Canada

Police search for three men who escaped from immigration holding centre in Quebec

MONTREAL - Authorities are searching for three Chilean nationals who escaped from the Laval Immigration Holding Centre north of Montreal. Canada Border Services Agency says arrest warrants have been i...

Dec 8, 2024

Border control and tariffs: Quebec Premier François Legault meets Trump in Paris

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he met U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in Paris and they discussed border control and a proposed tariff on Canadian goods. Legault posted a photo on social media ...

Dec 8, 2024

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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 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 8, 2024

MP Jamil Jivani meets U.S. vice president-elect amid Trump's tariff threats

WASHINGTON - A Conservative member of Parliament has tapped a longtime friendship to connect with Donald Trump's inner circle as Canada prepares for the president-elect's return to the White House nex...

Dec 7, 2024