By Zak Vescera, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The B.C. dockworkers’ union wants the federal government to block the $3.5-billion Roberts Bank container port project to protect members’ jobs.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union says the port expansion will introduce technology and automation and set the stage for job losses at other West Coast ports.
Continue reading Union Fears Robots Will Kill Jobs in Controversial Port Expansion
By Dean LaBerge, the Grizzly Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
There has been a lot of discussion in the media and plenty of articles online about artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools over the last couple of months, sparked in large part by OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022. OpenAI is a non-profit company that researches AI based in San Francisco, California. Their latest offering, ChatGPT, is an AI tool that interacts with the user in a conversational way, meaning users can ask questions and make requests in regular, everyday English (and other languages) instead of requiring the use of special commands.
Continue reading The Rise of AI Writing Tools – What Does This Mean For the Writing Industry?
By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Big Pharma has stepped up its lobbying game ever since the federal NDP struck a deal to prop up the Liberals’ minority government contingent on several big-ticket items — including progress on national pharmacare.
Announced last March, the Liberal-NDP agreement hinges on the federal government launching a dental care program for low-income Canadians and “continuing progress towards a universal national pharmacare program by passing a Canada Pharmacare Act by the end of 2023.”
Continue reading NDP-Liberal agreement prompted increased lobbying efforts from Big Pharma
By Alexandra Mehl, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tuesday, February 14th, marked the 32nd year that the streets of the Downtown Eastside flooded with remembrance of murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse peoples. Families from First Nations across Canada came to commemorate their missing and murdered loved ones.
Continue reading Downtown East Side fills shoulder to shoulder in memory of the missing and murdered Indigenous Women, girls, and gender diverse people.By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After discovering hundreds of millions of barrels of oil underground and securing a new licence to drill the site, Norwegian energy giant Equinor is one step closer to developing Canada’s first deepwater oil project off the East Coast.
Continue reading Equinor is getting closer to launching Canada’s first deepwater oil project
