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June 5, 2026: Canada’s AI strategy; stories of neighbourly love; what’s next for Marineland's belugas; and what makes a good new emoji 12%
By Matt Galloway0%
6/4/2026, 5:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Primacy Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 283 faulty-reasoning hits from 190 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28.9% and a BS Rank of 12% (19,281 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.10% of the article peer group.
We dig into what the federal government's plan is for Artificial Intelligence in Canada.
David Balzer of Winnipeg is spending his summer recording people's stories of gratitude.
Since 2023, the associate professor of Communications and Media at Canadian Mennonite University has set up a mobile recording studio at community events and invites people to share a story of a kind neighbour.
He records in hopes they will share it with the neighbour to generate appreciation and community connection.
The federal government has greenlit a plan to move the belugas at the shuttered Niagara Falls theme park to aquariums in Spain and the United States.
UBC marine mammal expert Andrew Trites explains what it will take to get the whales out of their pool, onto a plane and into new homes -- and why he thinks it's the best option.
Unicode is taking pitches for emojis.
Graphic designer Jennifer Daniel helps decide which ones make it.
She says a successful emoji should have multiple meanings.
Sorry aerial tramway ;)
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