A new study from arXiv (2608.20406v1) evaluated ARIMA, random forest, and XGBoost models on 190 weekly Ontario COVID-19 case counts from January 2020 to October 2023, finding that no single model domi…
Ontario launched a Data Centre Playbook on August 13, 2026, proposing a framework to evaluate data centre investments based on economic development, data sovereignty, and community benefits, while int…
Ontario faces its first electricity shortfall as an energy gap, not a capacity gap, with demand reaching 145.6 TWh in 2025 and projected to hit 250 TWh by 2050, according to the Independent Electricit…
Oakville council unanimously approved a one-year interim control bylaw on Aug. 11, 2026, pausing new data centre development, making Oakville the first Ontario municipality to take that step. The town…
A new report by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) examines how Alberta can build a nuclear energy workforce to power its growing data-centre industry, which is driven by AI …
In June, lobbying registrations in Canada covered carbon capture, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and construction, according to federal records. Google's AI traffic pilot is coming…
Black prisoners in Ontario jails are being assigned harsher living conditions by an AI tool called SAFER, which predicts behavior using racially biased data, according to a class action lawsuit. The M…
Electricity demand in Canada is poised to surge due to population growth, industrial expansion, electrification, and AI data centers, with Ontario projecting a 65% increase by 2050 and British Columbi…
Author describes growing global opposition to data centers, citing protests and blocked projects in England, Australia, Canada, and the US, driven by rising power bills, water pollution, and noise. Th…
The United States and Canada announced plans to build ten new nuclear reactors each, with Canada targeting completion by 2040 and Westinghouse aiming for 2030, to meet surging energy demands from AI, …
IEEE Quantum Week 2026 will host a workshop titled 'AI for Circuit Synthesis, Optimization, and Discovery' in Toronto, Canada, from September 13-18, 2026. The workshop focuses on applying artificial i…
HIVE Digital Technologies announced a CAD $3.5 billion AI gigafactory in the Greater Toronto Area, aiming to support Canada's goal of 850 MW of sovereign compute by 2030. The 320 MW facility, expected…
A medical transcription tool approved by Ontario's health ministry has been linked to an AI-generated news website that features fabricated doctor testimonials, an investigation found. The tool, which…
Researchers with the Northern Tornadoes Project identified two widely shared images of tornadoes near London, Ontario as AI-generated fakes, with tornadic features digitally added to real photos. The …