The problem: Melanoma affects 132,000 people every year globally. While surgery and radiation can treat the disease, especially if it’s caught early, cancer cells can linger.
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Your Instagram feed might soon be less dominated by reposted videos and screenshots of old tweets.
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SNL’s Colin Jost telling a room of journalists that they were training AI that would replace them might be less ‘White House correspondents’ dinner joke’ and more ‘preview of this week’s tech news.’
G7 countries are hanging up their pickaxes and hardhats with lamp attachments as they prepare to dump coal as an energy source.
What happened: Member nations of the G7 (which includes Canada) have agreed on a plan to phase out coal power generation between 2030 and 2035. The agreement includes wiggle room for Germany and Japan, which still rely on coal for a quarter of their power.
After a years-long hiatus, business travellers are wiping the dust off their old carry-ons and saying sayonara to their home offices.
Driving the news: The age-old business trip is seeing a resurgence as companies in Canada and the U.S. move on from virtual meetings and send their employees back into boardrooms and conferences around the world.
For the last decade, the Trans Mountain pipeline has been like the kid that just keeps asking their parents for more money. Today, it finally has something to show for all that cash.
What happened: The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) officially launches operations today, a long-awaited feat that promises to boost Canadian oil exports and marks the finish of Canada’s most expensive — and frequently delayed — infrastructure project.
Many of us feel like we work too many hours, though almost none of us are told this by the federal government — unless you’re an international student, that is.
What happened: Starting in September, international post-secondary students will be able to work no more than 24 hours a week off-campus.
Remember the Transformers movies? Experts from around the world are looking for ways (aside from hiring Shia LaBeouf) to keep it from becoming a reality.
What happened: Civilian, military, and technology leaders from more than 140 countries met in Vienna yesterday to discuss how to check the growing risks associated with autonomous and AI-powered weapons.
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For thousands of Canadians, their relationship with Loblaws has reached the breaking point.
Driving the news: A month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned stores is set to begin tomorrow as fed-up shoppers protest stubbornly exorbitant prices at the nation's largest grocer.
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Now might be a good time to book that trip to Japan you’ve been dreaming of because your loonie is going to go a lot further than it used to.
What happened: The value of the Japanese yen fell to a 34-year low after the Bank of Japan said it would keep interest rates at a target of zero percent to 0.1%.
