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People with Down syndrome have trouble using smart speakers. Here's how Google's trying to help
Google and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society have launched a new project that is attempting to teach the tech giant’s systems to better understand people who speak differently.
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Adam Carter
Canada -Toronto ||
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Why climate change appears to be increasing the frequency of food-borne illnesses
Climate change appears to be fuelling a rise in people getting sick from food-borne illnesses in Canada and around the world, says a Canadian food safety expert. While Canada has some of the best methods for monitoring food safety, there are few systems to track how food-borne illness is connected to climate change.
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David Burke
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Video
Drones let B.C. researchers act as 'fly on the wall' to observe orca behaviour
A group of B.C. researchers have returned from a field trip along the coast with a trove of new photos, video and data gathered by studying killer whales from above.
Canada -British Columbia |
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THE NATIONAL
Susan Rice's warning to Canada: Don't let Huawei work on your 5G networks
Susan Rice, the U.S. national security advisor under U.S. president Barack Obama and the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is clear about how dangerous she considers the risk of allowing Chinese tech giant Huawei to work on 5G networks in Canada.
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Adrienne Arsenault
World ||
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Bat researcher says finding healthy females with pups 'encouraging'
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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Analysis
Governments race to beat Facebook's cryptocurrency, libra, at its own game: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business ||
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India's capital restricts cars amid extreme smog
World ||
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Illegal loggers kill Amazon Indigenous warrior who guarded forest
World ||
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Moon and Mars are tough places to drill
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Analysis
Fears of election meddling on social media were overblown, say researchers
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Roberto Rocha
Canada ||
Canso spaceport partners with U.S. company to recycle rockets in space
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Frances Willick
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Right whale's death caused by entanglement in Canadian gear, says conservation group
Angela Bosse
Canada -New Brunswick |
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'What a mess': McDonald's customers frustrated as 'Hamburglar' hacks more app accounts
Sophia Harris
Business ||
No love lost between Heart Lake residents, Instagram invaders
Canada -Ottawa ||
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Trump threatens to cut federal funding for California wildfires
World ||
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Watch what you tweet: New election law 'chills speech,' say critics
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Evan Dyer
Politics ||
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Cellphone ban in Ontario classrooms starts today
Desmond Brown
Canada -Toronto ||
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Silicon Valley and climate change: Q&A with David Wallace-Wells on The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
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Ania Bessonov
Technology & Science ||
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Nunavut ransomware attack impacting 'all government services'
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John Last
Canada -North ||
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Striped bass were once extinct in the St. Lawrence. Now they're back
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Isaac Olson
Canada -Montreal ||
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Airbnb bans 'party houses' after Halloween night shooting kills 5 in California
World |
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To attract a generation that grew up with cellphones and iPads, the construction industry goes high-tech
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Brandie Weikle
Business ||
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Pathway to Mars — what's the biggest challenge, money or technology?
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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The universe was full of cold goop, then came the Big Bang
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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As It Happens
These loons adopted an orphan duckling and raised it as their own
Radio -As It Happens |
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As It Happens
These loons adopted an orphan duckling and raised it as their own
Radio -As It Happens |