Canada

As Ottawa explores new uses for AI in the public service, experts call for caution

OTTAWA - As the federal government explores new ways to use artificial intelligence, it's also being warned to keep the technology away from criminal justice, policy-making and hiring. Then-president ...

Feb 7, 2025

Three men in Quebec accused of smuggling people from the U.S. into Canada

MONTREAL - The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate events last year, the three men were intercepted in ...

Feb 7, 2025

Ford urges Ottawa to move faster to satisfy U.S. border security demands

OTTAWA - Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is criticizing the federal government over the time it's taking to appoint what he calls a border czar. Ford says the Trump administration ha...

Feb 7, 2025

Canada added 76,000 jobs in January as unemployment fell to 6.6 per cent

Canada's labour market added 76,000 jobs in January, beating economist expectations.Statistics Canada's labour force survey on Friday also said the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1 percentage points ...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 7, 2025

Quebec zoo announces death of Shaboola, first white rhino born in Canada

MONTREAL - A Quebec zoo says it's mourning the death of Shaboola, a 45-year-old white rhino who was the first of her species born in Canada. The Granby zoo announced this week the rhino had been eutha...

Feb 7, 2025

AI chatbot from Chinese firm DeepSeek restricted from some government phones

The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's chatbot from some of its mobile devices and is recommending other agencies and departments follow suit. A memo ...

Feb 7, 2025

Denis Coderre's leadership bid rejected by Quebec Liberal Party

QUBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says it won't accept the candidacy of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre for its vacant leader job. The party says in a statement today that its electoral committee h...

Feb 7, 2025

In the news today: StatCan to release January jobs report

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Statistics Canada set to release January jobs report today Statistics Canada is set to release its January job...

Feb 7, 2025

Statistics Canada set to release January jobs report today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release its January jobs report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect Canadian employers added 25,000 jobs in the month and are predicting the unemploy...

Feb 7, 2025

Ontario votes: Opposition leaders campaigning in northern cities, Ford in Toronto

Most of Ontario's main party leaders will be courting voters in northern parts of the province today, as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford returns to Toronto. NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to...

Feb 7, 2025