OTTAWA — Three big U.S. tech companies control the vast majority of Canada’s publicly-available cloud infrastructure, says a new report released ahead of the government’s national AI strategy, which is expected to include measures targeting AI sovereignty.

Amazon, Microsoft and Google hold 85 per cent of public cloud market share in Canada — much higher than their global average of 66 per cent, according to the report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project released Tuesday.

The federal government is set to release

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation late Monday amending certain tariffs on metals, including steel, aluminum and copper imports.

The adjusted tariffs will drop from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, the White House said, and industrial equipment like bulldozers and forklifts will now be subject to a 15 per cent tariff.

The order will also allow foreign companies to qualify for a 10 per cent duty rate, “if their capital equipment includes at least 85 per cent U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday before calling himself a “prisoner of war” and telling a judge that children and women were being killed “by your rockets.”

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi finally was persuaded to sit down in Manhattan federal court as two marshals approached him at a judge’s urging. One marshal put his hand on

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion.

Smith says she’s hoping Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor.

Smith says every time she has met with leadership in Quebec that she has talked about developing a self-sufficient energy sector.

She says Fréchette has discussed reopening that conversation.

Smith spoke about the trip at an unrelated news conference in Calgary.

She

VANCOUVER — Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can cause brain swelling in humans have been detected in the Sea-to-Sky region north of Vancouver, after an investigation triggered by a cluster of childhood encephalitis cases.

Scientists began looking for the invasive mosquitoes between Squamish and Pemberton after three pediatric encephalitis infections in the region in August 2024.

Anya F. Smith, a senior scientist with the BC Centre for Disease Control, says in a news release that researchers found two mosquito species

OTTAWA — Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says Benoit Basillais has been reappointed as CEO of the Canadian Dairy Commission.

Basillais will serve an additional three-year term effective July 4.

Basillais was appointed CEO of the commission in 2022, replacing Serge Riendeau.

MacDonald says Basillais’ contributions have helped to ensure a stable, co-ordinated and responsive dairy industry.

Basillais began his career with the Canadian Dairy Commission as an economist in 2003 and has held various leadership positions in the organization.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The legal battle between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni isn’t quite over yet.

Just a month ago, the two announced a settlement that avoided a trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni led a campaign to smear her reputation after she accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”

But on Monday, lawyers for Lively were back in court, trying to get a judge to make Baldoni pay her legal bills