The Supreme Court’s disappointing decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis undermines that basic truth, and painfully it comes during Pride month when millions of Americans across the country join together to celebrate the contributions, resilience, and strength of the LGBTQI+ community. While the Court’s decision only addresses expressive original designs, I’m deeply concerned that the decision could invite more discrimination against LGBTQI+ Americans. We will also work with states across the country to fight back against attempts to roll back civil rights protections that could follow this ruling. When one group’s dignity and equality are threatened, the promise of our democracy is threatened and we all suffer. That is why we must pass the Equality Act, which will enshrine civil rights protections for LGBTQI+ Americans in federal law and strengthen public accommodations protections for all Americans.

DeepWater Exploration rolled out a compact, rugged camera last year capable of delivering non-distorted imagery from depths of 400 meters or more — hopeful but uncertain that enough customers would want to buy them. Hundreds of its artificial intelligence-equipped cameras have been deployed, enough to allow DeepWater Exploration to bootstrap its operations to date without raising outside capital, said Chief Executive and co-founder Jiaper Ho. DeepWater Exploration joined a dozen other startups this week for EvoNexus Demo Day — where young companies that are part of the region’s most veteran startup incubator show off their technologies. The company sees the technology as applicable for low-power data to wearable sensors and devices, including augmented reality glasses/headsets. At DeepWater Exploration, the company has gotten traction in part because its cameras are easy to deploy and relatively inexpensive, said Ho.

The Dallas Stars made a series of moves Friday, retaining the negotiating rights for four players and extending another. Stars GM Jim Nill announced that Dallas issued qualifying offers for Ty Dellandrea, Nick Caamano, Riley Damian and Scott Reedy. AdvertisementDellandrea, the Stars’ 2018 first-round draft pick, played in all 82 regular season games for Dallas last season and scored three goals in the playoffs. Email Address By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy SUBMITDallas did not issue qualifying offers for Dawson Barteaux, Oskari Laaksonen, Adam Scheel and Marián Studenič. Retaining Dellandrea was a start.

Dunfield was handed the head coaching position, albeit for four games to start, after TFC fired veteran head coach Bob Bradley on Monday. His first on-field test will be Saturday against Real Salt Lake at BMO Field. “The focus has just been on this weekend and on Salt Lake ,” Dunfield said on Friday. The 41-year-old Dunfield was the head coach of Toronto FC Academy’s under-17 team and has worked in the team’s academy for seven years. Dunfield has played midfield for Canada, Toronto FC and his hometown Vancouver Whitecaps as well as two seasons with Manchester City.

While 2021–22 was officially Toronto’s Year of Public Art (artworxto.ca), this long weekend is a great time to tour our own city’s rich legacy of street art. Like many street artists, Rugg, who was originally attracted to birds as a symbol of freedom, began with graffiti. Clandestinos Art: RendezViews outdoor patio, 229 Richmond St. W.Ever wonder how street artists physically transfer their visions onto large walls? In 2013, the Church Street Mural Project kicked off in preparation for Toronto’s hosting of the 2014 World Pride festivities. Amir Akbari: Susan Street mural, 3847 Lawrence Ave. E.Amir Akbari’s charming Susan Street mural, created in 2019 with fellow artists Leyland Adams and Senthuran Kanna, honours local women and caregivers.

Claim: White actor Tom Hanks will be playing Black civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. We found an April 1, 2023, article titled "Tom Hanks to play Martin Luther King Jr. in Upcoming Spielberg Directed Biopic" on the website Wolfshead Online that clearly stated the story was satirical in nature. "Tom Hanks playing Martin Luther King Jr.? "Tom Hanks playing MLK is like Will Ferrell playing Gandhi. We were unable to find a reliable source, including verified news media outlets and posts from Hanks, Spielberg, Netflix, or any relevant parties with similar images and claims that such a movie is in the works.

June 21 was National Indigenous Peoples Day across Canada. There is far more to National Indigenous Peoples Day than just a good fish fry. In a territory where half the population is Indigenous, it is embarrassing to remember that Third World conditions are the status quo in many NWT communities. We need programs that serve the people whose land this is… programs that give them hope; programs that honour who they are and not change them into something more like ourselves. Yes, Aboriginal Day is a day of celebration, but also a day for us to reflect on the work that still needs to be done.

CBC News published this video item, entitled “Digital, streaming, AI among biggest issues as Hollywood could face another strike” – below is their description. New technology like digital, streaming and AI are major issues in labour talks between the Screen Actors Guild and big studios. Actors say that producers could use AI to manipulate their likeness and if that happens, actors want to be compensated. The contract deadline for the actors’ union expires at midnight Friday. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment?

OTTAWA—The fate of the country’s news industry became more precarious Thursday after Google joined Meta in preparing to block all Canadian news content from its platforms in retaliation for Ottawa’s recently passed online news bill. The tech giant will also axe its Google News Showcase program, which boosts the profiles of more than 150 publications across the country. We don’t take this decision or its impacts lightly and believe it’s important to be transparent with Canadian publishers and our users as early as possible,” Google’s president of global affairs Kent Walker wrote in a blog post. This shows how deeply irresponsible and out of touch they are, especially when they make billions of dollars off of Canadian users,” the minister said in a statement. The multinational tech company had hoped for specific reassurances from Ottawa before the regulatory process — where further details regarding how the law will work in practice will be finalized — gets underway.

Photos from the wharf in St. John’s, Newfoundland, show what appeared to be several pieces and twisted chunks of the submersible. The debris will be further analyzed and tested as part of the investigation into why the vessel imploded. The investigation, which involves several government agencies from the United States and Canada, is being led by the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard officials said the debris was “consistent with catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber” in the submersible. US Coast Guard leads Titan investigationOn Sunday, the Coast Guard announced it was leading the investigation into the loss of the submersible.

Earlier this month we had our 2023 AGM & Awards ceremony where we honoured many of our athletes and members for their outstanding achievements and dedication to our club. It was a wonderful afternoon celebrating our first in-person AGM & Awards ceremony in person. Thank you to everyone who attended!

The incidents included 957 involving federal government institutions, and 1,132 against “critical infrastructure organizations” in the energy, finance, transport, health and other sectors. This spring, the CSE issued a “flash” warning after leaked U.S. intelligence documents said a pro-Russian group had infiltrated the systems of an unnamed Canadian natural gas company. “The designations allow CSE to provide cybersecurity assistance to help protect the designated entities,” the report says. It notes also that the agency has helped bolster the government’s cyber defences against Russian cyber threats, and that it has tried to counter Russian “disinformation” campaigns. In July 2022, for example, the agency used social media to “expose false claims” from Russia like statements that Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” has chemical weapons.

FILE - Cars drive past the Minneapolis City Hall on June 28, 2023, in Minnesota. While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday, June 28, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed, File)While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall. But with Aisha Chughtai, Jeremiah Ellison and Jamal Osman out on Wednesday, the council voted not to move the measure forward, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Such accusations raged on Twitter, while at the same time, rent control opponents expressed relief the issue was off the table.

Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian broadcaster who in her golden years enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice, is dead at 93, a representative confirmed to CBC News on Thursday. The broadcaster was best known for hosting the Canadian call-in radio and then television program Sunday Night Sex Show, which led to a successful U.S. spinoff called Talk Sex With Sue Johanson. Born in Toronto, Johanson began her career as a nurse, receiving her training in Winnipeg. WATCH | How Sue Johanson became the country's leading sexpert:Sex education with Sue Johanson in 1986On radio, on TV and on tours across Canada, the plain-spoken nurse uses humour to talk to her audiences about sex. The U.S. spinoff, Talk Sex With Sue Johanson, began in 2002 and concluded in 2008.

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