As wildfires ignite across Canada with record speed, a growing number of scientists insist artificial intelligence (AI) should be part of the firefight. “We need to be changing the way we do business,” said Natural Resources Canada forest researcher Joshua Johnston. “The fight has changed. We’ve got to change with …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man charged with causing an explosion that destroyed several new homes in Ottawa earlier this year is expected to plead guilty next month. Kody Troy Crosby, 35, is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 31 to offer his plea, and …

A motorcyclist has died after a collision in Mississauga, police say. Peel Regional Police said the incident occurred just after 6 p.m. on Thursday in the Dixie Road and Dundas Street area. Officers said a vehicle and motorcycle collided. Peel paramedics told Global News one patient was taken to a …

A pair of polar bears from Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo will act as ‘ambassadors’ for climate change awareness when they move to Calgary, the zoo’s senior director of zoological operations says. The duo, six-year-old Baffin and seven-year-old Siku, were found orphaned near Churchill, Man., at less than a year old …

Canada’s economy kept growing in May, but early signs of a long-awaited slowdown started to appear in June, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency said Friday that real gross domestic product was up 0.3 per cent in May, with growth in services-producing sectors offsetting declines in goods. A return …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A heat warning remains in place for a large part of southern Ontario with “extremely hot” conditions expected on Friday, though a cold front is expected to bring relief later in the day. The heat warning covers areas including Barrie, the GTA, …

Beverley Henry paid $900 a month in rent when she first moved into her one-bedroom Toronto apartment nearly a decade ago but that amount has since climbed to more than $1,300. Henry, a senior living on a pension, says she won’t be able to handle any more rent hikes in …

Foxwarren’s Dawson Barteaux will be bringing a little more local flavour to the Manitoba Moose next season. The blueliner recently signed a one-year contract for his second homecoming in the span of just three years. “I’m very lucky to have a very tight-knit family,” said Barteaux. “And it’ll be very …

Half-price strawberries in stacked pallets and freshly gleaned spinach from a farm sit in a food bank’s walk-in fridge waiting to be redistributed. “There might be a few blemishes but you can just cut that off. It’s still good,” says Sieg Bressmer, holding a pack of deep red strawberries at …

TORONTO – For months Cory Gosselin was looking forward to seeing Shohei Ohtani, a generational baseball talent, pitch in person. But the quirks of the Los Angeles Angels schedule saw Ohtani pitch in the day game of a doubleheader in Detroit on Thursday, meaning he won’t take the mound on …