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Quebec municipalities using artificial intelligence to track tree cover, cars, pools

Quebec municipalities using artificial intelligence to track tree cover, cars, pools

MONTREAL — Municipalities in Quebec’s capital region have recently begun using artificial intelligence to track everything from tree cover to cars -- and even backyard pools.
Parks Canada official says wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months

Parks Canada official says wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months

HINTON, ALBERTA — A Parks Canada official says a wildfire that's destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper and continues to burn out-of-control in the national park could still be burning months from now.
Cool, wet weather helping wildfire fight in B.C.

Cool, wet weather helping wildfire fight in B.C.

Wildfire officials says the risk level in British Columbia is improving thanks to rainfall and cooler temperatures in many parts of the province.
Protesters, advocates worry Quebec is complicating access to health care in English

Protesters, advocates worry Quebec is complicating access to health care in English

MONTREAL — Several dozen protesters gathered in front of a Montreal hospital on Saturday afternoon to protest Quebec’s French language reform law as anxieties deepen over the ability to access health-care services in languages other than French.
Farmers markets and business groups feuding with Loblaws after disparaging text ad

Farmers markets and business groups feuding with Loblaws after disparaging text ad

Recent ads from Loblaw Co.
Quebec police arrest suspect after pedestrian killed in alleged hit and run

Quebec police arrest suspect after pedestrian killed in alleged hit and run

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police are investigating a fatal hit and run that took place early on Saturday morning near Mont-Tremblant, Que, in the Laurentians region of the province.
Government chatbots? It’s one possibility under Ottawa’s new AI strategy

Government chatbots? It’s one possibility under Ottawa’s new AI strategy

OTTAWA — Delayed air passengers, disgruntled phone customers and even hungry people craving a slice of pizza increasingly find their pleas to private companies being answered by artificial intelligence.
Volunteers aim to keep a 1882 steam locomotive chugging along in Manitoba

Volunteers aim to keep a 1882 steam locomotive chugging along in Manitoba

WINNIPEG — A steam locomotive made in 1882 and billed as Canada's oldest operating one is in need of some tender loving care, and the volunteers who have kept it running on a vintage railway north of Manitoba's capital are raising funds for the fixup
'We will rebuild': A look inside the wildfire devastation in Jasper

'We will rebuild': A look inside the wildfire devastation in Jasper

JASPER NATIONAL PARK — Richard Ireland's eyes well up with tears as he gazes in silence towards his home and sees memories of a lifetime burnt to ashes.
New numbers confirm one-third of Jasper townsite destroyed in this week's wildfire

New numbers confirm one-third of Jasper townsite destroyed in this week's wildfire

HINTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — One-third of all structures in the townsite of Jasper are gone, burned to the ground in this week’s wildfire, officials confirmed Friday.
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