Google acknowledged “some responsibility” in a minor fender-bender crash involving one of its autonomous vehicles earlier this month. According to a report filed by the California DMV, a Google autonomous car ran into the side of a bus at low speed. The full report reads:
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Truvada to prevent HIV approved in Canada, Report
With an anticlimactic shuffle of paperwork, Health Canada quietly added a paragraph to the online documentation for Truvada on Feb 28, 2016, opening the door to a new era of HIV prevention in Canada. “Multiple clinical trials have demonstrated that Truvada for PrEP is effective at reducing the risk of HIV infection acquired through sexual exposure,” said Dr. Cécile Tremblay, …
Read More »Former Mayor Rob Ford Admitted to Hospital in Battle with Cancer
Rob Ford is back in hospital as he continues his battle with a rare form of cancer. Ford’s brother, Doug, confirmed Wednesday that he was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital five days ago.
Read More »Vatican newspaper praises ‘Spotlight’ as giving voice to abuse victims
The Vatican newspaper said the Oscar-winning film, “Spotlight,” is not anti-Catholic. L’Osservatore Romano published a piece titled “It’s not an anti-Catholic film” on Tuesday morning, praising Tom McCarthy’s film for “managing to voice the shock and profound pain of the faithful confronting the discovery of these horrendous realities”.
Read More »Dustin Hoffman: Actor says ‘racism is a reflection of America’
Actor Dustin Hoffman believes America has a problem with racism that goes beyond the film industry. On Wednesday, during the opening of New York City’s Metrograph theater, the first independently owned movie theater to open in Manhattan in more than decade, Hoffman had a few words for the Oscars and society as a whole.
Read More »Squamish Valley Music Festival cancelled for 2016, Report
The Squamish Valley Music Festival, which has featured headliners such as Drake, Bruno Mars, Mumford & Sons and Sam Smith since it first launched in 2010, has been abruptly cancelled this year. Organizers behind the outdoor festival revealed the bad news today (March 2) on the festival’s website, explaining that while they had been set to bring bands up to …
Read More »February world temperature records smashed
February smashed monthly world temperature records, according to the satellite data analyzed by the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH). Climatologists John Christy and Roy Spencer report satellite temperature data each month as measured against the 30-year average of 1981 through 2010. Both climatologists are quite skeptical that man-made global warming will result in catastrophic consequences.
Read More »‘High School Musical 4’ Officially Confirmed; Casting Begins With Nationwide Search
Disney announced on Tuesday that ‘High School Musical 4’ is finally happening and the nationwide casting search is underway. According to Disney’s press release, “High School Musical 4 … will continue the story of the global sensation High School Musical — and introduce new East High Wildcats and their crosstown school rivals, the West High Knights.”
Read More »Merle Haggard: “Country Icon” Back in the Hospital Due to Pneumonia
Merle Haggard is still struggling to get healthy. The country icon is back in the hospital due to double pneumonia and has again been forced to cancel some upcoming shows. According to the Associated Press, Merle Haggard has been hospitalized in California for a recurring bout of double pneumonia. A statement from his publicist states that all of his concert …
Read More »Bethany Paquette: Christian graduate wins human rights case
A Trinity Western University graduate’s complaint against the wilderness tourism company that refused to hire her is justified, the BC Human Rights Tribunal ruled March 2, 2016. In September of 2014, Bethany Paquette applied for an assistant guide position with Amaruk Wilderness Corporation, a Norwegian company which has a Vancouver office.
Read More »Apple files an appeal against creating iPhone backdoor, Report
Apple filed an appeal late Tuesday in its dispute with federal investigators over demands that it create software to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the terrorists who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December. Apple has already indicated its desire to oppose the FBI’s request and in a motion filed last week …
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