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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Owners of derelict commercial and business buildings will have to pay up or move on, after City of Edmonton city councillors approved creating new tax rules incentivizing owners to deal with their rundown properties. Councillors on the executive committee voted Thursday to create a new tax subclass targeting owners of derelict commercial buildings and property, after receiving a report from administration about it.Owners could see a jump in their taxes by up to 57 per cent if they don’t fix up their decrepit properties or demolish them.Edmonton already has a similar program…

I was ready to give up on the Galaxy Z TriFold.We had a strong case for getting a refund from the eBay seller — they’d claimed it was the version sold in Taiwan, but the phone that arrived at my door came with a Chinese serial number. That meant no Google services and lots of unfamiliar apps all requesting sensitive permissions. It was weird. Better off just sending this one back and trying again to acquire the US version, I thought. Then Samsung discontinued it.Suddenly, the TriFold on my desk wasn’t just a funny thing that happened on the way…

HONG KONG, March 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EeasyTile Wholesale Limited today announced the launch of a new home tile collection designed to integrate functional performance with emotionally uplifting design elements. The product line introduces an approach that blends aesthetic appeal with mood-supportive qualities across a range of porcelain, ceramic, textured, and large-format surfaces. The collection includes wood-look finishes, stone-effect tiles, matte-surface options, microcement-style alternatives, and designs inspired by Hong Kong’s local character. The company developed the line in response to growing interest in interior materials that contribute to both practical use and positive emotional impact in residential and commercial…

NEW YORK, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LockedIn AI has seen a surge of early-career candidates turning to real-time interview assistance — not as a shortcut, but as a survival strategy in a job market that has left them with almost no margin for error. The class of 2025 watched their older siblings get hired at Meta, Amazon, and Google — only to be shown the door months later. They saw 245,000 tech workers lose their jobs in 2025 and another 59,000 in just the first three months of 2026. And then they graduated into the worst entry-level job…

Families with young kids in Ardrossan are nervous after being told one of their daycares in the community east of Edmonton would be shutting down. They’re now left wondering where their kids will go and why this is happening in the hamlet about seven kilometres east of Sherwood Park, in Strathcona County.Where It’s at Country Daycare has welcomed hundreds of families, like Brianna Morris’, but that will soon be coming to an end.“It’s a gut punch. I honestly can’t imagine sending them anywhere else,” Morris said.“I don’t know what to do.” Her kids, Hunter and Eden, have attended the daycare…

An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.MP Michael Ma asked an expert during a parliamentary committee hearing Thursday whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes. “Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Have you witnessed forced labour? Just a short answer — have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang, yes or no?” Ma said while questioning Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa.”So did you get that from hearsay?” he added.Ma crossed the floor to the Liberals in December…

Apple’s iOS 27 update will allow users to choose the AI chatbot they want to link with Siri. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says third-party chatbots downloaded from the App Store, like Google’s Gemini or Anthropic’s Claude, will be able to fetch replies for Siri — similar to how the voice assistant already works with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.The new system, reportedly called “Extensions,” will give users the ability to enable or disable the chatbots they want to connect with Siri on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Bloomberg reports. The upcoming integrations will also work with the…

HONG KONG, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Following last year’s “The World’s 50 Best Bars” Award Ceremony in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) this year brought the “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026” Awards Ceremony to Hong Kong for the first time. The event today (25 March) brought together over 1,000 culinary industry representatives, renowned chefs and media worldwide. Top local Cantonese restaurant The Chairman and contemporary Cantonese restaurant Wing secured first and second places respectively on the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list, once again highlighting the leading position of Hong Kong’s dining scene in Asia.…

The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is taking another step towards establishing its own police force. After months of public engagement, the tribal council is sharing a $1.4 million First Nations policing feasibility study funded by both the federal and provincial governments back in 2024.The study lays out different policing models, risks and strategies of implementing an independent police force aimed at providing safety in a more community-driven way.There are several benefits that an alternative policing model offers, said PAGC Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie.“Language barriers, being able to relate to the situation, and de-escalating — I think those are some…

After Anthropic updated its tool for copying another AI’s memory into Claude earlier this month, Google Gemini is rolling out new “Import Memory” and “Import Chat History” features on desktop that can help users quickly copy over everything their current AI already knows about them. To use the “Import Memory” tool, users copy and paste a suggested prompt from Gemini into their previous AI, then paste the output from the previous AI into Gemini, which should get Gemini caught up on their preferences.The “Import Chat History” feature has users request an export of all of their chats from their previous…