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Bonjour, Alexa! How a virtual assistant learned to speak Canadian French
MONTREAL - Last September, Hans Laroche embarked on an unusual teaching assignment. He and a few thousand fellow Quebecers were enlisted to help Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa learn the finer p...
Mar 31, 2019
Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101
MONTREAL - A Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's longest-serving officer has died. The Royal Montreal Regiment announced that Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart died last Wednesday at the...
Mar 31, 2019
Saying business model is "financially unsustainable," the CWHL is folding
TORONTO - The Canadian Women's Hockey League is no more. The CWHL's board of directors have decided to discontinue operations May 1 of this year, the league has announced. "Unfortunately, while the on...
Mar 31, 2019
Fireworks, barking: Nunavut celebrates 20th birthday with optimism, reservations
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Fireworks exploded over Frobisher Bay while sled dogs chained to the sea ice howled and barked in the new capital of Iqaluit the night Nunavut was born. The territory...
Mar 31, 2019
Politicians voice support for Windsor auto workers as 1,500 job to be cut
WINDSOR, Ont. - A second round of auto worker layoffs in recent months has led politicians to jump to assure workers as the automotive sector undergoes significant transformation. Economic Development...
Mar 31, 2019
Country's new top bureaucrat to take over from embattled Wernick on April 19
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick will officially step down as the country's top bureaucrat in April, one month after he announced plans to step down in the wake of being drawn into the explosiv...
Mar 31, 2019
US new-home sales increased 4.9 per cent in February
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes climbed 4.9 per cent in February, an indication that falling mortgage rates have given a boost to demand from buyers. The Commerce Department said Friday that new ...
Mar 31, 2019
Government pushes China for canola evidence, mulling aid for farmers
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is considering subsidizing farmers hit by China's $2-billion ban on Canadian canola imports, and is pushing the People's Republic to prove recent shipments...
Mar 31, 2019
New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...
Mar 31, 2019
Seeing double: Candidates with same name square off in P.E.I. election fight
Voters in one P.E.I. riding face a tough choice in the April 23 provincial election: Matthew MacKay, or Matthew MacKay. Seeking re-election in the provincial district of Kensington-Malpeque, Progressi...
Mar 31, 2019
