The ever-more massive environmental footprint of cryptocurrencies might be defensible if they served some essential purpose in our lives, but that’s simply not the case, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America.
“It is a reduction, though it is not good for the world,” says Kees Baldé, a senior program officer at United Nations University and a co-author of a new report.
Cities, like people, can be smart. They can use technology and data to improve the efficiency of operations and movement. That's what was up for discussion at the Nobel Prize Summit on Wednesday.
A Calgary police officer loudly tells an Indigenous man to put his hands on the roof of his car and, within seconds, the situation escalates to yelling. Body-worn camera video from the officer's chest then shows the man's head pushed into his vehicle.