Canada · 5 d ago
Business groups see hurdles as the time change ends in some regions
Most of British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Manitoba and parts of northwestern Ontario stay on year-round daylight time starting Sunday.
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Canada · 5 d ago
Business groups see hurdles as the time change ends in some regions
Most of British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Manitoba and parts of northwestern Ontario stay on year-round daylight time starting Sunday.
Canada · 5 d ago
Ottawa sees AI data centres as a chance to raise natural gas production, documents show
A 2025 Privy Council Office note, released under access to information, calls data-centre investment a chance to boost the economy and build markets for Canadian energy. Much of it is redacted.
Canada · 5 d ago
Six groups raised about three-quarters of the $2.05 million reported by Alberta's referendum campaigns
Twenty-eight registered third-party advertisers reported $2.05 million ahead of the Oct 19 vote, with final returns due in April.
Canada · 5 d ago
Arts universities ask Ottawa for $10 million to train creative workers in AI
The four schools, in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary, made the request ahead of the federal budget next week.
Canada · 5 d ago
Achim Hering · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Houston resists legislation for AI data centres as Nova Scotia backlash grows
EverWind Fuels plans a $10-billion AI data centre at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, with the American AI company Anthropic signed to a 20-year lease.
Canada · 5 d ago
European Commission Audiovisual Service / Photographer : Christophe Licoppe · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Canada-EU summit ends in Montreal, with a digital trade deal expected
European Council President Antonio Costa said he expects a digital trade agreement to be finalized Friday, along with news on science partnerships and university student exchanges.
Canada · 5 d ago
Asclepias · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Quebec Conservatives name their shadow cabinet
Each Conservative MNA gets national files to learn before the National Assembly resumes sitting on Nov 24.
Canada · 5 d ago
Quebec farmers call for the high-speed rail project to be scrapped
Farmers and local officials in Repentigny, Quebec, fear the proposed Quebec City-Toronto line would cut through farmland. The regional farmers' union says the project must be stopped.
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