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AI protestors invite Vancouver city council candidates to march, organizers say it's an election issue

CBC · October 4, 2026

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Hundreds of people marched from Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood to downtown on Saturday to protest against AI data centres. Organizers invited municipal candidates to attend and described the demonstration as part of an international day of protest against AI. More than a dozen protests against AI data centres took place in Canadian cities on October 3, 2026.

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CBC. (October 4, 2026). AI protestors invite Vancouver city council candidates to march, organizers say it's an election issue. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ai-protest-vancouver-oct-3-9.7368522

AI Canada Pulse. (October 4, 2026). AI protestors invite Vancouver city council candidates to march, organizers say it's an election issue [AI-generated summary]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.aicanadapulse.ca/stories/ai-protestors-invite-vancouver-city-council-candidates-to-f4fb9df5879d4b99

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