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Allison 😣

@allisonpotts.bsky.social
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More radical as I age. Humanist, mum, social worker & college prof. Compassionate and Curious with a side dish of Tired and Scared. Harm reduction saves lives. 😷 🍉🕊️

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👇 HUGE issue ‼️ Is AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research? www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... @elisabethbik.bsky.social: "We are at a point now that we cannot distinguish fake from real." @gidmk.bsky.social: Stop the "incentive[s] to publish a lot of crap."
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Is AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research?
'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'More than 97 percent of schools in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since October 2023, according to UNICEF figures, leaving around 658,000 school-age children without access to formal education.' #GazaGenocide‌ mondoweiss.net/2026/09/the-...
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The new school year in Gaza begins in tents
For the fourth consecutive year, hundreds of thousands of Gaza’s children return not to classrooms, but to fabric shelters and makeshift wooden structures, holding onto traces of a school system Israe...
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NDP @ndp.ca · 23/09/2026
1/ Yesterday, seniors wearing pictures of their grandchildren were arrested outside Parliament while protesting Mark Carney's climate cuts.
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If we were all paying attention to what Carney is doing, an organized general strike would be a no-brainer.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This lawyer breaks down why the so-called guardrails Carney includes in this bill just create a cog in a machine built to deny workers their right to strike. Then ministers, in deciding what the “national interest” is in quashing a strike, can consider the “impact on the Canadian economy.”
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Selling control of our airports to foreign investors means more costs for Canadians and could compromise safety. So why won't Parliament be allowed to debate this? Yesterday, the Speaker denied my request for debate on this critical issue. @canadianlabour.bsky.social
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David V. Wright @davevwright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a significant early win for anyone interested in transparency and accountability toward achieving (or missing) international climate change commitments. While the youth may not be ultimately successful, this will still get important evidence on the record. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Make no mistake about it, the Carney government's labour reforms neuter the right to strike. A right that’s suspended when it becomes effective isn’t much of a right at all. www.thestar.com/business/uni... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Unions hammer Carney government’s revamp of labour rules: ‘This bill neuters the right to strike’
Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but im...
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Listening to a presentation on “efficiency” in our council meeting and I’m mired in the double speak of corporate austerity language.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 19/05/2026
New Evidence Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather
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Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather, New Study Suggests
Is waste heat from data centers affecting the weather? A new study says they are making their local environment hotter.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'The deterioration of conditions in Ontario schools is not simply an unfortunate backdrop to union negotiations. It is the predictable result of political choices about the size and quality of the public sector.' www.readthemaple.com/doug-ford-is...
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Doug Ford Is Eroding Ontario’s Public Schools
The deterioration of schools is the result of his government’s political choices
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 Don't believe separatists lies.👇 ZERO evidence immigrants: - increase crime (on the contrary) - hurt healthcare system (on the contrary) - hurt education system (on the contrary) - etc etc. This noise nothing more than divisive hate-mongering. thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.ca
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Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The Walrus
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Who could have predicted this? It’s not intelligence at all but it is smarter than those of us who think we should rely on it!
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Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This has nothing to do with standing up to Trump. Carney is exploiting our loathing of Trump to remake Canada in interests of corporate elite. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Linda McQuaig: Carney is using our loathing of Trump to remake Canada in alarming ways
As long as Donald Trump hovers menacingly over the country, Carney has enormous leeway to remake Canada in ways that would — under normal circumstances — alarm many Canadians.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AI note-taking apps are not ready for prime time and, as @ntusikov.bsky.social argues here, the response from Canadian regulators has been severely lacking. Both the doctors who use it and the companies that supply it should be wholly liable for any and all errors it produces.
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Canada’s AI Strategy for Health Care Won't Work without Oversight to Match
Before AI can deliver on its health-care promise, Canada needs to close the gap between adoption and regulation.
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Harper and Carney are cut from the same cloth - and we can’t afford it. www.readthemaple.com/stephen-harp...
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Stephen Harper Says He Wishes He Came Up With Carney’s CEO Summit
“It is such a great innovation that I wish I had thought of it.”
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what happens when we let them tell us there isn’t enough money for education and healthcare. Private companies profit while services leave people languishing and the many are sacrificed for the moneyed.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/04/2026
The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Most people don't know that the best way to make a service more efficient is to bring in a layer of upper management devoted solely to extracting a profit from it. It takes a doctorate in economics to figure that one out.
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Government to open up Canada's 4 largest airports to private investment, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment, but that Ottawa will maintain ultimate ownership.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m readying myself to read End Times Fascism and looking at the actions I can take in solidarity with my community and others at this pivotal time. This video is a must watch. youtu.be/aK2nLNiFEAQ
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"In sum, Carney seems to be planning to sell off public infrastructure we need to help fund private infrastructure we don’t—with our money covering the risk, while investors make off with the profits."
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Carney is not the benevolent leader you may want to imagine him to be. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/04/c...
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Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Many of us don’t know the value of a union until we need one. Many downplay the rights earned through workers taking risks and losing 💵 to fight for them. I regret not understanding this to the degree I should have for much of my working life. Thank unions and organize with workers. #LabourDay
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Ontario govt took $60M out of public education and handed it to Staples. Tomorrow, 80K elementary teachers each get $750 of the misappropriated money to buy overpriced classroom supplies at an 🇺🇸 corporation. Please remember this the next time Captain Canada tells you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd
A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples. Staples is always more expensive.A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.

The total for the school board is $290.38.
The total for Staples is $668.98.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'It bears repeating that wealthy nations have contributed to the #climatecrisis, yet it is countries like Bangladesh that bear the brunt of the consequences.' #Extremeheat www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/edit...
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Extreme heat is climate injustice
The recent finding that 22 million Bangladeshi children are now exposed to intensified heat should alarm every policy-maker in the country.  Extreme heat is no longer an abstract climate concern ...
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Is it the government’s role to decide court cases where they are the ones on trial? Is it not the government’s responsibility to act in accordance with science and their own committments in environmental agreements? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News
The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This stuff is so silly. Construction crane shows limits of human strength! Boat shows limits of human swimming! Airplane shows limits of human ability to fly! www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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China’s record robotic strides show the limits of human speed
A made-in-China humanoid shattered Usain Bolt’s world record time in the 100-metre sprint this week, a milestone in the development of robots that can match, and even surpass, human achievements.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/08/2026
“Whatever funds you’re spending on a camera, you’re not spending on getting someone into treatment.” Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/08/2026
When our health care gets sold off for parts, we pay more. The push to privatization is a significant factor in the cost of living crisis crushing Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Food and shelter have driven Canada's affordability crisis. Health care isn't far behind | CBC News
Food and shelter grab headlines, but out-of-pocket health-care expenses have climbed at a nearly identical rate since 2022, Statistics Canada data shows. Economists and policy experts break down the s...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Canadians want job protection, better wages, and investment in care, housing, and skilled trades — but doubt that current economic growth strategies will make a difference in their lives. Unions are widely seen as the most credible defenders of jobs; politicians, far less so.
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Canadians See Importance of Defending Skilled Trades Jobs through Economic Crises - Broadbent Institute
OTTAWA – In the shadow of a renewed U.S. trade war and rising economic insecurity, Defending Jobs in
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How the use of artificial intelligence harms college students’ ability to learn www.psypost.org/how-the-thou... "...declines in their ability to learn independently." From study: "...exerts a significant negative effect on undergraduates’ SDL [self-directed learning]."
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How the use of artificial intelligence harms college students' ability to learn
College students who rely on automated answers without critical reflection show a diminished ability to learn independently. A new survey suggests this habit lowers academic self-confidence and reduce...
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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And it’s hard to see how penalizing accused people just because they can’t produce instant cash will make anyone safer. The last thing Ontario needs is to move closer to an American-style pay-for-justice system. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Andrew Phillips: Just as Canada is fighting Trump, Doug Ford wants to make Ontario more American
The plan to introduce cash bail to Ontario is wrong both because it creates a two-tiered system and because it is redolent of Trump’s version of America.
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Ontarians Against Corruption @ontariansagainst.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ontario's Ministry of Energy and Mines wants to hear from Ontarians about new AI data centres. Tell them what you think: ero.ontario.ca/notice/026-0... We also need to call our local councillors to let them know that we don't want new data centres. #OAC #ONpoli #DataCentres
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Economic and Strategic Assessment Framework for New Data Centres | Environmental Registry of Ontario
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 30/07/2026
A new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
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Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This summer's wildfires are not only a climate disaster, but a stark reminder of the consequences of dismantling climate policy, abandoning emissions targets, and trying to legislate ecological reality out of existence, writes Mark Winfield.
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The Ontario wildfires and Doug Ford’s record on climate change
Ontario’s role within Canada makes it capable of reconfiguring the direction of national climate policy. This summer’s wildfires are a signal that it needs to do that. The province needs to both adapt...
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 17/07/2026
Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.
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Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI ⋆ The Breach
Ontario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilities
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Read this piece ⬇️
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Robert G. Callahan, II - author / attorney @rcallahanwaco.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It is a strange faith that sees generosity as socialism and greed as wisdom.
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Allison 😣 @allisonpotts.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you are in Ontario and consider affordable, accessible local post secondary education a priority, this podcast series is a must listen. Ask candidates in your municipal elections about their support for your local campuses. #CAAT #onpoli youtu.be/atR7krJqwrk
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Ep 27: CAAT Tales: Leadership in the Restructuring Era: Gillian Axten Steps In
YouTube video by SLC Faculty Local 417
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Speaking of the consequences of acting without thinking or planning… Canada’s AI strategy is Policy FOMO, governance by Underpants Gnomes. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Canada’s new AI data centres could be obsolete before they open
Environmental concerns are at the forefront, but the growth of small-language models that run on laptops should also give governments pause
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The disgraceful abandonment of #Indigenous communities in northern Ontario that are threatened by #wildfires. These are the same communities that are being bullied and cajoled into agreeing to destructive mining projects. ricochet.media/indigenous/a...
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Abandoned on the road to the Ring of Fire
In the path of raging forest fires, First Nations leaders say poor communication with the Ontario government is putting their communities at risk
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16/07/2026
Canadian firefighters hauled ass to get down here when half of Los Angeles was on fire last year. What a characteristically classy way to repay that favor.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/07/2026
Canadian politics: a story in four headlines.
Shouts of "shame"  as Hamilton city Council rejects one year pause on AI data centersEvacuations continue as wildfires rage across Northwestern, OntarioPrime minister Mark Carney defends pipeline project, points to billions in projected returnsDense Haze blankets Toronto for a second day
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