Author: Harry Miller

A new Immigration and Refugee Board practice notice takes effect Sept. 7, barring AI-written refugee narratives and requiring disclosure of AI translation. Self-represented claimants are covered too.

On Sept. 5, 1945, Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko fled Ottawa’s Soviet Embassy with proof of a spy ring in Canada, helping set off the Cold War.

The Newfoundland town says the invitation to the 25th anniversary commemoration was diplomatic protocol, not an endorsement, while a House of Commons e-petition calling for Hoekstra’s removal has reached 266,759 validated signatures.

Natural Resources Canada calls air leakage control the single most important retrofit activity for a house, ahead of new windows or a new furnace. Windows, doors and skylights account for up to 35 per cent of a home’s total heat loss, and most of that escapes around frames, sashes and thresholds rather than through the glass. Find the leaks with burning incense sticks on a cold, windy day with the exhaust fans running, after shutting off any fuel-fired heaters, then caulk the joints that do not move and weatherstrip the ones that do.

Canada Investment Summit opens Sept. 14 in Toronto. Beyond the $120-trillion guest list, federally owned airports and ports are quietly part of what Ottawa is offering global investors.

Toronto’s flooded basements are the third 100-year storm since 2013. Sewer backup coverage is optional, Ottawa’s flood program is late, and the city subsidy is $6,650.

The Canadian Flight Attendant Union says 99 per cent of voting members at Jazz Aviation backed a strike mandate after nine months of bargaining, raising the prospect of a work stoppage at the carrier that flies most Air Canada Express routes.

Health Canada’s new Controlled Substances Regulations take effect Oct. 1, letting pharmacists substitute controlled drugs during shortages — but not in Ontario.

Regina-based cluster commits up to $2.2M to AI for Ascochyta blight forecasting and LiDAR grain-bin scanning, as strobilurin resistance raises the stakes on spray timing.

Twenty-three AI, cloud and telecom companies have signed Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, a federal framework that asks operators not to shift electricity costs onto other ratepayers. It carries no binding definitions and no penalties, and the AI minister says provinces are the ones who can add legislative teeth.