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Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, InstagramMeta has now integrated AI into Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger in Canada — but its presence may not be welcomed by all.CanadaApr 19
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B.C. woman says no recourse after Facebook account hacked to sell fake Taylor Swift concert tickets"There's no recourse for me. There's nowhere for me to go to fix this problem. So for three months, I've been living with knowing that people are being harmed on my behalf."ConsumerApr 9
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Guilty plea in Boxing Day double stabbing in Vancouver’s Olympic VillageSheldon Ilbegi-Asl, the man accused in a Boxing Day Facebook Marketplace robbery and attack, has pleaded guilty to the charges against him.CrimeApr 15
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4 Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTokFour Ontario school boards have launched lawsuits against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok alleging the platforms are disrupting student learning.EducationMar 28
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Another Ontario school board joins lawsuit against major social media companiesThe lawsuit by Simcoe County and the four other school boards is seeking $4 billion in damages from the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok.EducationApr 5
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Toronto victim pepper sprayed during Facebook Marketplace transactionToronto police say they are searching for a suspect after a victim was pepper sprayed during a Facebook Marketplace transaction of a cellphone.CrimeMar 21
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Series of costly losses in 2023 contributed to Just for Laughs insolvency: reportCourt filings show attempts by Facebook and YouTube to compete with the increasingly popular TikTok are among the factors that led revenue to plummet at the JFL parent company.CanadaMar 17
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Facebook, Instagram back online after Meta sees global outageThousands of social media users in Canada and across the globe could not access their Facebook and Instagram accounts amid a massive outage of the platforms owned by Meta.TechMar 5
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Man trying to sell iPhone via Facebook is robbed: Durham policeA man who met up with someone to sell an iPhone he had listed for sale on Facebook ended up getting robbed and sprayed with an "unknown substance," Durham police say.CrimeMar 7
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‘Dangerous’ cave found in Edmonton’s river valley was purposely dug out for shelter: policeEdmonton police posted about seeing the cave on Facebook on Monday. They said someone found it in the river valley and alerted them to the hole.CanadaMar 12
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Ducklings trapped in storm drain rescued by Vernon firefightersVernon Firefighters Local 1517 said a crew on Saturday responded to a public service call after some ducklings were spotted in a storm drain.CanadaMay 19
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Message found in bottle in New Brunswick begs finder to ‘let me out’Two Irishtown, N.B., neighbours are looking for whoever penned a message in a bottle that's sat for four decades waiting to be discovered.CanadaMay 17
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Missouri politician says daughter, son-in-law killed in Haiti gang attackThree missionaries from Missions in Haiti, Inc., an Oklahoma-based group, were shot and killed in an ambush by a gang in Haiti, the organization said on Friday.WorldMay 24
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Howler monkeys drop dead, fall from trees in extreme Mexico heat waveMexico is in the grips of a heat wave, with temperatures soaring over 45 C in some parts of the country.WorldMay 22
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First Nations in Bella Bella call for removal of RCMP officer over social media postsPosts that have been since taken down show Robinson in costume paired with inappropriate remarks towards Jehovah's Witnesses and people of colour.CanadaMay 24
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Beaver dam break floods parts of Bancroft, Ont.The Woodview Lane area in Bancroft was among the hardest hit after a beaver dam broke and flooded the area on Wednesday evening.CanadaMay 16
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South Surrey restaurant forced to close after suspicious fire, more criminal acts reportedA number of criminal acts were reported to police at a South Surrey business district, which all took place over the course of a night.CrimeMay 9
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Progressive Conservatives easily retain Pictou West in Nova Scotia byelectionFirst-time Tory candidate Marco MacLeod received more than four times the votes of his next-closest competitor as the Progressive Conservatives retained the riding of Pictou West.PoliticsMay 22
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3 people dead, 5 injured after serious boat collision north of Kingston, Ont.A collision involving two boats — described as a fishing-style boat and a speedboat — left three people dead and five injured Saturday night at a lake north of Kingston, Ont.CanadaMay 19
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Poisoned hot dogs found in Vancouver neighbourhood, pet owners cautionedA sign was posted on a city fence in Vancouver's Grandview Woodland area, alleging someone is planting pieces of poisoned hot dogs. Pet owners are on high alert.CanadaMay 20