Restriction of Movement/Activity
In today’s video we take a look at a clip from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
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Read MoreOh yes, you can fight city hall and get action, as intense pushback by Calgarians has city council giving a full rethink on plans to charge citizens to park in front of their own homes.
Changes to the residential parking permit program, due to become effective on Aug. 1, would see annual fees for street parking in residential neighbourhoods increase to $50 for the first permit, $75 for a second permit, $125 for a third for a single address, plus two visitor permits priced at $75 each.
Before council approved the money grab, two single-address permits and visitor permits were free, with a third one priced at $108.90 per year.
A petition started by Change.org telling council to reconsider the costs and implementation of the new program was signed by thousands of irate homeowners and now 10 councillors have heard the fury and seen the light.
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Read MoreNewly released documents show that the Biden administration spied on Americans during COVID, illegally tracking and tracing phones to identify all who refused to obey his illegal mandates. Now Biden has a new plan to spy on innocent Americans by handing such powers over to the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO).
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Read MoreIn a June 4 article published on Medium, Microsoft engineer Brandon Jackson said he had “finally regained access to my Amazon account after an unexpected and unwarranted lockout that lasted nearly a week” at the end of last month. “Due to this experience, I am seriously considering discontinuing my use of Amazon Echo devices and will caution others about this incident,” he wrote.
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Read MorePassengers on Calgary’s LRT were confronted Tuesday afternoon by an individual who boarded a train at Martindale LRT station and threatened them with a hatchet, police say.
At around 1 p.m. Tuesday an individual with a heavy coat got on a train at the Martindale LRT station, police say.
Calgary police said the person became aggressive, pulled out a hatchet, and started swinging it at passengers while threatening them.
Police confirm there were no injuries but the window between the driver and the train was broken.
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Read MoreAmazon locked man out of smart home features for a week after delivery driver accuses him of being racist
‘Unexpected and unwarranted’ exile began after Amazon driver misheard a response from a smart doorbell
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Read MoreCompanies and consumers alike have been complaining about supply chain issues for everything from clothes to electronics and home goods — anything that comes off a ship and has to be loaded onto a truck or a train.
It turns out it’s true, according to a report from the World Bank and S&P Global that ranks the Port of Vancouver second-last, or 347th, on global rankings of 348 world ports in terms of efficiency. It was also the second-lowest in North America.
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Read MoreLocal independent journalism has struggled to get news to Canadians and PM Trudeau finds this unacceptable.
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What’s the World Economic Forum doing to accelerate action on Energy Transition?
The world has embarked on a decarbonization journey that must run alongside population growth, economic growth, and the near-doubling of our global GDP between now and 2050.
A key challenge is how we help economies to continue to grow, while simultaneously reducing our emissions.
Here’s why we need to understand the vital role that energy intensity plays in our global decarbonization and economic growth goals, and how we can reduce it.
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