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Snapchat tries paid subscription called Snapchat Plus (of course)

It looks like Snapchat is switching to a paid subscription model, but will people really pay for it? The feature, called Snapchat Plus (because everyone does it), was first reported on Twitter by app developer and researcher Alessandro Paluzzi on Thursday. “Snapchat + gives you access to unique, experimental, and pre-existing features, such as the …

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Ottawa is on the verge of amending the Extreme Poisoning Act following the Supreme Court ruling

The federal government is ready to amend the Penal Code provision on the use of a controversial defense known as extreme self-induced intoxication following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada last month. Justice Minister David Lametti on Wednesday night introduced a bill to amend the law. This means that as soon as possible …

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Drake announces new Honestly album, Nevermind Out Tonight Drake announces new Honestly album, Nevermind Out Tonight

Drake has announced that the follow-up to last year’s Certified Lover Boy will be out tonight at midnight. Posting on Instagram, Drake wrote, “Seventh studio album HONESTMENT, NEVERMIND will be out at midnight.” The surprise news is even wilder, considering how less than nine months have passed since Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, with heavy memes …

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“I went back to the first case”: Halifax woman loses apartment after refusing to pay illegal deposit

When Kirsten Parnell went to sign a lease for a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax two weeks ago, she thought her exhausting search for a place to live was over. She was wrong. Before securing the apartment, Parnell was asked to provide a co-signer and pay the rent for the first and last month in addition …

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“Surreal feeling”: Nova Scotia-built nanosatellite prepares to go into space

A small satellite built in Nova Scotia is ready to fly into outer space. LORIS, which means low-orbit reconnaissance imaging satellite, is a nanosatellite, designed and built by students at the Space Systems Laboratory at Dalhousie University. It is 20 centimeters high by 10 centimeters wide and weighs just under two kilos. Arad Gharagozli, project …

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