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Canada · 15 d ago

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Ottawa's AI translation tool made many errors in its first six months

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GCtranslate, the federal public service's AI translation tool, made many errors in its first six months, mostly from English to French, according to a government document released under the Access to Information Act. Public servants reported mistranslated terms and even changed first names.

Canada · 15 d ago

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen named Carney's special adviser on space

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Hansen will advise Prime Minister Mark Carney and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. Joly said he offered to help build a new space strategy when he left the Canadian Space Agency.

Canada · 15 d ago

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Steelworkers at Highland Valley Copper issue a 72-hour strike notice

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United Steelworkers Local 7619 served the notice to Teck's Highland Valley Copper mine near Logan Lake, British Columbia, after talks ended Tuesday evening without a deal. A strike can begin at 8 a.m. PT this Saturday.

Canada · 15 d ago

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The CRA picks a US firm over the Commissionnaires for a security contract

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The Canada Revenue Agency awarded a $12-million security contract for its buildings to Allied Universal, a US company. Its bid was $80,000 lower than that of the Commissionnaires, which had held the contract since 2012.

Canada · 15 d ago

Ontario man gets another 50 years in a US prison for stabbing two guards

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Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 28, of Mississauga, Ontario, stabbed two guards at the US Penitentiary Allenwood on Dec 7, 2020. One officer lost his right eye.

Canada · 15 d ago

A Bahamas-bound cruise ship sails to Halifax instead

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Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas left Cape Liberty, New Jersey, on Sunday with 5,000 passengers. Heavy weather at sea turned it away from Florida and the Bahamas, toward Nova Scotia.

Canada · 15 d ago

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Nova Scotia agrees to pay public workers about $470 million over Bill 148

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Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Ann Smith ruled in February that Bill 148, a wage-restraint law introduced in 2015 by Stephen McNeil's Liberal government, was unconstitutional.

Canada · 15 d ago

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Ottawa will take the FSIN to court to recover $12.4 million

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Indigenous Services Canada says it will file a statement of claim against the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. It seeks repayment of close to $12.4 million in funding.