Alabama is preparing to carry out the nation’s second nitrogen gas execution Thursday as disagreements continue over the humaneness of the new method of putting prisoners to death. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, is scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas at a south Alabama prison two years after the state previously attempted to … Read more
A senior doctor repeatedly broke down in tears as he described how the Covid crisis for NHS staff was like having to respond to a “terrorist attack every day”, with infected patients “raining from the sky”. Prof Kevin Fong, a former clinical adviser in emergency preparedness, resilience and response at NHS England who was on … Read more
Caroline Xavier, the chief of Canada’s cyberspy agency, is slated to appear at a federal inquiry into foreign interference today. Xavier was appointed in 2022 to lead the Communications Security Establishment, which has a lead role in fending off online threats to Canada. Other senior officials from the CSE are also scheduled … Read more
UK went into Covid with ‘very low’ intensive care capacity compared with other wealthy countries, Chris Whitty tells inquiry The UK went into the Covid crisis with “very low” intensive care capacity compared with other wealthy countries, Prof Sir Chris Whitty told the Covid inquiry this morning. Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, has … Read more
TORONTO – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen feels “extremely hopeful” about society’s ability to push social media platforms into being safer but for change to come, she says these companies need to be motivated in a new way. “We are not powerless,” said Haugen in an interview during a visit to Toronto, where she … Read more
He’s just a few weeks away from turning 88-years-old, but Wanye MacKay is still hitting the gym. The former basketball player and coach plays twice a week at a drop-in game at Mount Allison University with students who are around one quarter his age. “I just enjoy playing basketball,” said MacKay. “Whoever shows up, you … Read more
Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium has been named as one of the host venues for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean. CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in the region, announced the host cities on Wednesday for the tournament, which will … Read more
OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati — who has been instrumental in the development of ChatGPT and the artificial intelligence image generator Dall-E — said Wednesday she is leaving the company. “My six-and-a-half years with the OpenAI team have been an extraordinary privilege,” Murati said in a note to the OpenAI team, which she posted to … Read more
A former B.C. real estate agent who failed to disclose to the provincial regulator that he had been charged with dozens of crimes has been sanctioned for his misconduct. Jake Singh Kanda, who has not been licensed under B.C.’s Real Estate Services Act since February 2023, was given a one-year suspension and ordered … Read more
Anna Sorokin may have served time behind bars, but one thing she does not have time for is “Dancing with the Stars.” The socialite-turned-convict, who served nearly four years in prison after being convicted of several financial crimes, and her partner Ezra Sosa got eliminated from the ABC dancing competition show during Tuesday’s … Read more
