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BEYOND LOCAL: Kids Help Phone enlists AI to tackle 'enormous' demand

BEYOND LOCAL: Kids Help Phone enlists AI to tackle 'enormous' demand

Artificial Intelligence will be able to recognize key words and speech patterns from young people who reach out, allowing busy counsellors to zero in on what that caller needs
CANADA: Online News Act creates 'moment of reckoning' for publishers

CANADA: Online News Act creates 'moment of reckoning' for publishers

In response to Bill C-18, Meta and Google have said they will remove news by Canadian journalism outlets from their sites before the law comes into force
Record-breaking wildfire season to stay hot for months: officials

Record-breaking wildfire season to stay hot for months: officials

Wildfires to be abnormally intense throughout July and into August, Natural Resources Canada projected Thursday
BEYOND LOCAL: As extreme heat worsens, expert calls access to cooling a human right

BEYOND LOCAL: As extreme heat worsens, expert calls access to cooling a human right

Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, has sought to bring attention to the need for greater heat adaptation as Canada is set to experience higher daily temperatures and longer heat waves under climate change
CANADA: Record-breaking fire season will continue for months: officials

CANADA: Record-breaking fire season will continue for months: officials

Atlantic provinces and eastern Quebec are expected to see more normal conditions in August, but other parts of the country can expect the severity forecast to be well above average, projections show
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
Plans in the works for 3 more small reactors at Darlington

Plans in the works for 3 more small reactors at Darlington

New reactors would produce 1,200 megawatts of power
BEYOND LOCAL: Beloved police dog helped Stratford police before death

BEYOND LOCAL: Beloved police dog helped Stratford police before death

Two men are charged with numerous offences after a police dog died assisting in an investigation
WATCH: Stories you might have missed

WATCH: Stories you might have missed

A recap of some stories making headlines in northern Ontario for Friday July 7, 2023.
Lac-Mégantic marks 10th anniversary of deadly rail disaster

Lac-Mégantic marks 10th anniversary of deadly rail disaster

Community gathers for a commemorative mass to remember the rail disaster that killed 47 people and destroyed parts of the town centre