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Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation info
HALIFAX — After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, told a national public health conference in Halifax Wednesday there are inexpensive and effective ways of reducing harm caused by climate-related disasters —
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Liberals pounce on Poilievre's visit to carbon tax protest, support from Alex Jones
OTTAWA — As the Liberals try to reverse their political fortunes with the latest federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ratcheted up attacks against his Conservative opponent on Wednesday, tying him to a far-right American figure. Polls suggest the Liberal budget released last week has yet to resonate — but Trudeau suggested it's still more of a plan than what Poilievre has on offer, other than trying to exploit public anxieties. During a stop to promote the budget in Oakville, Ont., Trud
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Border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA — Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. The Canada Border Services Agency says the initiative would allow for a faster and more seamless travel experience. A pilot project is still two to four years away, but an Ottawa-based civil liberties coalition is already flagging concerns about privacy and accountability. The border agency says use of the system would b
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As treaty talks continue, new forecast predicts clouds with a 100% chance of plastic
OTTAWA — Mother Nature delivered a typical spring day Wednesday in Ottawa, with a morning of light drizzle fading into afternoon sunshine, near-freezing temperatures — and thousands of grams of plastic. That "plastic forecast" comes from a project of Australia's Minderoo Foundation, trying to draw attention to the scope of the world's plastic problem as negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic waste continue in the national capital. "We've produced so much plastic it's now in our weather,
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This trash robot is cleaning up Michigan's shores, keeping plastic out of the Detroit River
Picture a Roomba, but for the beach: BeBot is a new roving trash collector that will soon hit the shores of Belle Isle State Park. It's all part of a bid not just to keep beaches clean for residents, but to prevent harmful trash from ending up in the waterways in the Great Lakes region.LISTEN: Robot being used to pick up trash on Belle Isle"I operate it on the Belle Isle beach and it really sifts into the sand to get a lot of that litter, pollution that you can't see with your eye because it's b
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Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., as Liberals tap app's influencers
OAKVILLE, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, at a time when his own party is leaning on the app and its influencers to deliver the Liberals' political message to Canadians. The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would force TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell its share of the social-media app within a year or face a ban in the platform's largest market. The proposed ban was slipped into a $95-billion
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VideoEdmonton Police Service releases arson video
A Dec. 14, 2023, video released by Edmonton police shows two suspects igniting a fire in a home. The video was released as part of a plea for public help in Project Gaslight, an ongoing investigation into a series of extortions targeting the city's South Asian population that has damaged more than $10 million worth of property. (April 24, 2024)
