Microsoft pledges $7.5B in AI investment in Canada for next 2 years
Uday Rana / globalnews - The $7.5 billion will be invested over the next two years, bringing Microsoft’s total AI investment in Canada between 2023 and 2027 to $19 billion.
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Air Transat starts cancelling flights as pilots' strike looms
Kalina Laframboise / montrealgazette - A walkout could begin as early as 3 a.m. Wednesday.
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OPP launch investigation into company that accessed controversial training fund
Isaac Callan / globalnews - The Ford government has forwarded a forensic audit of Keel Digital Solutions to police after a probe of payments alleged "irregularities." The OPP is investigating.
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Potential pilot strike threatens London flights to Mexico, Dominican
Norman De Bono / lfpress - Air Transat pilots may strike Wednesday as their union gave 72-hour strike notice to the company Sunday, before the holiday travel season.
- Flight disruptions shake terminal operations (8)
- Union talks spark on-site strike tensions (4)
- Unrelated international news update (1)
Flight disruptions shake terminal operations
Union talks spark on-site strike tensions
Unrelated international news update
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Paramount makes $108.4-billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
theglobeandmail - Offer follows Netflix’s $72-billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.’ film studios and streaming assets, announced Friday
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Bank of Canada is expected to hold key rate, move to sidelines after an uncertain 2025
Craig Lord / nationalobserver - Economists widely expect the Bank of Canada will hold its benchmark interest rate steady this week and move to the sidelines to cap off a year dominated by trade and economic uncertainty.
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Air Transat pilots gear up for strike as union issues 72-hour notice
Sean Previl / globalnews - Air Transat pilots' union has given airline management a 72-hour strike notice. Job action is set to start at 3 a.m. ET Wednesday if there's no progress toward a new contract.
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Montreal police probe overnight shooting at Villeray business
Harry North / montrealgazette - No injuries were reported, police said, as the store was closed, and no suspects have been arrested as of Saturday morning.
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Netflix set to buy Warner Bros studios, streaming unit for US$72B
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The agreement follows a weeks-long bidding war where Netflix seized the lead with a nearly US$28-a-share offer that eclipsed Paramount Skydance's nearly US$24 bid.
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Critics question Saab’s offer to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evalu…
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Ottawa serving Stellantis with default notice over Brampton cuts: Joly
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Industry Minister Melanie Joly told the House of Commons committee on international trade the move breaches federal contracts tied to manufacturing in Brampton and Windsor, Ont.
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How will passengers be impacted? Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike mandate
Lola Kalder / citynews - Air Transat pilots voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as contract talks with the airline continue to stall. So what does this mean for passengers as we head into the holiday travel season? CityNews spoke with Gábor Lukács, president of Air Pa…
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23andMe reaches Canadian settlement in data breach class action lawsuit
Uday Rana / globalnews - In October 2023 and September 2024, class actions were filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court on behalf of 23AndMe’s Canadian customers.
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Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency 'deeply troubling': Kwan
sootoday - OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be supplying armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights records.
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Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike action
Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - Pilots with Air Transat pilots voted in favour of going on strike. In a post on X, Air Transat ALPA Pilots said workers voted 99 per cent in favour of strike action. “Air Transat pilots have voted overwhelmingly in favor of going on strike if management f…
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GTA home sales down nearly 16% in November as prices, new listings fall
Sammy Hudes / theglobeandmail - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says buyers were held back by a lack of confidence in their long-term employment outlook
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A Lytton Fire Class-Action Suit Against Railways Is Going Ahead
Amanda Follett Hosgood / thetyee - A BC Supreme Court justice ruled the evidence that a train sparked the devastating fire is sufficient for a trial.
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Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’
Ari Rabinovitch / globalnews - Algoma Steel said Monday that it plans to lay off about 1,000 workers due to impacts from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.
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Benjamin Bergen named new head of CVCA after months-long search
Catherine McIntyre / thelogic - The post Benjamin Bergen named new head of CVCA after months-long search appeared first on The Logic.
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Airlines race to fix Airbus jets as U.S. reports little disruption
Tim Kelly and Abhijith Ganapavaram and Tim Hepher / theglobeandmail - Overnight effort appears to help head off the worst-case scenario, capping the number of flight delays in Asia and Europe
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