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Suspicious package closes runway at Montreal airport
A suspicious package has reduced air traffic at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
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Posthaste: Despite economy, Canadians hold on to the housing dream
Canadians are clinging to their dream of owning a home despite the economic conditions that are making it difficult to achieve. About a third of Canadians plan to buy a home within the next two years, and 67 per cent have always dreamed of owning a home, according to a new poll by Royal Bank…
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Doug Ford congratulates homeowner who shot alleged home invader
Ontario Premier Doug Ford had a word for the homeowner who shot and wounded an alleged home invader in Vaughan, Ont., this week: “Congratulations.” “Yeah, I’m glad you shot the guy,” Ford said when asked by a reporter at a press conference on Wednesday for his reaction. “Teach … the rest of these robbers, and…
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‘Should have shot him a couple more times’: Ford congratulates person who shot alleged Ontario home invader
Ontario Premier Doug Ford congratulated a homeowner who shot and injured an alleged home invader in Vaughan, Ont., this week, saying intruders “need to be shot.”
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Nova Scotia teen arrested for allegedly planning school attacks with Manitoba youth
Police say a teen in the town of Bridgewater, N.S., and a youth from Manitoba have been arrested for allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools.
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Rideau Cottage ‘inadequate’ home for a PM as decision on 24 Sussex looms: internal memo
Rideau Cottage, the historic red-brick house where Canadian prime ministers have been living for more than a decade, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to a government memorandum prepared last summer.
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Federal government to launch AI and Culture Advisory Council
The federal government announced a new advisory council to help it protect Canada’s creative industries from rapid advancements in AI, as the first National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture wrapped up in Banff on Tuesday.
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Ontario man wanted for two Mafia murders arrested in Mexico after 8 years on the run
An Ontario man who flew to Mexico eight years ago — four days after police released a photo of a suspect wanted for two mob murders — has been arrested in Mexico and is fighting extradition back to Canada to face murder charges. Daniel Tomassetti, 35, one of Canada’s most wanted, being found alive is…
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Rick Bell: Danielle Smith government lays down the law on doctor-assisted death
To die or not to die, that is the question. The Alberta government is now literally bringing the issue of life and death to the attention of Albertans. When should people be allowed to end their life with the help of the health-care system? That is the question Premier Danielle Smith and her government will…
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Study finds AI trains itself on Canadian journalism but doesn’t always give credit
A pair of studies from the Quebec-based Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy has found that AI companies not only use Canadian journalism to train their chatbots, but that those bots are not revealing their sources, with worrisome consequences for the future of the craft. In the first study, researchers at McGill University tested four…