Is it Prime Minister Mark Carney or is it AI? The Carney government is looking at using new technologies like artificial intelligence to help handle correspondence from Canadians to the PM. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Interesting investigation. A year after CBC revealed that some stores were overcharging for underweight packages of meat, they checked again and found it is still happening despite the promises stores made last year to fix the problem. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Update. I am now told I can expect to receive the records in June 2028 - 10 years after I filed the request. Anyone else seeing similar wait times for U.S. FOIA requests?
Just how badly broken is the U.S. State Department's Freedom of Information system? I just responded to a note asking if I was still interested in records that I filed a request for in June 2018 - nearly 8 years ago! No word yet on when I might actually receive the records. #journalism #FOIA
Possibly the most Canadian scandal ever. 🙂www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bog...
Glad to see a new media organization open in Canada. Interesting concept - report on an issue but also include potential solutions. #journalism
Interesting site from the International Energy Association tracking steps various countries have taken in response to what it describes as the energy crisis sparked by the conflict in the Middle East such as remote work directives, energy saving steps & reducing taxes www.iea.org/data-and-sta...
So glad that this is no longer an unusual sight in Canada's Parliament. It sends a strong message to young women that you can be both a Member of Parliament and a Mom.
A very interesting poll. Wonder what the results would be if a poll asked about some of the current exemptions in the federal access to information law that prevent Canadians from finding out more about what cabinet ministers are doing. abacusdata.ca/ontarians-op...
Free international trips for MPs that is sponsored by organizations or interest groups hit the lowest level in at least 15 years last year (excluding two years of pandemic). War in the Middle East and turbulent politics at home among the reasons. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is a wild story. A journalist in Israel is being threatened by Polymarkt gamblers who want him to change a story he filed about an Iranian missile. Kudos to him for standing by his reporting. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try... #JournalismMatters
It just got a lot less expensive for Americans to renounce U.S. citizenship. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Parks Canada is planning to kill dozens of white-tailed deer on historic Quebec island. An animal advocate is calling for the agency to consider non-lethal solutions. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #animals
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U.S. customs officers searched a record number of electronic devices last year and recent changes to the rules now allows them to search devices like flash drives and smart watches. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"It's not easy, let's be clear." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks frankly about what it has been like dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump and the difference between what happens in public and what happens in private. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada's new foreign interference watchdog says his mandate could include monitoring any attempt by foreign interests to interfere in a possible Alberta referendum on separating from Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
My heart is with U.S fact checkers tonight. From Canada, I say bon courage. Looks you will have a long night and much work. #journalism
The Conservatives seem a bit feistier than usual today and there is a lot of heckling. Wonder if it has anything to do with the front row view of three of their MPs who crossed the floor.
Sitting next to him is another Conservative turned Liberal MP Chris D’Entremont. Three seats over is Michael Ma, another Conservative MP who crossed the floor to the Liberals. They will soon be back to their seats on the back benches but meanwhile it looks like the Liberals are sending a message.
Question Period in the
House of Commons. Conservative turned Liberal MP Matt Jeneroux sitting in the front row with the cabinet ministers, two seats down from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
An eye opening poll from Politico about how Canadians currently view the U.S. and President Donald Trump. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
As Canada opens to more trade with China, it should do more to screen people coming from China to Canada to prevent transnational repression, says a former analyst with Canada's intelligence service.
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Great digging that takes readers behind the headlines to the impact on average people who found themselves in a situation that was anything but average.
Powerful interview on CBC's Power & Politics with longtime political organizer Anne McGrath who shared her experience being in the middle of one of Canada's first school shootings 50 years ago and then, years later, on Parliament Hill when it was attacked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBfy...
Interesting investigation by the U.K's Press Gazette into "experts" generated by PR companies using AI making their way into news stories in U.K. publications. A good reminder for all of us in journalism to always double check your sources and their credentials. pressgazette.co.uk/news/faces-o...
A new investigation by CBC News reporters Julie Ireton, Valerie Ouellet and @sylveneg.bsky.social finds more than 600 RCMP officers have faced disciplinary charges related to gender-based violence.
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