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Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
TORONTO – The Alzheimer Society says people with dementia should have the right to request medical assistance in dying in advance – but it must not be a replacement for high-quality palliative care. As of today, people with dementia in Quebec are allowed to make advance requests for MAID, before they lose the capacity to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa urged to halt imports of endangered monkeys for drug testing, amid U.S. probe
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
TORONTO – The federal government is facing mounting pressure to investigate the importation of endangered monkeys for medical research in Quebec, after a United States probe allegedly prompted a pharmaceutical giant to sharply increase its imports north of the border. The influx of long-tailed macaques from Cambodia, which the U.S. alleges are being illegally captured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forget the beaver, moose and goose. These are the most Canadian animals
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
The most Canadian animal? It’s not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, the loon that gave the one-dollar coin its nickname, or even the much-maligned Canada goose. In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada’s most distinct animal in evolutionary terms, researchers from Simon Fraser University ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government would have to double military spending to meet NATO target: PBO
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – The parliamentary budget officer says if the federal government wants to meet NATO’s military spending target by 2032 as promised, it will have to almost double defence spending to $81.9 billion. The budget watchdog made that conclusion in a report published today on the fiscal implications of meeting the NATO target, which stipulates ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tory MPs backed communities seeking Liberal housing fund Poilievre vows to cut
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – Five Conservative MPs have written letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this week called disastrous and promised to cancel. Housing Minister Sean Fraser made the revelation in the House of Commons Tuesday while responding to a question from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Ontario to table ‘ambitious’ economic update
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Ontario to table ‘ambitious’ economic update, Doug Ford says Ontario’s finance minister is set to table his fall economic statement today, which the premier says is an ambitious plan to build highways, hospitals and homes. Premier Doug Ford ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than a quarter of Canadians will spend at least 100 bones on Halloween: poll
By Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they’ll fork over as much money as they did last year on candy and costumes. That’s according to polling firm Leger, which surveyed 1,520 adults this month on their Halloween ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recounts rarely alter elections. There’s another reason they matter, says B.C. expert
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
Recounts may not change election results very often, but British Columbia political scientist David Black says they play an increasingly vital role in demonstrating election integrity. “There is the quality control, the quality assurance, the self-correcting nature of our of our system showing up and demonstrating that it works,” said Black, an associate professor at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Softshell turtle has most distinct evolutionary history among Canadian species: study
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
The most Canadian animal? It’s not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, or the loon that gave the one-dollar “loonie” its name. In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada’s most distinct animal in evolutionary terms, researchers from Simon Fraser University show in a first-of-its-kind study. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AI will get better than humans at cyber offence by 2030: Hinton Lectures speaker
By The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2024
TORONTO – The keynote speaker at a series of lectures hosted by artificial intelligence luminary Geoffrey Hinton says the technology will get better than humans at cyber offence by the end of the decade. The views Jacob Steinhardt has are based around his belief that AI systems will become “superhuman” with coding tasks and finding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan Premier Moe to contend with divided province after election win
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe faces a divided electorate after winning Monday’s election and must start taking city issues seriously if he wants to mend relations, political experts say. Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is to form a fifth-straight majority, but it lost in the big cities while retaining its grip on rural areas to secure ... Read More »
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