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Two men have been charged following an RCMP drug trafficking investigation in Red Deer. Mounties say officers seized fentanyl, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and $15,000 in cash during a traffic stop and search of a Lancaster neighbourhood home. A 22-year-old Calgary man and a 23-year-old B.C. man each face four drug trafficking charges and a charge...

We speak to local wineries about the news of U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to ban Canadian alcohol from the states. And a Kelowna resident from Ukraine is facing deportation after being the prime suspect arrested in connection with a large shipment of pickles concealing meth.

Fresh off winning mathematics’ highest honour, Canadian Jacob Tsimerman is turning his attention to AI safety. Tsimerman says artificial intelligence will reshape nearly every aspect of society and warns that the public, governments and organizations must stay engaged to help manage the technology’s risks. Nathaniel Dove has more.

Psychotherapist and Author Suzanne St. John Smith shares insights from her new book ‘Childhood Myths’ which finds that many of us form our identity based on conclusions we came to about ourselves as a child. Experts say those beliefs become an invisible operating system which we carry into our adult lives, shaping relationships and our...

A scholarship program that supports Metis students from Alberta pursuing post-secondary education just held its annual awards ceremony. Nicole Stillger has more on the awards and its success stories.

Leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI is again trying to rebuild relationships after another controversy. Weeks ago, OpenAI announced it had cracked one of the toughest math problems – the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. But some mathematicians disagree with how the AI did it. Meanwhile, others who were working on the problem accused OpenAI of stealing...

Advocates for social media in the Maritimes are reacting to Meta’s multi-billion dollar legal payout this week. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, reached a settlement in the United States in response to claims the company designed its platform to keep children addicted. Mitchell Bailey has the story.

A former employee at two of the leading artificial intelligence companies is warning they’re both pursuing a point of no return. In stark terms, he says OpenAI and Anthropic could lead to disaster for humanity. A recent example of AI’s growing competence may have come Tuesday, when OpenAI announced ten thousand agents solved a version...

The new Meta AI data centre in Northern Alberta is still under construction, but its effects on ratepayers are already being seen. A recent report done by the Pembina Institute estimates between $270 and $460 in additional electricity costs as early as next year. The province says the report is “designed to intentionally fearmonger and...

Meta is agreeing to pay billions of dollars and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram over allegations its platforms were designed to keep kids hooked. Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy joins us to break down the landmark settlement and what it could mean for young users.

Russian strikes on Ukraine killed a dozen people overnight, as part of the Kremlin’s latest onslaught. The strikes came on an important day for parents and their children; Ukraine’s first day back to school. Nathaniel Dove reports.

The first procedures under Alberta’s new dual-practice, private-public surgical model are expected to happen before year end. But there are demands for Ottawa to step in and stop the change towards privatization. Erik Bay has more on the concerns and what the two governments have to say.

Meta Platforms META.O has agreed to pay up to US$17.1 billion in one of the largest big tech settlements in history, with a coalition of states accusing the company of addicting a generation of young people to social media, misleading consumers about their safety, and improperly collecting the data of users. Touria Izri reports on...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has bought a 19th-century Gothic-style castle overlooking a river in the southeast of Ireland, 200 km from his company’s European headquarters, a spokesman said on Thursday. Drone views on Thursday showed Strancally Castle, which was built around 1830 on land overlooking the River Blackwater and underwent extensive renovation in 2003, according...

In the U.S., 41 states and Washington, D.C. have filed lawsuits against Meta over concerns about child safety and social media addiction. The landmark trial with California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey as plaintiffs is about to begin in federal court. Jillian Piper dissects the allegations against the company, and explains why the case’s outcome...

Meta is facing a new lawsuit which may fundamentally change how children use its various platforms. Several U.S. states have sued the tech giant, saying platforms like Facebook and Instagram have directly contributed to the mental health crisis in young people. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 17, 2026.

Google has won a bankruptcy auction for internal business data of Spirit Airlines following its collapse, but the union representing the airline’s former flight attendants have filed an objection to the sale. Jacqueline Hansen has more.

Opening arguments began Tuesday in a California courtroom for a landmark trial against social media giant Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. As Touria Izri reports, the case could reshape some of the world’s most popular apps.

Freedom of Information records reveal Premier Doug Ford held a private meeting at his home with Loblaw CEO Per Bank just one day after publicly dismissing opposition bills to ban “surveillance pricing” on groceries. Global’s Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

A court in New Mexico has ordered social media giant Meta to pay $US567 million to address harms to young people caused by its platforms. University of Toronto associate professor Evan Light joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to talk about the impact of the ruling.