Meta will soon prevent Canadians from accessing news content

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Council about using Township land along the railroad tracks in Chesterville for a new affordable housing build.

The negative short and long-term effects on the human mind and body from living along railroad tracks have been well documented: increased rates of cancer, asthma, pollution, 24-hour noise pollution, stress, insomnia, increased heart disease and diabetes, risk to wandering children - not to mention being a far distance walk to school, and, God forbid, the risk of derailment and hazardous waste catastrophes, to name a few.

I wonder if anyone on Council or at Cornwall's Housing Services Department would want to live in a home situated close to railroad tracks? Haven't the poor and marginalized suffered enough already? Surely they deserve far better than this.

Ann Brady

Dear Editor,

I wanted to write in about the new roundabout on 43 at South Gower Dr. I use it often as I live close by, and I love it! I feel so much safer and I usually catch myself both sighing with relief and smiling because it is such a great change! I know there are people who live close by to it who were concerned about it, and I sincerely hope it is working out for them.

Bradlee Zrudlo

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Meta announced earlier this week that it will soon begin blocking all news access on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, in protest of the recent passing of Bill C-18, the

Online News Act, by the federal government.

In comments provided to The Canadian Press, News Media Canada president and CEO Paul Deegan said this “intemperate” action will harm user experience and devalue the Facebook plat-

“Without access to real fact-based news created by real journalists, Facebook will become far less attractive to users and advertisers,” Deegan said in a statement. “We expect more and more advertisers and their agencies will begin pulling advertising from the platform in response to this unilateral, undemocratic, and unreasonable move.”

Pascale St-Onge, Canada’s new Minister of Canadian Heritage, called the decision “irresponsible” and said she intends to “stand up for Canadians against tech giants.”