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OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S.
By Canadian Press on September 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — OpenAI is set to argue in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney’s 1st budget to show Canadians the ‘cost to sovereignty’: experts
By Canadian Press on September 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Fiscal experts say Ottawa will have to be transparent with Canadians in the upcoming fall budget to justify a seismic shift in spending away from government programs and toward defence and infrastructure. The federal Liberals are expected to table the annual budget sometime this fall, possibly as early as next month, after forgoing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One year from election, Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet amid scandals, dismal polls
By Canadian Press on September 10th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec premier François Legault is scheduled to announce a major cabinet shuffle on Wednesday, hoping that new blood can help turn around his party’s fortunes with the next provincial election just over a year away. The cabinet shuffle and Legault’s decision to prorogue the legislature for two weeks until the end of September ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney rallies caucus in energy heartland ahead of major projects rollout
By Canadian Press on September 10th, 2025
EDMONTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in his hometown of Edmonton for two days of planning meetings ahead of Parliament’s return next week. Carney is expected to address his fellow Liberal MPs in a speech to rally his troops before the House of Commons curtains rise on Monday for the fall sitting of Parliament. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa man confirmed dead in Lisbon streetcar crash
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man was among the tourists killed when a streetcar crashed in Lisbon earlier this month. Aziz Benharref, a Canadian who lived in the Orleans neighbourhood, was on vacation in Portugal with his wife, Hind Iguernane, when the derailment happened. A GoFundMe fundraising page says Iguernane suffered multiple serious injuries. Global Affairs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa man confirmed dead in Lisbon streetcar crash
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man was among the tourists killed when a streetcar crashed in Lisbon earlier this month. A couple from Quebec had been identified earlier as among the 16 people killed in the accident. More coming. Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government says emails, phone numbers accessed in cyberattack
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government says individuals’ email addresses and phone numbers associated with Canada Revenue Agency, Employment and Social Development Canada and Canada Border Services Agency accounts were accessed in a cyberattack. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says the government was alerted to the cyber incident on Aug. 17 by 2Keys Corporation, the ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa hasn’t heard directly from China on EV tariffs, agriculture minister says
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Any decision on easing tariffs on electric vehicles from China would have to take into consideration impacts on other sectors, federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday. Canada, following the lead of the United States, slapped a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles last year and committed to a review within ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Holy Spirit was leading me’: Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival in 2023 while on leave from a psychiatric hospital has testified that he felt compelled by God to carry out the attack. Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault at his trial by judge alone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoon rains that have affected roughly four million people and killed more than 900. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation says it was shortchanged by millions for land in 2002 settlement
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A First Nation in British Columbia says it was underpaid by millions of dollars in a 2002 settlement with the federal government over land that was given to a different band then sold to a railway more than a century ago. The Lax Kw’alaams Band says in a Federal Court lawsuit that its ... Read More »
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