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Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175-million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.
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Sora, OpenAI’s generative video app, is history. Here’s what that means for the firm’s future
OpenAI has decided to scrap Sora, its app that generated videos based on user prompts. The move reveals that the company, once the disruptor-in-chief of the AI world, is now facing something of an identity crisis as it struggles to pick a lane on the busy road to profitability.
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Lights, camera, operating room? Windsor-born actor featured in HBO’s The Pitt episode
Shane Devon Nelson was wheeled into a room and immediately surrounded by people in scrubs, who hooked him up to wires and shone flashlights in his eyes. An intense surgery? Or a role on a hit medical drama?
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Bodies of pilots who died in collision at LaGuardia Airport being repatriated to Canada
The body of first officer Mackenzie Gunther arrived at the Ottawa International Airport Thursday afternoon, according to the Air Line Pilots Association. Capt. Antoine Forest’s body is set to arrive at 5:48 p.m. at the Montreal Trudeau International Airport.
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Heat your home with oil? ‘Sky high’ bills a growing struggle in N.L.
People who heat their home with oil are feeling the burn, as fuel prices continue to tick upwards in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Escaped Harris hawk safely home after confounding Amherstburg birders
A six-year-old Harris hawk belonging to an Amherstburg falconer took an unscheduled tour of the town this month, surprising local birders who aren’t used to seeing the species in the area.
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U.S. civil cases expose how social media addiction harms youth: Canadian experts
A pair of successful U.S. civil lawsuits against social media giants this week could be a “turning point” in society’s larger understanding that use of their various apps is not harmless and can be damaging and dangerous, particularly to children. “For many years, the model was that this was one of individual responsibility — it…
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Death of First Nation chief’s grandson in house fire spurs renewed calls for Ottawa to take action
The recent death of the three-year-old grandson of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris has prompted renewed calls for Ottawa to take action. The Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario and a tribal council launched a human rights complaint seven months ago against Indigenous Services Canada, arguing systemic discrimination is behind chronic underfunding of on-reserve fire services.
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More than $1 billion going to Base Gagetown as part of military rebuilding
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced more than $1 billion Thursday for the 5th Canadian Support Base Gagetown, including its primary army training area and new ground-based air defence systems.