59 m. ago Tech company exploring how AI can translate pet sounds into words

Want to understand why your canine companion is barking? Feel like you’re missing out when your feline friend begins to meow? A Chinese tech company is hoping that artificial intelligence can help decipher dog and cat sounds and turn those sounds into human language. A patent was filed by Baidu, the owner of China’s largest […]

Economics

2 h. ago Before being named Pope Leo XIV, he was Cardinal Robert Prevost. Who is he?

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

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2 h. ago Top Vegas scorer missing Game 2 — and coach goes to blender with VGK lines

This in from the Vegas Golden Knights, reports that forward Pavel Dorofeyev will miss Game 2 tonight, with d-man Alex Pietrangelo a game-time decision. Reported Jesse Granger of The Athletic: (Vegas coach Bruce) Cassidy says Pietrangelo has a chance to play tonight, they’ll make the call later. He ruled Dorofeyev out for tonight.” Both Pietrangelo […]

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2 h. ago Restaurant Brands misses estimates as Tim Hortons’ consumer confidence slips in Q1

The Canadian brand accounts for more than 40% of Restaurant Brands’ quarterly revenue

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4 h. ago Toronto Maple Leafs keep winning when star wears lucky brown suit

It seems like everyone has their theories on what exactly has been clicking for William Nylander this year in the playoffs.For some, it might be a calm attitude in his first year under head coach Craig Berube.For others, they might point out the migraine problems that derailed Nylander to miss multiple playoff games last year, though he still scored three times in four games.It could also be a veteran player seemingly having mastered the pace and play style of playoff hockey, in what is now his ninth consecutive go at the postseason.But the explanation might be much simpler than that: he's wearing a lucky suit.As detailed on the Sportsnet broadcast last night, Nylander has worn the same brown suit for three games in a row, scoring five goals over that span and potting at least one in all three contests.Willy Styles rolled up in the same suit tonight after a two-goal Game 1 😎 pic.twitter.com/PwtxjaGjmN— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 8, 2025"That's quite the...

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5 h. ago Ontario farmer accused of falsely crying foul over thousands of stolen chicks

Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County say a farmer falsely cried fowl after it was reported that 45,000 chicks had gone missing from a farm in the area back in 2023.

Events

8 h. ago Major battery brands ordered to pay Ontario millions in new ruling

Energizer, Duracell and Panasonic have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $3 million for missing recycling targets in Ontario.As reported by The Toronto Star, the province's Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has slapped fines on the leading battery manufacturers. Energizer and Duracell will each have to pay $1 million, while Panasonic must fork over $781,725.Speaking to The Star, the RPRA explained that the three companies recycled only 19 per cent of the single-use batteries they sold in Ontario in 2023 — well below the 40 per cent target. The authority added that the companies were "insufficiently responsive to our previous efforts to encourage their compliance with Ontario's recycling laws."However, the non-profit organization Call2Recycle Canada called the ruling "punitive and unwarranted" and noted that the companies are planning an appeal. They'll have two weeks to do so.Speaking to the outlet&...

Politics

8 h. ago PSG vs. Inter Milan in the Champions League final? Few expected that

Munich's Allianz Arena will host the final on May 31

Sport

8 h. ago Bukayo Saka misses a sitter against PSG and Arsenal misses out again

PSG will play Inter Milan in the final in Munich on May 31

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9 h. ago India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations after missile attack

The back and forth came a day after Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, according to Pakistani officials

Events

20 h. ago EN IMAGES | Les célébrations des fans du PSG dégénèrent à Paris: 3 personnes blessées par une voiture près des Champs

Trois personnes ont été blessées mercredi soir par une voiture qui les a percutées près des Champs-Élysées.

Sport

20 h. ago Man who crashed car into Jennifer Aniston’s front gate is charged with stalking and vandalism

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors said Wednesday that a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years before crashing his vehicle through the front gate of the Los Angeles home of the “Friends” star has been charged with felony stalking and vandalism. Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, of New Albany, Mississippi, also faces an aggravating […]

Events

21 h. ago MANDEL: Toronto councillor denies sexually assaulting 2 cottage guests

Councillor Michael Thompson remembered the exact moment when his world came crashing down,  a memory that had him breaking down on the witness stand for the first time. The six-time Scarborough Centre councillor had missed a call from a 705 number while in a council meeting and a text from an OPP detective. When he […]

Events

23 h. ago Ligue des champions : le PSG écrit une page de son histoire et se hisse en finale

Porté par un Parc des Princes en fusion, le PSG s'est qualifié pour la finale de la Ligue des champions en battant mercredi Arsenal.

Sport

23 h. ago What to know about search for 2 missing siblings in rural Nova Scotia

Around 150 people have been searching daily in Pictou County for Lily and Jack Sullivan since they disappeared nearly a week ago. The search has now been scaled back.

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25 h. ago Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?

Politics

28 h. ago Schneider Electric Canada Named One of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2025

Recognition for their commitment to sustainability, innovation and environmental leadership in the workplace MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Schneider Electric Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2025 by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as part of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project, a prestigious honour celebrating organizations that lead the country in creating a […]

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29 h. ago Pakistan calls India strike ‘act of war,’ says it downed jets

Pakistan said it reserved the right to respond, raising the spectre that the back-and-forth could spiral into all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

Transport

30 h. ago Uber posts quarterly bookings miss, citing less travel to U.S.

Uber Technologies Inc. reported weaker-than-expected quarterly gross bookings, citing lower U.S. inbound travel that’s led to slower gains in its rideshare business. Gross bookings, which include ride hails, delivery orders and driver and merchant earnings but not tips, were $42.8 billion in the first three months of 2025, Uber said in a statement Wednesday. Analysts […]

Culture

31 h. ago Day 6: Search for missing kids in rural Nova Scotia continues

Lily and Jack Sullivan, aged six and four, were reported missing on May 2. Upwards of 160 people have been scouring a wooded area using search dogs, drones and helicopters.

Society