Calgary’s Drop-In Centre pressured to pull out of downtown. Province supports search for new model
Calgary Drop-In Centre officials says members of city council and business leaders are pressuring it to rethink operations and move out of the East Village. It got a letter from the province in February supporting the idea of decentralization.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-drop-in-centre-decentralization-9.7142359?cmp=rss
Calgary’s Drop-In Centre pressured to pull out of downtown. Province supports search for new model
Calgary Drop-In Centre officials says members of city council and business leaders are pressuring it to rethink operations and move out of the East Village. It got a letter from the province in February supporting the idea of decentralization.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-drop-in-centre-decentralization-9.7142359?cmp=rss
Philpot keeping open mind about CFL’s 2027 changes
Jalen Philpot is coming around to the CFL's plan to move goalposts backwards next season.
#Sports #CalgaryStampeders
https://globalnews.ca/news/11798660/philpot-keeping-open-mind-about-cfls-2027-changes/

"The #power of #chatbots to synthesize vast content, in other words, makes it far #easier than traditional internet use for a struggling person to #move from #violent #thoughts toward #action. The near-#instant #results from the chatbot, delivered in what feels like a confiding conversation, can arm them both with #tactical #knowledge and #affirmation."

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/04/chatgpt-tumbler-ridge-fsu-openai-chatbots-mass-shootings/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-10-2026

The chilling role of ChatGPT in mass shootings and other violence

Several attacks involving OpenAI’s chatbot—including Tumbler Ridge and FSU—raise urgent questions about the technology.

Mother Jones

How the #move is going:

Anechoic rooms are now getting echoe-y.

Safety, politics and education costs were key reasons why this U.S. family moved to Windsor
Marissa Pfautz, her husband and four of their children came to Windsor, Ont., from Chicago, Ill., in August. She says it was for a handful of reasons. And as the CBC’s Jason Viau reports, according to one immigration lawyer, more people are looking to move to Canada from the U.S. over the past few years.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7157340?cmp=rss
Acadia's SMILE program undergoes transformation
The volunteer program that's been running for more than 40 years pairs a university student and a student with a disability from a local school to do physical activity. It used to take place in the water, but now it's moved to the ice. The CBC's Jane Sponagle has the story.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7156791?cmp=rss
Toronto parents say special-needs supports ‘stripped away’ with planned school program move
The board says the program is being relocated to a new school with added supports, but parents are stressing their concerns be heard about their children.
#Canada #Autism #SpecialNeeds #TorontoCatholicDistrictSchoolBoard
https://globalnews.ca/news/11769625/toronto-catholic-school-board-special-needs-program-relocation/
Toronto parents say special-needs supports ‘stripped away’ with planned school program move
The board says the program is being relocated to a new school with added supports, but parents are stressing their concerns be heard about their children.
#Canada #Autism #SpecialNeeds #TorontoCatholicDistrictSchoolBoard
https://globalnews.ca/news/11769625/toronto-catholic-school-board-special-needs-program-relocation/
Toronto parents say special-needs supports ‘stripped away’ with planned school program move
The board says the program is being relocated to a new school with added supports, but parents are stressing their concerns be heard about their children.
#Canada #Autism #SpecialNeeds #TorontoCatholicDistrictSchoolBoard
https://globalnews.ca/news/11769625/toronto-catholic-school-board-special-needs-program-relocation/