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Meta's move away from fact checking may allow wider spread of misinformation: experts

Meta's move away from fact checking may allow wider spread of misinformation: experts

TORONTO — Experts are worried the community notes program Meta will replace its current fact checking system with has several pitfalls that could allow misinformation to spread even further.
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Manitoba regulator orders hike in auto premiums, calls for action on brain injuries

Manitoba regulator orders hike in auto premiums, calls for action on brain injuries

WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon be paying more for basic automobile insurance. The Public Utilities Board has ordered an overall increase of 5.
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Bank CEO worries shift to political uncertainty as mortgage risks ease

Bank CEO worries shift to political uncertainty as mortgage risks ease

TORONTO — The heads of Canada's biggest banks are finally seeing risks around mortgage renewals easing, only for worries about tariffs and political uncertainty to take their place.
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Advocate urges empathy after Quebec woman allegedly abandons newborn outside in cold

Advocate urges empathy after Quebec woman allegedly abandons newborn outside in cold

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — The director of a Quebec homeless shelter is urging empathy after a 38-year-old unhoused woman was charged for allegedly abandoning her newborn outside in the cold shortly after giving birth on the street on New Year's Day.
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Bangladesh's ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in London

Bangladesh's ailing former premier Khaleda Zia leaves country to undergo medical treatment in London

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left the nation's capital for London on Tuesday for medical treatment, said one of her advisers.
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Cargo ship stuck in St. Lawrence River for two weeks refloated on Tuesday

Cargo ship stuck in St. Lawrence River for two weeks refloated on Tuesday

MONTREAL — A ship that had been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve was successfully refloated on Tuesday. The Canadian Coast Guard says the MV Maccoa has been escorted by tugboats to a dock at Sorel-Tracy, Que.
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Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
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No 'snowball's chance in hell' of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau

No 'snowball's chance in hell' of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there "isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States" after president-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use "economic force" to compel Canada to join with t
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Biden praises Trudeau as friend, defender of freedom after resignation news

Biden praises Trudeau as friend, defender of freedom after resignation news

OTTAWA — U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is proud to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a friend, offering one of the few comments to come from a foreign leader since Trudeau announced his pending resignation Monday.
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Alberta glider pilot had working parachute, limited experience deploying: report

Alberta glider pilot had working parachute, limited experience deploying: report

BLACK DIAMOND, Alta. — An investigation has determined that an Alberta glider pilot who died after he ejected from his plane and hit the ground during a competition last year had a working parachute, but limited experience deploying it.
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