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FILE - Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023, March 22, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Meta’s news ban in Canada: screenshots win, local news loses, study shows

Local news outlets lost about 85 per cent of their Facebook engagement, the study says

FILE - Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023, March 22, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Statistics Canada says food prices drove inflation lower in April, with the cost of groceries rising 1.4 per cent compared with a year ago. Beef and meat products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que., on Thursday, May 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Food driving inflation down, but groceries far costlier than a few years ago

Grocery prices are up 21.4% compared with three years earlier, according to Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada says food prices drove inflation lower in April, with the cost of groceries rising 1.4 per cent compared with a year ago. Beef and meat products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que., on Thursday, May 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan speaks at a press conference during his first official visit to Canada on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Friday, May 5, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to join global peers in weighing in on Monday’s push by the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli officials as well as Hamas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Canada ‘closely’ monitoring top court’s push to prosecute Gaza war crimes: Joly

International Criminal Court looking to prosecute Israeli prime minister and Hamas leaders

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan speaks at a press conference during his first official visit to Canada on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Friday, May 5, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to join global peers in weighing in on Monday’s push by the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli officials as well as Hamas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus takes part in the Speakers Parade prior to question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Opposition seeks to oust Speaker again over Liberal post attacking Poilievre

Conservatives, backed by Bloc Québécois, accusing Speaker of partisan behaviour

Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus takes part in the Speakers Parade prior to question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A screen shows an announcement of the AI Seoul Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. World leaders are expected to adopt a new agreement on artificial intelligence when they gather virtually Tuesday to discuss AI’s potential risks but also ways to promote its benefits and innovation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul AI summit opens with companies pledging to develop AI safely

16 AI companies made voluntary committment to accountable governance and public transparency

A screen shows an announcement of the AI Seoul Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. World leaders are expected to adopt a new agreement on artificial intelligence when they gather virtually Tuesday to discuss AI’s potential risks but also ways to promote its benefits and innovation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in New York on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Trudeau is in Philadelphia today, on his first trip south of the border since his government launched a new “Team Canada” charm offensive in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau making ‘Team Canada’ charm offensive in visit to Philadelphia

Feds looking to strengthen relationships south of the border ahead of 2024 presidential election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in New York on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Trudeau is in Philadelphia today, on his first trip south of the border since his government launched a new “Team Canada” charm offensive in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Statistics Canada is set to release its April consumer price index report this morning. Shoppers browse product outside a shop, in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canada’s inflation rate falls to 2.7%, driving up odds of June rate cut

April slowdown led by food prices, services and durable goods, according to Stats Can

Statistics Canada is set to release its April consumer price index report this morning. Shoppers browse product outside a shop, in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
CIA director William Burns prepares to leave after the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Q&A: CIA’s chief technologist’s cautious embrace of generative AI

Director says AI allows them to summarize vast amounts of information, among other uses

CIA director William Burns prepares to leave after the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a press conference announcing new measures the government is taking to combat auto theft in the Canada, in Brampton, Ont., Monday, May 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Feds unveil plan to tackle auto theft, including Criminal Code changes

Ottawa estimates 90,000 cars are stolen each year in Canada

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a press conference announcing new measures the government is taking to combat auto theft in the Canada, in Brampton, Ont., Monday, May 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Paramedics transfer a patient out of their ambulance to the emergency department at Michael Garron Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, January 10, 2022. Ambulances have been in short supply in some regions through out the province of Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Cannabis legalization coincided with uptick in ER visits from seniors: study

Number of Ontario patients checking in with cannabis poisoning rose nearly threefold

Paramedics transfer a patient out of their ambulance to the emergency department at Michael Garron Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, January 10, 2022. Ambulances have been in short supply in some regions through out the province of Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Brett Ostrum, Microsoft corporate vice president of Surface, holds up the new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with built-in AI hardware during a showcase event of the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, at Microsoft headquarters, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on a PC

Company describes it as a ‘photographic memory’ of a person’s virtual activity

Brett Ostrum, Microsoft corporate vice president of Surface, holds up the new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with built-in AI hardware during a showcase event of the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, at Microsoft headquarters, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
FILE - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2024, in Washington. A Senate inquiry has found BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen have bought parts made by a Chinese company sanctioned under a 2021 law for using forced labor. “Automakers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they cannot find any forced labor in their supply chains,” said Wyden. “Automakers’ self-policing is clearly not doing the job.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Senate report finds parts made with China’s forced labor in popular cars

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen each named in report

FILE - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2024, in Washington. A Senate inquiry has found BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen have bought parts made by a Chinese company sanctioned under a 2021 law for using forced labor. “Automakers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they cannot find any forced labor in their supply chains,” said Wyden. “Automakers’ self-policing is clearly not doing the job.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists in Atlantic Canada are looking to develop a new breed of potato that is better adapted to the changing growing conditions brought on by climate change. Bourlaye Fofana, a research scientist at AAFC, is shown in an undated handout photo. Fofana leads a team in Charlottetown that has examined wild potato varieties that are native to the South American Andes and show potential to help develop a more drought-resistant potato. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Wild potato shows potential for developing drought-resistant crop: researcher

Commercial varieties of potatoes aren’t always resilient to disease and climate change

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists in Atlantic Canada are looking to develop a new breed of potato that is better adapted to the changing growing conditions brought on by climate change. Bourlaye Fofana, a research scientist at AAFC, is shown in an undated handout photo. Fofana leads a team in Charlottetown that has examined wild potato varieties that are native to the South American Andes and show potential to help develop a more drought-resistant potato. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dr. Roneil Malkani shows an example of pink noise being used to enhance slow brainwaves during deep sleep at the Center for Circadian & Sleep Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago on May 16, 2024. Pink noise has a frequency profile “very similar to the distribution of brain wave frequencies we see in slow-wave sleep because these are large, slow waves,” said Malkani, assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a buzz

Studies are limited so far, but those that exist show some promising results

Dr. Roneil Malkani shows an example of pink noise being used to enhance slow brainwaves during deep sleep at the Center for Circadian & Sleep Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago on May 16, 2024. Pink noise has a frequency profile “very similar to the distribution of brain wave frequencies we see in slow-wave sleep because these are large, slow waves,” said Malkani, assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo

Omar Khadr sought to wipe his war crime convictions

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Thick smoke from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire fills the air and a Canadian flag flies in the wind as RCMP officers on a boat patrol Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke

A new kind of advisory will now be issued if air quality worsens beyind the 10-point scale available

Thick smoke from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire fills the air and a Canadian flag flies in the wind as RCMP officers on a boat patrol Shuswap Lake, in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations says Ottawa is looking at ways to improve the “unbearable” suffering of Rohingya expelled from Myanmar, and to counter the military junta overseeing ethnic violence against Muslims. Rohingya refugee children collect drinking water after a midnight fire raced through their refugee camp at Kutupalong in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Shafiqur Rahman

As Canada renews strategy for Rohingya crisis, advocates urge rethink

Feds must better consult the Rohingya diaspora and connect to contacts on the ground: UN ambassador

Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations says Ottawa is looking at ways to improve the “unbearable” suffering of Rohingya expelled from Myanmar, and to counter the military junta overseeing ethnic violence against Muslims. Rohingya refugee children collect drinking water after a midnight fire raced through their refugee camp at Kutupalong in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Shafiqur Rahman
Lawyers across Canada are crying foul after Canada’s immigration department asked a medical worker fleeing the war in Gaza if he’d ever treated injured Hamas soldiers. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tsafrir Abayov

Canadian immigration asks medic fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters

Vancouver-based lawyer says questions are ‘patently illegal and absolutely egregious’

Lawyers across Canada are crying foul after Canada’s immigration department asked a medical worker fleeing the war in Gaza if he’d ever treated injured Hamas soldiers. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tsafrir Abayov
A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group “Student Coalition Berlin” in the theater courtyard of the ‘Freie Universität Berlin’ university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment. But protests over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza in its hunt for Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre has tested that ideal around the world. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Israel-Hamas war testing if campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

Experts say trust is lost when universities call in outside police to break up encampments

A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group “Student Coalition Berlin” in the theater courtyard of the ‘Freie Universität Berlin’ university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment. But protests over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza in its hunt for Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre has tested that ideal around the world. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
As more Canadians grapple with catastrophic impacts from climate-fuelled extreme weather, from wildfires to deadly heat waves, the question of how a person can keep up the fight for planetary health while tending to their mental health has extended beyond the environmental movement and become more urgent and widespread. A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

In the fight for planetary health, how do we preserve our mental health?

‘It’s not abnormal to be distressed when you’re watching a world around you evaporate’

As more Canadians grapple with catastrophic impacts from climate-fuelled extreme weather, from wildfires to deadly heat waves, the question of how a person can keep up the fight for planetary health while tending to their mental health has extended beyond the environmental movement and become more urgent and widespread. A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski