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Migrant worker calls proposed spike in housing cost payroll deduction ‘wickedness’

[published_date] An Ontario migrant farm worker says there is "wickedness" in a federal government proposal that could allow employers to charge workers upwards of 30 per cent of their income for housing. The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change shared with The Canadian Press a discussion paper from Employment and Social Development Canada. The document outlines…

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Quebec anti-abortion group fails to reverse decision banning protests in front of clinics

[published_date] Brian Jenkins is among the protesters who must continue keeping their distance from Quebec's abortion clinics, after the province's Superior Court upheld a law requiring a 50-metre buffer zone It's a blow to the vice-president of the Quebec Life Coalition (QLC). The organization with a mission of "building a Christian society" challenged a 2016…

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Elections Canada workers say issues in 2 Cape Breton offices made April vote a ‘nightmare’

[published_date] Several Elections Canada workers in a newly reconfigured Nova Scotia riding say a number of issues made April's voting process a "nightmare" for poll workers and voters alike.  The complaints were brought forward by a handful of people who staffed two offices in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish. The riding takes in all of Cape Breton…

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The race to provide AI agents for tedious tasks is on, but should we trust them with our data?

[published_date] The release of a new set of tools for getting information and accomplishing tasks online promises to reinvent traditional search and take AI chatbots to the next level. But it comes with significant questions about reliability and security. OpenAI, makers of the popular ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot, began rolling out ChatGPT Agent earlier this month,…

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Ship noise in Arctic silences narwhals, alters their movements, study says

[published_date] New research on narwhals in Nunavut's Eclipse Sound suggests the animals may be more sensitive to shipping noise than scientists previously believed, and that they change their behaviour when ships are nearby.   The study, published earlier this month in the journal Nature, says narwhal stop echolocating and will vacate an area when exposed to low-pitched ship…

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