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• AI can plan your next vacation. But should it?

  10-09-2026 20:38 via o.canada.com
  
  For a recent trip to Japan, Peter Pilarski and his wife skipped working with a travel advisor completely. “We planned our entire trip with Claude,” says Pilarski, founder of Calgary-based Tourism AI Network, which helps tourism businesses understand and adopt artificial intelligence. He points to the trip as part of growing evidence that AI can handle much of the research and planning required for some travellers.  Read More
  
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• Childhood Cancer Canada calls for $15M from feds as demand rises

  12-09-2026 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Childhood Cancer Canada says demand for its financial support programs has risen 40 per cent in two years as families face the long-term costs of a diagnosis.
  
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• Hamilton man charged with advocating genocide over online content: police

  12-09-2026 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 27-year-old Stoney Creek man is facing three hate propaganda charges following an investigation into content posted publicly on X, Hamilton police say.
  
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• Justin Trudeau says new production company aims to change minds

  12-09-2026 16:58 via nationalpost.com
  
  Justin Trudeau and longtime aide Katie Telford say they are “self-financing” their new production company, which aims to change people’s minds via “storytelling.”The two announced their new multimedia entertainment company, Hope & Hard Work, at the Lightbox’s rooftop event space during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. They drew a crowd of media and entertainment press and personalities.In an interview with National Post, the former prime
  
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• Carney to showcase Canada’s capital agenda at first-ever investment summit

  12-09-2026 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney will pitch Canada to hundreds of global and domestic investors at the country's first national investment summit in Toronto next week.
  
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• Trump attacks still good news for federal Liberals as lead increases among decided voters: new poll

  12-09-2026 14:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Nearly one in two Canadians would vote for Mark Carney’s Liberals if an election were held today, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll .The Liberals continue to lead nationally with 49 per cent support among decided voters and up three points since August. Meanwhile, the Conservatives are sitting at 33 per cent (down one point).“These results confirm once again that when Canada-U.S. relations take a downturn and/or President Trump starts attacking Canada, that’s good news f
  
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• Donald Trump has already seized one Canadian asset: our attention

  12-09-2026 14:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Donald Trump is shamelessly trolling and manipulating Canadians, according to a bevy of experts who suggest a variety of strategies we can adopt in response.“On the one hand, giving the trolling air time plays into Trump’s time-tax, the distraction of it all, taking one of our most precious resources: attention,” said Vass Bednar, managing director of the Canadian Shield Institute, a public policy think tank, said of a recent Trump social media post which portrayed Canada as p
  
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• Detention order issued for killer found naked and screaming at Ontario lake

  12-09-2026 14:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  A Toronto man found not criminally responsible for killing his girlfriend who got a conditional discharge earlier this year from the Ontario Review Board is subject to a new detention order after police found him this summer roaming naked around a Simcoe County lake screaming about God.Subsequent urine testing found that Michal Nowaczek-Said was not taking his anti-psychotic medication, according to a recent decision from the ORB, an independent tribunal that regularly reviews the status of ind
  
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• Pumpkin farms ‘at the mercy of Mother Nature’ after extreme weather in Canada

  12-09-2026 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Severe weather, from heavy rain and hail to extreme heat and drought, is making this year's pumpkin season increasingly unpredictable for Canadian farmers.
  
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• Elk involved in nearly two-thirds of aggressive encounters in national parks, study finds

  12-09-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers analyzed Parks Canada data collected from 2010 to 2023 on aggressive wildlife encounters and what people were doing when they occurred. The researchers found that quiet activities like hiking, walking and sightseeing were when many encounters occurred.
  
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• Canada's young entrepreneurs are fleeing south. We need to keep them here

  12-09-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Naila Moloo, 19, won the 2022 Canadian Youth Innovation Award at the age of 16 for creating a flexible solar panel prototype when she was a Grade 11 student at Elmwood School in Ottawa. She plans to become an entrepreneur, pursuing her own AI-startup, Periodwise, which assists with menstrual management for women.She’s attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — and considering living in the United States permanently to pursue her dream.Why not Canada? “There ar
  
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• Alberta separatists expect a win, regardless of numbers that say otherwise, poll suggests

  12-09-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A political scientist and pollster say that mismatch of expectations has consequences for what comes next and Albertans shouldn’t expect this issue to be put to rest with this one vote.
  
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• Time for a digital divorce? Trade war puts spotlight on Canada's relationship with U.S. big tech

  12-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Tensions between Canada and the United States have raised concerns about Canada's digital sovereignty, but what does that term mean, and how can Canada promote it? Experts say it's about making sure Canada has tech alternatives and can effectively regulate all things digital, but that can prove difficult.
  
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• Biologists are fighting this invasive plant – by hand – to protect some Quebec waters

  12-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Water chestnut, an invasive aquatic species, multiplies quickly and blocks the light other species rely on. The watershed council for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area is working to eradicate it from the Ottawa River and the Lake of Two Mountains.
  
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• Bears, caribou and other animals are messing with this researcher's equipment, and he's got photos to prove it

  12-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Lucas Brehaut was hoping there’d be a lot of interest in his research, though it might be a case of “be careful what you wish for.”Caribou, moose, black bears, wolves, rabbits and owls have been messing with his research equipment.
  
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• 9/11 archives: Christie Blatchford inside the World Trade Center on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001

  12-09-2026 03:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Writer Christie Blatchford had two powerful arrows in her quiver: empathy and outrage. There were good guys and bad guys, and God help you if you were picking on the good guys and Blatch knew about it.There was no better example of the immense firepower she wielded with these sometimes-contradictory qualities than 9/11.Blatch, a Governor-General’s-Literary-Award-winning author who worked for every major Toronto daily during her 45-year career, died in February 2020 after falling ill while
  
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• Alberta government launches ad campaign on referendum questions

  12-09-2026 02:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government has launched a $4-million advertising campaign outlining its position on the 10 questions in the Oct. 19 referendum.
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters honoured at annual memorial: ‘What we signed up to do’

  12-09-2026 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks killed hundreds of firefighters, members across North America still gather to honour the fallen.
  
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• 'Canada is everyone, for everyone': Carney meets with Alberta remain campaigners

  12-09-2026 01:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans.
  
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• Mark Carney meets with ‘Forever Canadian’ campaigners in Banff

  12-09-2026 00:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister was cheered by about 50 supporters of the Forever Canadian campaign, almost all holding red and white signs and some wearing the maple leaf.
  
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• Dawson community marks 20 years since college shooting

  12-09-2026 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Survivors and family members reflected on the tragedy's legacy and ongoing calls for stronger gun-control measures.
  
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• How 9/11 changed Canadian airport security

  11-09-2026 23:52 via nationalpost.com
  
  A travelling parent with kids cannot take a 460-millilitre jar of peanut butter through airport security. It’s not an allergen issue, but rather it is too large: a spreadable food, treated like a liquid. But any number of containers of it less than 100 ml is OK.At one airport, a blazer comes off; at another, it stays on. The same thing with shoes and laptops, all according to the rules that can look arbitrary or capricious to onlookers.For Margaret Bloodworth, the former deputy minister o
  
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• Peace Garden ceremony at Canada-U.S. border marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  11-09-2026 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds gathered at the International Peace Garden to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a ceremony that also affirmed close bonds between Canada and the United States.
  
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• Lake Ontario merchandise turns Trump order into fundraiser to protect the lake

  11-09-2026 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Lake Ontario-inspired phrase is being turned into merchandise, with part of the proceeds going toward protecting and restoring the lake.
  
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• Stellantis signs MOU on Brampton, Ont., plant as talks with union break down

  11-09-2026 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Stellantis has signed a memorandum of understanding with Roshel for the potential sale of its idled Brampton assembly plant as Unifor pauses contract talks.
  
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• Gander gave Americans a lift on 9/11. 25 years later, it was the other way around

  11-09-2026 22:55 via cbc.ca
  
  On a day when the compassion of people in Gander, N.L. was being celebrated, a chance encounter at a chicken restaurant led to a tour bus of Americans repaying the favour.
  
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• New accessible playground opens in Saskatoon

  11-09-2026 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new playground in Saskatoon was revealed September 10th, allowing Makenna Hiebert to play without barriers. Something her mom says should be the standard.
  
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• Drone-powered ad for PC Health chatbot slammed as 'dystopian' by some residents

  11-09-2026 22:32 via cbc.ca
  
  On Thursday night, more than a thousand drones lit up the sky above Toronto's waterfront displaying a list of health-related questions in what turned out to be an ad campaign for a new President's Choice AI-powered chatbot.
  
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• Accused in Edmonton temple attack has history of violence driven by delusions, parole documents show

  11-09-2026 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal parole board documents show the 27-year-old man charged in a stabbing inside an Edmonton Sikh temple last month had a history of “serious and impulsive” violence, often driven by delusions, paranoia and conspiracy theories.
  
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• Nova Scotia to expand protections for people affected by AI-generated intimate images

  11-09-2026 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nova Scotia government says new legislation will expand protections for people affected by intimate images created or altered by AI without their consent.
  
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