses of vaccine. Pharmacists across BC are being flooded with people eager to get their flu shots on the first day of appointments they offer. Anoop Khurana, a pharmacist who owns two Shoppers Drug Marts in the Vancouver area, says he administered more than 100 doses …
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