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Researchers warn of bias as Montreal health network to use AI to reduce wait times
MONTREAL - Artificial intelligence researchers say a Montreal hospital's plan to reduce emergency room wait times with an AI algorithm is an appropriate use of the technology - if it's done carefully....
Dec 30, 2022
Pierre Poilievre doesn't like anti-Trudeau flags, but understands anger behind them
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says he doesn't like the expletive-laden flags some Canadians are using to denounce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But the federal Conservative leader also says he understand...
Dec 30, 2022
Winnipeg Jets agree to terms with forward Zhilkin on three-year, entry-level contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with forward Danny Zhilkin on a three-year, entry-level contract. The deal has an average annual value of US$913,333, the NHL team said Friday in a re...
Dec 30, 2022
Rogers, Shaw welcome Tribunal's clearing of merger path, extend closing
OTTAWA, ON - Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. say they welcome the Competition Tribunal's dismissal of an effort by the Competition Bureau to block their $26-billion merger as t...
Dec 30, 2022
Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official said Friday. Arrest paperwork filed in Monroe Cou...
Dec 30, 2022
Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark
NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge has always stood out. With the imposing size and muscular frame of an NFL tight end or NBA power forward, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger towers over teamm...
Dec 30, 2022
Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark
NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge has always stood out. With the imposing size and muscular frame of an NFL tight end or NBA power forward, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger towers over teamm...
Dec 30, 2022
CF Montreal signs defender George Campbell to three-year contract
MONTREAL - CF Montreal signed defender George Campbell to a three-year contract on Friday. The deal includes an option year for the 2026 season, the Major League Soccer club said in a release. The 21-...
Dec 30, 2022
Avalanche Canada extends warning into Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks
BANFF, AB - A special avalanche warning is in place until Monday throughout most of the Columbia Mountains in British Columbia as well as the Northern Rockies in B.C. and Alberta.The warning, which wa...
Dec 30, 2022
Four dead, including two kids, after Hamilton house fire sends six people to hospital
HAMILTON - Four people, including two kids, are dead after they were pulled from a house fire in Hamilton on Thursday night, the city's fire department said. The two adults and two children died in ho...
Dec 30, 2022