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Cape Breton union leader wants to take Indigenous women into decision-making places
An Eskasoni teacher’s assistant wants to bring voices of Indigenous women into spaces where decisions are made. She’ll now have an opportunity to do that since her June election to a national leadership position within the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). Terri Leigh Gould, who’s spirit name is Standing Buffalo, is now the Atlantic…
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Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges’ reasoning
Quebec’s courts have issued new guidelines restricting judges’ use of generative artificial intelligence, stressing that judging must remain a fundamentally human responsibility. The guidelines, jointly adopted by the Quebec Court of Appeal, Superior Court, Court of Quebec and the province’s municipal courts, say generative AI can be used for certain supporting tasks but cannot replace…
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Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump’s order creates uncertainty
Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections kicked off Friday amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice and mounting concern over Postal Service changes that some state officials blame for a rise in rejected ballots. The developments have created a sense of uncertainty about a popular voting…
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Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from using federal databases that it alleged are being used to target naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington on behalf of the Coalition for…
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American weapons and tech firm Axon has Canadian police in a chokehold
Almost all major police departments across the country have contracts for high-tech surveillance and digital products made by Axon, according to public records. Critics warn the American company’s dominance is introducing new threats to Canadians’ civil liberties, but police are welcoming Axon’s controversial technologies with open arms. An investigation by the IJF has found that…
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Justice Department sues Kansas school system over policies on transgender students
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students. The lawsuit comes more than a year after the Education Department first said it was investigating four districts in Kansas following a complaint from the Defense of Freedom…
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Élections Québec says it will send out voting information in French only
A group representing anglophones in Quebec is calling on the provincial elections authority to reverse its decision to only send out voter information in French. Élections Québec said Tuesday that printed voter cards will only be available in French for the first time in its history, in order to comply with language laws. In previous…
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Red River Polytechnic looks to expand after MITT takeover
Red River College Polytechnic is celebrating an enrolment bump and eyeing new high school partnerships as part of its merger with a longtime competitor. For the first time, nearly 400 students attended their first day of RRC Polytech in Winnipeg’s south end on Tuesday. The new campus is outfitted with two school logos — a…
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Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The effort is part of the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting…