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A Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist who has been missing for more than two weeks and had been feared dead has turned up alive in Gaza.  Mansour Shouman posted a new video in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. A Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist who has been missing …

In May, eligible Canadians 65 and older can qualify for coverage under the $13 billion national dental care plan — if they don’t already have any private dental insurance. That has some seniors wondering whether they can abandon their minimal retiree coverage or plans they’ve purchased themselves.  Ottawa says those …

The federal government must move quickly to regulate artificial intelligence, says a top AI pioneer who warns the technology’s current trajectory poses major societal risks  House industry committee is studying a bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems. The federal government must move quickly to regulate artificial intelligence, …

The Marine Stewardship Council, whose blue check mark is a global symbol of seafood sustainability, has been forced to pause and rework its new fisheries standards after complaints from Canadian and other fisheries organizations.  Fishing industry complained rules are unworkable, environmental group disagrees. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), whose blue …

People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency. More than 85 centimetres of snow has fallen at Sydney Airport. N.S. digging out after major …

Bedi Singh was in his Sydney, N.S., apartment early Sunday afternoon with his girlfriend playing video games when a day of boredom was suddenly interrupted. Between the snow accumulating outside of his ground-floor unit and the snow coming down from the building’s roof, the pressure on windows in his unit …

Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn’t use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn’t show up or chose less expensive hotels.  Conservative whip calls it a ‘disastrous waste of money.’ Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel …

TV chef Mary Berg, crooner Michael Bublé, comedian Rick Mercer and hockey megastar Sidney Crosby are the latest Canadian celebrities to become the face of AI-generated deepfake scams. As the technology gets better, experts warn the legal system has a lot of catching up to do.  Artificial intelligence is evolving …

With five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team set for their first court hearing today, lawyers not involved in the case weigh in on how the proceedings in London, Ont., and the trial to come could play out. Four NHL players, now on leave from their teams, …

He claimed to be an American oil drilling engineer working in Scotland. In reality, he is a romance scammer in Nigeria, who says he’s bilked women out of thousands of dollars. In a forthright interview, he reveals some tricks of the trade and apologizes for harming women — citing financial …