The Pope calls for AI regulation. Will Canada listen?

In his first ever encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas”– or Magnificent Humanity– Pope Leo XIV says AI needs to be “disarmed.”

It’s a sweeping document, introduced to the world by Pope Leo himself, a first for a papal encyclical, calling for the leaders to make sure the new technology is developed for the common good. To ensure that, he explicitly calls for more government regulation in the industry.

Host Maria Kestane speaks with Dr. Gerard Ryan from the Regis St. Michael Faculty of


Bank of Canada sees financial system resilience despite global turbulence

OTTAWA — There isn’t one particular risk on the horizon that’s keeping Bank of Canada officials up at night — it’s the range of vulnerabilities all cropping up at the same time that could test the resilience of the Canadian financial system.

The central bank released its annual financial stability report Thursday, outlining where it sees the biggest risks to markets, households and the broader financial system.

Senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers stressed in a press conference with media that the report is not a forecast and does not guide


Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second round

PARIS (AP) — Not since was winning his record 14 had a player come to Roland Garros as such an overwhelming favorite to win the clay-court Grand Slam.

had won everything there was to win in tennis over the past three months: five straight Masters 1000 titles — three of them on clay — and 30 straight matches.

And with , his biggest rival, out due to an injured right wrist, it seemed almost a foregone conclusion that Sinner would raise the Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy


4 teens hurt in Whitby crash, 2 seriously injured

Four teens are in hospital, three with serious injures, following a single-vehicle crash early Thursday morning in Whitby.

Officers with Durham Regional Police Service and paramedics were called to Myrtle Road, west of Baldwin Street North, just after 5:30 a.m.

Police say the vehicle was travelling east on the roadway when it went off the roadway, flipped over and ended up in a ditch. At least two of the occupants were ejected from the vehicle.

Two males, an 18-year-

Police examine tire marks on the roadway after a vehicle crashed on Myrtle Street near Baldwin Street North in Whitby on May 28, 2026

More than 24,000 immigration documents could be suspended by Ebola border measures

OTTAWA — The Immigration Department says more than 24,000 travel documents could be suspended by the federal government’s measures to keep Ebola out of Canada.

The government has announced a 90-day suspension of a variety of immigration and travel documents for people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan. The suspension took effect at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

In an email, a department spokesperson said there were about 12,60


Police search for suspects after stolen credit card scheme allegedly used to fuel commercial trucks in Brampton

In total, investigators say the pair carried out 19 separate transactions using fraudulent payment information.

John Reardon returns as star of ‘Hudson & Rex’ after fan backlash

Detective Charlie Hudson is back on the case.

Actor John Reardon is returning to “Hudson & Rex” for its ninth season, Citytv announced Thursday.

The Halifax native was the original star of the cop-dog procedural, but was replaced by English actor Luke Roberts in Season 8.

Reardon said in a social media post last year that he didn’t leave by choice, explaining he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer partway through Season 7 and underwent treatment. Doctors cleared him to return, he said, but “the


A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Get set for a rare blue this weekend — a blue moon that’s also the most distant and smallest-looking of the year.

A bonus: The brilliant star Antares will photobomb Sunday’s spectacle for a celestial three-for-one.

A occurs every two to three years when a second full moon squeezes into a single month. May 1 saw this month’s first full moon.

Since the moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle,


Conan O’Brien to speak at Harvard commencement amid university’s ongoing battle with Trump

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Comedian and television host entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday, mixing offbeat humor and political jokes with more reflective commentary about empathy and humility at a time when the Ivy League school is in the .

O’Brien, who graduated from Harvard in 1985 and led The Harvard Lampoon humor magazine, quipped that the university had produced “more Nobel laureates or white-collar criminals” than any other in the country. “So whether you choose good or evil,


Caesars Entertainment, a Las Vegas Strip icon, is sold for $6 billion

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires.

Caesars became an iconic name after the opening of Caesar’s Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in 1966. But its roots date back to the 1930s in Reno, Nevada. It operates nine hotels on the Strip and owns properties in over a dozen states.

Fertitta is the CEO of Fertitta Entertainment, a company