Canadian AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton ‘flabbergasted’ after winning Nobel Prize
Hinton was awarded the prize this morning, along with Princeton University researcher John Hopfield, for contributions to ...
‘These things could get smarter than us’: Toronto Nobel laureate warned of risks of AI from it’s earliest applications
Geoffrey Hinton toiled for years in relative obscurity in a field few thought would yield results, subsisting on modest ...
Flags fly at half staff in Minnesota for Voyageurs National Park ranger who died in water rescue
Flags flew at half-staff in Minnesota and at national parks across the country Tuesday for a Voyageurs National Park ranger who died while trying to ...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headed to Laos for ASEAN Summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Laos today to take part in the ASEAN Summit. Canada is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but has a strategic ...
Liberals won’t prorogue Parliament as impasse over green tech fund documents drags on
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has no intention of proroguing Parliament to end an ...
Big Ten has become a landing zone for transfer quarterbacks
Bret Bielema was at the forefront of the graduate transfer game in 2011 when the NCAA passed a new rule that allowed athletes ...
Manitoba government to put up $10 million for new housing investment trust
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is putting up $10 million for a new fund aimed at getting more affordable housing units on ...
Toronto is losing multiplexes to luxurious single-family homes. Why isn’t the city protecting them?
Experts say new multiplex units will be expensive, which makes preserving old multiplexes all the more important.
The ‘Godfather of AI’ joins list of distinguished Canadians who have won Nobel Prize
Geoffrey Hinton was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday in recognition of his trailblazing contributions to the field ...
Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran kicker Ward to three-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian kicker Lewis Ward to a three-year contract extension Tuesday.
Hezbollah steps up rocket fire into Israel, which sends more troops into Lebanon
Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the militant group’s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands ...
Peter Nygard is denied bail pending his ‘weak’ appeal of Toronto sex assault convictions
Overall, on the current record, this appeal appears weak,” Justice Lene Madsen wrote, adding that Nygard’s appeal of his 11-year sentence “is manifestly frivolous.” ...