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Nations — Canada included — are running out of time to design and implement comprehensive safeguards on the development and deployment of advanced artificial intelligence systems, a leading AI safety company warned this week. In a worst-case scenario, power-seeking superhuman AI systems could escape their creators’ control and pose an “extinction-level” threat to humanity, AI researchers wrote in a report commissioned by the U.S. Department of…

A single mother living in New Brunswick says property owners in the area have denied her rental applications because she has a child. Melanie Centis, who lives in Moncton, said she began searching for available apartments after deciding to sell her five-bedroom home once her three adult children moved out. She said she no longer…

An Edmonton family is frustrated and upset after a 62-year-old man who had been in hospital with care needs was sent to stay at a hotel. Blair Canniff had been a patient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for roughly six months when he said a social worker told him he was going to be moved. “They…

A new animal at a Nova Scotia wildlife rehabilitation centre is raising eyebrows and attracting attention. To look at her, one might not even know what kind of animal she is. Rufus is a raccoon, but without the trademark black bandit-like mask and bushy ringed tail, she doesn’t look like one. “It’s a clear case…

When it broke ground on Prince Edward Island in 2014, Canadian Nectar Products had former high-profile politicians pitching a company with the potential to bring jobs and people to the small province. It had a lofty goal: transform an island known for potatoes into the apple-growing capital of the world, as the local newspaper reported….

Descrease article font size Increase article font size An agricultural event in Guelph is celebrating its centennial. This is the 100th edition of College Royal at the University of Guelph that kicked off last Wednesday and runs until this Sunday. It began in 1925 as a livestock show and has evolved into something more. “Our…

In January, a Shoppers Drug Mart district manager in Ontario wrote to store owners in his area to express “deep disappointment” in their performance during the first week of 2024.  “Despite clear plans and expectations, it is evident that we fell significantly short of our targets,” reads the email obtained by CBC News.  The email…