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In the view of Trump's fans, victory isn't just likely. It's guaranteed - And if they lose? Prepare for a volcanic reaction

This is the current analysis of the upcoming US election from the Canadian vantage point. I would like to hear what our American friends here on D* think of this article.

They insist they've been inundated with visitors requesting Trump signs, having handed out more than usual, at least 1,500. "[It's] a constant parade. In and out. In and out," says the party's county chair, Lee Becker, who predicts Trump will do even better here than 2020.

And if he doesn't? There's only one explanation, several said. "Depends on the cheating," said Darin Dotter, a party officer in Carbon County.

"The cheating," concurred Alicia Kupec, another volunteer.

This idea resurfaces again, and again, in conversation not only with regular voters but also with members of the party organization who insist Trump cannot legitimately lose this election.
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Another poll found one-third of Republicans said American patriots might need to use violence to save the country.

"If [Trump] loses that's all gonna come out bad," said Yevak, who believes only cheating could deprive his candidate of victory.

#USA #election #CBC #news #Canada #politics #Trump #Harris

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https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbcmontreal_mirror/113108012665718314 cbcmontreal_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net - PWHL reveals Montreal Victoire team name along with new logo
The Professional Women's Hockey League has unveiled long-awaited team names and logos for all six franchises. The Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres will take the ice next season as the league enters its second campaign.
#cbc #news #News #Canada #Montreal
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-names-logos-reveal-1.7317373?cmp=rss

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Texts, social media a 'minefield' for couples divorcing: lawyer

As people's lives and relationships have increasingly shifted online over more than a decade, digital records such as text messages, emails and Instagram posts have become a mainstay of divorce and family cases, to the point where Ontario courts have had to impose limits on how much can be filed, experts say.

#CBC #News #divorce #cellphone #texting #socialmedia

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Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme

On Thursday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the government was working with the U.S. "on this serious matter."

"Any Canadians who illegally assist in Russia's persistent attempts to use disinformation, criminal and covert activities, and corruption to undermine our sovereignty and democratic processes will face the full force of Canadian law," he said in a statement.

Intelligence experts say the details in the indictment were a further indication of the scope of Russian efforts to influence the American election.

#CBC #News #Russia #Canada #USA #disinformation #propoganda

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Modern parenting is so stressful that the U.S issued a health advisory. Parents say it's overdue

Studies have linked comparing your own parenting to what you see on social networking sites with higher rates of maternal depression, higher cortisol levels and increased envy and anxiety in mothers specifically.

But it's hard not to compare, said Meenakshi Sharma-Vadnais, 35, of Ottawa.

Sharma-Vadnais, a mom of three, says this generation of parents is overloaded by online information. She jokes that as an influencer and parenting blogger, she's part of the problem.

#CBC #News #parentlng

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What a Surprise: Apple Being Evil Again

Content creators who use the online platform Patreon may need to increase prices for their supporters to make up for tech giant Apple claiming a 30 per cent share of any transactions completed within the platform's app on iOS devices such as iPhones or iPads.

#Apple #CBC #News #Patreon

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Be warned: After global tech outage, phishing schemes and scammers may try to exploit you

Efforts to deal with a global tech outage that caused chaos for travellers, hospitals and banks are underway, but it may not be the end of your computer woes: Phishing schemes trying to reel in businesses and individuals are now coming to light.

Security specialists are warning to be aware of malicious actors purporting to be tech specialists offering help to recover from the outage, which was caused by a faulty software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

Some of the scammers may even be posing as employees of Texas-based CrowdStrike, which has offices around the world.

#Microsoft #Windows #CrowdStrike #CBC #News

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Fed-up restaurant owner tracks down dine-and-dashers with help of social media

A Charlottetown restaurant owner is crediting the public and the power of social media for helping her track down a family who feasted on lobster, oysters and drinks before pulling the infamous dine-and-dash.

Lisa Gale, owner of Lobster on the Wharf, said staff were surprised and disheartened when a family of four visiting from out of province skipped out on their $170 bill and tip Monday night.
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Lobster on the Wharf staff were determined to find the family. They found security camera footage of them leaving, and Gale posted it to the restaurant's Facebook page.

She said the post got about 600 shares and 60,000 views, and the calls started coming in. One led to the identity and phone number of the family.

"I believe they are from Ontario, they were here visiting, and when I reached out to ask why they left and didn't pay their bill, they were more concerned with their pictures [being] on social media," Gale said. "So I agreed if they sent me the money and paid for the meal that I would take the pictures down."

Wednesday morning, she got an e-transfer for $170, and took down the post.
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Charlottetown police encourage restaurants to report people who skip out on their bill. Sgt. Melissa Craswell said it is a criminal offence that can lead to charges.

#Charlottetown #PEI #Canada #dineanddash #theft #restaurant #CBC #news

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Is it OK to choose 'no tip' at the counter? Some customers think so - Survey results show 77% of Canadian respondents dislike auto-tipping prompts on payment machines

Montelli still tips at sit-down restaurants, or anywhere he says a genuine service is being provided. His general rules are that he doesn't tip on takeout, at coffee shops or anywhere he has to stand in line to order — the same rules users of the reddit community r/EndTipping share online.

Bruce McAdams, an associate professor at the University of Guelph's school of business and economics who researches tipping, isn't surprised that customers are starting to rebel against tip-flation.

"Maybe the only surprise is it's taken this long," McAdams told Cost of Living.
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Tip options have also been added for products and services where they weren't expected in the past, such as oil changes — a phenomenon known as "tip creep," McAdams said.

#tipping #culture #CBC #News #Canada

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Distracting preschoolers with devices could cause trouble down the road, study suggests

Parents who steal a moment of calm by handing over a smartphone or tablet to a fussy toddler could set off a cycle of poor anger management and other problems, according to a recent study.

Research published last week in the journal Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry says using such devices for emotional regulation "can be effective in the short term" but in the longer term could lead to technological addiction, "screen time tantrums" and make it harder for kids to cope with stressful situations.

#CBC #News #technology #smartphones #children #psychology #research #parenting #internet

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As temperatures rise, so do myths about sunscreen - Quebec group warns against false and misleading information on social media

Experts are warning Canadians not to heed misinformation spread online that sunscreen can cause cancer, stressing that proper use of the right lotions or sprays is, in fact, one of the best ways to prevent potentially deadly ailments like melanoma.

Quebec’s Order of Chemists warned last week against what it called a worrying trend circulating on social networks where some influencers spread false and misleading information about sunscreen, claiming that its ingredients are harmful to the skin and can cause cancer. The group said the assertions, devoid of scientific basis, can endanger public health.

One such influencer on TikTok recently warned their 570,000 followers to not use any sunscreen whose ingredients have “any funny words other than zinc.”

Julia Carroll, a dermatologist in Toronto, says much of the misinformation fails to look at the medical literature as a whole on sunscreen ingredients, which points to their safety.

#sunscreen #sun #summer #CBC #News #Canada #socialmedia

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Ottawa Public Health seeking ways to continue wastewater testing

Mari Teitelbaum, a vice-president with CHEO, said the Ottawa children's hospital can use the data from wastewater monitoring to better help manage its resources.

"We were upping staffing in the emergency departments, how many isolation beds we needed, things like that. So this data has been incredibly important, and three to five days' lead time can make a big difference," she said.

[Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera] Etches said the cost of wastewater monitoring can range from $370,000 to maintain the sampling seven days a week and report five days a week, to about $230,000 to sample and report three days a week.

#health #COVID-19 #pandemic #CBC #News #Ottawa

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Coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alta., B.C.: study
Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded.
#cbc #news #News #Canada #BritishColumbia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coal-mine-contaminants-bc-1.7240568?cmp=rss

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Is the flip phone back? Why some people are switching to dumbphones - Adults and teens go back to basics with devices that only talk and text

When Leigh Tynan agreed to get her 13-year-old daughter a cellphone, she didn't want it to become a distraction.

"When there's a smartphone or screen, you don't practise guitar, you don't read a book, you don't just be bored," she said. So instead of the very popular iPhone, she settled on a TCL Flip phone, with a key feature: no access to social media.

"I just thought I really don't feel comfortable with her being online all the time.... I'm trying to protect her from it for as long as possible."

#CBC #News #smartphones #dumbphones

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What X's move to hide our likes means for accountability

Journalists frequently scrutinized politicians' likes, but that era is over as platform makes likes private

This week, X, formerly known as Twitter, made likes private — meaning people can no longer see which users have liked posts. It's a move the company says is aimed at improving privacy, however, experts say the change will harm the public's ability to hold the powerful to account.

Public likes on the social media platform were always a double-edged sword. They established a public record of every user's interests and interactions. But they were also an occasional source of trouble for politicians, celebrities and even site owner Elon Musk, whose likes were frequently examined by journalists and the public.

"Likes were this really important and interesting way to understand the types of content those in power really consume and agree with," said Liam McLaughlin, a communication and media lecturer at the University of Liverpool.

"Removing this content is a poor move for democracy, some might argue."

#Twitter #X #CBC #news #socialmedia #Musk

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Apparently, ankle socks are the new sign that you're old, and millennials are done

And on TikTok, users of a certain age have posted videos expressing their frustration and confusion over the banning of their beloved socks.

"We've gone too far," writes one women in a video where she tries to wear pink crew socks with yellow crocs.

Another joked in a video with 1.4 million views that she saved on Botox by "just buying the damn socks." And in a comment on the same video, someone else joked that they wore crew socks to the gym instead of ankle socks "and the receptionist called me miss instead of ma'am."

#CBC #news #millennial #GenZ #fashion #socks

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#CBC is whitewashing Israel's genocide in #Gaza

"Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and #discrimination in its coverage of #Palestine and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who speak out..."

A producer at the national Canadian broadcaster, Molly Schumann, has dramatically spoken out about the censorship of pro-Palestinian content on the state-funded channel.

#Canada #Palestine #Genocide

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Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them

In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok.

"My answer as director of [the Canadian Security Intelligence Service] is that there is a very clear strategy on the part of the government of China ... to be able to acquire ... personal information from anyone around the world," said CSIS director David Vigneault in an interview with CBC's The House airing Saturday.

"As an individual, I would say that I would absolutely not recommend someone have TikTok."

Vigneault said it's "very clear" from the app's design that data gleaned from its users "is available to the government of China."

"Most people can say, 'Why is it a big deal for a teenager now to have their data [on TikTok]?' Well in five years, in 10 years, that teenager will be a young adult, will be engaged in different activities around the world," he told host Catherine Cullen.

"If you are, for whatever reason, getting in the crosshairs of the [People's Republic of China], they will have a lot of information about you."

#CBC #CSIS #China #news