#Canada to take on Facebook by seeking payment for content

#Canada to take on Facebook by seeking payment for content

“#Canada to take on Facebook by seeking payment for content” Canada is poised to take on Facebook, following the example set by Australia, which began a war with the tech giant when the country’s publishers backed proposed legislation demanding payment for their content. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault condemned Facebook’s actions as “highly irresponsible” last…

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#Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues. Luckily, that didn’t stop them.

#Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues. Luckily, that didn’t stop them.

“#Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues. Luckily, that didn’t stop them.” A few days before Christmas, Matthew Meselson, a 90-year-old professor at Harvard, called his university’s health service to inquire about being vaccinated against COVID-19. He was eager for his shot. Meselson felt imprisoned in his Cambridge apartment, just blocks from the campus…

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#Bring them home – Macleans.ca

#Bring them home – Macleans.ca

“#Bring them home – Macleans.ca” It’s been two years since the final territorial redoubt of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fell to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Euphrates River Valley, in the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani. Aided by the air power of a 30-nation U.S.-led coalition, the SDF siege…

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#Bring them home – Macleans.ca

#Bring them home – Macleans.ca

“#Bring them home – Macleans.ca” It’s been two years since the final territorial redoubt of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fell to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Euphrates River Valley, in the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani. Aided by the air power of a 30-nation U.S.-led coalition, the SDF siege…

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# Evolve wins second Canadian Bitcoin ETF as Ontario regulator approves application

# Evolve wins second Canadian Bitcoin ETF as Ontario regulator approves application

“# Evolve wins second Canadian Bitcoin ETF as Ontario regulator approves application ” North America’s second Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund received regulatory approval on Tuesday, offering another potential entry point for institutional investors to access digital assets. Less than three weeks after filing a preliminary prospectus for a Bitcoin ETF, Evolve Funds Group Inc announced Tuesday…

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# Law Decoded: Of ICBMs, BTC and ETFs, Feb. 5–12

# Law Decoded: Of ICBMs, BTC and ETFs, Feb. 5–12

“# Law Decoded: Of ICBMs, BTC and ETFs, Feb. 5–12 ” Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note A wise man once said, “there’s security and there’re securities,” and if he didn’t, he should’ve. In modern English, it seems a quaint…

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#This is not what Jason Kenney came back to Alberta for

#This is not what Jason Kenney came back to Alberta for

“#This is not what Jason Kenney came back to Alberta for” Jason Kenney had a series of ambitions for himself and Alberta when he began, five years ago, on a quest to restore the province. He’d become the Alberta conservative movement’s leader, merge two right-leaning parties into one and topple Rachel Notley’s NDP government, which…

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