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Canada Post announces 485,000 more addresses to lose home delivery
Canada Post has announced the nearly half-million addresses that will lose home delivery next year. Source link
El Niño has started and the weather could get weird
Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it is more likely than not to be a “super” El Niño. The climate pattern boosts extreme weather around the world, and could lead to record temperatures Source link
Sean (Diddy) Combs sued by former child actor for alleged sexual assault
Sean (Diddy) Combs is being sued by an unnamed former child actor who alleges Combs sexually assaulted him at a Hollywood networking event in May 2007. The disgraced hip-hop mogul is currently serving a 50-month sentence in federal prison on prostitution-related charges. Source link
30 Canadian books to read this Pride Month and beyond
June is Pride Month! To celebrate, CBC Books is highlighting fiction, nonfiction, poetry and comics by 2SLGBTQ+ writers in Canada to add to your reading list this year. Source link
Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth
Quebec is now the first jurisdiction in North America to restrict access to caffeinated energy drinks — to people under 16, in this case. The new law will come into effect in six months. Source link
El Niño is officially here, and scientists say it will be particularly strong with widespread impacts
El Niño, nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists said Thursday. Source link
U.S. ambassador pitches Trump's CUSMA threats as opportunity to 'make us an offer'
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump said his country doesn’t need anything Canada has, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said America actually has a “tremendous” need for things outside its borders — and if Canada can fulfil them, it will make both countries stronger. Source link
Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion
An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, instead of existing by default Source link
Grok's sexual deepfakes violated Canadian privacy law, says privacy commissioner
After launching an investigation in January to examine the proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X, Canada’s privacy commissioner says Grok’s AI image generation tool was launched without adequate safeguards and didn’t properly consider harms to privacy. Source link
Carney to unveil new food security strategy
While the grocery rebates given to some Canadians this month offer short-term relief for high prices, Mark Carney’s government is set to release a new plan on Thursday aimed at fixing some of the root causes behind the spike in food prices. Source link