A Canadian territory has changed its rules for elected municipal officials, allowing them to take an oath pledging allegiance to the country’s constitution instead of the Crown when they are…
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Canada: Major news outlets sue OpenAI
A coalition of Canada’s biggest news outlets is suing OpenAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, alleging the company is illegally using news articles to train its software. News…
USA: PM Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump after tariff threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida to meet Donald Trump as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian media…
Canada: Hitman offered $71,000 for reporter’s assassination
A hitman offered C$100,000 ($71,400; £56,000) for the assassination of a crime reporter at Montreal newspaper La Presse, the outlet has reported. Convicted killer Frédérick SilvaConvicted killer Frédérick Silva confessed…
Canada: Oil patch rattled by Trump’s tariff threat
In Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta, there is a deep sense of unease over President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian politicians and energy…
Canada: Watchdog sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct
Canada’s Competition Bureau is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive conduct in its online advertising. In a statement, the country’s antitrust watchdog alleged Google had illegally linked two advertising tools to…