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CBC
4 hours ago
- Business
- CBC
Are AI bots the future of job interviews?
Have you done an interview with an AI bot? While the technology is still in its early stages, some say it frees up humans from tedious tasks while others say there are concerns about HR job losses. CBC's Ashley Fraser unpacks what the process is like.
Toronto Sun
6 days ago
- Toronto Sun
Supreme Court of Canada says babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's death
Published Jun 06, 2025 • 1 minute read Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, March 29, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Tammy Bouvette was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing the bathtub drowning death of a 19-month-old girl she had been babysitting in 2011 in Cranbrook, B.C. In April 2023, the B.C. Court of Appeal found the Crown had failed to disclose several items of key evidence to Bouvette's lawyers, depriving her of the opportunity to make an informed decision about how to plead. The Court of Appeal called the original conviction 'the product of a miscarriage of justice' because the evidence and circumstances established a reasonable possibility that Bouvette would not have pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death if full disclosure had been made. The Appeal Court ordered a judicial stay of proceedings, meaning a permanent halt to the case without determining guilt or innocence. Bouvette then asked the Supreme Court for an acquittal — a declaration of being found not guilty. Ontario Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA Sunshine Girls Olympics
Toronto Sun
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Federal government urged to spend more on rural housing, connectivity, public safety
A devastating derecho storm ripped through White Lake. west of Ottawa in 2022. Ashley Fraser, Postmedia Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia The federal government needs to invest more on housing, digital connectivity and public safety, according to a report from the country's largest municipalities organization. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Federation of Canadian Municipalities released the report Saturday, calling on the federal government to invest to close the gaps between urban and rural Canada, which includes access to reliable internet and cell service, infrastructure and transportation and housing. The wide-ranging report also calls on the government to reform and invest in public safety, including the need for bail reform and adequate police staffing, as well as climate adaptation and disaster mitigation projects. There is also a need for the government to update Canada's connectivity strategy and to achieve universal broadband and cellular connectivity. The report argues that more public support for digital connectivity would help rural Canadians to participate in remote work, grow rural businesses and provide better access to government and emergency services like education and health care. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Infrastructure and transportation is identified as another major gap, with roads, bridges and tunnels across rural municipalities needing about $83 billion in upgrades. And there is a strong need to 'unlock' the rural economy through diversified trade relationships both internationally and interprovincially. Climate adaptation and mitigation remains a significant concern for many rural communities. Rural municipalities across Saskatchewan and Manitoba are currently facing existential threats from wildfires. More than 80 per cent of Ottawa's total land area is rural, including agricultural lands, mineral deposits, and wetlands and woodlands. Rural Ottawa includes 26 villages and also has a significant portion of the city's population This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In the capital region, a tornado in Dunrobin caused massive damage in that rural community within Ottawa. In 2022, a derecho tore through Ottawa, hitting several rural communities. Neal Comeau, chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' rural forum, said in a news conference that municipalities needed to be 'at the table' for climate emergency planning. Neal Comeau, chair of the rural forum at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, speaks during a press conference on Saturday, May 31, 2025. Photo by Spencer Colby / Postmedia He also said there also needed to be 'stable funding' and 'better lines of communication' between all levels of governments to respond to climate threats like wildfires, floods or storms. 'This report contains the missing key to unlock long-term prosperity thanks to the work of dedicated municipal elected officials across the country,' Comeau said in a news release. Read More Crime Toronto & GTA Columnists Ontario Columnists
Toronto Sun
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Supreme Court of Canada dismisses Nunavut's bid to toss out school language case
Published May 29, 2025 • 1 minute read Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, March 29, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia OTTAWA — A lawsuit over the right to Inuit language instruction in the Nunavut public school system is a step closer to being heard following a Supreme Court of Canada decision. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The top court has dismissed the Nunavut government's latest bid to have the lawsuit thrown out before the parties make full arguments. Two Inuit mothers with school-aged children and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a non-profit that represents Inuit interests in the territory, launched the case against the Nunavut government. Under Nunavut legislation, all schools were to provide fully bilingual instruction — Inuktut and either English or French — from kindergarten to Grade 12 by July 1, 2019. But the deadline passed with Inuit language instruction available only from kindergarten to grade 3. In 2019, the legislation was amended and the requirement to provide bilingual education for all students from kindergarten to Grade 12 was postponed by 20 years. Toronto & GTA Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Tennis Celebrity
Toronto Sun
26-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Via Rail workers give Unifor strike mandate, could take action as soon as June 22
Published May 26, 2025 • 1 minute read It was a busy travel day in Ottawa as VIA Rail saw multiple riders depart for Montreal and Toronto on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia MONTREAL — Unifor says almost 98 per cent of the Via Rail workers it represents have voted to give the union the power to launch a strike next month. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The union says members belonging to Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 gave it a 97.5 per cent strike mandate. Council 4000 represents 1,800 workers in Via Rail stations, call centres, administrative offices and onboard service, while Local 100's members include 700 skilled trades and mechanical workers. The strike mandate does not mean these workers will immediately walk off the job because the union is going through a federal conciliation process. Unifor says the conciliation period which ends May 31 will be followed by a 21-day cooling-off, so it won't be able to strike before June 22. The union alleges the company is pushing for major concessions and has failed to meet its members' monetary demands. Columnists Relationships Football Ontario Celebrity
