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AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?

AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?

AI-related layoffs are in full swing as tech companies invest in artificial intelligence agents they say will take over tasks traditionally done by humans. But a major AI infrastructure and software company says the agents fail to produce professionally acceptable work more than 19 times out of 20, and some analysts say the technology is overhyped and being using as an excuse for laying off workers.

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Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation
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March 24, 2026

Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation

There was something suspicious about the young, hippie-looking man who…

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Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs targeted by RCMP spies in 1970s 'Native extremism' program
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March 24, 2026

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs targeted by RCMP spies in 1970s ‘Native extremism’ program

Newly released RCMP Security Service files reveal that it amassed…

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How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement
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March 24, 2026

How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement

The Mounties called it the “Native extremism program.” Today, it…

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Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon return home to a country still rebuilding
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March 24, 2026

Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon return home to a country still rebuilding

More than 125,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria…

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Ontario mandated e-learning to expand course options. Some worry it's being used to boost marks
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March 24, 2026

Ontario mandated e-learning to expand course options. Some worry it’s being used to boost marks

Six years after the Ontario government made e-learning a mandatory…

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Business, Construction, Politics, Prairies/BC, Real Estate, Social

March 23, 2026

Dayne Patterson

Calgary looks to repeal blanket rezoning as it considers how best to improve housing

CALGARY — Calgary city councillors worked through a gauntlet of…

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Business, Economy, Justice, Ontario/Quebec, Politics, Social, Transport

March 23, 2026

Liam Casey and Allison Jones

Ontario to declare Toronto island airport a special economic zone

TORONTO — Ontario will declare Toronto’s island airport the province’s…

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Education, Ontario/Quebec, Politics

March 23, 2026

Allison Jones

Ontario legislature resumes, access to Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone records at issue

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone records took centre…

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Business, Environment, Oil&Gas, Ontario/Quebec, Social, Utilities

March 23, 2026

Jordan Omstead

Pipeline leak located more than a week after sheen first reported on Ontario river

A pipeline leak in Sarnia, Ont., has been located more…

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