Unpublished Newswire
The tragic deaths of teens who died by suicide after forming intimate relationships with AI chatbots — interactions their parents allege pushed their children over the edge — are raising warnings about how validating, nonjudgmental and uncannily lifelike bots have become.
What makes them so engaging, and so dangerous, experts said, is how compellingly they mimic human empathy and support.
“The danger is real, the potentially lethal use of these tools is real,” said Canadian lawyer Robert Diab, author of a...
September 2, 2025 - 06:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
Manitoba’s practice of putting incarcerated children in segregation jail cells − including some who are as young as 12 and 13 years old − will be challenged this fall when a landmark class-action lawsuit goes to trial.The case, which has been about seven years in the making, will be the first major piece of litigation dealing with youth inmate segregation to go to trial in Canada. It follows several recent lawsuits against governments in the country that have successfully challenged aspects of how solitary confinement is used in adult prisons.
September 2, 2025 - 06:00 | Robyn Doolittle, Chen Wang | The Globe and Mail
In a large commercial kitchen in Halifax’s north end, chef Shane Gallagher sprinkled a garnish of parmesan, garlic, parsley and breadcrumbs onto the creamy broccoli pasta his team had just plated. It was a simple dish, but Mr. Gallagher – who’s worked at some of the city’s best restaurants, including Bar Kismet and Drift – added some cheffy touches: The breadcrumbs were processed from fluffy, olive-oil-rich slabs of focaccia, and the sauce’s flavour was punched up with the sweet funkiness of puréed garlic confit. This was lost on many diners. Some took a few bites before throwing...
September 2, 2025 - 05:00 | Dakshana Bascaramurty | The Globe and Mail
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September 2, 2025 - 04:30 | Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a steel plant in Pennsylvania in May, U.S. President Donald Trump promised workers a new era of domestic steel production.
“We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,” Trump said, reflecting how he sees steel as the centrepiece of a revitalized American industrial capacity.
How would he do it? With a tariff workaround that means Canada is paying the price for Trump’s promises in America’s steel-heavy swing states.
Trump’s tariff trick
The U.S. president has used the International Emergency Economic Powers...
September 2, 2025 - 04:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
Randall Denley is the author of eight mysteries. His novel Payback was nominated for the Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel Set in Canada. He has been a political columnist for more than 25 years and writes regularly for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post. The following excerpt is from Kill Day, the newest novel in his Kris Redner mystery series. Read More
September 2, 2025 - 04:00 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
