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Feds invest $15M in health-care AI development through 91Ô­´´ tech cluster program

Feds invest $15M in health-care AI development through 91Ô­´´ tech cluster program

The AI initiative, known as the Health Compass II project, will include a "virtual agent" to improve patient engagement.
Eels writhe on 91Ô­´´ airport's tarmac after escaping from Air Canada cargo box

Eels writhe on 91Ô­´´ airport's tarmac after escaping from Air Canada cargo box

RICHMOND — It was not quite the 2006 film "Snakes on a Plane" at 91Ô­´´ International Airport, but there were real eels — dozens of them — writhing on the tarmac during a recent incident captured on video.
Newfoundland fishers protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference

Newfoundland fishers protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About a dozen fishers interrupted a news conference with the country's environment ministers in St. John's on Wednesday to demand the federal government reinstate a 32-year moratorium on commercial cod fishing in the province.
AFN calls for independent inquiry into killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg

AFN calls for independent inquiry into killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations wants Manitoba to hold an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.
Longtime Liberal MP representing Northwest Territories not seeking re-election

Longtime Liberal MP representing Northwest Territories not seeking re-election

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Michael McLeod says he has made the "bittersweet" decision to not seek a fourth term in the next federal election.
60 years of road salt has destroyed Ottawa's Alexandra Bridge: officials

60 years of road salt has destroyed Ottawa's Alexandra Bridge: officials

OTTAWA — Federal officials say six decades of road salt has spelled the end for a 123-year old interprovincial bridge in Ottawa. The Alexandra Bridge has to be taken down because of rust, officials from the Procurement Department say.
Pro-Palestinian encampment on McGill's downtown Montreal campus dismantled

Pro-Palestinian encampment on McGill's downtown Montreal campus dismantled

MONTREAL — Under pounding rain, pro-Palestinian protesters carried their belongings off McGill University's downtown Montreal campus on Wednesday, as bulldozers and security forces dismantled the encampment that had been on the school's lower field s
Jewish community takes food inspection agency to court over slaughter guidelines

Jewish community takes food inspection agency to court over slaughter guidelines

OTTAWA — A group of agencies that certify Kosher meat took the government to court Wednesday to ask for an injunction against 91Ô­´´ Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of animals.
Canada warns of Russian 'bot farm' powered by AI spreading online disinformation

Canada warns of Russian 'bot farm' powered by AI spreading online disinformation

OTTAWA — 91Ô­´´ security officials are warning about a Russian propaganda campaign that used social-media site X to spread online disinformation.
AFN head told chiefs draft child-welfare reform deal with Ottawa worth $47.8B: source

AFN head told chiefs draft child-welfare reform deal with Ottawa worth $47.8B: source

MONTREAL — The head of the Assembly of First Nations has informed chiefs that a draft deal with Ottawa on child-welfare reforms is worth $47.8 billion, a source who was in the room says — more than double what was initially promised.