Canada

The federal government presented a voluntary code of conduct for advanced generative AI, as anxiety persists over its proliferation and pace of development; executives from a dozen Canadian companies and organizations have signed the document so far

In what is thought to be Canada's worst outbreak of paediatric E.coli, 264 people in Calgary, mostly children, were infected and 10% are being treated in hospital; the spreading of the bacteria may be linked to a kitchen serving daycare

Five million bees fell off a truck carrying bee hives in Ontario; the incident caused alarm for the safety of drivers, and concern in farmers and beekeepers, who were looking for the queens bare handed to save them

Federal authorities assured no one will be left behind in wildfire zones in NWT Yellowknife and BC Kelowna, as military evacuation flights began transporting 79 long-term care home residents to Edmonton

Over 31.000 people moved to Alberta from elsewhere in Canada - mostly British Columbia and Ontario - in the first quarter of 2023; latest numbers from Canadian Real Estate Association confirm the province as the most attractive for movers within Canada

Hospitals across the country struggle to cope with major staffing shortages, while an immigration backlog described by lawyers as the worst ever seen is leaving qualified health professionals waiting for placement

The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark borrowing rate to 5%, the highest since April 2001, despite the economy performing better than most forecasts predicted; some economists don't believe this hike was necessary

Nearly 15.000 of the cheques sent earlier this year by the Manitoba government to help with rising costs were returned to the sender; the province's inability to reach thousands of people is renewing questions about using only the mail to give out cheques

The Canadian news media landscape has shrunk again, with Bell Canada Enterprises BCE Inc. eliminating the jobs of 1.300 people, including some veteran CTV News journalists; the company is also shuttering six radio stations and selling off three others

Municipalities across Quebec are on alert and receiving evacuation notices as wildfires worsen in the north, while Alberta has welcomed around 2.000 foreign firefighters

Toronto will be getting a new 942 area code from 26 April 2025; the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the measure after a report projected the city’s existing area codes 416, 437 and 647 will be exhausted by April 2026