Waymo picks Toronto for its first Canadian robotaxi service, aiming for 2028
Waymo will begin mapping and testing in Toronto, its first Canadian city, with a goal of carrying its first robotaxi passengers in 2028, the company said on October 16.
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Parti Québécois wins minority government in Quebec as CAQ loses every seat
The Parti Québécois won 59 of 127 seats in Quebec's October 5 election, five short of a majority, while the governing Coalition Avenir Québec was shut out of the legislature.
Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Anne Carson, the Canadian poet and translator whose work is in "playful dialogue with the classical tradition."