It took a media outlet in Türkiye to expose the true nature of a supposed journalist of Canadian affairs as one that was purely AI-based. Articles from “Daniel Robson”, claiming to be from Montreal, appeared on various Canadian news websites dating back to last year, including on a column for the Ottawa Citizen. Following an attempt to collaborate with a news outlet in Türkiye to report on a sensational story tied to Canada, the foreign outlet sought to verify the writer’s identity, eventually leading to evasive behaviour from the author (particularly avoiding non-text communication) and thus confirming the AI suspicions. Outlets like the Citizen have begun tightening identity verification measures, including what editor-in-chief Nicole Feriancuk described as the requirement to pose for an in-person profile photo.

An Ottawa man was arrested early on Thursday morning for two serious stabbings in the streets of downtown Ottawa. The first incident occurred just before 2:50am and involved a woman who rushed onto an OC Transpo bus, following her stabbing, seeking medical treatment. The second incident took place, not far away, just after 3am and affected a man, and both victims were rushed to hospital on separate dispatch calls with life-threatening injuries. The suspect, aged 42, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and assault with a weapon among additional citations. The investigation is ongoing with Ottawa Police, and they have not yet ruled out the possibility that these attacks were random.

The minimum wage in Ontario rose to $17.95 on Thursday, up 35 cents from the previous rate in place since October of last year. But experts say it’s not enough to meet today’s living wages. Anne Coleman, executive director of the Ontario Living Wage Network, said that expenses in the food and living categories have been the “two biggest costs in the living wage calculations” and that these “tend to increase at a higher rate than just general inflation.” But Amy Peng, economics professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, said that the decisions that go into determining the minimum wage also impact employers, who has less flexibility with resource management when wages rise, leading to “higher prices for consumers or…[even] (turning) to automation.”