A risk for freezing rain will accompany a pattern change sweeping into southern Ontario to begin the new workweek. Warmer air pushing into the region will clash with stubborn cold air clinging to the surface, raising the risk for icing on Monday. Stay alert for slick roads across the northern Greater Toronto Area (GTA), cottage … Read more
The Salvation Army says holiday donations are down 50 per cent since the Canada Post strike began, amounting to a drop of roughly $9.3 million in seasonal giving compared to this time last year. Mail-in gifts are “the bedrock” of the Army’s fundraising efforts, said spokesman Lt.-Col. John Murray, but its postal campaign has essentially … Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Government faces third Tory non-confidence vote The Liberals are set to face a third Conservative non-confidence vote today, but the government is likely to survive with the support of the NDP. Members of Parliament are supposed to vote … Read more
OTTAWA — The Liberals are set to face a third Conservative non-confidence vote today, but the government is likely to survive with the support of the NDP. Members of Parliament are supposed to vote on a motion that quotes NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s criticism of the Liberals and asks the House to agree with Singh … Read more
In Werewolves (now in theatres) director Steven C. Miller takes on the difficult task of bringing many, many werewolves to the big screen in the new film starring Frank Grillo. But to have a rather robust theatrical release for this horror film, the director was “blown away.” “It’s kind of surreal,” Miller said told Yahoo … Read more
There’s no hiding from a scientist with access to a satellite. A man searching the Australian outback on Google Earth pointed researchers in the direction of a strange scar cutting through the dirt. It turns out the path was left behind by a previously undiscovered tornado. Spying on tornadoes from space is a useful research … Read more
Justin Trudeau says Syria can now revel in a new chapter, after the Middle Eastern country’s former president fled on Sunday. The Canadian prime minister took to social media, noting Syria will be free of terrorism and suffering after half a century of the Assad family’s rule. “The fall of Assad’s dictatorship ends decades of … Read more
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 issued for Bryan Ulises Moya Rojas, Diego Nicolas Flores Sepulveda and Daniel Eliseo Gonzalez Ihrig after they left the facility Saturday night. The men are 30, … Read more
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 physics to develop artificial neural networks, which help computers learn without having to program them. These networks form the foundation of machine learning, a computer … Read more
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 called the godfather of AI said over the weekend that he doesn’t have any guilty regret, which he said is when someone has done something when … Read more