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CRA says it's hiring more call centre staff, using AI to improve services
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says it's hiring more staff at its call centres and expanding its use of artificial intelligence as part of a 100-day plan to improve its services. Earlier this mont...
Sep 19, 2025 A person looks at a Canada Revenue Agency homepage in Montreal, Sunday, August 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Dental program improving, industry says, but misconceptions about 'free' care persist
OTTAWA - The rollout of the national dental care program is improving, industry representatives say - but political statements are still driving a misconception among patients that the program will co...
Sep 19, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada sides with couple over disputed portion of their backyard
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Toronto couple owns a portion of their backyard that became the subject of a lengthy dispute after they discovered the municipality was the title holder. Pa...
Sep 19, 2025
'Unthinkable': Canadian comedian Mike Ward blasts decision to take Kimmel off air
MONTREAL - Canadian comedian Mike Ward says it's unthinkable that Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show has been taken off the air. In a series of X posts, Ward says the decision was entirely political ...
Sep 19, 2025
Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shu...
Sep 19, 2025
Anand to address UN General Assembly as Carney talks aid, foreign policy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be giving a major speech on foreign policy to the United Nations General Assembly when he visits New York next week. Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anit...
Sep 19, 2025
Canada bans Belfast rap group Kneecap from entry, says it endorsed political violence
OTTAWA - The Carney government is barring the Belfast rap group Kneecap from entering Canada, saying the group has endorsed political violence and terrorism. Jewish groups asked Ottawa in June to ban ...
Sep 19, 2025
Carmakers facing billions in credit purchases under EV mandate if sales don't improve
OTTAWA - Canadian automakers are warning they could be on the hook for billions of dollars in credit purchases if Canada's electric vehicle mandate is enforced as written, and sales don't ramp up. Aut...
Sep 19, 2025
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO - Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital's partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier th...
Sep 19, 2025 Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Filmmaker, journalist Avi Lewis to enter NDP leadership race
OTTAWA - Filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis is expected to officially announce his intention to run for the federal NDP leadership today. Lewis is expected to release a video later today and hold a fo...
Sep 19, 2025 Avi Lewis poses for a photograph on Bowen Island, B.C., on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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