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How a new, more sustainable lithium mining process could kick off the industry in Western Canada
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (969+ words) A new and possibly more environmentally friendly way to mine lithium could make it easier to extract the critical mineral from deposits in Western Canada, as companies move closer to demonstrating that the technology works at scale. Such lithium is…...
'So much for the partnership': Ford says he found out about Chinese EV deal only hours before it was announced
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (595+ words) OTTAWA " Ontario Premier Doug Ford continued to blast Canada's recent trade agreement with China on Monday, noting that he and Canadian automakers only learned of the deal a few hours before it was announced. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney…...
'So much for the partnership': Ford says he found about Chinese EV deal only hours before it was announced
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (595+ words) OTTAWA " Ontario Premier Doug Ford continued to blast Canada's recent trade agreement with China on Monday, noting that he and Canadian automakers only learned of the deal a few hours before it was announced. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney…...
Alberta counties, green power companies await new power rules
2+ week, 2+ day ago (960+ words) Two years after a "pause" on new approvals for wind and solar farms was lifted, 14 major renewable energy projects have yet to break ground in southeastern Alberta. That is due to an uncertain outlook in the sector, say analysts, as…...
Models pose near the BYD Seal 06 Dmi, unveiled during the Auto China 2024 show in Beijing, on April 25, 2024. China's largest EV maker has been expanding rapidly into overseas markets, and could reach Canadian shores shortly following Ottawa's recent deal with Beijing.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (58+ words) Models pose near the BYD Seal 06 Dmi, unveiled during the Auto China 2024 show in Beijing, on April 25, 2024. China's largest EV maker has been expanding rapidly into overseas markets, and could reach Canadian shores shortly following Ottawa's recent'Yahoo News Canada Here's…...
EDITORIAL: Carney’s dilemma: EVs versus canola
2+ week, 6+ day ago (399+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a tough choice about whether to protect Ontario's auto sector or Western Canada's agriculture sector in his trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. After the previous Liberal government of Justin Trudeau slapped…...
As Carney heads to China to talk trade, Ontario premier still '100% dead against' rolling back EV tariffs
2+ week, 6+ day ago (541+ words) With Canada's prime minister in China this week on a trade mission, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down on his plea to Mark Carney: do not remove tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Speaking at Queen's Park Tuesday alongside state…...
Indonesia and Malaysia ban Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (436+ words) Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images. The countries are the first to ban the generative AI tool,…...
Musk's Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes
3+ week, 4+ day ago (431+ words) The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk's social media platform X, has in the past few weeks been granting a wave of what researchers say are malicious user requests to modify images, including putting women in bikinis or in sexually…...
Freed: Now that Opus is going digital, bring on robo deliveries, Waymo and Smart Parking
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (914+ words) I was in London earlier this year, looking to buy a subway ticket at the gate. But it turned out all I had to do was tap my credit card. There was no complicated British ticketing machine, no ticket-agent lineup…...