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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/66109794

Imagine a lead developer in Berlin or a security researcher in Paris ending their Thursday with the most sophisticated coding partner ever built, only to wake up on Friday, June 12, 2026, to a 403 Forbidden error. This was no routine maintenance window or technical glitch; it was a geopolitical foreclosure. Overnight, Anthropic’s “Mythos-class” models, the revolutionary Claude Fable 5 and its internal progenitor, Mythos 5, were silenced across Europe by a direct order from the U.S. government. At PixelUnion, we have long been a voorvechter (advocate) for European technical autonomy, and we view this blackout as the ultimate “canary in the coal mine.” It is a brutal reminder that when you plug into someone else’s power grid, the owner can cut the current without warning.

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Retired Lieutenant-General Christopher Coates, former Deputy Commander of NORAD and Commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, stressed that he had become increasingly skeptical of the idea that territorial concessions by Ukraine could produce a sustainable settlement.

An internal Privy Council document from 2025 explained that the build-out of vast electricity-consuming data centres across the country can “provide markets for Canadian energy” and lead to “net new energy resources.”

The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) was introduced under former prime minister Justin Trudeau in 2019 to investigate potential abuses, including the use of forced labour.

The Peace Fund will invest in programmes that advance a two-state solution, help reduce division, strengthen civil society, and support dialogue and cooperation within and between Israeli and Palestinian communities, building the foundations for peace, a joint statement between the three governments say.

Canada’s Privacy Act hasn’t been updated in 40 years. As the government finally opens a review, OpenMedia is launching a survey to make sure ordinary Canadians have a say.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro slammed the barrage of “disrespectful” comments he said U.S. President Donald Trump has lobbed at Canada as he met with Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wednesday and signed a partnership agreement on trade.

BMW dealership reinstated the AI offer after hearing from CBC News

The country’s merchandise trade surplus grew to $2.7 billion in April as higher oil prices helped boost exports to a record high, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Twenty-two countries … jointly warned Iran on Thursday to stop attacking people “on our soil.”

Close to 380,000 Canadians participated in Transport Canada’s public consultation regarding vehicle headlight glare, a number the department calls a “high volume of responses

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The artifact was sold to the Weston and Thomson families for $18 million after the fur-trading-company-turned-department-store’s collapse last year. Within 24 hours of the December purchase, they donated it to the Manitoba Museum, the Archives of Manitoba, the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ont.

A Canadian court has ordered the government of Iran to pay $200 million to a British Columbia mechanic who was branded an ‘infidel’ and tortured for criticizing the Islamic regime.

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