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What’s on our radar for April 22
Windsor court case around kidnapping and torture, and Earth Day connections.
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Ottawa man jailed for ISIS-related charge granted parole despite continued extremist views
An Ottawa man convicted in an ISIS-related terrorism case is getting out of prison having served two-thirds of his 17-year sentence, even though the parole board says he continues to hold extremist views and remains a public-safety risk. The Parole Board of Canada says Ashton Larmond, 35, has made some progress through programming available to…
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Some Canadian companies can get refunds for money lost to Trump’s tariffs. Here’s how
A new web portal operated by the U.S. government allows businesses to reclaim recent tariffs that have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Canadian companies could see some relief. Here’s how it works. What is the website and what does it offer? The site , International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Duty Refunds,…
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Washington demanding ‘entry fee’ from Ottawa before trade talks: sources
The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an “entry fee” from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told Radio-Canada.
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Man who immigrated to Canada fled the country one day after jury convicted him of sexual assault
An Indian-born man who “absconded” from Canada the day after an Ontario jury convicted him of sexual assault and extortion has been sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison. The offender, identified only as H.B. in a recent decision from Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice, was in an intimate partner relationship with his victim,…
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$28.9M private jet province bought, plans to sell, could have used only 10% of Ontario airports
The $28.9-million private jet the Ontario government purchased — and Premier Doug Ford has now committed to sell — would only have been able to fly in and out of about 10 per cent of recognized airports in the province, according to a CBC News analysis.
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AI slop videos aimed at babies are ‘garbage,’ says pediatrician
A new wave of AI-generated YouTube videos aimed at toddlers and preschoolers are raising concerns among child development experts and advocates who say it could harm early childhood development. They’re calling for YouTube parent company Google to change how the videos are displayed and distributed on the platform.
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Is it Mark Carney or is it AI?
That’s a question thousands of Canadians who receive a letter back from Canada’s prime minister may be asking in the not-too-distant future as the government contemplates a plan to replace some of the people who handle his correspondence with new technology like artificial intelligence.
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ENWIN is reporting copper thefts almost daily. A Senate report says urgent action is needed.
Bell said, country-wide, they’re filing multiple police reports every day because of copper thefts — something a Senate report calls a dangerous issue requiring urgent action.
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Border agency began tracking database usage same time it discovered employee’s unauthorized searches
OTTAWA — The federal border agency says it began tracking who uses its databases the same year it discovered one of its senior employees had improperly passed on confidential information to immigration applicants, some of whom would become clients of his real estate side gigs. “Since 2016, database usage — including all adds/moves/changes/deletes — are…