Here's a selection of stories from The Canadian Press to introduce you…
Carney will announce steel supports today
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new measures today to help Canada's steel sector, a government official told The Canadian Press.
Ottawa plans to curb foreign steel imports and cut interprovincial rail tariffs in a bid to bolster Canada's steel industry, which is threatened by crippling U.S. tariffs.
Steel imports from countries where Canada does not have a free trade agreement will be reduced from 50 per cent to 20 per cent of 2024 levels.
The government also plans to work with CN Rail to reduce freight rates by 50 percent when shipping steel between provinces.
The official said Ottawa would subsidize the difference if CN could not demand a lower rate.
Hodgson to brief BC Liberal MPs on Alberta deal
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson will brief British Columbia Liberal MPs today on the government's expected energy agreement with Alberta.
The move comes after BC Liberal MPs said last week that any West Coast pipeline deal would require the consent of First Nations and the British Columbia government, echoing government messaging in recent weeks.
Prime Minister Mark Carney told the House of Commons on Tuesday that British Columbia “must agree” to any pipeline to the Pacific coast.
Concerns were raised this week in British Columbia about how the deal was progressing, with Premier David Eby saying it was “unacceptable” that Ottawa and Alberta were negotiating a potential pipeline through his province without his government's input.
Women gaining ground in venture capital: Study
New research shows that diversity in venture capital and private equity is increasing in Canada.
A study by the Business Development Bank of Canada found that 88 per cent of general partners had at least one woman on their investment committees last year. This figure is up from 63 percent in 2021.
Seventy-six percent of general partners reported at least one visible minority person on their investment committees, up from 55 percent in 2021.
General partners manage venture capital and private equity funds and thus control the teams that make investment decisions. Over the winter, BDC surveyed 68 general partners and more than 550 portfolio companies for its report, although this represents only a small portion of Canada's funding landscape.
Teen's suicide fuels calls for freedom of information health reform
Maya Cassidy was just two months away from graduating from high school with honors when she obtained her mental health records through a Freedom of Information request.
Just hours after reading the content, which included doctors' thoughts on the diagnosis, the 17-year-old girl committed suicide.
It was March 30, 2023. Since Maya's death, her mother, Hilary Cassidy, has become an advocate for young people's mental health, raising flags that young people are using freedom of information to access their cards – and risk misinterpreting their contents.
Cassidy said she believed Maya concluded her mental condition was terminal after reading terminology about her case that was never discussed with either of them.
Alberta minister to draft bill created by artificial intelligence
The Alberta government is about to take the next logical step in artificial intelligence – using it to develop proposed legislation.
Alberta Services Minister Dale Nally says the plan is to use AI to develop and implement the Alberta Whiskey Act when the house is delivered next spring.
“AI is a tool that is being used across many sectors in Canada,” Nally said in a statement Tuesday.
“In sectors such as healthcare, this could be a useful tool to assist healthcare professionals in diagnosis, helping them identify abnormalities during patient screening procedures.”
Nally said the AI-generated bill would then be reviewed to ensure all checks and balances were in place.
Concerns have been raised about artificial intelligence toys and creativity, development
As parents look for gifts that will wow their children this holiday season, Canadian child development and psychology experts say they should be wary of toys with artificial intelligence because of potential harms ranging from privacy and security violations to interference with children's creativity and development.
“Early childhood is a time when the developing brain is like a little sponge. It absorbs everything and is very malleable,” says Dr. Nicole Racine, a child psychologist and scientist at Ottawa's CHEO Research Institute.
“I think about what input do I want my kids to receive? And frankly, it's not input to an artificial intelligence algorithm,” said Racine, who also has two young children.
Her comments follow guidelines for parents published last week by Fairplay, a US organization that aims to protect children from potential harm caused by technology. It has the support of dozens of experts, including children's rights groups, pediatricians, educators and psychologists.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2025.
