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Winnipeg Free Press
5 days ago
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Premier's chief-of-staff takes stand in lawsuit
The premier's chief of staff was questioned in a Winnipeg court Thursday about his role in preparing a news release that an independent candidate in the 2022 byelection claims was defamatory. Mark Rosner — along with the NDP and its candidate Trudy Schroeder — is being sued for defamation in civil court by Patrick Allard, an outspoken opponent of COVID-19 public health restrictions. Allard was an independent in the March 2022 Fort Whyte byelection that was won by Obby Khan, who was recently selected as Tory party leader. In the news release, the NDP described Allard as having used 'racist rhetoric.' Allard filed the lawsuit in December 2022. Rosner, who was NDP leader Wab Kinew's chief of staff and was on the party's byelection committee, was cross-examined by Allard's lawyer, Scott Cannon, on Thursday. Rosner told Court of King's Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter he stands by that description and believes it to be a fact. 'The choice of words was deliberate,' said Rosner, when asked by Cannon whether the intent was to infer Allard was a racist. The news release was issued on behalf of Schroeder after Liberal candidate Willard Reaves called for an all-candidates forum that would include Allard. A Free Press request for comment on Reaves' proposal prompted the release. The release quoted a campaign spokesperson as saying the proposal would give 'Allard a platform to spout his anti-vaccination and racist rhetoric' and the party declined to participate. Rosner had written that section of the release. Rosner told court he was aware of Allard's opposition to COVID-19 restrictions and his commentary on the matter at the time, including the comparison of reporting violators of health orders with people who reported 'attic-hiding Jews' in Nazi Germany. Rosner said he believes that comment trivialized the Holocaust and contributed to a diminished appreciation of the wrongs and the truth of the genocide in which six million Jews were killed by Nazis. 'That rhetoric, that argument, is racist in character,' said Rosner. 'The government did not murder people in Manitoba.' Earlier this week, Abram Silver, lawyer for the NDP, questioned Allard about social media posts in which he compared the two, which Silver alleged were clearly racist. 'Make sure to turn in any attic-hiding Jews, while you're at it,' Allard wrote in a reply posted on Facebook in late 2021 or early 2022 and later uploaded to Reddit. In court, Allard had said the comments were taken out of context and specifically compared the Nazi policy that encouraged citizens to turn in their Jewish neighbours to that of the Canadian government encouraging citizens to report public health violators during the pandemic. Allard said in court he does not think those comments trivialize the Holocaust, but elevate concern about official overreach. On Thursday, Cannon argued Rosner was not aware of those specific comments prior to when he helped write the news release. Rosner denied that. He suggested to Rosner he was reckless when he used the term 'racist rhetoric' — which the political staffer denied. Cannon has argued the news release was a political strategy motivated by malice to damage Allard's reputation and improve the NDP's standing in the byelection. In August 2022, Allard was fined $34,000 for repeatedly breaching public health orders in 2020 and 2021. He was a fixture at anti-lockdown rallies in the province. Ousted NDP MLA Mark Wasyliw briefly sat in the public gallery at Rosner's cross-examination Thursday morning. Wasyliw, a defence lawyer, sits as an independent in Fort Garry after being booted from the NDP caucus last fall. Erik PinderaReporter Erik Pindera is a reporter for the Free Press, mostly focusing on crime and justice. The born-and-bred Winnipegger attended Red River College Polytechnic, wrote for the community newspaper in Kenora, Ont. and reported on television and radio in Winnipeg before joining the Free Press in 2020. Read more about Erik. Every piece of reporting Erik produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
CD Projekt exec says "the right thing to do" is release a real Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge for Cyberpunk 2077, not a game-key card, in message to other studios: "Do not underestimate the physical edit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: CDPR With Cyberpunk 2077, developer CD Projekt Red is one of very few third-party studios offering a proper, physical game cartridge on Nintendo Switch 2. As most other third-parties instead opt for the new game-key card format – which contain no game data on the physical cart – CDPR says that's not what Nintendo players want. Asked if CD Projekt Red could've gotten away with just launching Cyberpunk 2077 on a game-key card, business development VP Jan Rosner tells The Game Business that "it's not a matter of getting away with something. Nintendo at physical retail is still strong, and retail is, in general, not going anywhere. I don't think we'll soon experience a reality where we're just having all games digital." Rosner says that proper physical game releases are "especially important for the Nintendo audience. We maybe could have got away with it, but is there a point? The right thing to do was to have it out on the cartridge with a plug and play experience." While game sales have been sliding towards digital over the years, physical games still make up a substantial portion of sales. A report from in 2024 suggested that, across the first 40 weeks of the year, around 25% of all new games were sold through traditional retail in Europe. But that figure includes both the digital-only Steam and the digital-focused Xbox platforms. On Switch, a whopping 65% of third-party games were still sold through physical retail. "Do not underestimate the physical edition," Rosner warns other studios. "It's not going anywhere and Nintendo players are very appreciative of physical editions that are done right." Clearly, Rosner isn't the only industry figure who feels that way. Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry lead Alex Hutchinson feels that game-key cards are "losing some of what made the business special," and Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick thinks they're "disheartening." Popular rumor has suggested that Nintendo is offering only the option of game-key cards or massive 64GB cartridges to publishers. While that specific detail is technically unconfirmed, it's certainly cheaper for studios to focus on lower-cost game-key cards over proper cartridges. Whether players are willing to support that cost-cutting measure remains to be seen. Check out our guide to upcoming Switch 2 games.
Bloomberg
06-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Rare Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Jerseys Could Sell for $10 Million Each
Harris Rosner is a self-described collector of 'one of a kind' sports memorabilia. For the most part, this means he buys objects he says could be considered the first object from a sports star's career. 'The very first time that someone ever wore a jersey in a regular season game? That's only going to happen one time,' says Rosner, who founded the LA-based company VIP Tickets. And so Rosner was understandably excited when he got wind of two basketball jerseys soon to sell at Sotheby's. In an online sale running from March 12-26, the auction house will offer Michael Jordan's signed 'preseason debut' Chicago Bulls jersey, which the star wore in the 1984-85 preseason. And in a separate online sale running from April 10-24, it has Kobe Bryant's 'rookie debut' Los Angeles Lakers jersey, which the late player wore during the 1996-97 season. Each jersey is estimated to sell in the region of $10 million.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FERC pushes for more guidance on co-located data center arrangements
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. energy regulators on Thursday directed the country's largest grid operator to provide clarity on how it handles co-location, an increasingly popular AI data center electricity arrangement that allows the computer warehouses to connect directly to power plants. As growing wait times for electricity becomes a top concern for Big Tech in its race to expand technologies like artificial intelligence, co-location has presented a quicker route to accessing large amounts of electricity, instead of spending years in queues to connect to the broader grid. Current guidance on co-location by grid operator PJM Interconnection, however, appear to be insufficient, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in an order. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. FERC gave PJM Interconnection, which covers 13 states and the District of Columbia, 30 days to explain why its existing co-location rates, and other terms of service, were sufficient or propose changes. "The absence of this information may leave generators and load unable to determine what steps they can take to set up co-location arrangements of various configurations, and how to do so in an acceptable way," FERC said in a statement. Data centers, which need large amounts of energy for computing and cooling systems, are driving up U.S. electricity demand to record highs. PJM alone is expecting 30 gigawatts of peak load to be added in the next five years, said FERC Commissioner David Rosner. "That is staggering," said Rosner. One gigawatt is enough to power all the homes in a city the size of Philadelphia. Constellation energy, in November, filed a complaint against regional operator PJM Interconnection with FERC, saying insufficient guidance on co-located loads by PJM has let electric utilities unfairly thwart attempts to build data centers at its nuclear facilities.
