Police in Halifax have charged a man in connection with an investigation into using artificial intelligence to create images depicting child pornography. Halifax Regional Police said the investigation started last September, when the Internet Child Exploitation unit got information that someone in the municipality was creating and sharing child sex abuse material using AI. An […]
Nova Scotia has officially launched African Heritage Month 2026. Celebrations kicked off on Tuesday at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, recognizing this year’s theme Strength in Unity: Moving Forward with Purpose, Prosperity, Power and Progress. African Heritage Month, which has been happening every February in Nova Scotia since 1988, is held as a […]
Crews tackled a garage blaze that could have spread to more structures close by. Halifax’s firefighter union said the call for the blaze came in around 7:34 a.m. Station 24, Musquodoboit Harbour, teams responded to Oyster Pond to find a garage in flames. They noted while on scene that about 50 feet away, other structures […]
AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it? If you want fewer cartoonish videos of dead celebrities, creepy or absurd images or fake bands playing synthetic tunes, a few platforms have rolled out settings and […]
Supporters and former workers from Ubisoft Halifax will be holding a rally calling for more action as they try to get answers less than a month after being laid off. The French company responsible for hit video games like Assassin’s Creed: Rebellion, quietly closed its Halifax studio on Jan. 7, less than three weeks after […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday as a wait-and-see attitude dominated in regional markets following the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its key interest rate unchanged. That was expected, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates look to be “in a good place” for now. Gold jumped another 4.6%, trading at $5,545 […]
BEIJING (AP) — UK leader Starmer calls for comprehensive strategic partnership with China during “challenging times for the world.” The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global uncertainty. Neither publicly mentioned Donald Trump, but the American president’s challenges to the post-Cold War order was clearly on their minds. “I think that working together on […]
There has been a significant midweek jump to the price of diesel in Halifax. The Nova Scotia Energy Board invoked the interrupter clause overnight, pushing diesel prices up by nearly seven cents. At 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 28, the price of diesel increased by 6.7 cents to 174.0 cents per litre. The interrupter did not […]
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global uncertainty. Neither publicly mentioned Donald Trump, but the American president’s challenges to the post-Cold War order was clearly on their minds. “I think that working together on […]