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Air Canada Ordered to Pay Passenger Damages After Chatbot Lied About Bereavement Discounts
The Tribunal judge said Air Canada’s suggestion that the chatbot was a 'separate legal entity responsible for its own actions' didn’t make sense.
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Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it's starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country
The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.
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Canada study debunks stereotypes of homeless people’s spending habits
Researchers find homeless people more likely to spend lump sum on housing and food and not ‘temptation goods’ such as alcohol
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CBC found vehicles stolen in Canada on the streets of African nations. Here's how they got there | CBC News
In 2022, there was a never-before-seen billion dollars worth of vehicles stolen in Canada, and nearly all of them were exported overseas by organized crime. In West Africa, where many of the vehicles end up, authorities are pleading with Canada to stop the flow of stolen cars.
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Revelations about Buffy Sainte-Marie's ancestry is having a devastating impact on Indigenous communities across Canada
The CBC report on iconic singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry is having deep impact in multiple ways across Indigenous lands across Canada.
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Google agrees to pay publishers in Canada and drops plans for blocking news
One report says it will pay $100 million annually.
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Free at last! Shifting wind helps ice-trapped killer whales reach open water
About a dozen killer whales that were trapped in the ice in Hudson Bay, gathered around a small air hole, now appear to be free after winds shifted overnight.
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Cops busted for racing cars to donut shop
Three policemen in Canada are being investigated for a YouTube video that allegedly shows their squad cars racing Fast & Furious-style into the parking lot of a Calgary Tim Hortons.
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Downtown Montreal Is Basically Underwater
But not from a winter storm — a water main break at a construction site.
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15 Future Shop and Best Buy stores to be closed
Best Buy Canada plans to close seven of its big box locations across Canada and close eight Future Shop stores across the country.
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Canada's penny heads into retirement
Distribution of the Canadian penny ends Monday, but with about six billion of them in circulation it's not clear how long the little coins will stay in use. The penny is being retired because it actually costs 1.6 cents to produce and the federal government believes it can save $11 million a year by getting rid of the coins.
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Super Bowl contest winner denied entry to U.S.
A Vancouver Island man who won an all-expense-paid trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans has been refused entry into the U.S. because of a marijuana possession conviction 32 years ago.
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A fallen comrade
The man's tears make me want to tear.
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Tories To Crack Down On Companies That Bribe Abroad
The Harper government is set to introduce legislative changes that will toughen the country’s laws against bribing foreign officials amid growing allegations against Canadian companies operating abroad. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced changes to Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act that will raise the maximum penalty for bribing a foreign official from five years to 14.
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'Country pricing' a cause of ridiculous Canada-U.S. price gaps
Canadians are paying far more than Americans for the same products because of a systemic and unjustifiable markup scheme by many manufacturers, a retail expert says.
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Canadian businesses lobby for the right to infect peoples' computers with viruses and rootkits
A coalition of Canadian industry groups, including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Marketing Association, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, are demanding legalized spyware for private enforcement purposes.
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Special events mark B.C.'s 1st Family Day
Today is B.C.'s first ever Family Day, and there are special events planned in many communities to mark the event, including half price lift tickets for children at most ski resorts.
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Government killing online surveillance bill
Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the controversial Bill C-30, known as the online surveillance or warrantless wiretapping bill, won't go ahead due to opposition from the public.
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John Baird promises to keep Canadians safe from zombies
In a bizarre exchange in a place known for bizarre exchanges, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told the House of Commons Wednesday that "Canada will never be a safe haven for zombies."
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Graphic Monday on Tuesday: Canada remapped as 14 provinces of (more or less) equal populations
I started with the idea of redividing Canada (other than the territories) into 10 provinces of about 3.2 million people each, but, as many people who have drawn shapes on a map have found, it's hard to be strictly equal with the population counts and also geographically coherent.
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