captured his first gold medal of the season, narrowly edging out hometown favorite Hwang Daeheon in an exciting men’s 1000m final. Dubois was at the front of the pack during the final lap of the race, when Daeheon made an all-out push for the podium. Canada also earned a double podium in the men’s 1500m-1, as William Dandjinou won silver and Felix Roussel captured bronze. The Canadian women’s relay team also posted the fastest semifinal time to earn the top qualifying spot for tomorrow’s final. The ISU World Cup Short Track in Seoul concludes Sunday with the 500m, 1500m and relay finals.

Passed away peacefully on December 10, 2023, at his home in Timberlea, with his wife and children by his side. Born in 1939 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Omer L. and Loretta B. Fournier, Bob grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, with his older sister, Claire, younger sister, Diane, and younger brother, Richard. They married in 1962, a year after Bob graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Ecology. Bob went on to complete an MSc in Biological Oceanography at the College of William and Mary in 1963 and returned to the University of Rhode Island for his PhD. Bob was a natural educator and chatted about science topics in a way that was captivating and easy to understand.

And with well over 3,000 homeless people living on the streets of Edmonton and only 1,126 shelter spaces, the result has the potential to cost lives among the city’s most vulnerable citizens. Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi indicated last night he had been blindsided by the news of the city police force’s plans, which were emailed to Edmonton social services agencies by Staff Sergeant Michael Dreilich on Thursday. We can’t displace more people and we can’t put more pressure on the system.”It will be interesting to see if the emails flying among Edmonton City Council, city administrators and city (?) There is talk the UCP Government wants to take over the response to urban encampments from the city. There are not enough shelter spaces, and even if there were, many of these people do not feel safe in them.

Vancouver Police have taken a man into custody after a loaded gun was allegedly brought to the final day of Ibrahim Ali’s murder trial. The appeal includes 25 grounds, asserting that the court did not adequately address the death threats faced by Ali’s lawyers. Supreme Court made an error by refusing to admit evidence that implicated two other men in connection with the murder. The trial, which concluded on Friday with Ali being found guilty of the murder, will continue with hearings on related matters. A: In response to the loaded gun incident, a hearing on Tuesday was relocated to courtroom 67, where a metal detector was installed.

Community Food Sharing Association's Wanda Hillier, Sandra Milmore and Judy Peddle were on deck for the annual Feed N.L. (Sarah Antle/CBC)CBC Newfoundland and Labrador has partnered with the Community Food Sharing Association and so far has helped raise $150,769 for Feed N.L. All the money being raised goes to the Community Food Sharing Association, which supplies 60 food banks across Newfoundland and Labrador. Tina Bishop, Community Food Sharing Association’s general manager, said there has been an increase in people using food banks. Tina Bishop, Community Food Sharing Association’s general manager, said there has been an increase in people using food banks.

Deadline: January 26, 2024Applications are open for the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) Black Journalism Fellowships 2024. The fellowship program aims to amplify Black voices, improve coverage of Black issues in the news and cultivate future Black media leaders. EligibilityThe CBC/Radio-Canada CJF/Radio-Canada Black Women’s Journalism Fellowship is open to Black Canadian women. If you have questions, please contact Natalie Turvey, President and Executive Director of The Canadian Journalism Foundation, at [email protected]. Click here to applyFor more information, visit CJF Black Journalism Fellowship.

(The Associated Press - image credit)Almost two-thirds of the $100 million Google must give to news outlets across the country each year will be distributed to print and digital media, with the remaining third split between CBC/Radio-Canada and other private and public broadcasters. Print and digital media will share the remaining 63 per cent of the fund. To be successful, media outlets must convince the regulator their negotiations are fair and also benefit other companies that qualify for funding. Media outlets receiving funding must also attest that they will not undermine freedom of expression or journalistic independence by interfering in an outlet's editorial process. News Media Canada, a group representing print and digital media in Canada, issued a statement welcoming the regulations.

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed geologic time, changes to alcohol sales in Ontario, systemic abuse in sport, food sovereignty, baseball and the need for transparency in Ontario’s legal cannabis profits. Layers of meaning: Professor of Earth Sciences Francine McCarthy, and her research at Crawford Lake that proposes the start of a new epoch in geologic time, were featured in an article from Canadian Geographic. Investigating systemic abuse in sport: Brock University Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee spoke about the federal government launching a commission to investigate systemic abuse in sport during the Dec. 11 episode of CBC’s Canada Tonight. Why was the Ontario Cannabis Store sitting on a CA$500 million cash stockpile? : Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong spoke to MJ Biz Daily about the need for transparency on profits made by the Ontario Cannabis Store.

CBC/Radio-Canada will get no more than a $7-million share of the annual fund, while another $30 million at most will be reserved for other broadcasters, according to final regulations released Friday that will implement the Online News Act. Independent news outlets and outlets from Indigenous and official language minority communities must also benefit from the fund, the regulations said. The reaction in Canada's news industry was mixed as the government rolled out its final regulations. Even before the Online News Act became law, Google was offering to pay news businesses $100 million annually. The only companies big enough to fall under criteria set out under the Online News Act are Google and Meta.

Nearly two-thirds of the $100 million Google must give to news outlets across the country each year will be distributed to print and digital media, with the remaining third being split between CBC/Radio-Canada and private broadcasters, CBC News has learned. Google's deal requires it to pay $100 million a year, indexed to inflation. Facebook escaped the need to strike its own deal by no longer sharing links to news pages. As part of the deal, Google provided assurances that Canadian news outlets will be treated fairly in comparison with deals it might strike with news media in other countries. Critics of the bill have said legacy media outlets that employ most of Canada's journalists will benefit most from the fund, while minority-language, community, Indigenous and independent news outlets could receive far less.

Online News Act funding capped for private broadcasters, CBC: report Dec 15, 2023 | 7:09 AMOTTAWA — The amount of funding private broadcasters will get through the government’s $100-million deal with Google will be limited — with an even lower cap for the CBC — a federal government source confirms. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters not yet made public, confirmed a report in the Globe and Mail on the final regulations for the Online News Act, which are being published today. Google agreed last month to contribute $100 million a year, fixed to inflation, to Canadian news publishers, in a deal that had the Liberal government bending to the tech giant’s demands after it threatened to remove news links from its search engine. As a result Google will be exempt from the legislation, which compels tech companies to enter into compensation agreements with news publishers for linking to their content, if it generates revenue for those digital giants.

This billboard in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador featuring a warning about long COVID is the first of a cross-Canada group. This billboard in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador featuring a warning about long COVID is the first of a cross-Canada group. Stacey Alexander is a teacher from Corner Brook who has been suffering from long COVID since the beginning of 2020. Stacey Alexander, who has been suffering from long COVID since the beginning of 2020, is glad to see a long COVID awareness campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador. (CBC)Alexander said long COVID symptoms manifest in unusual ways all over the body, so people may not think they have it.

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has called out the planned bonuses to CBC's executives after the public broadcaster announced early this month that it plans to cut jobs. "Given the job cuts announced at CBC/Radio-Canada for the year 2024, it would be inappropriate for the CBC to grant bonuses to executive members," the committee said in Parliament on Tuesday. The statement comes amid questions on whether executives of the public broadcaster would be getting bonuses after it announced that around 10% of its workforce would be laid off due to budget pressures.

Hundreds of workers took part in a rally on Wednesday on Alexandre-DeSève St. between de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Sainte-Catherine St. in Montreal, right in the heart of the district where a large number of Montreal media companies are located. Participants included employees of Radio-Canada, TVA, Astral Media, RDS and Videotron along with political representatives. “We’re currently going through some very tough times and are witnessing a continuous decline in media and cultural institutions in Quebec. “Some solutions can be implemented to support the electronic media, for example, through adequate CRTC regulations.

CBC/Radio-Canada says it will consider “all possible measures” to manage its financial pressures, following criticism from current and former journalists that the public broadcaster wasn’t considering cuts to executive bonuses as it looks for $125 million in savings. Corus Entertainment has released its 2023 Sustainability Report, which outlines the company’s ongoing advancement of sustainability initiatives anchored by its Planet, People and Responsibility goals. Corus reported a 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2022, with a 73% waste capture rate at Corus Quay. The Canadian Communications Foundation (CCF) has announced it’s wrapping up operations after more than 55 years. The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF), in partnership with Narcity Media Group, has launched the new CJF-Narcity News Creator Fellowship dedicated to nurturing the growth of emerging video storytelling talent.