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[published_date] A racing helmet worn by one of Canada's highest-profile IndyCar racers has been stolen from a museum in Vancouver. The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame says the theft happened on Wednesday, when staff noticed a helmet worn by Greg Moore was taken from a mannequin on display beside his IndyCar. Moore, from Maple Ridge,…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse. Ada Guan, the woman convicted of manslaughter in her five-year-old daughter's death in Ottawa, is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to appear in court multiple times in preparation for sentencing. Chloe Guan-Branch, 5, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2020, days after her fifth…

[published_date] Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion US to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using pirated copies of their books to train its AI chatbot, Claude, without permission. Anthropic and the plaintiffs in a court filing…

[published_date] Old Dutch Foods is recalling a flavour of its Ridgies chips over undeclared milk allergen. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) recall notice flags Ridgies Sour Cream, Green Onion & Bacon Flavour Potato Chips because milk allergen may be present but isn't declared on the label. "Do not use, sell, serve or distribute the…

[published_date] Wealthsimple says a security breach on Saturday leaked sensitive data of some of its clients, including social insurance numbers, financial details including account numbers, government IDs provided during the signup process and IP addresses. However, the investment management platform says no funds were stolen and that all accounts remain secure.  "We acted quickly and in…

[published_date] Low on power or data? Use CBC Lite for the latest wildfire news. The community of Anahim Lake has been ordered evacuated as wildfires burning along Highway 20, north and east of Bella Coola in central B.C., moved closer to homes overnight. It's part of a large number of evacuation orders issued by the Cariboo Regional District and the…

[published_date] The man police say killed his sister and attacked several others with a knife on Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba was out on bail. Court records show Tyrone Simard, 26, was charged with assault with a weapon and mischief for alleged offences that happened June 8. The records say a Winnipeg court granted…

[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] U.S. job growth weakened sharply in August while the unemployment rate increased to nearly a four-year high of 4.3 per cent, confirming that labour market conditions were softening and sealing the case for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month. The Labour Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed that the economy lost jobs…

[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in August — nearly the highest rate since 2016 — while the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs, according to new data from Statistics Canada. After the unemployment rate held steady in July at 6.9 per cent, it increased again last month, making it the highest the…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent and the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs in the month of August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The losses mostly affected workers between 25 to 54 years old, StatsCan said, while there was little change in youth employment. The figures are more dire than…