Canada's Bill C-16, effective this month, criminalizes non-consensual sexual deepfakes under the Criminal Code, with penalties up to 10 years in prison. The law explicitly references AI-generated cont…
Hydro Ottawa is facing unprecedented power connection requests totaling 1,075 megawatts from 34 large-load projects, with data centres accounting for 60% of that demand, CEO Bryce Conrad told city cou…
A Canadian BMW dealership was forced to honor a $27,162.79 CAD offer for a used X3 after its AI chatbot mistakenly quoted that price to a customer. The chatbot, named Quinn, misinterpreted the amount …
Two 14-year-old boys in Edmonton, Alberta face criminal charges for using artificial intelligence to create sexual exploitation images of female classmates, marking Canada's second such prosecution in…
A Calgary woman used ChatGPT to self-diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis after a seven-hour emergency room wait in 2026, but a subsequent safety evaluation found OpenAI's ChatGPT Health under-triaged 52% o…
A proposed moratorium on new large data centres in Hamilton advanced after a municipal committee cleared a procedural hurdle on Tuesday, as reported by The Canadian Press. The pause targets power-hung…
Forrester Principal Analyst Lily Varon reported June 15, 2026 that three-quarters of US, UK, and Canada online adults are uncomfortable allowing an AI agent to complete a purchase and pay autonomously…
The Louis Riel School Division in southeast Winnipeg is adopting a teacher-built digital assistant to help draft end-of-year report card comments. The tool was developed by and for educators in the di…
Prime Minister Mark Carney launched Canada's national artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, on June 4, 2026 in Toronto, targeting $200 billion in economic growth and 250,000 new AI-related job…
The federal government will release a national artificial intelligence strategy called "AI for All," Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon announced. The strategy, which includes six pillars s…