Liberals limit debate on C-22 to rush legislation forward

Liberals limit debate on C-22 to rush legislation forward

Bill C-22, the proposed Canadian legislation that would give law enforcement more power to surveil personal communications and data, passed through rushed committee proceedings after midnight on Thursday morning. “The government should not have used this draconian measure.” The Canadian Civil Liberties Association The Liberal government moved to limit debate on the Lawful Access Act…

Read Full News
Virginia Woolf – a visionary Aquarius

Virginia Woolf – a visionary Aquarius

Virginia Woolf, long appreciated in high literary circles and hailed as a feminist activist, is becoming appreciated by a younger audience with recent adaptations of her work, including a movie of her novel Night and Day. It is released this week starring Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Jack Whitehall and Lily Allen, and focuses…

Read Full News
Scrapped Star Wars Series Would Have Explored Emperor Palpatine’s Rise to Power

Scrapped Star Wars Series Would Have Explored Emperor Palpatine’s Rise to Power

Before Disney+ transformed Star Wars into a television powerhouse, George Lucas had plans for an ambitious live-action series that would have explored one of the franchise’s darkest stories: the rise of Emperor Palpatine. During a recent appearance at Spacecon 2026, Ian McDiarmid, who portrayed Palpatine throughout the saga, revealed surprising new details about the long-canceled…

Read Full News
Seven Zen Stories That Could Open Your Mind

Seven Zen Stories That Could Open Your Mind

by Melanie Pinola: For centuries, Zen masters have used stories and koans, or paradoxical riddles, to help students realize their true nature… These stories are often puzzling and may seem nonsensical, but ponder them yourself and you might emerge wiser and more self-aware. Here are seven of our favorite Zen stories. We’re not going to try to explain the…

Read Full News
How IDMTC and SR&ED can help Canadian tech companies stretch their R&D budgets

How IDMTC and SR&ED can help Canadian tech companies stretch their R&D budgets

The tax credits that helped turn Canada into a gaming powerhouse are now reaching a much broader range of companies. Today, provincial Interactive Digital Media Tax Credits, or IDMTC, can apply to businesses developing everything from training simulators to immersive software platforms, reflecting just how much the definition of “digital media” has changed over the…

Read Full News