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AI systems use Canadian journalism but don't attribute sources: Report
A new report says AI systems depend on Canadian journalism for knowledge but don't offer compensation or proper attribution in return. The study, which was conducted by McGill University's Centre for ...
Mar 16, 2026 The ChatGPT app icon appears on a smartphone screen on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
There's 'not much' Canada could contribute militarily to Iran war: Expert
A Canadian defence expert says there's "not much" Canada could do in the Persian Gulf region right now to protect the critical Strait of Hormuz, even if it wanted to. David Perry, president of the Can...
Mar 16, 2026 Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia through the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Tumbler Ridge gets arena funding through NHL's Hockeyville after deadly shootings
Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is among several communities in Canada awarded funding through the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program just weeks after a mass shooting attack in the town where eight people were kille...
Mar 16, 2026 Candles sit on the ground as people attend a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon, as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The war in the Middle East raged on multiple fronts on Monday, as the U.S. and Israel pummeled military targets in Iran's capital, Israel stepped up its campaign against Iran-ba...
Mar 16, 2026 Two men ride their motorbike past a billboard of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Ottawa puts $200M into space launch pad in Nova Scotia
The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad to send satellites into orbit. Ottawa will use the funds over the next decade to lease a space launch pad near Canso, ...
Mar 16, 2026 National Defence David McGuinty speaks during an announcement in Ottawa on Monday, March 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash declared high-risk offender
The Quebec man found not criminally responsible for killing two children after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been labelled a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice ric Downs...
Mar 16, 2026 The scene outside a daycare centre in Laval, Que, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, where a bus crashed killing two children. A Superior Court judge is to render a final decision Tuesday on whether a Quebec man is not criminally responsible in the deaths of two young children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February, StatCan says
Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation dipped below two per cent in February as the end of last year's federal "tax holiday" helped to take some steam out of the yearly price comparisons....
Mar 16, 2026
Carney meets Keir Starmer in London as war in Iran disrupts shipping routes
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, and while both remarked the world has become a more challenging place since their first meeting a year ago, neither n...
Mar 16, 2026 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney talk during their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
Fears of a global energy crisis rise as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping and hits Dubai airport
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Fears of a global energy crisis rose Monday as the war in the Middle East raged on, with more U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital and Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. An...
Mar 16, 2026 A view of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
PM's office mum on Conservative Order of Canada petition for Don Cherry
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office wouldn't weigh in on a push by the federal Conservatives to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. Audrey Champoux, a spokesperso...
Mar 14, 2026 Hockey commentator Don Cherry in Toronto, Feb. 15, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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