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Gordon Cameron

Gordon Cameron is president and interim executive director of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. He can be reached at g.cameron@ocna.org.

Local news is still readily available online, despite the efforts of Meta and Google

Gordon Cameron August 9, 2023Columns

Well, we knew it was going to happen, and it finally has. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking Canadian news from its social media platforms.

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Artificial Intelligence – the future

I was on a Zoom call recently and noticed that the call was identified as Zoom AI Companion. Introducing Zoom AI Companion (formerly Zoom IQ) – your new generative AI digital Zoom.

We must not become a nation of spectators

A news story described a scene that could have happened at no other time in history, in no other culture. A young teenaged girl was assaulted by two other girls in a park, while bystanders hauled out their cell phones to record the incident.

Strong mayors, weak idea

Numerous heads of council in this region are poised to receive “strong mayor” powers under a proposal put forward last week by the provincial government.