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ATS signs deal to buy water purification company Avidity Science for $265-million
FILE PHOTO: A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
opinion
Canada’s science and tech ecosystem is broken — businesses need to invest more
John Ruffolo and Vivek Goel
canada
Toronto hospital network appoints chief AI scientist in bid to improve health care
Bo Wang, shown in a handout photo, has been appointed as chief artificial intelligence scientist by UHN, Canada's largest network of research hospitals, to bring together doctors and computing experts as part of an emerging field aiming to more accurately and quickly diagnose, treat and monitor patients using "big data." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University Health Network-Tim Fraser **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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FTX attorneys accuse Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents of siphoning millions of dollars from company
FILE - Barbara Fried, mother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arrives at court, Dec. 22, 2022, in New York. On Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading filed a lawsuit accusing Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, of exploiting their access to and influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
canada
Long-secret Canadian intelligence sealed Avro Arrow’s cancellation, new paper says
Members of the media view a full-scale replica of the Avro Arrow at the Toronto Aerospace museum in Toronto Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards to protect users from sexual violence
Dating apps are displayed on a computer and a phone in Sydney, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Australia's government say the online dating industry must improve safety standards or be forced to make changes through legislation, responding to research that says three-in-four Australian users suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
alberta
‘In control’: Study looks at exercise to boost overall well-being of kids with cancer
Bridget Penney, left, and her daughter Mira Penney, 10, share a moment while taking part in an exercise session that helps kids to stay active during cancer care, in Calgary, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. It's been a challenging time for Mira Penney. The 10-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour, had it removed in August of last year and then underwent a round of chemotherapy. An infection left her hospitalized for three months and some days she didn't want to get out of bed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
alberta
Quantum science is Canada’s next best investment
canada
Fish stocks along Atlantic, Pacific coasts unaffected by marine heat waves, study says
Marine heat waves haven't had a lasting effect on fish populations along Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts says a study, showing there is still a chance to act on climate change. A diver with non-profit Reef Renewal USA cleans and maintains a coral nursery, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, near Tavernier, Fla., in the Florida Keys. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Wilfredo Lee
world
UN report says the world is way off track to curb global warming, but offers ways to fix that
FILE - The industrial backdrop of a BP refinery and a Uniper coal-fired power plant is seen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 6, 2023. A major new United Nations report being released Monday, March 20, 2023, is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
international business
Google reaches tentative settlement with 36 states and D.C. over alleged app store monopoly
FILE - The Google logo is displayed at their offices, Nov. 1, 2018, in London. In a letter, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, children’s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
canada
School boards grappling with AI use in classroom, but formal policies still elusive
Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology will impact learning and academic integrity. Grade 3 teacher Catherine Rioux-Tache leads her students into class at Sainte-Cecile elementary school on their first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
world
Northern Ireland police chief resigns after controversies including huge data breach
Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne reads a statement outside James House in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday Aug. 31, 2023, after a special meeting of the Policing Board. Northern Ireland’s top police officer resigned Monday Sept. 4, 2023 following a series of controversies that plagued the police force, including what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach. The Northern Ireland Policing Board confirmed that Simon Byrne has resigned as chief constable, with immediate effect. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)
world
India launches a spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole
The screengrab from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Youtube channel shows the Aditya-L1 spacecraft lifts off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the space center in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Indian Space Research Organisation via AP)
british columbia
B.C. researchers studied how homeless people spent a $7,500 handout. Here’s what they found
Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park below the towers of the downtown skyline in Vancouver, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. There is a stark contrast between public perception and the reality of how homeless people spend money, a University of British Columbia researcher says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
alberta
Alberta wastewater samples show spike in opioids, researchers say
University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June. Wastewater testing is done weekly at six sites throughout the province as part of a pilot-study funded by the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education at the Cumming School of Medicine and Calgary Health Foundation that ends this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
international business
After Tesla relaxes monitoring of drivers using its Autopilot technology, U.S. regulators seek answers
FILE - Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. In a document posted Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, U.S. auto safety regulators have opened another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles concerning loss of steering control or loss of power steering in the 2023 Models 3 and Y electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
world
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
A sign is photographed at McMurdo Station on Dec. 4, 2018. The Associated Press found a pattern of women working in Antarctica who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault had been minimized by their employers. The AP investigation came after the National Science Foundation published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they'd had a negative experience of harassment or assault while on the ice. (National Science Foundation via AP)
world
New crew for the space station launches with astronauts from 4 countries
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov wave as they depart their crew quarters for the launch pad before their mission to the International Space Station as Crew-7 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper REFILE - CORRECTING DATE
world
India’s lunar rover keeps walking on the moon, days after spacecraft’s historic touchdown
This handout screen grab taken and released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 25, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 rover as it manoeuvred from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon. India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on August 24, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole. (Photo by ISRO / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/ISRO/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Fear, falsehoods and conspiracy theories ignite amid Canada’s wildfires
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a lakefront home, in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
books
Bestselling author Kathy Reichs on writing while working full time, forensic science and how her series might end
Author Kathy Reichs.
world
Loss of Antarctic ice hurting survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says
FILE - Emperor penguin chicks stand together in Antarctica on Dec. 21, 2005. The loss of ice in a region near Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea in 2022 likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies in that area, researchers reported Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. (Zhang Zongtang/Xinhua via AP, File)
world
Deep-sea ‘hot tubs’ help octopus moms hatch their eggs faster
life
Parents take crash course on advancing tech as AI, chatbots enter classroom
Back-to-school prep for Toronto mom Valerie Tih involves homework she’s assigned to herself — a crash course in artificial intelligence tools that she expects her sons may encounter this school year. Tih and her husband Dave pose for a family portrait with their children Tanner, (top right) and Tyler in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jessica Kosmack, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
canada
Human activity, climate change having cascading effects on northern ecosystem, starting with the Arctic cod
A polar bear stands on an ice floe in Baffin Bay above the Arctic Circle on July 10, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Oceanographers say warming waters in the Gulf of St. Lawrence affecting animal life
A sculpture shows fishermen pulling on a line in front of the marina, Monday, August 6, 2012, in L'Étang du Nord on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
world
AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms
FILE - The Associated Press logo is shown at the entrance to the news organization's office in New York on Thursday, July 13, 2023. The Associated Press has issued guidelines for its journalists on use of artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service. (AP Photo/Aaron Jackson, File
international business
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses
Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/
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Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years
In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna 25 automatic station is transported to a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Luna 25 is a Russian lunar lander mission scheduled to launch later in August. (Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP)
canada
Recent shark deaths in Canada a sign that efforts to grow the population are working
A combination of food and rise in population due to conservation efforts could be leading to an increase in shark encounters in Canadian waters. A woman walks with her dogs at Newcomb Hollow Beach, where a boogie boarder was bitten by a shark in 2018 and later died of his injuries, in Wellfleet, Mass. on May 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS-AP/Charles Krupa
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WSP Global raises earnings forecast as profits soar
A new report from an advocacy group says that Canada's big banks show "no urgency" in ramping up action against climate change. The Bay Street Financial District is shown with the Canadian flag in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
international business
Honda’s profit doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
FILE PHOTO: Honda's logo is seen on the front grill of the new SUV Elevate, during its world premiere, at an event in New Delhi, India, June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
canada
Unifor president demands SNC-Lavalin reinstate fired union head
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday, Aug.3, 2023.The head of Canada's largest private sector union is calling out SNC-Lavalin for firing the head of a union that represents hundreds of its engineers and other workers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
international business
White House’s first-ever cybersecurity summit tackles hackers dumping U.S. students’ data online
FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, a router and internet switch are displayed in East Derry, N.H. The White House on Tuesday held its first-ever cybersecurity “summit” on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools, which has included hackers leaking sensitive student data such as medical records, psychiatric evaluations and student sexual assault reports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)