Category: PMN

Apr 25

Trading card hobby in Canada impacted by mounting trade war centred around U.S.

“There’s a lot of things that it’s getting tagged on to, primarily Pokemon cards, Magic (the Gathering) cards, sports cards, Yu-gi-oh cards are the big ones,” said MacDougall, adding that he has written to several members of federal and provincial parliament about Canada’s reciprocal tariffs. “Konami, who makes Yu-gi-oh cards, they’re absorbing quite a bit […]
Apr 20

This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere

The impact of the cuts by Trump appointees and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency can be found everywhere in the Kansas City metropolitan area, which has long been a major hub for federal agencies about 1,000 miles away from Washington, D.C. Money once promised to the region for public health, environmental, diversity, food aid […]
Apr 20

Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

“When you have hills, snow or ice … if you’re a good (human) driver, you can adapt to that,” said Sidney Givigi, a professor of robotics and machine learning at Queen’s University’s School of Computing. A self-driving car can also register weather information and react accordingly, “but it may not determine the best way to […]
Apr 15

Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violence

The 26-year-old was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with two felony firearms counts and two felony counts of threating violence. He already had a felony conviction for threats of violence, and was therefore prohibited from possessing a gun and ammunition, as well as two separate pending cases for violating restraining orders.