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Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
AI agents now do the comparing for shoppers. Canadian retailers who treat product data as a technical afterthought will pay for it in sales they never knew they lost.
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
Tiff Macklem has cut rates twice this year and signalled a third. But Ottawa's borrowing programme, a stubborn loonie, and a housing market that refuses to clear are leaving the central bank with very little ammunition for the recession nobody is yet calling.
Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
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Ben Rhodes’ empty words
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U.S. hiring slowed in June with 57,000 jobs added amid global turmoil
U.S. employers pulled back on hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.
Weather
Toronto cancels World Cup broadcast at Nathan Phillips Square due to extreme heat
Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal are set to face off against Luka Modrić and Croatia in the final World Cup game to be played in Toronto.
Environment
Heat wave heads to Maritime provinces after bearing down on Ontario, Quebec
The heat wave that's been bearing down on Ontario this week has shown no signs of letting up and has only spread further east.
Canada
Canada’s UN ambassador says Carney’s Davos speech is being implemented
Carney attracted global attention this January with a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos urging middle powers to band together to advance their interests.
Canada
Alberta’s Smith set to unveil details of proposed oil pipeline
The Alberta government is aiming for the pipeline to be designated a project of national interest by October and get shovels in the ground as early as September 2027.
Canada
Carney’s Davos speech being put in practice at UN, ambassador says
Carney attracted global attention this January with a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos urging middle powers to band together to advance their interests.
World
Major Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv as Ukraine strikes batter Moscow’s oil sector
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4 dead in Mexico City during World Cup celebrations
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2 people arrested after climbing Empire State Building’s antenna
Canada
Drug seizures at Canada-U.S. border dropping, Congress hears
Weather
Canada Day heat wave prompts warnings in several provinces
Health
Ontario now second province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45
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