Small town in Thailand hold mass cremation for 23 who died in a school trip bus fire
Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony Tuesday in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers who died ...
Gillian Halyk is the Green Party candidate for Kelvington-Wadena
HUMBOLDT - Gillian Halyk grew up in Tuffnell, near Foam Lake, and is now the candidate for the Green Party in the Kelvington-Wadena constituency.
Tight deadlines on software projects can put safety at risk: survey
TORONTO - A new survey says a majority of software engineers and developers feel tight project deadlines can put safety at ...
Japan prosecutors will not appeal acquittal of world’s longest death-row inmate in retrial
Japanese prosecutors said Tuesday they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a ...
Iqaluit killer was granted day parole 3 months before new murder charge
In June — three months before being charged in the killing of an Iqaluit teen 38 years ago — Jopey Atsiqtaq sought full parole for two other murders that occurred ...
‘Equal access to all of us’: Almaguin fire department working to acquire live fire training unit
As early as this fall, firefighters with the Burk's Falls and District Fire Department, the Perry Township Fire Department, Magnetawan Fire Department, Kearney Fire Department and McMurrich/Monteith F ...
Leaf it to Muskoka: Fall colours draw seasonal tourism ahead of Thanksgiving weekend
With the autumn equinox behind us and Thanksgiving weekend approaching, Muskoka's fall colours are nearing their peak, increasing interest from visitors and prompting local businesses and provincial p ...
France tightens steps to prevent one of Osama bin Laden’s sons from returning
France’s interior minister said Tuesday he has taken additional steps against any effort by one of the sons of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to return to ...
University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton wins Nobel Prize in physics
A British-Canadian researcher has won the Nobel Prize in physics for work developing the foundations of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Water gushes through palm trees and sand dunes after rare rain in the Sahara Desert
A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some ...
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled machine learning
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence — were awarded the Nobel Prize ...
Brantford council to consider pitch for $140-million sports and entertainment centre — a new home for the Bulldogs
Brantford city council will consider a pitch for a $140-million sport and entertainment centre that could see Hamilton’s ...