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Alberta votes to stay in Canada, CBC News projects (www.cbc.ca)
 
  • Albertans have voted to remain in Canada, CBC News projects, rejecting the proposal to begin the separation process.
  • Early results in the province's referendum show more than three-quarters of votes in favour of staying part of the country.
  • Supporters at the Forever Canadian watch party broke into cheers and waved Canadian flags when they saw the first results on a screen.
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McNuggets, booze smuggled by drone into Canada's most secure prison: union (www.cbc.ca)
 

The union representing correctional officers is raising the alarm after it says an inmate had a drone drop off a McDonald's meal and alcohol to what's supposed to be Canada's most secure prison earlier this week.

The union said the drone delivered McDonald's chicken nuggets and fries complete with sauce and some alcohol straight to the inmate's cell window in the special handling unit at the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., facility at around 3 a.m. on Thursday.

"The inmate found that really funny in the morning when the guards did their rounds," said Mike Bolduc, regional president of the UCCO-SACC-CSN union, in an interview.

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Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says (www.cbc.ca)
 

Manitoba will ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew announced on Saturday.

The proposed law protecting youth from the harmful effects of social media will be the first of its kind in Canada.

The premier said the platforms are intentionally designed to get people "addicted to the infinite scroll," contributing to mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

"They're doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a few likes, all in the name of more engagement, and all in the name of money," Kinew said at an NDP fundraising gala in Winnipeg on Saturday night.

"More money for a group of rich tech bros who already have a ton."

Social media use among youth has been linked to health issues ranging from reduced sleep and attention to long-term mental health issues, but academics say more study is needed to establish causes.

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Trump says he's ending 'all discussions on trade with Canada' effective immediately (www.cbc.ca)
 

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump said in a social media post.

He says he's pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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I'm looking for an (substack?) article that has the title of like "I expected facism but I didn't expect it to be lead by a bunch of losers" or something along those lines (lemmy.ca)
 

I remember reading an article, I think on a substack site, about how the author expected (I think) the rise of facism in the US but not being lead by such pathetic losers?/nerds?/geeks?. I can't seem to find the article but it was funny and relatable and I really want to find the link again.

It might have also been an article on The Verge, 404media or maybe Vice too