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A year after defeat, Higgs haunts debate over N.B. PC Party’s direction
In New Brunswick politics, most defeated premiers exit quietly, staying out of debates within their parties about what future direction to take or who should be the next leader. Source link
'You could hear them in the walls': Leaside residents blame rat infestation on neighbour feeding wildlife
Residents of a street in Toronto’s Leaside neighbourhood say they’re fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard. Source link
Why some farmers are turning old grain bins into guest houses
Some Alberta ranchers hope that branching into tourism will help shore up their family farms to last another generation — though the accommodations might seem a little quirky. Source link
How do Carney's special agencies work? Governing documents are out of public view
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has created three special operating agencies to review major projects, build homes and speed defence spending. However, the government refuses to reveal the framework agreements that outline some of the rules the new agencies will have to follow. Source link
What we know about the Alzheimer's drug Health Canada approved
Health Canada has conditionally approved the drug lecanemab to slow early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, raising questions about its effectiveness and availability in Canada. Source link
China may be rehearsing for an invasion of Taiwan — but on the potential front lines there's little panic
CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades. Many Kinmen locals say they don’t believe war with China is near — despite mounting evidence […]
Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot asks 12-year-old boy to send nude pics, says shocked mother
A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla’s generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in many Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send it nude photos during an innocent conversation about soccer. Tesla and xAI didn’t respond to CBC News, except for what appeared to […]
Ottawa woman injured in Lisbon funicular crash shocked by investigation findings
An Ottawa resident and survivor of a deadly funicular crash in Lisbon last month says she’s “shocked” by the findings of a recent report on the incident, and is calling for greater accountability from Portuguese officials. Source link
Emma Stone's conspiracy comedy Bugonia delivers layers of weirdness with an acquired taste in humour
Bugonia refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees spontaneously formed from rotting ox carcasses — and it’s hard to avoid making connections to the plot and characters in Yorgos Lanthimos’s new comedy: that while we want to believe something good, beautiful and ordered can spring from the depths of something dirty, polluted and diseased, […]
Inside the special task force targeting 'dangerous' drone drops behind prison walls
A basketball packed with contraband, drug packets camouflaged to blend in with the environment, cellphones the size of your thumb: These are just some of the items smugglers are sneaking into prisons in Kingston, Ont., with the help of drones. A special task force is trying to stop them. Source link