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Quebec’s language watchdog to send undercover inspectors into businesses
For the first time in three years, the Office québécois de la langue française will send its inspectors to 7,800 restaurants, stores, and bars in and around Montreal as well as elsewhere in Quebec to assess the availability of service offered in French.
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Canada hoping to charter flights for Canadians to leave U.A.E. in next 72 hours: Anand
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the government is looking at getting Canadians out of the Middle East, including asking the United Arab Emirates to use its airspace for chartered evacuation flights.
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Canada’s former most wanted fugitive facing extradition to Quebec
Dave “Pik” Turmel faces numerous criminal charges, including drug trafficking, conspiracy and assault with a weapon causing bodily harm. He is also suspected of being linked to numerous other crimes committed in Quebec.
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Venezuela’s key oil hub nears seven-year export high under U.S. watch
Venezuelan crude exports from its main export hub are surging toward multi-year highs in March, three months into the Trump administration’s control of oil sales . March shipments from the Jose terminal, which accounts for more than 80 per cent of the country’s oil exports, are set to soar to 848,000 barrels a day, according…
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Nvidia CEO Huang rules out US$100 billion OpenAI investment
Nvidia Corp. chief executive Jensen Huang doesn’t see his company’s investments in OpenAI reaching US$100 billion — the maximum amount that the chipmaking giant had once pledged to spend on the startup. “I think the opportunity to invest US$100 billion in OpenAI is probably not in the cards,” Huang said at a Morgan Stanley conference…
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Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn
Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.
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New long-term care home in Amherstburg now about 25% complete
A redeveloped long-term care home will bring more than 200 new care jobs to Amherstburg when the home is complete mid next year.
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Google proposes to share Play Store catalogue to resolve case
Alphabet Inc. ’s Google and Epic Games Inc. proposed a new settlement Wednesday to resolve a long-running antitrust case between the two companies. The proposed agreement would call for Google to share a catalogue of apps available in its Play Store with rivals and allow alternate app stores onto Android phones after registration. In a…
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Ontario education minister aiming for uniformity and safety in schools but parents group insists crisis is in chronic underfunding
Ontario education minister Paul Calandra says the return of paper report cards is one of the priorities for Ontario schools. He made the remark during a wide-ranging conversation with parents and teachers in London, Ontario last week. “We are going to bring back a report in paper form, as well as online, because too many…
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‘The bus spun 180 degrees’ in Ont. crash that sent students to hospital
A school bus carrying two students collided with a tractor-trailer in Huron East Tuesday morning. Police say heavy fog reduced visibility and are reminding drivers to use extra caution.