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Fact check: Fake FIFA World Cup websites
Scammers have created dupes of FIFA’s World Cup website designed to steal your personal info and sell fake tickets. Source link
A python was found at a Windsor sewage plant. Was it flushed?
A city worker at the pollution control facility discovered the exotic pet. It is dehydrated and needs help shedding but is expected to survive, according to the local humane society. Source link
Ottawa, Quebec reach deal on public transit funding
Radio-Canada has learned the agreement with Quebec could be worth nearly $6 billion. It would cover all funding available to Quebec under the Canada Public Transit Fund. Source link
NDP seeks to ban floor-crossing without constituents' consent
NDP MP Don Davies says he’ll introduce a bill to ban MPs from crossing the floor without first going back to the voters in an attempt to clamp down on the type of defections that have bolstered Prime Minister Mark Carney’s benches in recent months and helped the Liberals secure a majority. Source link
'Game changer' experimental drug doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer, trial shows
An experimental drug that doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer is being hailed as a breakthrough for combating one of the world’s deadliest cancers. Source link
Taylor Swift announces new Toy Story 5 song 'I Knew It, I Knew You'
You can’t spell “Toy Story” without TS. And Jessie? Confirmed Swiftie. Taylor Swift revealed Monday she’ll be featured on the fifth Toy Story film’s soundtrack with an original song titled, I Knew It, I Knew You, out Friday June 5. Source link
Chinese-made electric vehicles start arriving in Canada
More than 2,910 Chinese-made electric passenger vehicles arrived in Canada during the month of May under the reduced tariff deal announced earlier this year. Source link
N.B. Conservative MP goes to court to fight his own pay raise
Conservative MP Mike Dawson is fighting an increase in his salary because it feels wrong. Dawson feels that many Canadians are struggling right now and he doesn’t want to take the $8,800 raise. He’s going to court to avoid the bump in his pay. Source link
AI giant Anthropic confidentially files for initial public offering in U.S.
U.S.-based artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Monday it has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), teeing up what could become a watershed moment for Wall Street’s AI frenzy. Source link
Draft federal AI strategy aims to scale up adoption, offer literacy training by 2031
A draft version of Canada’s national AI strategy outlines a drive to scale up business adoption and provide all Canadians access to free AI literacy training, but is short on specifics regarding how the federal government will protect Canadians from the technology’s potentially harmful effects. Source link