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Wednesday December 6th, 2017 night edition

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TIME’s editor-in-chief on why the Silence Breakers are the Person of the Year.

The actor who went public with the story of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s “coercive bargaining” in a Beverly Hills hotel suite two decades earlier.

The young engineer whose blog post about the frat-boy culture at Silicon Valley’s highest-flying startup prompted the firing of its founder and 20 other employees.

A music superstar’s raw, defiant court testimony about the disc jockey who groped her.

Social media acted as a powerful accelerant; the hashtag #MeToo has now been used millions of times in at least 85 countries.

To imagine Rosa Parks with a Twitter account is to wonder how much faster civil rights might have progressed.

For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing us all to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year. »

Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster: Choosing Sides : Legal file: The pop music world is divided over the Seattle band's allegations, which led to a Justice Department investigation into possible anti-competit

Authored by articles.latimes.com

Pearl Jam claims that the Los Angeles-based company used its influence to keep promoters from booking the band's low-cost summer tour.

Daniel Hamilton, a spokesman for the Justice Department, confirmed Tuesday that the agency is investigating possible anti-competitive practices in the ticket distribution industry.

It is perhaps the biggest pop concert summer ever: Streisand, the Eagles, Pink Floyd, the 25th anniversary of Woodstock, "Lollapalooza." »

Person of the Year: Time honours abuse 'silence breakers'

Authored by bbc.co.uk

Time magazine has named "the Silence Breakers" - women and men who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment - as its "Person of the Year".

The magazine illustrates the ubiquitous nature of sexual harassment by showcasing women from markedly different backgrounds on its cover.

In 2006, the Person of the Year was simply "You", with a mirror cover design, reflecting the importance of user-generated internet content. »

Nestle bottles millions of litres of Canadian water — and pays nothing

Authored by thegolder.com

But experts note that successive governments have been talking about modernizing water for decades, but the issue keeps falling off the agenda.

While Nestlé is the largest bottled water seller in B.C., others, including Whistler Water and Mountain Spring Water, also draw groundwater from B.C.

Some critics, including Lui and Parfitt, feel that Ontario’s charge of $3.71 per million litres is still too paltry. »