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Ohio mom who left toddler alone when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder
An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder. Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two murder ... Read More »
Indigenous leaders say B.C. opposition members derailed changes to Land Act
Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public land in their territories. The NDP government announced Wednesday that it would not proceed with proposed amendments to the Land Act after holding a ... Read More »
Cameron stays alive in Scotties playoff hunt with close win over Smith
CALGARY – Manitoba’s Kate Cameron scored one in the 10th end for a crucial 5-4 win over Nova Scotia’s Heather Smith in Thursday’s opening draw at the Canadian women’s curling championship. Cameron improved to 4-3 with the win and will face British Columbia’s Clancy Grandy (5-2) in Thursday’s evening draw for the third and final ... Read More »
Google suspends Gemini AI chatbot’s ability to generate pictures of people
Google said Thursday it is temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating. Gemini users this week posted screenshots on social media of historically white-dominated scenes with racially diverse characters that they say it generated, leading critics to ... Read More »
Maple Leaf Foods combining meat and plant protein businesses into one
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is combining its meat and plant protein businesses into one as it seeks to focus the company and drive growth. “We are pivoting to a new chapter, and it’s a chapter that we expect to be lucrative for all Maple Leaf stakeholders,” said Maple Leaf CEO Curtis Frank ... Read More »
Claws come out for federal minister who shared picture of lobster lunch in Asia
FREDERICTON – A photo of federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay eating lobster in Malaysia during an official trip has some people seeing red. Shared Sunday on the minister’s profile on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, the photo shows a sun-dappled MacAulay looking relaxed, wearing a T-shirt and sunglasses, and holding a lobster claw ... Read More »
Houthi rebel attack sets cargo ship ablaze, forces Israel to intercept another attack near Eilat
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched attacks Thursday on both Israel and a ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, setting the vessel ablaze and again demonstrating their ability to launch assaults despite facing U.S.-led airstrikes targeting their forces. The rebels’ supreme leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced an “the escalation in ... Read More »
Canada’s AI reputation at risk if it doesn’t speed up adoption: tech community
TORONTO – Members of Canada’s tech community say they’re worried the country is adopting artificial intelligence too slowly, threatening its reputation as a leader in the sector, if the trend persists. “The slow pace of adoption of Canadian-made AI technologies is one of the biggest challenges that puts Canada in danger of ceding its hard-fought ... Read More »
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire man was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury Thursday in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found. Adam Montgomery, 34, did not attend the trial and wasn’t ... Read More »
Loblaw profits and sales continue growing as shoppers look for more deals
Canada’s largest grocer expects this year to be much like the last: customers continuing to seek discounts and deals, leading to more growth at the company’s discount brands and banners, and higher profits. “We expect our retail business to grow earnings faster than sales, and adjusted earning- per-share growth in the high single digits,” Loblaw ... Read More »
Veltman sentenced to life in prison as London attack deemed terrorism
A man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., committed an act of terrorism fuelled by white nationalist ideology, an Ontario judge ruled Thursday in sentencing him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Nathaniel Veltman was also sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for the ... Read More »
