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CBC News reporters are on the ground in Ithaca, N.Y., covering the “Justice for Survivors” protest following a former student's civil lawsuit over an alleged gang rape at a Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024.

The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, alleges she was drugged with ketamine, left severely impaired and subjected to non-consensual sexual acts involving multiple men over several hours. Group-chat messages included in her lawsuit allegedly alerted other fraternity members to what was happening.

The allegations have not been proven in court. No criminal charges were laid following the original investigation, although New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has since appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the matter.

Cornell separately investigated under Title IX, the U.S. civil rights law governing gender discrimination and sexual violence at federally funded schools. Two students were expelled, others received suspensions or other sanctions, two were found not responsible for sexual misconduct, and another had already graduated. Cornell disputes claims that the punishments it imposed were inconsequential.

Students are now demanding greater transparency, stronger survivor supports and changes to Cornell's Title IX process. CBC spoke with another Cornell student who says she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2024 and described the current conversation as “vindicating,” saying many people experience an ignored problem.

The protest follows overnight vandalism at Cornell's administrative building, where windows were smashed and messages including “Smash the patriarchy” were spray-painted. Cornell condemned the damage while acknowledging the concerns being raised.

CBC's live coverage is also connecting the case to wider questions about sexual violence on university campuses, including the recent controversy over a degrading sign near St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.

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That's the situation facing families caught in a massive citizenship certificate backlog at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

CBC News reports there are now 136,000 applications waiting to be processed, with estimated processing times reaching 33 months.

Montreal resident Pascal Sud and his partner, Meisha Smith, expected to return from Jamaica with their newborn daughter, Sofianne, when the wait was estimated at four to six weeks.

More than eight months later, Sud is back working in Montreal while his partner and baby remain in Jamaica.

When the family tried another route, applying for a visitor visa on Sofianne's Jamaican passport, IRCC rejected it on the grounds that she is Canadian and should travel on a Canadian passport. But obtaining that passport requires the citizenship certificate they're still waiting for.

CBC senior reporter Elizabeth Thompson examined how families have become caught in the backlog following changes to Canada's citizenship law.

Bill C-3 expanded citizenship eligibility for people with Canadian ancestry, including many previously excluded "Lost Canadians." Between Dec. 15 and July 31, 6,810 people received certificates through the new provisions, more than half of them Americans.

IRCC says the surge isn't solely due to Bill C-3 and that it's adding staff and improving its processes.

Both Conservative and NDP immigration critics are calling the delays unacceptable, while immigration lawyers say the increased demand was foreseeable.

Whatever the politics surrounding citizenship reform, families shouldn't spend years separated because the government can't process essential documents in a reasonable time.

CBC's reporting puts faces to what could otherwise look like another bureaucratic backlog.

How should Canada fix these delays while ensuring families with an immediate need for citizenship documents aren't left waiting for years?

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The federal agency has committed to supporting roughly 19,000 affordable homes across Canada. But CBC News reports that only about 2,000 are currently under construction.

There is some important context. Build Canada Homes only became a Crown corporation in July, and much of its first year involved securing land, negotiating agreements between governments and clearing bureaucratic hurdles. Its focus is primarily non-market housing, where rents are generally tied to income, alongside some affordable middle-class housing.

But Canada's overall housing shortage remains enormous.

CMHC says the country has recently been starting about 250,000 homes annually. To restore affordability to 2019 levels, its latest estimate says Canada needs roughly 417,000 to 469,000 new homes every year through 2036.

CBC's Philippe de Montigny examines both the promise and limitations of Build Canada Homes, including Ottawa's return to affordable housing after roughly three decades in which successive federal governments largely withdrew from directly funding new affordable housing.

The agency is also promoting modular, factory-built, panelized and prefabricated construction in an effort to build more quickly.

Industry experts interviewed by CBC say rebuilding federal capacity will take time, financing and sustained effort. And affordable housing alone won't close the gap. CMHC says Canada needs substantially more housing across the entire spectrum, both market and non-market.

After decades of undersupply, 19,000 planned affordable homes is a start. The bigger question is how quickly Canada can turn plans and funding announcements into homes people can actually live in.

What would you like to see governments do to dramatically accelerate housing construction while keeping those homes genuinely affordable?

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A new CBC News poll of 1,200 Albertans suggests Premier Danielle Smith's UCP and the NDP are now essentially tied provincewide, while the NDP leads by eight points in battleground Calgary.

That follows September's Calgary-Shaw byelection, where the NDP flipped a riding with a long history of electing conservatives, winning by 582 votes.

CBC's Brooks DeCillia examines whether the Oct. 19 referendum on Alberta remaining in Canada has helped mobilize voters and volunteers who might otherwise have stayed on the sidelines.

Pollster Janet Brown says one unintended consequence has been giving the NDP an opportunity to strengthen its campaign organization a full year before the expected provincial election.

NDP organizers say the referendum has also opened conversations about affordability, schools and health care, with some voters questioning the cost and attention being devoted to separation.

But political experts caution against reading too much into the current moment.

The UCP retains significant advantages as the governing party, including strong rural support and the ability to use Alberta's substantial energy revenues on public priorities. Proposed new "rurban" electoral boundaries could also make some Calgary-area seats more difficult for the NDP.

And once the referendum is over, voter attention could shift quickly.

CBC's analysis provides an important snapshot of a province in political flux, while its polling gives Albertans evidence beyond campaign rhetoric to assess where public opinion actually stands.

The referendum asks Albertans to make a major decision about their province's place in Canada. Its political consequences may extend well beyond October 19.

Whatever the referendum result, do you think this debate will permanently reshape Alberta politics, or will attention quickly return to affordability, health care and education?

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Vancouver to celebrate what his office calls a "historic investment" in Canadian energy, and both the B.C. NDP and Conservatives are on board, each pledging to ramp up LNG even further.

But this is also a fossil fuel expansion, landing at a moment when a federal report warns Canadians to prepare for a future that's 5 C hotter --one with vanishing glaciers, longer droughts, and more extreme weather. Environmentalists point to emissions from gas production, earthquakes linked to fracking in the Peace River region, and past flaring violations at the Kitimat plant. The B.C. Greens are calling for a moratorium.

This also comes as the federal government pushes Bill C-39, which would fast-track major projects and create "regions of national interest." Supporters say Canada needs to build faster to counter U.S. tariffs and secure its economic future. Critics warn we're trading away the protections that keep our water, wildlife, and communities safe.

Is doubling LNG exports the right move for Canada's economy and climate? And when the government says a project is in the "national interest," who should decide what that means?

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CBC reports Stelco will begin winding down its cold-rolled and coated operations Oct. 9. United Steelworkers Local 1005 estimates about 350 steelworkers will be laid off.

The company points directly to the trade dispute. Canadian steel entering the U.S. faces tariffs of up to 50 per cent, while Stelco says imports into Canada remain high enough to squeeze its domestic market as well.

For workers, the timing is brutal. Union president Ron Wells told CBC there is no indication how long the layoffs will last, with Christmas approaching.

There’s another layer to this.

Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs bought Stelco for $3.4 billion in 2024. At the time, the acquisition was presented as protecting Canadian operations and employment. Wells says one of the commitments was maintaining the same number of unionized workers.

Now part of the Hamilton operation is being indefinitely idled in what Stelco itself calls a move to ensure the company’s “survival.”

On the same day, Donald Trump pointed to a planned $15-billion U.S. steel investment as evidence that his 50 per cent steel tariffs are working as intended.

That contrast deserves attention. U.S. policy is explicitly trying to encourage companies to build and produce steel in America, while Canadian steelworkers are now seeing what that strategy can mean on this side of the border.

CBC’s reporting puts a human face on trade policy. Tariffs are not just percentages exchanged between governments. They can mean hundreds of workers suddenly wondering when, or whether, they will be called back.

What obligations should Cleveland-Cliffs have to Hamilton workers after the commitments made when it acquired Stelco?

And beyond temporary benefits and emergency support, what would a serious Canadian steel strategy need to do if U.S. policy is deliberately designed to pull investment and production south of the border?

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The rural community of about 1,000 people was dealing with high grocery prices, aging produce and long drives to the nearest major supermarkets. With no public transportation, even a 15 or 25-minute drive can become a serious barrier for people without a vehicle.

So residents organized.

After community meetings, a business plan, grant applications, connections with local suppliers and plenty of volunteer work, Fiddlehead Market Co-op opened in July. It already has 130 members.

Anyone can shop there. Residents can become members by purchasing a $100 share or volunteering, giving them a vote in how the store operates and what happens to surplus profits.

The co-op stocks produce, meat, dairy, pantry staples and household supplies, sourcing locally wherever possible. One shopper told CBC News she recently bought a head of lettuce for $1.75. Food that can't be sold isn't simply tossed out either. Some goes to farmers for animal feed, imperfect ingredients become prepared meals, and other items go to a community kitchen or cupboard.

Perhaps the most interesting part is that organizers worked with existing local businesses to fill gaps rather than compete with them.

As board chair Drew Tozer told CBC, after years spent trying to fight the grocery system, communities can also ask a different question: what if we create our own?

CBC Nova Scotia’s local reporting gives us a look at what that answer can actually look like in one small community. 🌱❤️

Could a community-owned grocery co-op work where you live?

Around 30 men wearing white face masks and black caps gathered on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve near Kamloops on Sunday morning, hoisting flags over their shoulders. The nation's chief says they were linked to Second Sons Canada, a group associated with white supremacist and white nationalist ideology. CBC News has not independently verified the identities or affiliations of the individuals.

Chief Rosanne Casimir said the reserve's security told the men they were not permitted to gather and asked them to leave. They didn't leave until RCMP were called.

"White supremacy will not instill fear in generations of survivors and intergenerational survivors who have already carried fear for far too long," Casimir said.

The timing is deliberate. The gathering came days before Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, when the community plans to honour survivors and the children who never came home from the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Leaders across the political spectrum condemned the gathering. Premier David Eby called it "disgraceful, disgusting behaviour" and said the men were trying to make people feel fearful. Interim B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson said it was "hateful and meant to intimidate." CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko called it "abhorrent."

Casimir said the nation's events for Sept. 30 will go ahead. "We will not be intimidated. This is not going to deter us from gathering, reflecting, or honouring our survivors and the children who returned home."

But she also warned this is part of a broader problem. "Everyone should always be concerned because there's so much racism and discrimination out there."

CBC's reporting documents the incident, the community's response and the cross-party condemnation, giving the public a clear account of what happened and what comes next. That kind of journalism matters when communities are targeted for who they are.

When a group gathers on Indigenous land to intimidate days before a day of remembrance, what does that say about the safety of Indigenous communities in Canada? And what more should governments do to prevent these gatherings before they happen?

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CBC’s live coverage followed Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and opposition MPs as they clashed over affordability, housing, tariffs, Canada-U.S. trade and the government’s economic agenda.

Conservatives focused heavily on cost-of-living concerns and challenged the government over tariffs and counter-tariffs. The Bloc raised cultural protections and Canada-U.S. relations. The NDP used its question to raise labour rights, warning about anticipated changes to the Canada Labour Code.

The government, meanwhile, signalled that legislation aimed at accelerating major projects will be a centrepiece of the fall sitting.

Even the Alto high-speed rail project was back in the crosshairs, with a Conservative MP calling for its cancellation while the transport minister defended a project intended to connect nearly 1,000 kilometres between Quebec City and Toronto.

And yes, there was enough yelling, heckling and rule-breaking for the Speaker to intervene more than once.

That is part of why CBC’s live parliamentary coverage is useful. Question period can generate plenty of clips and partisan theatre, but Canadians also need someone documenting what was actually asked, what was answered, what was avoided and which policies are moving toward legislation.

So as Parliament gets back to work, what do you most want MPs focused on this fall?

Are affordability and the Canada-U.S. trade war getting the attention they deserve?

Should major infrastructure projects like Alto move ahead as part of Canada’s economic strategy, or should Ottawa be more cautious about the cost?

And does question period still function as meaningful democratic accountability, or has too much of it become performance for social media?

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CBC reports Trump claims Belarus could supply the fertilizer ingredient for “substantially less” than Canada. That would be a significant shift in theory, because Canada currently supplies the overwhelming majority of U.S. potash imports.

But whether Belarus can realistically replace much Canadian supply is another question.

Belarus and Russia are major potash producers, but sanctions and transportation constraints have made Belarusian exports more difficult and expensive to move. Fertilizer analyst Josh Linville told Reuters he doubts Belarusian potash would substantially change either U.S. supply or prices, saying American farmers already have ample access to potash.

There is also a geopolitical dimension. Belarus is closely aligned with Russia, and its government says potash sales to the U.S. resumed after Washington lifted sanctions.

So this story is about more than fertilizer.

For years, Canada’s dominance in potash has been discussed as a source of leverage in the trade relationship. CBC’s reporting gives Canadians a clearer look at what happens when Washington actively searches for alternative suppliers, even when those alternatives come with higher logistical and geopolitical complications.

How much real leverage does Canada’s potash position give it if the U.S. is willing to pursue suppliers like Belarus?

Could replacing Canadian potash actually save American farmers money once transportation and infrastructure costs are included?

And what does this tell Canada about the risks of depending so heavily on a single export market for strategic resources?

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CBC News meteorologist Allister Aalders reports that a powerful El Niño is continuing to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean and could become one of the strongest ever recorded.

El Niño begins thousands of kilometres away in the equatorial Pacific, but changes in ocean temperatures can disrupt atmospheric circulation and weather patterns around the world. For western Canada, strong El Niño events have historically tilted the odds toward warmer winter temperatures.

Environment and Climate Change Canada research scientist Bill Merryfield told CBC that previous very strong El Niños have produced Prairie winter temperatures averaging five or six degrees above normal in some cases.

But warmer overall does not mean every day will be mild. Prairie cold snaps, blizzards and major snow events can still happen.

The bigger concern may come after winter.

Strong El Niño events can bring less snowfall to the Rocky Mountains, and a reduced snowpack could affect spring streamflow. If vegetation enters spring unusually dry and rainfall doesn't compensate, researchers say that could contribute to drought and wildfire risk.

There’s also plenty scientists still don't know. The relationship between El Niño and Prairie precipitation is much less predictable than its relationship with temperature. Researchers at the University of Regina are now examining a remarkable 1,000-year proxy record of Prairie soil moisture to better understand those patterns.

This is where CBC's regional science and weather reporting becomes particularly useful. A headline about a “super” El Niño only tells part of the story. Understanding what it could mean for snowpack, agriculture, water, wildfire conditions and individual communities requires local expertise and context. 🌾🇨🇦

Would you welcome a milder Prairie winter, or does the possibility of less snow and a drier spring concern you more?

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Poet, novelist, songwriter and unmistakable voice, Cohen became one of Canada’s most internationally celebrated artists. His songs could be intimate, spiritual, sensual, melancholy and darkly funny, sometimes all at once.

From “Suzanne” and “Bird on the Wire” to “Dance Me to the End of Love” and the endlessly reinterpreted “Hallelujah,” Cohen created a body of work that travelled far beyond Canada while remaining deeply connected to Montreal and the country that shaped him.

His honours reflected that extraordinary career: the Order of Canada, four Juno Awards, two Governor General’s Awards, and induction into both the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Cohen also had a long history with CBC, appearing on the public broadcaster as a young poet decades before much of the world knew him as a musician. Those interviews, performances and archival recordings now preserve something particularly valuable: the evolution of a Canadian artist across generations.

Leonard Cohen died in 2016 at 82, but his songs and words continue finding new audiences around the world. ❤️

What Leonard Cohen song, lyric or poem has stayed with you?

The jury told the court three times that it could not reach a unanimous verdict.

Clancy's defence does not dispute that she killed her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old Callan. The central question was whether she was criminally responsible.

Her lawyers argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder. Prosecutors argued that the killings were planned and intentional.

But this trial has become about much more than the verdict.

Evidence involving Clancy's then-husband, Patrick, their relationship and the circumstances surrounding the deaths has generated intense scrutiny and some deeply strange online theories. It's important to distinguish what was actually presented in court from speculation that has grown around the case.

At the same time, a remarkable movement of women and mothers has rallied around Clancy. Supporters wearing pink have gathered outside court, while “I am Lindsay Clancy” has become a rallying phrase for some women who see parts of their own experiences with postpartum illness and struggling to get help reflected in her story.

Compassion for severe mental illness does not require forgetting Cora, Dawson and Callan. Their deaths remain the terrible centre of this case.

CBC News has continued following the trial while examining the maternal mental-health questions and public reaction surrounding it.

Have you been following the trial? What has stood out to you? Has it changed your understanding of postpartum psychosis? What do you make of the wave of women expressing compassion for Clancy?

Please engage responsibly in the comments. Disagreement is welcome, but treat the children, the families involved and each other with compassion and respect. Please don't present speculation as established fact. ❤️🙏

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CBC, working with the Centre for Information Resilience, traced a web of corporate records, shared phone numbers, website registrations, payment systems, staffing links and metadata connecting Vancouver-based Maple Digital Financial Solutions to the TGR network.

One former Maple director, Andrejs Carenoks, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for his alleged role in the TGR network. Maple’s current director, Janis Zvigulis, is also a director of TGR Wealth Solutions in the U.K., which was sanctioned in 2024. He has not personally been sanctioned.

CBC also found Maple shared a Toronto-area phone number with a sanctioned TGR entity, while job postings for Maple directed applicants to a contact associated with TGR. Digital records tied Maple’s website registration to Carenoks.

Meanwhile, Maple presents itself as a financial company but appears to operate with almost no public-facing footprint.

Unlike traditional banks, many money services businesses do not require a provincial operating licence, and experts told CBC that the sector’s relative lack of transparency can create significant money-laundering risks.

FINTRAC would not say whether Maple has been investigated, citing confidentiality rules.

So how strong is Canada’s anti-money-laundering system if investigators and journalists can uncover this many links before the public knows whether regulators have acted?

Should money services businesses face tougher licensing, ownership disclosure and ongoing scrutiny?

And when sanctioned networks operate across borders through shell companies, crypto and digital payment services, does Canada still have the enforcement tools needed to keep pace?

This is exactly the kind of painstaking investigative work CBC can do that turns obscure corporate filings and digital breadcrumbs into a public accountability story.

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CBC reports that Denmark has passed legislation allowing thousands of Inuit women in Greenland to receive roughly $64,000 CAD each after a decades-long program in which women and girls, some as young as 12, were subjected to forced or non-consensual birth-control procedures.

A joint Greenlandic-Danish inquiry found roughly 4,000 women and girls were affected between 1966 and 1991. Denmark’s prime minister apologized last year. Compensation is now following.

For Indigenous women in Canada who experienced forced and coerced sterilization, that decision is deeply relevant.

CBC reports that hundreds of Indigenous women in Canada have described similar experiences, and the practice did not simply disappear decades ago. A 2022 Quebec study documented cases as recently as 2019.

A Senate report found that Canadian eugenics laws and government policies were deliberately used to reduce births in Indigenous communities.

Canada added forced and coerced sterilization to the Criminal Code this year. But the federal government has still not issued a formal national apology or established a comparable compensation program.

For survivors like Inuk woman Cecilia Papak, this is not an abstract historical debate. She says she was pressured into a hysterectomy after doctors told her she might not live to see future children grow up if she continued having babies.

Denmark’s decision does not erase what happened. Compensation cannot restore pregnancies, children or choices that were taken away.

Should Ottawa issue a formal apology and establish compensation for Indigenous survivors of forced and coerced sterilization?

And if another country confronting a strikingly similar colonial history can move from investigation, to apology, to compensation, what justification does Canada have for continuing to make survivors wait?

CBC’s Indigenous reporting keeps these histories visible, particularly when governments might otherwise prefer them to remain buried.

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CBC reports government bond yields are climbing sharply alongside a global sell-off, with Canada’s 10-year yield hitting a two-year high this week.

The basic reason is that fixed borrowing rates are heavily influenced by government bond yields. When yields rise, banks generally have to charge more for five-year fixed mortgages and other longer-term loans. On the other hand, savers can benefit because banks may have to offer better GIC rates to compete.

What is pushing yields higher? Several pressures are hitting at once.

Inflation remains stubborn. Oil prices have surged amid the U.S.-led war with Iran. The Canada-U.S. trade war is adding costs and uncertainty. Governments around the world are carrying heavy debt loads. And the massive AI infrastructure buildout is contributing to new corporate borrowing.

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says markets are increasingly pricing in the possibility that central banks may eventually have to raise interest rates again if inflation refuses to settle.

That is a pretty uncomfortable backdrop for Canadians renewing a mortgage.

One mortgage executive told CBC that fixed rates are unlikely to fall substantially until bond yields do, and suggested borrowers should expect something of a rollercoaster until inflation, trade and geopolitical uncertainty become clearer.

There is an important distinction, though. The Bank of Canada says Canada’s bond market is volatile, but it is not currently showing signs of dysfunction or instability.

With Canada also reporting a loss of 42,000 jobs in August, how much pressure can households absorb if borrowing costs stay elevated?

Should governments be more concerned about how deficits and debt issuance affect long-term borrowing costs?

And for homeowners renewing soon, is the era of waiting for dramatically cheaper fixed rates starting to look much less certain?

CBC’s reporting is a good reminder that bond markets may sound distant and technical, but their movements eventually show up in some of the most ordinary financial decisions Canadians make.

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When Hatchet Lake signed Treaty 10 in 1907, the First Nation was promised land based on its population. That commitment was never fully honoured by the Crown.

This week, after years of negotiations, Hatchet Lake announced a treaty land entitlement settlement with Canada and Saskatchewan.

The northern Saskatchewan First Nation will receive $29.6 million and can apply to add roughly 11,380 hectares to its reserve land base.

“We fought for it and then we finally got some land back,” Chief Bartholomew J. Tsannie told CBC News.

But this isn't simply a financial settlement. Treaty promises are legal and historical commitments, and the land itself matters. Hatchet Lake members will now be consulted about where land should be purchased and how the settlement funds held in trust should be used, including opportunities that could strengthen the community's economic future.

As the federal government acknowledged in announcing the agreement, a settlement today cannot undo what happened when the original promise was broken.

It can, however, finally require governments to honour an obligation that should have been fulfilled generations ago.

CBC News, particularly its regional and Indigenous reporting, plays an important role in following treaty obligations beyond ceremonies and government announcements. Canadians need journalism that examines what was promised, what wasn't delivered and what governments are doing about it.

119 years is an extraordinarily long time to wait for a promise to be honoured.

What does meaningful treaty implementation and reconciliation look like to you beyond financial settlements?

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CBC reports that an Alberta sheriff will not face criminal charges after admitting he used AI to create sexualized images of women, including co-workers, without their consent.

According to Alberta’s police watchdog, ASIRT, the officer used ordinary photos from social media as source material. Investigators found no evidence he distributed the altered images.

But ASIRT was blunt about the impact, saying the conduct was serious and would have “lasting impacts” on his female co-workers and their ability to feel safe at work.

The reason there are no charges is not that the behaviour was deemed harmless. ASIRT says the conduct did not constitute an offence under the laws in force when it occurred. New legislation concerning intimate AI-generated images came into effect shortly afterward.

The watchdog is also careful not to claim the officer definitely would have been charged under today’s law. Its criminal mandate ends where the Criminal Code does, so the matter is now being handled internally by Alberta Sheriffs. The officer has been removed from active duty while that investigation continues.

That distinction matters, but so does the power dynamic.

What responsibility should public-safety organizations have when conduct may fall short of criminal prosecution but clearly destroys trust and workplace safety?

Should non-consensual sexual deepfakes be treated primarily as a privacy offence, sexual harassment, or something more serious?

And when the person responsible holds public authority, should the professional consequences be higher than they would be in an ordinary workplace?

CBC’s reporting is a reminder that AI is creating harms faster than laws and institutions are adapting to them.

ADMIN NOTE: Keep discussion focused on consent, workplace safety and accountability. Victim-blaming, sexualized commentary about the women involved or attempts to identify them will be removed.

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CBC reports that Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the government is “organized and prepared” to remove Palestinians from Gaza “by sea, by air, by every way possible,” pending U.S. approval.

Israeli officials continue to describe the proposal as “voluntary emigration.” But CBC’s reporting makes the legal stakes clear: if Palestinians are forcibly expelled, that would constitute a war crime under international law.

And that is why the word “voluntary” cannot simply be accepted at face value.

Gaza has endured years of bombardment, repeated displacement, destroyed homes and infrastructure, severe shortages of food and water, and an Israeli military presence that controls much of the territory. Roughly two million Palestinians have already been displaced within Gaza.

Some Palestinians interviewed by CBC say they will never leave. Others, exhausted by years of war and deprivation, say they would take the first opportunity to escape.

Katz has gone further than simply discussing an option. He says there is “no real solution for Gaza” without migration and that Israel is ready to facilitate departures by every available means.

Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, whom Canada has sanctioned over repeated incitement of violence against Palestinian communities, is also reportedly preparing a seven-year plan for Palestinian departures.

Meanwhile, Trump’s latest peace proposal explicitly says nobody should be forced to leave Gaza.

So there is now an extraordinary question sitting in plain sight: why is an Israeli cabinet minister saying his government is waiting for U.S. approval to remove Palestinians when the stated U.S. peace plan says they must not be forcibly displaced?

Should Ottawa state unequivocally that it will oppose any plan designed to permanently remove Palestinians from Gaza?

CBC’s reporting is important here because the distinction between voluntary migration and forced population transfer is not semantics. It is the difference between individual choice and conduct that can violate international humanitarian law.

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CBC Olympics is highlighting Sarah Mitton, Marco Arop, Alysha Newman, and Andre De Grasse as they chase Diamond League titles for Canada.

It is another reminder of just how deep Canada’s track and field talent has become. These are athletes who have carried the maple leaf onto some of the biggest stages in the world, and now they have another chance to add to that record.

For Canadian sports fans, this is exactly the kind of international competition CBC does so well, bringing Canadian athletes into focus even outside the Olympic spotlight.

Who are you most excited to watch in Brussels? And which Canadian athlete do you think has the best shot at taking home a Diamond League title? 🇨🇦❤️