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Hamilton Animal Services receives spike in pet foster applications after online concern over shelter volume | CBC NewsIt's "all hands on deck," at Hamilton Animal Services, where according to the department's manager, high volume "[seems] to be the norm these days." A recent online post about the shelter appears to h...www.cbc.ca
With Hamilton's HART hub opening, is Ontario doing enough to deal with the city's opioid crisis?Ontario says it's helping people break the cycle of drug addiction with its HART hubs. Hamilton's opened in July, replacing a safe drug consumption site that, an advocate says, is needed to deal with ...www.cbc.ca
Ontario municipal elections have fewer candidates lately. Here's why and what's being done about it | CBC NewsWith municipal candidate nominations set to close in three weeks, researchers and civic organizations are watching closely to see if Ontario is able to reverse a long-term trend of declining participa...www.cbc.caOntario municipal elections have fewer candidates lately. Here's why and what's being done about it | CBC NewsWith municipal candidate nominations set to close in three weeks, researchers and civic organizations are watching closely to see if Ontario is able to reverse a long-term trend of declining participa...www.cbc.caAn ‘unprecedented’ AI breach has led to calls for more guardrails. Here’s what one Canadian expert thinks www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
An ‘unprecedented’ AI breach has led to calls for more guardrails. Here’s what one Canadian expert thinksA Canadian artificial intelligence expert says society should ensure that AI is “properly governed” amid a push in the United States to place guardrails on the rapidly advancing technology.www.ctvnews.caThe Dartmouth Workshop: The $7,500 investment that gave birth to AI (2/2) f24.my/C5Lh.BS
The Dartmouth Workshop: The $7,500 investment that gave birth to AI (2/2)Some 70 years before the current frenzy of record-breaking fundraising by modern AI giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic, the Rockefeller Foundation made what may have been the first investment in the…f24.myDoug Ford’s changes to OSAP are now in effect. Students say this will make post-secondary education ‘less accessible’ www.cp24.com/politics/que...
Doug Ford’s changes to OSAP are now in effect. Students say this will make post-secondary education ‘less accessible’Celina Marsolais feels like she’s stuck between two choices: continuing with the final semester of her program and taking on even more debt, or quitting and applying for a job wherever she can to pay ...www.cp24.comwww.theguardian.com/football/202...
Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off planGianni Infantino ‘has lost the confidence’ of Uefa following his aborted project to sell off the World Cup to private investors, European football’s governing body has saidwww.theguardian.comThis 1863 Massacre Was the Deadliest Slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. History. Now, the Shoshone Are Restoring the Site of the Attack www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
This 1863 Massacre Was the Deadliest Slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. History. Now, the Shoshone Are Restoring the Site of the AttackAmid mounting tensions between white settlers and the Shoshone, Union soldiers killed an estimated 250 to 500 Shoshone. Today, the Indigenous nation is working to bring "nature back into balance"www.smithsonianmag.comGeorgia O’Keeffe Ignored Advice to Mimic Great European Masters. Her Goal Instead Was to Be a Great American Painter www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Georgia O’Keeffe Ignored Advice to Mimic Great European Masters. Her Goal Instead Was to Be a Great American PainterThe genius of her work was in painting things as she saw them through her own eyes. So when she surrounded herself with beauty, her work reflected itwww.smithsonianmag.comAustralia’s Most Notorious Shipwreck Tells a Story of Murder, Slavery, Mutiny—and, Now, ‘Surprisingly Sophisticated’ Trade in the 17th Century www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Australia’s Most Notorious Shipwreck Tells a Story of Murder, Slavery, Mutiny—and, Now, ‘Surprisingly Sophisticated’ Trade in the 17th CenturyWhen the Dutch East India Company’s flagship "Batavia" sank in 1629, it went down with large, carved sandstone blocks in its hold. The stones are now shedding light on trade at the dawn of global capi...www.smithsonianmag.comStanford University's Founding Matriarch Was a Travel-Loving Philanthropist Who Met a Tragic End. A New Exhibition Explores Her Life, Grief and Death by Poison www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stan...
Stanford University's Founding Matriarch Was a Travel-Loving Philanthropist Who Met a Tragic End. A New Exhibition Explores Her Life, Grief and Death by PoisonJane Stanford's legacy is the focus of a new showcase at the California university. The display features artifacts that have never previously been exhibitedwww.smithsonianmag.comSee 20 Picturesque Views of Paris www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/see-2...
See 20 Picturesque Views of ParisFrance's charming citywww.smithsonianmag.comArchaeologists Discover Two Thumbnail-Size Bird Sculptures Carved From Mammoth Ivory 40,000 Years Ago www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Archaeologists Discover Two Thumbnail-Size Bird Sculptures Carved From Mammoth Ivory 40,000 Years AgoMeasuring less than an inch long, the figurines were buried beneath Germany's Hohle Fels Cave, where some of the world's oldest known figurative artworks have been foundwww.smithsonianmag.comIce Age Humans Mostly Killed Female Woolly Mammoths, Suggests Ancient DNA www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/i...
Ice Age Humans Mostly Killed Female Woolly Mammoths, Suggests Ancient DNAAfter analyzing more than 500 mammoth bones, researchers found that ancient humans disproportionately hunted female mammoths for reasons still unknownwww.smithsonianmag.comRare Fossil Reveals a Three-Tier Food Chain Frozen in Time: a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a Pliosaur www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Rare Fossil Reveals a Three-Tier Food Chain Frozen in Time: a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a PliosaurUncovered in part by amateur fossil hunters in Australia, the fossil preserves a unique look at prehistoric predatory dynamicswww.smithsonianmag.comAntarctic Interior Hits Minus 119.4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Earth's Lowest Recorded Temperature in More Than a Decade www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Antarctic Interior Hits Minus 119.4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Earth's Lowest Recorded Temperature in More Than a DecadeThe record-setting cold at the Concordia research station comes just weeks after another part of the southernmost continent experienced the opposite extreme, with winter temperatures climbing to unpre...www.smithsonianmag.comScientist says if aliens do exist there's a key reason we haven't found them www.express.co.uk/news/science...
Scientist says if aliens do exist there's a key reason we haven't found themFresh scientific findings highlight two major gaps in the hunt for alien life.www.express.co.ukFor residents of Nain, permafrost thaw is shifting the ground beneath their feet: thenarwhal.ca/nain-permafr...
Permafrost thaw is transforming northern communities | The NarwhalIn the rapidly warming Arctic, permafrost thaw is transforming the landscape in unpredictable and challenging waysthenarwhal.ca