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josh o'kane
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"A dogged reporter with a weakness for bad jokes." Business of arts for @globeandmail. Wrote Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. [email protected]
for context, here's a story from a year and a half ago on why Scotiabank faced many protests from folks in the arts world over its subsidiary's Elbit holdings www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Big Six banks all hold contentious Israeli defence stock, but one Scotiabank-owned investment manager stands above all
A Globe and Mail review confirms that Scotiabank subsidiary 1832 Asset Management LP has a stake in Elbit that is much deeper and more deliberate than its competitors – more than 60 times bigger than ...
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Most recent filing here: www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... and previous quarter here: www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
www.sec.gov
February 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victims, per RCMP:
• 39-year-old female teacher
• three 12-year-old female students
• two male students, 12 and 13
• 39-year-old mother of suspect
• 11-year-old step brother of suspect

Suspect Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, also deceased, bringing death toll to nine.
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by josh o'kane
Case in point: musician falsely accused by Google's AI.

It became *his* responsibility to contest Google's error.
bsky.app/profile/josh...
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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In case anyone forgot or didn't understand the reference

www.wgbh.org/news/2017-10...
Why It's So Hard To Turn The Lights Back On In Puerto Rico
Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, almost 80 percent of the territory is still without power. While nobody expected a quick…
www.wgbh.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM