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ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlights AI copyright concerns

ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlights AI copyright concerns

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into th
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S&P/TSX composite unchanged, U.S. markets down after auto tariff announcement

S&P/TSX composite unchanged, U.S. markets down after auto tariff announcement

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended Thursday unchanged from a day earlier, while U.S. markets were down after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for auto tariffs. U.S.
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B.C. allows Mount Polley tailings dam to go higher, a decade after massive spill

B.C. allows Mount Polley tailings dam to go higher, a decade after massive spill

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is allowing the height of the Mount Polley tailings dam to be raised an extra four metres, a decade after a similar storage site burst in one of the province's biggest environmental disasters.
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Saskatchewan's plan to pause industrial carbon levy reveals fiscal hole: NDP

Saskatchewan's plan to pause industrial carbon levy reveals fiscal hole: NDP

REGINA — A move by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to pause the industrial carbon levy appears to have blown a hole in the province's finances.
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Latest U.S. auto tariffs a recipe for higher prices, layoffs across North America

Latest U.S. auto tariffs a recipe for higher prices, layoffs across North America

TORONTO AND OSHAWA, ONT. — The auto industry is sounding the alarm about U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement, which could weigh on companies, raise consumer prices and result in job losses.
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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as auto tariffs hurt GM, help Tesla and others

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as auto tariffs hurt GM, help Tesla and others

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got pulled in opposite directions as President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation created winners and losers among auto stocks, while better-than-expected data on the economy helped support the market.
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Eleven suspects from Quebec charged in alleged Toronto-area auto theft ring: police

Eleven suspects from Quebec charged in alleged Toronto-area auto theft ring: police

WHITBY, Ont. — Police say nearly a dozen people from Quebec have been charged as part of an investigation into organized auto thefts east of Toronto.
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Hudson's Bay awaits timeline for saving remaining six stores rescued from liquidation

Hudson's Bay awaits timeline for saving remaining six stores rescued from liquidation

TORONTO — Canada's oldest company, Hudson's Bay, may be on the verge of landing more time to save the six stores it has temporarily been able to rescue from liquidation.
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Premier Susan Holt says U.S. auto tariffs will affect New Brunswick businesses

Premier Susan Holt says U.S. auto tariffs will affect New Brunswick businesses

FREDERICTON — Ontario is the home of Canada's automobile industry, but a new tariff on auto imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would have a spillover effect for businesses in New Brunswick, Premier Susan Holt cautioned Thursday.
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Global automakers say Trump's tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers

Global automakers say Trump's tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Whatever domestic economic gain comes from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported cars – and experts are skeptical – automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain.
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