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BEYOND LOCAL: Artificial Intelligence can discriminate against older adults due to lack of data

BEYOND LOCAL: Artificial Intelligence can discriminate against older adults due to lack of data

Older adults are increasingly using technologies in their everyday lives, but the needs of this population are often ignored in AI design
Ottawa inks deal to share more residential school records with reconciliation centre

Ottawa inks deal to share more residential school records with reconciliation centre

The government says the agreement outlines how and when it will send the historical documents to the Winnipeg-based centre, which will, in turn,make them available to residential school survivors and work to preserve them
BEYOND LOCAL: Online music lessons have yielded creative surprises like mixing ‘Blob Opera’ and beatboxing

BEYOND LOCAL: Online music lessons have yielded creative surprises like mixing ‘Blob Opera’ and beatboxing

Blob Opera, developed by Google and AI artist David Li, lets students manipulate a soprano, alto, tenor and bass quartet of blobs.
Calls to reduce COVID isolation for seniors in care as it may do more harm than good

Calls to reduce COVID isolation for seniors in care as it may do more harm than good

Dr. Quoc Dinh Nguyen, a geriatrician and epidemiologist at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, said that especially in larger facilities, residents can have their 10-day isolation periods reset when new cases are reported on their floors
VIDEO: Calgary aviation buff comes to Ontario to witness Dash 8-300's last hurrah

VIDEO: Calgary aviation buff comes to Ontario to witness Dash 8-300's last hurrah

Air Canada's Dash 8-300 a 'machine that Canadians should be proud of'. Its final passenger flight was flown from Timmins to Toronto
Ontario students seek grade 'freeze' during Omicron-interrupted semester

Ontario students seek grade 'freeze' during Omicron-interrupted semester

Ontario has moved between in-person and remote learning several times since the pandemic hit
Annual inflation rate hits 30-year high, upping pressure on Bank of Canada

Annual inflation rate hits 30-year high, upping pressure on Bank of Canada

Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to 4.8 per cent, a pace that hasn't been seen since September 1991
Five deer in southwestern Ontario test positive for COVID

Five deer in southwestern Ontario test positive for COVID

'These are the first cases reported in free-ranging Ontario wildlife'
Ford expected to make 'positive' announcement about COVID-19 restrictions

Ford expected to make 'positive' announcement about COVID-19 restrictions

He told Ottawa radio station CFRA that he would have news about changing the level of restrictions this week, and a senior government source says that announcement is coming today
Child-care centres in Ontario concerned about limited N95 mask supply from province

Child-care centres in Ontario concerned about limited N95 mask supply from province

The province announced last week that it was sending the high-quality masks to all schools and childcare centres as Ontario fights a wave of the highly infectious Omicron variant