Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to sell the idea of an alliance with the EU.
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Carney → try → EU
Carney makes the case for a European alliance
One day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that if Canada becomes an associate member of the European Union it would be seen as a hostile act, Prime Minister Mark Carney made clear that he views a closer relationship with the EU as a way to address vulnerabilities.
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views → make → vulnerabilities
Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Carney insisted that what he is proposing is a way to strengthen the sovereignty of Canada and Europe as opposed to a great-power rival.
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proposing → speak → rival
He promised to hold a series of debates and a vote in Parliament on the future relationship with the EU.
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He → promise → EU
But he added that the process has just started.
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process → add → ?
Up next: This weekend, Carney will join France’s President Emmanuel Macron on a small French territory off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Carney → join → Newfoundland
France says it will be the first time a Canadian Prime Minister makes an official visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
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Minister → say → Pierre
Carney’s Davos speech diagnosed the problem.
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speech → diagnose → problem
His EU speech lays out the cure
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In Strasbourg, a muted Carney reins in EU enthusiasm and gives no answers
Incidents by AI agents prompt dire warnings
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Incidents → rein → warnings
A growing chorus of voices from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill is calling to regulate artificial intelligence, with some even warning the technology might soon exterminate humanity.
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The issue has abruptly shot up the political agenda just six weeks before November’s midterm elections.
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issue → shoot → elections
The University of Toronto learned that a tool it uses to make web links easier to share had been repurposed by OpenAI agents to communicate with one another.
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links → learn → one
Researchers explain the unauthorized communication and why it’s concerning.
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it → explain → communication
Newly released materials from Project South
Multiple shooter-for-hire attacks in the Greater Toronto Area last year allegedly trace back to Toronto Police Constable Timothy Barnhardt, who investigators say repeatedly used police databases to leak information to suspected organized crime figures, according to warrant applications that led to the Project South takedown.
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Quoted: “Barnhardt routinely abused his position as a police officer by selling confidential database information to criminal associates in exchange for cash,” wrote police affiant Constable Antonio D’Onofrio in the 2025 search-warrant application materials.
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D’Onofrio → quote → materials
Justice Laura Bird ruled Wednesday that transcripts of key recordings that led to the Project South takedown will remain under a publication ban, concluding that inflammatory comments attributed to Barnhardt would “deeply offend” the public and create an indelible impression on potential jurors.
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comments → rule → jurors
B.C. Conservative Leader will stay
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Leader → stay → ?
Kerry-Lynne Findlay is vowing to lead her fractured party into a potential snap election amid mounting speculation that Premier David Eby could soon send British Columbians to the polls.
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The B.C. Conservative Leader addressed the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver yesterday.
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Leader → address → Vancouver
The context: Nine MLAs have left the Conservative caucus since Aug. 14.
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MLAs → leave → Aug.
The Conservative Leader said anyone who left her party is welcome to have a conversation about returning, but that it has to happen now.
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it → say → conversation
How a waste dump turned into a model for eco-restoration
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Tommy Thompson Park, a former construction waste dump in Toronto, is an urban wilderness park that has become a model of ecological restoration.
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that → become → restoration
It is unique in Canada, and possibly North America, in that the land is entirely man-made.
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New inspiration: Its success has attracted global attention.
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success → attract → attention
This spring, a delegation of officials from Korea visited the park to learn how to establish plants in similar sites.
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delegation → visit → sites
As Toronto approaches a municipal election, its Parks and Recreation division has no design vision, writes Alex Bozikovic.
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Bozikovic → approach → vision
Almost 70 years after C.D. Howe’s death, Mr. Carney is seeking to launch a new industrial and infrastructure revolution.
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Carney → seek → revolution
Howe would understand everything the Prime Minister is attempting – and would almost certainly approve.
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— John Ibbitson, writer, journalist and author
Mark Carney has become the heir to C.D. Howe, John Ibbitson writes.
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Like generations before them, a crew of young Canadians travelled this summer to a small farming town four hours south of the Northwest Territories to plant trees for reforestation companies.
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crew → travel → companies
What else we’re following
At home: John Amagoalik, often called the Father of Nunavut, is challenging the government’s refusal to pay for his at-home care and housing.
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Amagoalik → follow → care
Abroad: Analysts say that new U.S. sanctions against South African leaders, and their staunch resistance, is expected to benefit the ruling African National Congress in upcoming elections.
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sanctions → say → elections
A UN mission said it had grounds to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
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U.S. → say → Iran
It also found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity.
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authorities → find → humanity
At the table: The Unifor union says it won’t return to collective bargaining with Stellantis unless Ottawa blocks the sale of its Brampton, Ont. plant.
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Ottawa → say → plant
Manitoba’s twice-yearly clock changes are a thing of the past as the province moves to make daylight time permanent.
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time → move → past
Is your kid feeling scared by AI doomsday warnings?
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kid → feel → warnings
For science: A cat identified in the Bolivian forest, called Tilcayo by local communities, has become the first new living cat species identified in more than a century.
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cat → identify → century
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