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Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered orcas off British Columbia's coast.
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Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 sense of the word.
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Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.
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No winning ticket for Saturday night's $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec.
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'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations

'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations

VICTORIA — A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commissioner to call for provincial standards for sex cr
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Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada

Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada

OTTAWA — Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn.
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. There are 454,852 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 454,852 confirmed cases (73,028 active, 368,474 resolved, 13,350 deaths).
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Health Canada warns people with allergies to COVID-19 vaccine ingredients

Health Canada warns people with allergies to COVID-19 vaccine ingredients

Health Canada warned Saturday that people allergic to ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccine should forego getting the shots, days before inoculations are scheduled to begin in this country.
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COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers

COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers

CALGARY — The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low after its first six weeks.
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Liberals 'completely unwilling' to hold political parties to account on privacy

Liberals 'completely unwilling' to hold political parties to account on privacy

OTTAWA — A leading expert on personal-information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in its current revamp of the federal privacy regime.
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