OpenAI did not mention Tumbler Ridge shooter’s posts in meeting with B.C. officials day after mass shooting: province
Mike Hager, Jesse Winter / theglobeandmail - Company handed over evidence that shooter had been banned from using its ChatGPT chatbot
- Mounties probe threats and safety in Tumbler Ridge community. (6)
- Officials probe why OpenAI didn't mention shooter's public posts. (7)
- Victims and survivors: funerals canceled, medical updates amid threats. (2)
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Mounties probe threats and safety in Tumbler Ridge community.
Officials probe why OpenAI didn't mention shooter's public posts.
Victims and survivors: funerals canceled, medical updates amid threats.
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NASA’s Artemis II launch hits new problem, putting March date in jeopardy
Marcia Dunn / theglobeandmail - Flow of helium to the new rocket’s upper stage was interrupted in latest setback
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Retired constable charged in Project South corruption probe has first hearing
Molly Hayes, Patrick White / theglobeandmail - Additional details about the investigation have come to light, including charges against the seven other officers and 19 civilians co-accused
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Police uncover new evidence in Brampton kidnapping case involving $200K demand
Prisha Dev / globalnews - Police say a Brampton kidnapping investigation involving a $200,000 ransom demand led to multiple charges, a seized firearm and new evidence uncovered through search warrants.
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Update: REM service returns after another truck hit a viaduct
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - A similar incident at the same viaduct at Marcel-Laurin Blvd. disrupted REM service last November.
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‘Centralized monitoring’, ‘tolerance zones’: Montreal, Longueuil release new protocols for homeless encampments
Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada and Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier announced new protocols for intervention homeless encampments including centralized monitoring, tolerance zones, perimeters and restrictions on belongings. At a press conference…
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Calgary to return to Stage 4 water restrictions for up to four weeks, starting March 9
Scott Strasser / calgaryherald - Nine sections of the Bearspaw South feeder main will be reinforced, requiring the twice-ruptured pipe to be shut down for much of March.
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Ontario man accused in Ryan Wedding case denied bail
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - An Ontario man accused of laundering millions of dollars in assets for an international drug smuggling ring allegedly led by former Olympian Ryan Wedding has been denied bail.
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Feds warn First Nations people to carry their passports when crossing US border
Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - The federal government has updated its travel advice for the United States, urging First Nations people to carry a passport in addition to a status card when crossing the border.
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Survivors of past Canadian school shootings reflect on tragedy in Tumbler Ridge
Eric Andrew-Gee, Maura Forrest / theglobeandmail - Those who have lived through previous mass shootings urge patience and continued support for survivors
- Expert: guns in shooter’s mother's photo appeared legal then (4)
- Experts press for better threat assessment and mental-health access (2)
- OpenAI flagged, banned accounts; contacted RCMP after attack (4)
- Survivors and families grieve; school closure, long recovery ahead (4)
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Expert: guns in shooter’s mother's photo appeared legal then
Experts press for better threat assessment and mental-health access
OpenAI flagged, banned accounts; contacted RCMP after attack
Survivors and families grieve; school closure, long recovery ahead
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Calgary man charged with six counts of extortion after months-long police investigation
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Calgary man is facing multiple extortion charges following a months-long police investigation into threats and demands for money targeting a woman in the city’s northeast.
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No charges for Calgary police in shooting death of man who strapped grenade to chest
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers acted reasonably when they shot and killed a man who had a live grenade strapped to his chest in March 2024.
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Eight backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
sootoday - NEVADA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said Wednesday, making it the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. in more than four decades.
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Quebec father who drowned his children tells jury he has no memory of killings
News Staff / citynews - A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022 has told a jury he has no memory of the day they died. Kamaljit Arora is testifying in his own defence for a second day at his murder trial in Laval, Que., a suburb north of Montreal. He says he co…
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A sign of hope amid true darkness
Editorial / winnipegfreepress - It’s been eight days since the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Eight people were killed — five children between the ages of 11 and 13, an educational assistant, and […]
- Community mourns, requests privacy and healing space (4)
- Leaders visit, face fundraising scrutiny after Tumbler Ridge shooting (6)
- Local aftermath: stolen items, student heroism, school closures (4)
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Community mourns, requests privacy and healing space
Leaders visit, face fundraising scrutiny after Tumbler Ridge shooting
Local aftermath: stolen items, student heroism, school closures
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Quebec police arrest man in suspected femicide in Montérégie
News Staff / citynews - Police say a 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his partner in Quebec’s Montérégie region last month. Véronic Champagne, 40, died in hospital Jan. 18 after being seriously injured during an argument with a man at a home in …
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Jury hears accused mass killer shot up Winnipeg suite after days on crack, alcohol
sootoday - WINNIPEG — A man accused of fatally shooting five people in a Winnipeg rooming house opened fire after days of using drugs and drinking alcohol there, a Crown prosecutor said on the first day of trial.
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Some on Canada’s no-fly list kept on without ‘necessary grounds’: watchdog
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The intelligence watchdog says its recommendations to the government are aimed at ensuring a more fair, principled and co-ordinated approach to managing the program.
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Fire at Toronto apartment building leaves one person dead
sootoday - TORONTO — One person is dead after a highrise apartment fire in Toronto’s north end. Police say emergency crews were called to the area of Firgrove Crescent and Needle Firway shortly after noon on Tuesday.
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CBSA seizes 266 kg of meth at Blue Water Bridge in Ontario
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - A 29-year-old Woodstock, Ont., man is facing drug importation and trafficking charges after Canada Border Services Agency officers seized more than 266 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at the Blue Water Bridge earlier this month.
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