The Development of IP Telephony: Past, Present, and Future
The world of communication has come a long way from the days of telegraphs and smoke signals. In the modern era, technology…
The world of communication has come a long way from the days of telegraphs and smoke signals. In the modern era, technology…
The P.E.I. legislature has voted unanimously to urge the federal government to change the name of the Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing. ‘It would mean so much to so many,’ premier says of bridge renaming to Epekwitk Crossing.With support from opposition leaders as well as P.E.I. senators, Premier Dennis King introduced a motion Friday urging the federal…
Shutting it down. Jessie J told fans to “just stop” commenting on her body after being asked whether she’s pregnant. “Stop commenting…
After officially suggesting last year that it could part ways with the FIFA name, EA CEO Andrew Wilson has said more about the potential split in an internal meeting. In comments obtained by Video Games Chronicle, Wilson said that EA’s popular football games could actually be better off without its long-term FIFA partnership.EA has licenced…
Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to help create a national framework to tackle the issue of assaults on transit systems.TTC employee Anna Cohen says she was attacked while on the job in 2020. After two transit employees were stabbed this month, Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on…
Three children died in a house fire in Sandy Lake First Nation in Ontario last week, prompting calls for action and not just “more talk” when it comes to getting northern communities the firefighting resources they need.A fatal fire in Sandy Lake First Nation last week has raised the issue of sufficient emergency infrastructure in…
The president of the Inuit representative body for treaty rights and negotiations said it’s only by recognizing Inuktitut as one of Canada’s official languages that schools would receive guaranteed support and funding to teach in Inuktitut, as do English and French schools.Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., said that Canada could show its commitment…
Experts and advocates are calling on governments to release some inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the fast-moving Omicron variant spread through the country’s correctional facilities.Federal and provincial corrections facilities are seeing surges in COVID caseloads. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)Experts and advocates are calling on governments to release…
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant fuels record-high case counts, and schools across Canada delay in-person learning, calls are growing for another layer of protection to be added to classrooms — HEPA filters.HEPA-filtered air purifiers like this one, in a Toronto public school, can reduce the concentration of some viruses in the air by capturing…
The city of Brampton passed a motion Wednesday calling on cities across the country to help fund the legal battle against Bill 21 in Quebec, a week after a teacher in the province was reassigned because of her headscarf.Brampton mayor Patrick Brown announced at a press conference on Wednesday morning that city council was introducing…