First Nations council denounces B.C. plan to suspend Indigenous rights law
British Columbia Premier David Eby announced on April 2 that his government would introduce legislation to temporarily suspend key sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, a move that has drawn fierce opposition from Indigenous leaders who called it a "unilateral betrayal" of the province's reconciliation commitments
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/first-nations-council-denounce-JpW_iesvSkGyYE_jSw5Qsw
See our 3,000-person poll on Alberta independence
This referendum is nominally about independence. That’s true. But it’s also the biggest, loudest way to hit back at Ottawa in a way they’ll never forget.
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China suspends all new robotaxi licenses after Baidu outage
China has halted the issuance of new autonomous vehicle licenses following an incident last month in which more than 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis abruptly stopped on the streets of Wuhan, stranding passengers and snarling traffic, Bloomberg reported on April 29, citing people familiar with the matter.
The freeze prevents self-driving companies from adding vehicles to existing fleets, launching new pilot programs, or expanding into additional cities. No end date has been set.
A Night of Chaos in Wuhan
On the evening of March 31, Apollo Go robotaxis across Wuhan — where Baidu operates its largest fully driverless fleet of more than 1,000 vehicles — lost contact with the company's cloud dispatch system and stopped mid-route. Videos circulating on Chinese social media showed a passenger trapped inside a vehicle halted in the fast lane of an expressway as trucks sped past, while other images depicted a robotaxi struck ...
Mayo Clinic is offering me an "Executive Director" position for up to $400k. They don't want me to open a New Florida Cancer Clinic?
https://makisw.substack.com/p/breaking-news-mayo-clinic-is-offering
