Category Archives: Canadian Press
AI in the court: When algorithms rule on jail time
CLEVELAND - The centuries-old process of releasing defendants on bail, long the province of judicial discretion, is getting a major assist … courtesy of artificial intelligence. In late August, ...
Jan 31, 2018
Federal transgender inmates to be housed, addressed according to gender identity
OTTAWA - The federal prison system is changing the way it treats transgender inmates, who will now be placed in a men’s or women’s facility based on how they self-identify. Correctional st...
Jan 31, 2018
Confidentiality an issue in whether to release Hehr report; Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says confidentiality will be a factor in deciding whether to release the findings of an investigation into allegations of misconduct levelled against Liberal MP ...
Jan 31, 2018
Scheer: Tories to launch independent investigation of Dykstra controversy
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promised an independent, third-party investigation of the Rick Dykstra controversy Wednesday as his own caucus members wondered aloud how the Ontario MP was ...
Jan 31, 2018
Lunar showstopper: Super blue blood moon awes and wows
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The moon put on a rare cosmic show Wednesday: a red blue moon, super big and super bright. It’s the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with a supermoon and a...
Jan 31, 2018
Anti-abortion group loses initial court bid over summer jobs program
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have been handed a win in court over a pro-choice requirement attached to the Canada Summer Jobs program, days before the deadline to apply for funding grants. A Federal ...
Jan 31, 2018
Toronto school board considering overhaul of streaming practice in Grades 9, 10
TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board is considering a drastic change to its practice of steering high schoolers toward either “academic” or “applied” courses in an eff...
Jan 31, 2018
US pending home sales rose 0.5 per cent in December
WASHINGTON - The pace of Americans signing contracts to buy homes increased for a third straight month in December, raising an index of pending home sales by 0.5 per cent. The National Association of ...
Jan 31, 2018
AP source: Fox gets Thursday night football for 5 years, $3B
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games. Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league’s other network pa...
Jan 31, 2018
Canadian skier Erik Guay to miss the Winter Olympics due to back pain
World champion skier Erik Guay’s dream of an Olympic medal is over. The Montreal native, one of Canada’s top medal hopes in alpine skiing, announced Wednesday that he will miss the Winter ...
Jan 31, 2018