What can kids access on social media? Teen accounts, explained
Fed up with kids encountering dangers online or so addicted to screens they can’t pull themselves away from the infinite scroll, Canadian policymakers are looking to make social media safer.
If Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew gets his way, kids will be banned from using social media and artificial intelligence chatbots.
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has said he’s willing to take things even further by outlawing phones from school properties.
And federal Culture Minister Marc Miller is eyeing Australia’s recent move forbidding kids 16 and under from using
Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
OTTAWA — More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates.
Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they support age restrictions for social media like Instagram and TikTok, and nearly the same number, 69 per cent, support restricting AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
“Concern from Canadians is pretty high,” noted Andrew Enns, Leger’s executive vice-president for Central Canada.
Overall, more than 80 per
Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is set to address a conference of Canadian conservatives today as the Canada Strong and Free Network meets in Ottawa.
The Tory leader is scheduled to give a keynote address just before noon.
The annual event also features a fireside chat with former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, are both set to speak on Friday.
The theme for this year’s conference is “a winning vision,” and
Chxrry, the first woman signed to The Weeknd’s XO Records, is coming for the world
TORONTO — Chxrry is on the cusp of her first headlining hometown show, but the Scarborough-raised artist has her sights set far beyond the city.
On a sunny Friday at Universal Music Canada’s office, the alt-R&B singer born Lydia Habtemariam lays out those goals with casual confidence.
“We have really iconic people that have come out of Canada, but I think it has been a while since someone’s done something that’s really taken over globally,” she says.
“Well
Iran reviewing US proposal as Trump pressures Tehran for agreement on deal to end war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has said it is reviewing the latest American proposals on ending , as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the country with a new wave of bombing unless a deal is reached that includes reopening the crucial to international shipping.
Hope that the two-month conflict could soon end on Thursday, despite the U.S. military firing on an Iranian oil tanker attempting to breach an American blockade of Iran’s ports Wednesday. The price of Brent crude oil stabilized at
Canadian officials to meet cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak when it docks at Spanish port
Government officials will be on hand in Spain’s Canary Islands to meet Canadians when they disembark a cruise ship that is at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
Three passengers suspected to be infected were flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday from the MV Hondius, as around 150 passengers -including four Canadians – still aboard the ship continue to isolate in their cabins. Officials say those on board are showing no signs of symptoms.
The journey to the Canary Islands is expected to take three or four days, Spain
Man linked to Romanian organized crime arrested in Facebook marketplace scam in Durham Region
A 38-year-old Romanian national is facing several charges in connection with a used car engine oil scam.
Police in Durham Region say on April 27, 2026, someone in Uxbridge arranged to meet with a man after being contacted about a vehicle for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
After taking the car for a test drive, the man poured engine oil onto the vehicle’s engine while the seller was being distracted by a second suspect. The suspects then claimed that the engine was damaged and
Judge releases note that cellmate says he found after Jeffrey Epstein’s suspected suicide try
NEW YORK (AP) — A note former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, ordered the release of the note after The New York Times asked him last week to unseal it and other documents in a case involving the former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione. Federal prosecutors did not oppose
Toronto bars frustrated by FIFA’s ‘ridiculous’ trademark rules
There are only five weeks left until the World Cup, and Toronto bars are going to have to get creative to get around FIFA’s strict branding rules.
The world governing body of soccer doesn’t allow unauthorized businesses to use their logos, slogans, or phrases for commercial gain, and anyone who gets caught could face hefty fines.
“For us to have to say things like ‘World Soccer Event’ just to disguise the name World Cup for whatever trademark reason just seems redundant and ridiculous,” Graham Hnatiw
Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer seeks answers for ‘confusing’ forearm issue
Max Scherzer hoped he’d be ramping back up towards the big-league roster by now, but a “confusing” battle with forearm tendinitis still has him searching for answers.
After playing catch at Tropicana Field on Wednesday morning, he spoke to a few reporters about his progress and next steps.
“I can still tell there’s something off in my arm,” he said. “So it’s as confusing as anything I’ve ever had because usually, you go get an MRI, you