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Taylor Owen - "Why Fake News Matters For Democracy"

Taylor Owen - "Why Fake News Matters For Democracy"

Taylor Owen talks about the design of surveillance capitalism, the rise of A.I. and how we need to think about the influence of fake news on our democracy. https://www.youtube.
Right whale deaths cost Gulf snow crab fishery its designation as sustainable

Right whale deaths cost Gulf snow crab fishery its designation as sustainable

Snow crab is unloaded in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2000. An international organization has suspended a sustainability certificate for the snow crab fishery in the Gulf of St.
Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living

Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living

We have it good enough here to net Vancouver a fresh ranking as the number one North American city for "Quality of Living."
CEO of Metro Vancouver YWCA named B.C.'s new lieutenant-governor

CEO of Metro Vancouver YWCA named B.C.'s new lieutenant-governor

Janet Austin.Photo: Chung Chow for BIV British Columbia's next lieutenant-governor has a deep background in working with social and government organizations in the province.
Liberals bill would tighten controls on sale, licensing of firearms

Liberals bill would tighten controls on sale, licensing of firearms

The Liberal government is planning to introduce long-promised legislation as early as Tuesday to strengthen controls on the sale, licensing and tracing of guns. A Ottawa hunting store salesperson wipes a shotgun on Tuesday, May 16, 2006.
Victoria man at centre of international political thriller

Victoria man at centre of international political thriller

Cover of British publication The Observer shows AggregateIQ whistleblower Chris Wylie, who was raised in Victoria.
Vancouver first city to provide refuge centre for Indigenous women inquiry

Vancouver first city to provide refuge centre for Indigenous women inquiry

Penny Kerrigan attended the official opening Monday of a temporary refuge centre in the Downtown Eastside for survivors and families expected to attend the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
14 more protesters arrested at Trans Mountain work site

14 more protesters arrested at Trans Mountain work site

RCMP say more than a dozen people protesting the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline have been arrested at a construction site in Burnaby, B.C. A B.C.
Independent probe launched into death of man arrested in Surrey

Independent probe launched into death of man arrested in Surrey

North Shore News file photo British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man taken into custody in Surrey.
Three arrested after LSD, shrooms, weed and cash seized near Surrey school

Three arrested after LSD, shrooms, weed and cash seized near Surrey school

File photo RCMP in Surrey say three men have been arrested after drugs including marijuana and LSD were seized at a home near a high school.
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