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Updated advisory urges Canadians to avoid all travel to Syria, leave if possible
Ottawa is urging Canadians to avoid all travel to Syria and to consider leaving the country if it's safe to do so. An updated travel advisory is warning people to avoid the Middle Eastern country due ...
Dec 08, 2024
Understanding the science behind Hinton and Hopfield's Nobel Prize in physics
British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. The pair landed the accolade because they used...
Dec 08, 2024
Nobel recipient Geoffrey Hinton wishes he thoughts of AI safety sooner
Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn't regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. The British-Canadian computer scientist often calle...
Dec 08, 2024
'Go beyond the board': Chess helping Alberta youth keep troubles in check
EDMONTON - Every Friday in a southern Alberta classroom, youth are learning how to keep their troubles in check. Hunched over chess boards at the University of Lethbridge, teens and young adults who a...
Dec 08, 2024
'Go beyond the board': Chess helping Alberta youth keep troubles in check
EDMONTON - Every Friday in a southern Alberta classroom, youth are learning how to keep their troubles in check. Hunched over chess boards at the University of Lethbridge, teens and young adults who a...
Dec 08, 2024
Kenya LGBTQ+ activists try switching role of religion from oppression to empowerment
KISUMU - Every Sunday in the Kenyan port city of Kisumu, an HIV-prevention group gathers dozens of gay and bisexual men for a service to help maintain their physical and spiritual health. Standing in ...
Dec 08, 2024
In once tranquil N.S. town, intimidation in the lobster industry now all too common
METEGHAN, N.S. - Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia's largest fishery. Overnight ...
Dec 08, 2024
Drought, heat threaten future of balsam firs popular as Christmas trees
FREDERICTON - University of New Brunswick forestry professor Anthony Taylor was heading down a highway in the spring of 2018 when his wife pointed out clumps of red-coloured trees. Taylor recognized t...
Dec 08, 2024
End of the Eras Tour, with Taylor Swift to take final bow in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - After 149 shows, an estimated US$2 billion in revenue and countless outfit changes, Taylor Swift takes to the stage tonight in Vancouver for the final show of her record-smashing Eras Tour...
Dec 08, 2024
Ghana's ruling party candidate concedes presidential election to his opposition rival
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's vice president and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat Sunday to opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama in the West African nat...
Dec 08, 2024