Around Canada

Bedi Singh was in his Sydney, N.S., apartment early Sunday afternoon with his girlfriend playing video games when a day of boredom was suddenly interrupted. Between the snow accumulating outside of his ground-floor unit and the snow coming down from the building’s roof, the pressure on windows in his unit …

Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn’t use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn’t show up or chose less expensive hotels.  Conservative whip calls it a ‘disastrous waste of money.’ Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel …

TV chef Mary Berg, crooner Michael Bublé, comedian Rick Mercer and hockey megastar Sidney Crosby are the latest Canadian celebrities to become the face of AI-generated deepfake scams. As the technology gets better, experts warn the legal system has a lot of catching up to do.  Artificial intelligence is evolving …

With five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team set for their first court hearing today, lawyers not involved in the case weigh in on how the proceedings in London, Ont., and the trial to come could play out. Four NHL players, now on leave from their teams, …

He claimed to be an American oil drilling engineer working in Scotland. In reality, he is a romance scammer in Nigeria, who says he’s bilked women out of thousands of dollars. In a forthright interview, he reveals some tricks of the trade and apologizes for harming women — citing financial …

Ottawa wants to crack down on misleading or unsupported statements about products or a company’s environmental record. But even those changes, advocates say, will still be far behind what other jurisdictions have already done.  ‘We don’t have the level of oversights and enforcement that we need,’ environmental lawyer says. “Eco-friendly.” …

Cathy Van Buskirk says she is heartbroken by the federal government’s decision to delay expanding medical assistance in dying to the mentally ill. She says all treatments have failed to end the suffering created by body dysmorphia, OCD, depression and anxiety —MAID would let her to die with dignity.  Cathy …

A singer’s pro-Palestinian attire at the NHL All-Star game in Toronto on Saturday is causing some division on social media. Kiana Ledé performed the American national anthem ahead of the match at the Scotiabank Arena on Feb. 3 wearing a black and white sweater that resembled a Palestinian keffiyeh. But …

Premier Danielle Smith said her government will introduce legislation this fall to support the planned policy changes affecting transgender and non-binary youth and adults.  Premier Danielle Smith says new legislation affecting transgender and non-binary youth coming this fall. Supporters of transgender youth protest in Alberta’s largest cities Demonstrations in Calgary …

The divers of Newfoundland’s Clean Harbour Initiative are usually pulling trash from the ocean, but they recently got to help secure an ancient shipwreck found near Cape Ray. Provincial archaeologists heading to shipwreck site on Saturday. The divers of Newfoundland’s Clean Harbour Initiative are usually pulling trash from the ocean, …