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BEYOND LOCAL: How experts expect artificial intelligence to advance health care in 2024

BEYOND LOCAL: How experts expect artificial intelligence to advance health care in 2024

As we move into 2024, here are some key AI developments — and cautions —  that will be top of mind for Canadian experts in the new year and beyond
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BEYOND LOCAL: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI’s ability to deceive and dehumanize

BEYOND LOCAL: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI’s ability to deceive and dehumanize

Terms related to artificial intelligence appear to rule the roost
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OLP leadership candidates confident in their paths to victory

OLP leadership candidates confident in their paths to victory

Ontario Liberal Party members will be going to the polls this weekend. We spoke with the candidates' well-connected supporters
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‘She was a hero’: Mass shooting victim Angie Sweeney saved her daughter’s life

‘She was a hero’: Mass shooting victim Angie Sweeney saved her daughter’s life

Angie's loved ones share memories of a woman who was ‘afraid of nothing’ — and their newfound mission to protect others from intimate partner violence
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Ontario man almost done recreating famous plane's cockpit in his garage

Ontario man almost done recreating famous plane's cockpit in his garage

Forty years ago today, Air Canada Flight AC143 made its miraculous landing in Gimli, Manitoba and Perry Van Veen has been captivated by the story ever since
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CANADA: What we learned about inflation and the economy amid interest rate hike

CANADA: What we learned about inflation and the economy amid interest rate hike

The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate on Wednesday, by 0.25 of a percentage point to five per cent
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Postmedia, Toronto Star owner Nordstar end their merger discussions

Postmedia, Toronto Star owner Nordstar end their merger discussions

Both companies said via press releases that regulatory and financial uncertainty played a role
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ONTARIO: Top doc links spread of tick-borne illness to climate change

ONTARIO: Top doc links spread of tick-borne illness to climate change

Over the last 20 years there has been a rise in the incidence of Lyme disease as ticks are able to survive the winters, says Dr. Kieran Moore
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ONTARIO: Police crack 1975 cold case, charge Florida man with murder

ONTARIO: Police crack 1975 cold case, charge Florida man with murder

The victim, who was found dead east of Ottawa in 1975, has been identified; 81-year-old man arrested
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Google set to remove Canadian news links in Canada over online news law

Google set to remove Canadian news links in Canada over online news law

OTTAWA — Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms in Canada because of the Liberal government's new law, which forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose online.
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