94 minutes ago Despite overwhelming hype, Jabra research finds only 26% of office workers use AI in daily work

Workplaces believe in the power of AI, with 84% of leaders saying AI can enhance work, but 82% are unprepared for integration of the tech into the workplace 90% of knowledge workers wouldn’t trust AI for tasks that require human judgement or creativity Workers are equally not using AI in their personal lives, with only […]

Society

3 hours ago Hong Kong bars services like WhatsApp and Google Drive from government computers

HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government is barring most civil servants from using popular apps like WhatsApp, WeChat and Google Drive on their work computers due to potential security risks. The latest IT security guidelines from the Digitial Policy Office have many civil servants complaining about added inconvenience. Government workers will still be […]

Politics

4 hours ago Vancouver police need access to city's traffic cameras, say councillors

Advocates say Surrey RCMP's use of traffic cameras helped in arrest of three accused killers

Events

5 hours ago Fernando Valenzuela, whose feats for Dodgers fueled ’Fernandomania,’ dies at 63

LOS ANGELES — Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63. The team said he died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital, but did not provide the cause or other […]

Events

7 hours ago Israel says it killed Hezbollah official expected to be group’s next leader

BEIRUT — Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to replace the militant group’s longtime leader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last month. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the fate of Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric who was […]

Politics

8 hours ago Bail denied for man accused of stealing police SUV for Vancouver joyride

Dustin Tallio was arrested on Oct. 6, when he is alleged to have stolen a police SUV and taken it for a joyride on a grass field at Templeton Park in East Vancouver. 

Events

8 hours ago Haitian gangs escalate violence and expand attacks outside capital, UN official says

UNITED NATIONS — Gangs in Haiti have escalated their violence and expanded operations outside the capital, even attacking small boats and kidnapping personnel from cargo shipping companies, the top U.N. official in the country said Tuesday. Special representative Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council that the situation has worsened in the last three […]

Events

8 hours ago LILLEY: Desperate Trudeau looking to prorogue as MPs demand he resign?

Is Trudeau getting set to prorogue Parliament this Thursday? Will he be making a major policy announcement? Perhaps it will be both. Speculation of a prorogation ramped up in Ottawa again on Tuesday, just ahead of Trudeau facing a caucus meeting where some Liberal MPs will demand he step down. Trudeau is reluctant to go […]

Politics

8 hours ago FBI says it’s investigating unauthorized release of documents on Israel’s attack plans

WASHINGTON — The FBI said Tuesday that it is investigating the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the Biden administration is still not certain if the classified information was leaked or hacked but that officials don’t […]

Economics

9 hours ago Death toll rises to three after atmospheric river that drenched southern B.C.

Police have also asked for the public's help locating a 59-year-old man who was last seen in an area beside the swollen Coquitlam River on Sunday afternoon

Economics