Rain helps crews in Fort McMurray while B.C. cracks down on open burning
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wildfire crews have reported no further growth in the wildfire that continues to burn southwest of Fort McMurray. Alberta Wildfire reports the lack of growth allowed crews to keep working on establishing fireguards overnight. The...
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Dialysis is crucial for kidney patients. It also generates a lot of waste.
Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care...
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Montreal artists and venue owners support 24-hour party district - with reservations
MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across t...
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Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change
VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesda...
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No expert consensus on AI risks, trajectory 'remarkably uncertain': report
OTTAWA - A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses - and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. The report, chaired by Canada's Yoshua Bengio, concludes the "f...
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Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could make the first debate stage under stringent Biden-Trump rules
PHOENIX (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long argued that the biggest hurdle of his presidential campaign is the perception that independent candidates can't win. He has looked to the debates as a singular opportunity to stand alongside Joe Biden and D...
May 18, 2024
Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion ...
May 17, 2024
Health professionals take climate action to care for patients and the planet
From new plant-leaning hospital menus tofewer surgical gloves and single-use syringes, health-care professionals are finding ways to combat waste and pollutants. Dr. Wendy Levinson,chair of the eco-advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada, said physicians...
May 17, 2024
Trump campaigns in Minnesota, predicting he will win the traditionally Democratic state in November
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump used a day off from his hush money trial Friday to headline a Republican fundraiser in Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump took th...
May 17, 2024
Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board
ATLANTA (AP) - A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating allegations of fraud and mak...
May 17, 2024