Toothaches 🦷 - Dentalcare needs a checkup, AI’s uneven benefits in the workplace.

Canada’s dental care plan is leaving some patients with a bill they weren’t expecting: millions have enrolled, but financial barriers and denied claims are complicating Ottawa’s promise of “free dental care” — even as the program expands access to coverage.

Plus, workers who use AI say it’s helping them get things done faster, but the benefits aren’t evenly shared, and faster doesn’t always mean better. A new Gallup survey raises questions about work quality, “workslop,” and whether the technology can justify the vast sums being invested in it.

And in The Big Picture: Ottawa gives Stelco’s owner an ultimatum over jobs, Paramount closes its US$111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, Emera strikes a deal to create a Canadian utility giant, a U.S. suspect is charged in connection with the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, Russian media report a second plague death in Siberia, Canada’s trade surplus hits a more than four-year high, and more.

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