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Anthropic on Wednesday said it reached a deal to tap the computing resources of Elon Musk's SpaceX, marking a détente with its one-time critic and ‌a boost for both companies in the high-stakes artificial intelligence race.

The Montreal Canadiens, the last remaining Canadian team in the Stanley Cup playoffs, will kick off Round 2 against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Asked about their chances, Prime Minister Mark Carney said: ‘I look forward to calling the president of the United States and sending him his Habs jersey.'

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is facing mounting calls — including from the maker of the iPhone — to amend his lawful access bill amid concerns it will weaken digital encryption and introduce cyber-vulnerabilities.

Japanese news media reported that Honda Motor plans to indefinitely halt the development of its $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Canada, though Honda Canada said they had nothing to report at this time. Ottawa acknowledged automakers face "significant challenges," but did not say whether the company had updated them on those plans.

Airbus Canada will supply AirAsia with 150 of its Canadian-made A220 jets in a multibillion-dollar coup for Quebec's aviation industry. The planes are produced at a site in Mirabel, north of Montreal.

More witnesses weighed in Tuesday on legislation that would make changes to registration under the Indian Act, including eliminating the second-generation cut-off.

Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight.

The Compassionate Intervention Act is expected to come into force this fall after regulations are finalized. People forced into treatment will be taken to Saskatchewan Hospital, a psychiatric facility in North Battleford.

On Jan. 28, 2022, Richmond, B.C., teacher Nicole Kowal-Seafoot told a colleague before a presentation that, "I might be losing my job today." More than four years after she did lose her job, for a presentation that was in favour of the self-styled "Freedom Convoy," a labour arbitrator has ruled that the Richmond School District's decision was excessive.

Nate Erskine-Smith is accusing Liberal staff from the Ontario legislature of working for a key rival in a heated race for the party's nomination to run in an upcoming Scarborough Southwest byelection.

Facing mounting pressure to stop the looming expansion of medical assistance in dying for mental illness alone, the Carney government is refusing to outline its plans.

Cases of the rodent-borne Andes hantavirus, identified aboard the ship, can be spread through person-to-person contact.

A council committee on Wednesday approved spending $54 million more over the next three years to haul snow from city streets.

The artificial intelligence company behind the hugely popular ChatGPT collected "vast amounts" of Canadians' personal information and failed to obtain appropriate consent for doing so, a three-year probe from four Canadian privacy watchdogs has found.

Azuri Bacchas was just four months old. On Wednesday, his mother was found not criminally responsible for murder due to her schizophrenia.

Toronto GM Bobby Webster and coach Darko Rajakovic delighted to see their former boss running the Dallas Mavericks.

Honda did not confirm nor deny the report, but news is a second major blow to hopes for Canada's EV industry since PM made it the centrepiece of his government's automotive strategy in February.

Research has also shown that people born after 1980 have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer at younger ages than those born in previous generations.

Environmental critic says shuttering more than 120 Beer Stores last year made it more difficult for consumers to return empties.

Russia’s participation in the first Biennale since the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to Russian punk group Pussy Riot and members of Ukrainian feminist organization FEMEN rushing the exhibition area.

Elon Musk sued OpenAI in 2024, seeking $150-billion on the grounds that it improperly became a for-profit company

Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died, CNN reported on Wednesday citing a press release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

The Foreign Ministry says Moscow would retaliate if Ukraine attempted to disrupt Russia’s May 9 commemorations

The battle to see who runs in the fall is heating up. Here are six things to know

WHO says hantavirus risk remains low globally, confirms eight cases and three deaths.

U.S. Secretary of State heads to Rome Thursday to meet with Leo XIV and Meloni as relations remain strained in the wake of harsh words over the war in Iran

South African health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus in two passengers who were on a cruise ship at the center of an outbreak of the rare infection.

Oil prices extended declines on Wednesday, slumping to two-week lows after a Pakistani source said the United States and Iran were nearing an initial peace deal.

One of the most powerful figures in U.S. media, Turner also became a major philanthropist and environmentalist

Airbus says the agreement with the low-cost Malaysian airline marks the largest single firm order for A220 planes in the Quebec-based manufacturer's history.

'It’s very much a response to the many attacks against Mexico from Trump,' the club's owner said in an interview with The Guardian.

The World Health Organization has identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person, in passengers who were on the cruise ship.

The Chinese minister’s comments followed an earlier statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he was pausing his effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment for further detail on the progress in negotiations that Trump mentioned.

Blown-out walls, columns, and a collapsed roof left the site in ruins, people trapped without access to exit routes and at risk from further explosions.

An emergency response team was deployed after a bystander reported a vessel in distress near the South Ballina break wall in northern New South Wales.

A World Health Organization official said that the cruise stopped at several islands off the coast of Africa, some of which 'have a lot of rodents.'

Photos from the scene showed a car with a battered front and a shattered windshield after the incident, which killed two people and seriously injured three others.

Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf accused the U.S. of undermining regional security with the effort to end Iran’s hold on the strait, warned Tehran will respond.

The CNN founder’s death was met with encomiums from leaders in the media industry, which he helped reinvent. “He will be remembered for generations,” said one.

At a private event in Washington last month, Mr. Smith, the former special counsel, accused Justice Department leaders of targeting people for prosecution to please and impress the president.

Three people with possible symptoms of the disease were evacuated on Wednesday morning from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius.

U.S. Central Command and the ship’s owner disagreed on whether the vessel coordinated safe passage with the United States military.

Kash Patel went after local authorities on a podcast, saying the F.B.I. was kept out of the investigation for days. Sheriff Chris Nanos has denied that claim.

Guess who benefits from a “colorblind Constitution.”

The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.

Two people familiar with the case said the search of a lawmaker’s business office was related to a Biden-era investigation of possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensaries.

As one of the most important figures in media history, he oversaw a vast cable empire of news, sports and entertainment channels.

People with lower incomes are driving less and devoting more of their budgets to transport as gas prices soar.

Stocks rose and oil prices plunged on news reports signaling the U.S. and Iran could soon strike an agreement to end the war.

Oil executives have warned that the supply disruption in the Middle East will soon cause actual fuel shortages in some parts of the world.

Apollo CEO Marc Rowan warned that markets face an elevated risk of unexpected shocks, saying he is positioning the firm defensively for an expected correction.

Corning is opening three new advanced manufacturing plants in the U.S. dedicated entirely to optical technologies for Nvidia.

Uber said its net income took a $1.5 billion hit in the first quarter of 2026 due to the revaluation of the company's equity investments.

Uber and Disney pointed to a resilient spending backdrop, with consumers continuing to shell out for rides, food delivery, vacations and theme park trips.

CEO Lisa Su highlighted the growing demand for central processing units, doubling her long-term forecast after strong first-quarter earnings.

Anthropic has signed a deal with SpaceX, which owns rival xAI, to use all of the compute capacity at the company’s Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee.

U.S. airlines spent 56.4% more on jet fuel in March than they did in February, U.S. government data released Wednesday shows.

Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar says the Ozempic and Wegovy maker is looking for deals more than ever before.

The airstrike on the Haret Hreik neighborhood targeted the leader of the Radwan forces, Hezbollah’s elite and battle-hardened fighting unit, Israeli authorities said.

As talks continue and proposals are exchanged, Washington and Tehran still disagree on what has been agreed.

More than 140 people remain on the Hondius, which will take about three days to reach the Spanish archipelago for screening. A local official has criticized the plan.

It’s the third consecutive month that multiple models have predicted that a potentially record-breaking El Niño could drive global temperatures to new highs.

The criticism of the pontiff’s stance on Iran highlighted what Vatican officials have described as an unprecedented low in relations with the United States.

Ilya Remeslo was put in a psychiatric hospital after criticizing Vladimir Putin. Now free, he said that he will not stop his crusade against the Russian president.

A cluster of cases aboard the ship off Cape Verde may be linked to a type of hantavirus found in Argentina that can spread from person to person, the World Health Organization said.

Iran’s foreign minister warned the U.S. should be wary of being dragged into a “quagmire” after tensions flared in the Strait of Hormuz.

The president has repeatedly suggested that the conflict was nearing a conclusion while simultaneously escalating threats against Tehran.

A letter from 30 lawmakers calls on the U.S. to expose Israel’s weapons program, which it doesn’t acknowledge and was built in secret beginning in the late 1950s.

Harry Kane's injury-time equaliser earns Bayern Munich a 1-1 second leg draw at the Allianz Arena as holders PSG seal their return to the Champions League final 6-5 on aggregate, where they will meet Arsenal in Budapest.

They do not have symptoms and health officials say the risk to the general public remains very low.

Manchester City have won a first Women's Super League title in 10 years - but how did they achieve it?

Bayern Munich players, coaching staff and fans at the Allianz Arena were in disbelief after they were denied a penalty for a handball by Joao Neves in their semi-final second leg against Paris St-Germain.

Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.

Adam, Laura, Chris, James and Felicity bring you one last update before the polls open.

The civil case was adjourned on Wednesday after police reopened a criminal investigation into Tate.

Or has the US president lost control?

There are signs of fresh momentum to end the war, but Trump himself has injected a note of caution.

Celtic could yet have another successful domestic season despite a rancorous and turbulent campaign. But is lots of change at the club inevitable even with success?

Prime minister urges voters to choose unity over division as Reform and the Greens set to make sweeping gains

Steve Cahillane warned that new global conflicts like the war in Iran could fuel more inflation, at a time when past price increases have already hurt grocery sales

The president turned to fighter Justin Gaethje for his opinion on the state of the U.S. war with Iran during a hastily announced Oval Office setup to promote Trump’s June 14 ‘UFC Freedom 250’ birthday event on the South Lawn

A new study from the Hartford Institute of Religion Research showed that the median-sized congregation in the U.S. grew from 60 people to 70 people, the first growth in average house of worship attendance in years

This intensifies the Trump administration's scrutiny of college selection methods

The couple could have contracted the virus while on a tour in Argentina, officials have said

Police say they have arrested an 18-year-old man after a weekend shooting left one woman dead and 22 other people wounded during a party beside an Oklahoma lake

The holy men were visibly moved by the unexpected encounter

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva plans to discuss organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Brazil’s finance minister

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month directing the FDA to accelerate access to psychedelics