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TORONTO — The Canadian Football League (CFL) Department of Health, Safety and Integrity manages league discipline, while the Office of the Commissioner oversees suspendible offences. The Department – which includes Chief Football Operations Officer Greg Dick, Vice-President of Officiating Darren Hackwood, Vice-President of Football Operations and Player Safety Eric Noivo and Associate Vice-President of Football Operations Ryan Janzen – has issued two fines from Week 5. Toronto defensive lineman Andrew Chatfield Jr. has been fined for delivering a high hit on Calgary quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. Hamilton tight end Maximilian Mang has been fined for striking Winnipeg defensive end David…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every great company is built on a bet about trust. Visa bet that strangers would trust a piece of plastic. Airbnb bet that travelers would trust a stranger’s spare room. The next great opening may be the most fundamental one yet, because artificial intelligence has made it cheap to fake almost anything, and the ability to prove what is real, and who is real, is quickly becoming one of the most valuable things a company can offer. Few people understand that better than W. Scott Stornetta. A founding father of blockchain, he has just…

America’s powerful pro-Israel lobby has made a top priority of stopping the political comeback of former Rep. Cori Bush, a democratic socialist who lost her seat in 2024. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has spent $1.2 million to help the moderate Rep. Wesley Bell fend off the pro-Palestine Ms. Bush in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary in Missouri. That makes Mr. Bell the top Democratic recipient of AIPAC contributions. The AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project dumped more money into the race, spending roughly $23,000 on anti-Bush ads as of the end of March and reserving over $860,000 in TV spots…

The Make America Healthy Again agenda is gaining a sub-movement: Make Hospital Food Healthier, an initiative calling on hospitals to revamp their food service. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled the pledge this week, aimed at aligning hospital food and nutrition programs with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, promoting “real food.” “Patients recovering from serious medical conditions deserve better than ultra-processed and deep-fried junk foods,” he said in a statement. “Today, we’re challenging hospitals across the country to lead by example by serving nutritious, minimally processed meals that help patients heal, reduce chronic disease, and help…

The Marlins announced that they have placed outfielder Owen Caissie on the ten-day injured list with a right calf strain. Left-hander John King hits the 15-day IL with a left lateral ankle sprain. They also optioned righty Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. To take those three rosters spots, righty Janson Junk has been reinstated from the 15-day IL while righty Ryan Gusto and outfielder Rece Hinds have been recalled. Craig Mish of the Miami Herald reported earlier that Caissie would hit the IL. Christina De Nicola of MLB.com was first on the Hinds promotion. Caissie departed last night’s game with right…

TORONTO — Ontario’s standardbred racing industry will receive over $14 million in additional money as part of the Ontario government’s boost in funding to horse racing in the province. Last month, the province earmarked an additional $35 million annually to the industry over the next five years. However, it tasked Ontario Racing with deciding the breakdown between the three racing disciplines (thoroughbred, standardbred and quarterhorse). Ontario Racing governs the breeding, scheduling, and promotion of horse racing across Ontario and is recognized by the provincial government as the industry’s official authority. Standardbred racing is conducted at 11 of Ontario’s 14 racetracks.…

As generative engine optimization (GEO) gains attention across retail and e-commerce organizations, many brands are approaching it like SEO: a visibility challenge that can be assigned to an agency, measured against competitors, and optimized over time. However, this may prove to be the wrong framework. GEO’s strategic value isn’t limited to how often a brand appears in AI-generated recommendations, especially compared to competitors. Its value lies in what those recommendations reveal about how consumers think, how they describe their needs, what alternatives they’re considering, and how those behaviors are changing over time. For retailers navigating an increasingly compressed path to…

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds ⚖️ Mexico to pursue criminal and civil action over deaths of Mexicans in ICE custody and ICE operations: Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Velasco reported that 17 Mexicans have died in ICE detention centers or ICE operations since the start of the second Trump administration, most recently Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by an ICE officer in Houston on Tuesday. Velasco said Mexico has sent 11 diplomatic notes of protest and raised the issue with the U.N. and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, but that President Sheinbaum has now instructed officials to take “forceful legal actions,”…

Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand is receiving pushback from local community groups following a series of comments he made about homelessness and his administration’s position on encampments.On Tuesday, at a news scrum, Marchand reiterated his administration’s zero-tolerance approach to encampments and said just because “someone is homeless doesn’t mean they have the right to do whatever they want.” He said he’s witnessed residents’ routines being flipped upside down. “Who…

Key Takeaways Leaked internal planning documents reveal that Amazon is working on a new Alexa project, codenamed Moonraker, to further enhance the voice assistant’s capabilities. Moonraker permits Alexa to carry out multi-step actions from a single request, such as “book me a ride and text my friend.” The Moonraker AI upgrade has become one of the most costly parts of Amazon’s next Alexa+ revamp, reportedly costing more than $100 million in AI chips this year. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed in his annual shareholder letter earlier this year that Alexa, the company’s voice assistant, has “scale and a very large…