Canada

Canada · 16 d ago

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AI minister awarded a $13 million training contract without a tender, by his own account

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Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon used his discretion to award $13 million to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII) in September for three AI training courses.

Canada · 16 d ago

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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon names a smaller cabinet, with veterans in key posts

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The Quebec cabinet sworn in Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET has 22 members, 23 with the premier, six fewer than Christine Fréchette's, according to reports.

Canada · 16 d ago

Lawyers warn Carney's West Coast pipeline could face court challenges

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Pacific Link is the first project designated in the national interest under the Building Canada Act, Bill C-5, and Ottawa has promised construction will start in less than a year.

Canada · 16 d ago

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B.C. judge rules the ban on early parole for multiple murderers unconstitutional

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Justice Brenda Brown of the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Criminal Code section barring multiple murderers from the faint-hope clause breaches the Charter's guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment.

Canada · 16 d ago

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Galloway defamation trial hears his accuser first went to UBC security in 2013

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Author Steven Galloway is suing a former student, known as A.B. under a publication ban, and three others in the Supreme Court of British Columbia over allegations of sexual assault and harassment.

Canada · 16 d ago

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Poll suggests the PQ's referendum pledge cost it a majority

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A Léger poll taken after the Oct 5 election found the Parti Québécois would have won 35 per cent of the vote without its referendum pledge, against the 28 per cent it received.

Canada · 16 d ago

A Saint-Jérôme high school suspends 78 students after a day of disorder

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The Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord, the local school service centre, suspended 78 students of the École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme until Friday.

Canada · 16 d ago

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McGill law students petition for a paroled murderer's return to class

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Jeffrey George Ewert, about 60, began law studies at McGill University in September. He was convicted in the 1980s of murder and attempted murder in attacks on two women in British Columbia, one of them 15.