Unpublished Newswire
An 86-year-old Sault Ste. Marie woman lost close to a million dollars to a deepfake of Prime Minister Mark Carney she saw on Facebook. She is one of a growing number of Canadians being defrauded by artificial intelligence. Scammers are using AI to fake the faces of people the public trusts, and selling investments that do not exist. Judy Skene, a retired pharmacist, saw a Facebook ad in July 2025 in which a deepfake of Carney told viewers to put $350 into a cryptocurrency platform, SooToday reported . The video claimed the money would be backed by the Bank of Canada, Skene told CTV...
July 16, 2026 - 07:00 | Mason Kossak | National Post
To celebrate 63-year-old Brenda Smith's retirement, staff at a Regina McDonald's restaurant threw her a party. Dozens of friends and longtime customers stopped by with flowers, gifts and good wishes for her next adventure.
July 16, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A company wants to build a data centre in west-central Alberta but doesn't yet have a tech company that has agreed to occupy it. At the proposed project's first public presentation, Yellowhead County had questions for developers.
July 16, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A thick, smokey haze continues to envelop the Greater Toronto Area as an orange-level air quality warning is still in place Thursday from Environment Canada.
July 16, 2026 - 06:51 | | CBC News - Canada
Even as he faces his own final frontier, 95-year-old William Shatner is in constant motion, burnishing his legacy as one of Canada’s most versatile, consequential — and busiest — entertainers. An actor, author, singer, astronaut and icon, Shatner has more than two dozen events booked through December 2026 in places such as New Orleans, Boston, Las Vegas, Edinburgh and Dublin. In each of those appearances, he’ll talk about Star Trek, the miraculous television series that saved his acting career and opened new worlds of opportunity for him. It’s the reason he’s still in demand as a...
July 16, 2026 - 06:45 | Special to National Post | National Post
Good morning. While fires burned in northwestern Ontario, smoke drifted into southern parts of the province. More on that below, along with interest rate updates and WestJet’s strike vote.
July 16, 2026 - 06:05 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
