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Canadian media companies sue OpenAI in case potentially worth billions
Litigants say AI company used their articles to train its popular ChatGPT software without authorization. Canada’s major news organizations have sued tech firm OpenAI for potentially billions of ...World - The Guardian - 5 hours ago -
How your favorite social media apps are preparing for election conspiracies
Social media companies are under intense pressure to squash the spread of disinformation on their platforms during the 2024 electionsBusiness - CNBC - November 5 -
Mali arrests four senior employees of Canadian mining company as it presses firms for more taxes
Authorities in Mali have arrested four senior employees of a Canadian mining company as the military regime in the West African nation continues to detain workers to pressure companies in its ...World - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Marc Benioff is in talks to sell media company Time to Antenna Group
Benioff acquired Time in 2018 for $190 million. Early talks to sell to Antenna have centered around a price of $150 million, according to a person familiar.Business - CNBC - November 1 -
Greg Maffei steps down as CEO of Liberty Media, the company that owns F1
Greg Maffei is stepping down as president and chief executive of Formula 1 owner Liberty MediaSports - ABC News - November 13 -
CEO to Step Down from Liberty Media, the Company That Owns F1
Greg Maffei saw Formula 1 as major opportunity for the company in its 2017 takeover.Business - Inc. - November 13 -
Tech Companies Chide Australia’s Under 16 Social Media Ban
Social media companies say they want to work with the government to promote teen safety.Business - Inc. - 49 minutes ago -
How Trump's FCC chief pick could make life more difficult for media companies
Brendan Carr has been outspoken critic of tech companies and has criticized broadcasters on behalf of Trump.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 21 -
Cadets remember Canadian airmen of WWII
The small town of Irvinestown in County Fermanagh is the final resting place for 82 young airmen.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
Alberta Breaks With the Canadian Pension Model
The provincial government abruptly purged the board and senior leaders of Alberta’s pension fund, defying a long-held principle that funds should be free of political interference.World - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
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Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teenHealth - ABC News - November 13 -
Hiker Survives 50 Days in Canadian Wilderness
Sam Benastick was found after weeks missing in British Columbia’s frigid Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, and after the official search was called off. The police had feared “this would not be the ...World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Canadian Police Say They Dismantled Country’s Largest Drug Lab
Federal officers in British Columbia seized drugs and chemical precursors that could produce about 96 million opioid doses, the authorities said.World - The New York Times - November 2 -
Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73
Murray Sinclair praised by prime minister for pioneering country’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts. Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe judge, senator and university chancellor, who reshaped ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
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Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died
Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has diedWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app
The Canadian government is ordering the dissolution of TikTok’s Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media app but said it won’t block accessTech - ABC News - November 6 -
Canada shuts down TikTok's Canadian offices, but allows app to remain
Canada previously banned TikTok from government-issued mobile devices. TikTok has offices in Toronto and Vancouver.Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
New Canadian councilors refuse to swear allegiance to King Charles
Five newly elected councilors in Dawson City, Canada, have refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to Britain's King Charles III.Top stories - CBS News - November 8 -
A Canadian teen is in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu
A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird fluHealth - ABC News - November 12 -
Canadian minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ amid Trump migrant threat
Immigration minister Marc Miller’s comments come as country braces for migrant rise when Trump takes office. US politics – live updates Canada’s immigration minister has said “not everyone is ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Canadian teen in critical condition with suspected case of bird flu
It's not clear how the British Columbia teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and poultry in the province, a health official said.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Canadian pension fund buys UK airports operator for £1.5bn
PSP acquires AGS from Macquarie and former Heathrow investor FerrovialBusiness - Financial Times - November 13 -
Canadian Teenager Is Country’s First Human Bird Flu Case
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find out how the person was exposed to the virus.World - The New York Times - November 13 -
Canadian indigenous groups seek deals with China despite security fears
First nations communities look to bolster income despite Ottawa’s suspicions of BeijingWorld - Financial Times - November 14 -
New Brunswick premier calls on Canadian government to investigate mysterious brain illness
Previous provincial government said most patients were misdiagnosed and instead had dementia or cancer. The newly elected premier of New Brunswick has called on Canada’s federal government to aid ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
F1 to move Canadian Grand Prix slot on calendar in drive to cut travel
Formula 1 will move the Canadian Grand Prix to a new slot in May from 2026 in an effort to cut down on travel and its environmental impactSports - ABC News - November 18 -
Canadian Cabinet minister steps down as his claim of Indigenous identity is disputed
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his employment minister is leaving his post after weeks of questions about his past claims of Indigenous identityWorld - ABC News - November 20 -
Accusations of “Race-Shifting” Prompt Canadian Cabinet Minister to Resign
Randy Boissonnault, who resigned as employment minister, had long described himself as the great-grandson of a Cree woman, but now acknowledges he was wrong about his family’s ancestry.World - The New York Times - November 21 -
Canadian ministers condemn anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent
Senior Canadian ministers have condemned an anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent, saying “hatred and antisemitism” have no place in the countryWorld - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Canadian Postal Workers Strike Drags On as Talks Fail to Break Deadlock
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have met several times with a federal mediator in the last week in an effort to break a deadlock.World - The Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago -
Mexican peso and Canadian dollar fall after Trump’s tariff pledge
European equities slip while US Treasury yields edge higherBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Australia’s richest woman wins vote for controversial Canadian coal mine
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart spent millions promoting project despite a ruling that it was ‘not in the public interest’World - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Astonishment as missing Canadian hiker emerges after weeks in wilderness
Sam Benastick, 20, discovered shivering and unsteady by two oil workers after getting lost in British Columbia wild. He returned as a ghostly apparition on a forestry road in western Canada , ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using news content to train ...Tech - ABC News - 3 hours ago -
Top Canadian news outlets sue OpenAI over copyright infringement
Five leading Canadian news outlets filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the ChatGPT owner of violating copyright laws to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The outlets' ...Politics - The Hill - 5 hours ago -
Major Canadian News Outlets Sue OpenAI In New Copyright Case
A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest media companies is seeking billions of dollars in compensation for what they say is copyright infringement on their work through ChatGPT.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 hours ago
