OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws in developing ChatGPT, probe finds

At Gâto, Laura Gurbhoo combines baking with sustainability

When Laura Gurbhoo is developing a new recipe, she’s thinking about more than just texture and flavour; every technique and ingredient is weighed and measured against its environmental impact. Gurbhoo is the proprietor and head baker of Gâto Bakeshop, a new bakery at 819 Sargent Ave., where sustainability is king.

The concept was born out of a desire to practise what she preaches. At home, Gurbhoo, 25, and her partner bike as often as they can, consciously reduce the amount of garbage they create and eat seasonal vegetables from local farms. At work, however, she felt like a hypocrite for using wasteful practices common across the baking industry.

“Plastic wrap is a big thing and it’s sad that nobody has come up with something that works as well,” she says, adding that the high cost of low-environmental-impact kitchen supplies and ingredients is a barrier to entry for most businesses. “Industries just have to come up with alternatives… and the more people that use them, the cheaper it becomes.”

She hopes to set a new precedent at Gâto by eliminating plastic wrap in favour of reusable containers, selling pastries in compostable takeout boxes, starting a composting program and sourcing as many ingredients as possible locally.

It’s not about bikes, it’s about openness

Contrary to what's been written, I am a big fan of active transport (AT) (Give cycling, walking plan green light, June 11). I have worked with my community over the last 10 years to build a dedicated AT network that is now more than 15 kilometres and hopefully growing. It is therefore disappointing not being able to support the existing proposed policy.

Following the last election, the first time non-executive policy committee members heard about the report was on Jan. 23, when we received an email from Bike Winnipeg asking us to vote for the report. This was very interesting, because we had not received any report, yet clearly the bike lobby had, or at least was aware of its contents. Following this, I contacted the mayor's chief of staff who assured me no report was complete.

On Feb. 19, a council seminar was held and no report recommendations were provided. Around this time, I made a point of meeting with the director of public works who assured me I would have input into the report, especially when it came to the Transcona ward.

This never occurred.

Indigenous voices state case on climate change

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was scheduled to speak at last week’s United Nations Climate Change conference in Spain.

The world’s media showed up in droves; Thunberg, 16, has attained a global following (she was recently named Time magazine’s 2019 person of the year).

When she appeared on stage Dec. 9, however, Thunberg stayed silent. She invited Indigenous activists from North America, South America and Africa to speak instead.

Rose Whipple, an 18-year-old Santee Dakota and Ho-Chunk, has led opposition against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Line 3 pipeline, which carries oil from Alberta into Wisconsin and threatens to impact Anishinaabe lands, sacred sites and waters throughout the Great Lakes.

Statistics, media, and public opinion

Tent settlement remains a home for street family

Desirae has a pair of lungs on her. “Don’t stare at the zoo animals!” she screams, as people walk down Henry Avenue, past the encampment, just off the Main Street strip, where she lives. The world around her is chaos.