Hacker News with Generative AI: Canada

Businesses are rerouting shipments to Canada (theglobeandmail.com)
A growing number of businesses are rerouting U.S.-bound shipments from China to Canada to avoid crushing tariffs in hopes of a swift resolution to the escalating trade war.

Trade Wars, International Trade, Canada, Shipping, Business

5 points by _tk_ 2 days ago | 0 comments

Trump Is the Godfather in Reverse – Paul Krugman (paulkrugman.substack.com)
Yesterday’s election in Canada was a bit closer than polls predicted. Nonetheless, Mark Carney’s Liberal Party, which appeared doomed just two months ago, won a solid victory. And the credit goes mainly to Donald Trump.

Politics, Canada, Elections, Donald Trump

7 points by rbanffy 4 days ago | 0 comments

Hudson's Bay falls after 355 years: failure of retail icon (theglobeandmail.com)
When Hudson’s Bay Co. governor and executive chairman Richard Baker sauntered into a ballroom in downtown Toronto in 2012 dressed as Willy Wonka, he was in the mood to celebrate.

Retail, Business, History, Canada

10 points by walterbell 5 days ago | 1 comments

The Power Outage in Portugal and Spain Casued by Large Oscillations (apnews.com)
Carney wins Canadian election, while Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament

Power Outages, Portugal, Spain, Politics, Canada

7 points by I_Nidhi 6 days ago | 1 comments

Canada votes for Mark Carney as prime minister (npr.org)
Mark Carney has been elected as prime minister of Canada, according to the projections of the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada, in one of the country's most consequential elections in decades. But it's still not clear if his Liberal party will win the 172 seats needed for an outright majority in parliament. The full results will not be available until late Monday evening, or early Tuesday morning.

Politics, Canada, Elections

33 points by nithinj 6 days ago | 18 comments

Canadians average more work-from-home days than any country, global survey finds (bnnbloomberg.ca)
Canadians average more remote workdays than workers anywhere else in the world, a global survey says.

Remote Work, Canada, Global Survey, Work-Life Balance

6 points by amichail 7 days ago | 3 comments

'Tech entrepreneur took our money but failed to deliver our startup dreams' (bbc.co.uk)
Former clients of a Canadian tech entrepreneur say they were let down after they paid his company tens of thousands of dollars to help launch their start-ups.

Startup Funding, Business, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Canada

76 points by Brandrsn 8 days ago | 63 comments

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

147 points by brucedawson 10 days ago | 160 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

30 points by bko 10 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 12 days ago | 19 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 13 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 14 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 14 days ago | 50 comments

Streaming Platform for Canadian/American Content (Need Testers) (ycombinator.com)

Streaming, Content, Canada, United States, Testing

8 points by PolarBearIPTV 16 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 17 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 19 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 19 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 20 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 20 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 20 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 20 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 21 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 23 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 24 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 28 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 30 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 32 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 32 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 33 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 34 days ago | 2 comments