Last weekend, the cable news cameras of the U.S. turned to the streets of Atlanta. In the midst of a massive nationwide protest movement against police violence against Black people, an Atlanta police officer shot Rayshard Brooks in the back as he ran from them after officers responded to a call a man was asleep in his car in a drive-through.
Stephen Lecce froze, stayed stuck, and eventually vanished. Ontario’s minister of education was speaking on Facebook via Zoom and then he wasn’t, though YouTube still worked. Consider it a tribute to the glitches of e-learning, if nothing else.
Just weeks after declaring front-line workers “heroes” for keeping essential services like grocery stores running, the Ontario government is making plans that could reduce the number of holidays for retail workers, the Star has learned.
When Justin Trudeau was finally able to announce a smartphone app for COVID-19 contact tracing on Thursday, the excitement in his voice came as no surprise to anyone who’s been following that file closely.
HALIFAX—Nova Scotia’s municipalities have published a report outlining their “dire financial straits,” saying without assistance from the province or Ottawa, tax rates will be going up sharply.