Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws in developing ChatGPT, probe finds
OTTAWA - OpenAI failed to respect Canadian privacy laws when training its artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT chatbot, federal and provincial watchdogs have found. The conclusion came Wednesday in...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

TKMS pitches undersea research centre focused on Arctic
OTTAWA - German submarine maker TKMS says it has reached an agreement with General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada on setting up an undersea research centre in Canada. It's part of TKMS's bid on the f...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Indigenous people should look beyond specific section in economic statement: Minister
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is defending the government's spring economic update's lack of Indigenous-specific funding. She says Indigenous Peoples need to look beyond the s...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Airbus secures 150-plane order with AirAsia in boon for Quebec aviation
MIRABEL - Airbus Canada has signed a deal to supply AirAsia with a massive order of 150 of its Canadian-made A220 jets in a multibillion-dollar coup for Quebec's aviation industry. Unveiled Wednesday,...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

More millennials lived with parents as adults than boomers at same age: StatCan
OTTAWA - Millennials aged 25 to 39 were nearly twice as likely to live with their parents as baby boomers when they were the same age, a new Statistics Canada analysis shows. According to census data,...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Claude Morin, architect of Quebec's Quiet Revolution and RCMP informant, dead at 96
MONTREAL - Claude Morin, architect of the Quiet Revolution who helped shape modern Quebec but whose political career unravelled in controversy, has died at 96. A former Parti Qubcois minister, Morin p...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Quebec pharmacy chain removing energy drinks from shelves to protect young people
MONTREAL - A Quebec City-based pharmacy chain says it will remove energy drinks from its store shelves amid growing calls for the Quebec government to ban the sale of the high-caffeine beverages to ch...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Flood watch issued in northwest B.C. due to snowmelt induced by high temperatures
VICTORIA - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has upgraded a high streamflow advisory to a flood watch in the northwest of the province due to recent heat accelerating snowmelt. The centre says ...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Cattle associations have beef with potential Mercosur trade deal
OTTAWA - Canadian cattle producers want the federal government to omit beef from the free trade agreement it is pushing to sign with the South American Mercosur trade bloc by the end of the year. Tyle...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026

Vancouver council votes to fight downtown overdose prevention site
Two years ago, Guy Felicella received a proclamation from Mayor Ken Sim, naming a day in his honour for his work on harm reduction and recovery. Now the harm reduction advocate wants to return the pro...
The Canadian Press May 06, 2026