Hacker News with Generative AI: Canada

Street address errors in Google Maps (wordpress.com)
I was driving around Vernon, BC a few weeks ago and I asked Google Maps for directions to 3207 30th Ave. It confidently told me where to go but luckily my passenger noticed that it was actually directing me to 3207 34th Ave, four blocks north. Well that’s odd.
Google Maps, Mapping Errors, Navigation, Technology, Canada
142 points by brucedawson 1 day ago | 154 comments
News Is Blocked on Meta's Feeds in Canada. Here's What Fills the Void (nytimes.com)
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
Social Media, Censorship, Elections, Canada, News
29 points by bko 2 days ago | 41 comments
Ask HN: Are you finding it harder to enter the US in the last couple of months? (ycombinator.com)
I have a decent job offer in the USA which I am quite hesitant to take. I am a Canadian citizen but was born in Iran and seems like it's not going to go well at the border.
Immigration, United States, Employment, Canada
26 points by kwar13 3 days ago | 18 comments
Banned DDT discovered in Canadian trout 70 years after use (theguardian.com)
Residues of the insecticide DDT have been found to persist at “alarming rates” in trout even after 70 years, potentially posing a significant danger to humans and wildlife that eat the fish, research has found.
Environment, Science, Canada, Pesticides, Wildlife
11 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 0 comments
Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved (theguardian.com)
The problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.
Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Impact, Canada, Greenland
7 points by rntn 5 days ago | 2 comments
Home galleries are hiding in plain sight across Canada (cbc.ca)
She throws art shows in her apartment. He does the same in a chicken coop. Upstart curators are creating ad-hoc exhibition space wherever they can, and as the cost of living climbs, the number of residential galleries may continue to grow.
Art, Canada, Real Estate, Economy
82 points by SirLJ 6 days ago | 50 comments
Streaming Platform for Canadian/American Content (Need Testers) (ycombinator.com)
Streaming, Content, Canada, United States, Testing
8 points by PolarBearIPTV 8 days ago | 3 comments
CN Tower, Behind the Scenes (2014) (roadwolf.ca)
Here are some of the photos from back in my radio station engineer days. The following are some photos of the CN Tower, behind the scenes.
Photography, History, Canada, Architecture, Landmarks
64 points by ianpenney 8 days ago | 16 comments
Alberta introduces involuntary drug treatment act, first of its kind in Canada (theglobeandmail.com)
The Alberta government has introduced its involuntary drug treatment act, the first bill of its kind in Canada that would grant parents, police and health care workers the power to refer people with severe addictions into care against their will.
Health, Law, Canada, Addiction, Policy
12 points by petethomas 10 days ago | 0 comments
CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach (cbc.ca)
Imposters hacked into B.C. health-care workers’ CRA accounts after a massive breach of employees’ private identification from the B.C. government’s Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the southeastern part of the province, The Fifth Estate has learned.
Data Breaches, Security, Government, Healthcare, Canada
12 points by gnabgib 10 days ago | 1 comments
Canadian government freezes bank account of People's Party of Canada candidate (meghanmurphy.ca)
As most of my followers know, I left Canada in January 2021 out of genuine concern that if I didn’t, I would never be able to leave.
Politics, Canada, Finance, Elections
13 points by aziio 12 days ago | 5 comments
Security officials report a Beijing-linked online operation focused on Carney (cbc.ca)
Federal security officials say they have found an online information operation linked to the Chinese government that focused on Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
Politics, Cybersecurity, China, Canada
7 points by rbanffy 12 days ago | 0 comments
Canadian math prodigy allegedly stole $65M in crypto (theglobeandmail.com)
Andean Medjedovic was 18 years old when he made a decision that would irrevocably alter the course of his life.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Canada, Mathematics
276 points by bookmtn 12 days ago | 350 comments
She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said (cbc.ca)
A Toronto woman is raising concerns about her privacy being breached after she received a text message transcript of her conversation with her roommates during a Lyft ride last month.
Privacy, Lyft, Technology, Canada
98 points by andy99 12 days ago | 82 comments
Dismay as cross-border library in US-Canada feud: 'We just want to stay open' (theguardian.com)
There is only one building in North America, probably in the world, where one can browse bestsellers and children’s books by crossing an international border and then sit for an amateur theatre troupe in a regal opera house with each half of your body in two different countries.
International Relations, Libraries, Canada, United States, Culture
59 points by beardyw 12 days ago | 14 comments
Hand-counted images of rallies yield significantly smaller numbers (cbc.ca)
Political campaigns may be significantly off-base when it comes to the number of people they say are present at campaign rallies across the country, a CBC News investigation shows.
Politics, Media, Data Analysis, Canada
10 points by geox 15 days ago | 1 comments
Tesla Canada says its shady $43M incentive grab was a misunderstanding (electrek.co)
Tesla has sent a response to Transport Canada about its sudden incentive cash grab from March, stating that this is standard process and suggesting that the incentives were for backdated sales that Tesla hadn’t filed yet.
Tesla, Canada, Business, Government Incentives, Misunderstandings
52 points by pseudolus 15 days ago | 17 comments
Neurotoxic worms growing up to 3ft long are in Ontario, Canada (blogto.com)
Spring has sprung in Ontario, and with temperatures soaring into the high teens this week, there are some warm-weather creepy-crawlies now emerging that people may want to familiarize themselves with.
Neurotoxic worms, Animals, Canada, Ontario
57 points by amichail 19 days ago | 18 comments
Amazon urged to remove '51st state' products from site. Will it listen? (globalnews.ca)
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling on Amazon to stop selling “51st State” merchandise — referencing U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against Canada — but marketing and business experts say it’s unlikely to have much success.
Amazon, Politics, Canada, Marketing, Business
7 points by amichail 22 days ago | 0 comments
Canadians may never get to use AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids (appleinsider.com)
Despite Health Canada approving AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids, Canadians are still unable to use feature because of still further regulatory hurdles which look unlikely to be cleared.
Canada, Health Regulations, Hearing Aids
7 points by amichail 23 days ago | 2 comments
A small violin part highlights bigger problems for the global economy (nytimes.com)
As the Trump administration advances a trade war with global consequences, the Kun Shoulder Rest factory in the Canadian capital does not immediately stand out as the front line.
Economy, Trade, International Relations, Canada
46 points by perihelions 24 days ago | 80 comments
Metrication in Canada (wikipedia.org)
Metrication in Canada began in 1970 and ceased in 1985.
Canada, History, Measurement Systems, Metric System
3 points by e-master 25 days ago | 0 comments
Plan for subsea cable to send Canada's clean power to UK (thetimes.com)
Renewable Energy, Infrastructure, International Relations, Canada, United Kingdom
6 points by jmacd 25 days ago | 2 comments
Canada investigates whether Tesla helped itself to a subsidy-fueled sales boom (fortune.com)
Canada, Tesla, Subsidies, Automotive Industry, Business
60 points by debo_ 25 days ago | 61 comments
One in five Americans want their state to join Canada (wionews.com)
One in five Americans want their state to join Canada, a new poll has revealed. This comes amid US President Donald Trump's continuous warning to make Canada America's 51st state.
Politics, United States, Canada, Public Opinion
8 points by geox 27 days ago | 0 comments
Canadian government launches billboards in multiple U.S. states (cbsnews.com)
Canadian officials are making their voices heard against tariffs through digital billboards in multiple states.
Canada, United States, Politics, Trade, Advertising
11 points by geox 27 days ago | 2 comments
'Catastrophic': Canadian bookings for U.S. travel drop sharply (ctvnews.ca)
‘Catastrophic’: Canadian bookings for U.S. travel drop sharply
Travel, Canada, United States, Economics
67 points by mgh2 27 days ago | 57 comments
Flight bookings from Canada to the US plummet over 70% (newsweek.com)
Canadian travel to the United States is plummeting as tensions over President Donald Trump's actions appear to fuel a growing boycott of America as a vacation destination.
Travel, Tourism, Politics, Canada, United States
59 points by madihaa 28 days ago | 2 comments
US no longer a reliable partner, old relationship is over: Canadian PM Carney (tribuneindia.com)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he would speak with US President Donald Trump in the coming days after the latter announced 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports.
International Relations, Politics, Canada, United States
65 points by gehwartzen 29 days ago | 26 comments
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada (theguardian.com)
A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.
Fascism, Academia, Politics, United States, Canada
94 points by 0xmohit 29 days ago | 80 comments