While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering money for council votes in which Chu said to “keep conversations to his personal phone” because his work phone was “subject to Freedom of Information” disclosure.
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Menstrual products have been subject to an 18%. Sales tax in Pakistan, prompting protests. Huizeng Hu/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption The Pakistani. Government is removing the ...
Benambot/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption A lot changes when. You move in with your partner. when you. Go to bed, what you eat for breakfast, and. Possibly your microbiome. th...
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Editor's Note. As the World Cup kicks off, we just got some good news. About our coverage of another global soccer event. the Grannies International Football Tournament. Last year ...
A super new Moon is coming. While you won’t be able to see it, it's still going to have an impact. But, what exactly is it and what does it have to do with the tide?
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Bell Canada's parent company, BCE, has confirmed it is cutting another 690 jobs as part of a reorganization. Effort that began late last year. " These changes are part of our ongoi...
A version of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool which the company said was too powerful to be released. To the public has just been released to the public. Claude Fable 5 is a ve...
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Post-training of reasoning language models is commonly driven by supervised distillation and reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards. Distillation often relies on chain-of-t...
Preference-based RL provides an approach to learning reward models from pairwise comparisons of behaviors, bypassing the need for explicit reward design. However, existing methods ...
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While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering mone...
Canada is poised to become a key and reliable supplier of energy to the G7 after leaders meeting in France embraced this country's potential to deliver "significant additional capa...
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Ahead of the midterm elections in November, some of U.S. President Donald Trump's MAGA base is turning away. Some are citing the war in Iran, while others are growing frustrated with the cost of living in the United States.
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The FIFA World Cup is thought to bring. An economic windfall to the cities and. Regions where games will be played during four weeks this summer. SCOTT DETROW, HOST. The United Sta...
Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption Amber Petersen's. Struggles are likely familiar to any working parent. Some days at work, she finds herself diverted to family matters. She needs t...
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Nearly a dozen bystanders and first responders rushed to the scene of. A private jet crash on a Texas motorway on Tuesday to help free trapped passengers. Using what appeared to be...
Max Scherzer is back on the injured list. The Toronto Blue Jays placed the three-time Cy Young winner on the. 10-day injured list on Wednesday with back spasms. The move came hours...
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The FBI thwarted a plot targeting Sunday's UFC event at the White House and. Has arrested five men, the US justice department said on Tuesday. Part of the plan involved striking ne...
Tech companies that went all in on using AI internally are now clamping down in the wake of. Soaring costs for intensive AI use. Last month, Uber acknowledged it had spent its enti...
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After his 2021 BMW required major repairs, Zack Giacomelli decided last month he wanted to sell it back to BMW Toronto — the same dealership from which he bought the used car in 20...
A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change.
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Ahead of the midterm elections in November, some of U.S. President Donald Trump's MAGA base is turning away. This includes key groups, such as conservative voters at Turning Point ...
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Switzerland this Friday to sign a tentative deal to end the war with Iran. With the announcement to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Stra...
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The Russian frigate fired warning shots near a British retired couple on a yacht in the English Channel.
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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of galaxies? The Hubble knows. This Hubble Space Telescope picture of the center. Of the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4261 tells one dramati...
This week, Visa's deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Became the latest step in the march toward. A future where AI offers to shop on your behalf. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST. Major AI companies ...
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This story is part of Mind Your Business, a weekly analysis of. The biggest business stories emailed to subscribers on Monday mornings. In a lot of ways, the deal to end the confli...
Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption Crude oil prices are down sharply on. Monday morning, after President Trump, Iranian leaders and. Pakistani negotiators all indicated that a ...
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A US-Iran agreement to extend the ceasefire between the two countries has been signed and. Is now in effect, a White House official has confirmed to the BBC. The 14-point agreement...
Looks like there’s a ring of truth to all the rumours about Tom Holland and Zendaya already being married. It’s no secret the couple, who met while starring in the Marvel film Spid...
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President Trump's G7 summit meetings with world leaders conclude in a news conference, with questions likely to address an uncertain agreement to end war with Iran and U.S. support...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's seen a copy of the preliminary deal struck between the U.S. and Iran to end hostilities in the Middle East and is calling it a "game changer." ...
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Retired British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey spoke to BBC's Newsnight after coming into close contact with Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday morning. "They gave out...
In the Midwest, it's the highest rate we've seen in the past 10 years, so it's an important time to watch out for tick bites. That's an allergic reaction to red meat triggered by a...
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New Yorker writer Ben Taub says while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the headlines, it hasn't been dropped. Taub describes how Trump's ongoing efforts have broken the trust of our allies.
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Fluorescent proteins, seen inside this transparent Danionella fish. Allow scientists to track processes in its brain and body. Researchers at a major brain science center hope. Tha...
Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption With. The announcement of an agreement to extend a ceasefire and. Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Friday is the. Day Presi...
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When I arrived at 10 Downing Street this morning to hear the. Prime minister announce the UK's social media ban for under-16s, I had. To hand in my phone for security reasons. Sir ...
American Caroline Harvey selected 1st overall in PWHL draft by Vancouver Goldeneyes. Generational American defender Caroline Harvey is a member of the Vancouver Goldeneyes. The 23-...
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Preference-based RL provides an approach to learning reward models from pairwise comparisons of behaviors, bypassing the need for explicit reward design. However, existing methods ...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is at the center of the Trump administration's work to dismantle the agency she runs, the U.S. Department of Education. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Get...
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Rescuers rush to save passengers after plane crashes on Texas highway Investigators combed through wreckage Wednesday for clues about why a business jet crashed on a Texas highway,...
Canada’s oil and gas sector is facing a major hiring challenge. The industry will need about 72,000 workers by 2035 — the majority to replace retiring employees, according to a new...
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DAVIES: I want to begin with a moment - just before President Trump was inaugurated in 2025, when his son, Donald Trump Jr., and the late Charlie Kirk took a trip to Greenland to t...
Japan must "strengthen its defence capabilities", Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined the coun...
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Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
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One of the most valuable assets owned by. Lancaster University is stored in beer kegs. In a carefully locked laboratory rows of metal. Kegs are arranged on shelves and linked toget...
SpaceX soared in its Nasdaq debut on Friday. Sending its value past $2 trillion US, as. Investors jumped at the chance to get a. Piece of Elon Musk's sprawling empire spanning rock...
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A new study into microplastic pollution in the River Thames has been. Launched by researchers at the University of East London (UEL) in an. Attempt to influence environmental polic...
El Niño - the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global. Temperatures - has officially begun, US scientists say. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the. UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change.
A 12-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly struck a Toronto police officer while. Driving a stolen car in the city's east end Sunday night, police ...
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Menstrual products have been subject to an 18% sales tax in Pakistan, prompting protests. Huizeng Hu/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption The Pakistani government is removing the sa...
Benambot/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption A lot changes when you move in with your partner: when you go to bed, what you eat for breakfast, and possibly your microbiome — the ...
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NASA has named its crew for its next major Moon mission, Artemis III, though the astronauts will not walk on the Moon or go anywhere near it. The mission was originally planned as ...
IPOs have dominated headlines lately, as a number of high-profile private companies announced they will become publicly traded firms. Much of the frenzy has focused on Elon Musk’s ...
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As Canadians grapple with the loss of a show some say is woven into our very fabric, others are asking what might replace it. Given the rising value of women's sports, some experts say it's time for the brand's focus to shift.
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A man in northern Nigeria has been sentenced. To two weeks in prison after neighbours complained. That he was storing bags of human faeces. Outside his home. they said made life un...
Israeli forces have carried out new strikes in. Southern Lebanon, state media say, despite renewed criticism. From US President Donald Trump of Israel's actions in the country. Isr...
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Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier will be featured on a Canada. Post stamp to celebrate Indigenous leaders in sport. Stamps featuring Trottier, a six-time Stanley Cup champion as...
Most galaxies don't have any rings of stars and gas -- why does M94 have two? First, spiral galaxy M94 has an inner ring of newly formed stars. Surrounding its nucleus, giving it n...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's seen a copy of the preliminary deal struck between the U.S. and. Iran to end hostilities in the Middle East and is calling it a "game changer."...
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins University about the Ukraine war and. Whether progress toward a diplomatic solution can be made at the G7 summit in F...
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The FIFA World Cup is thought to bring an economic windfall to the cities and regions where games will be played during four weeks this summer. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: The United State...
Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption Amber Petersen's struggles are likely familiar to any working parent. Some days at work, she finds herself diverted to family matters. She needs to...
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CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end , placing the network's airings of NHL hockey games in the same category as the Hudson's Bay Company...
After the government's announcement on Monday, we know a social media ban is coming for under-16s in the UK . However, details on which apps are and are not included, besides those...
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It's so hot the fuel can catch fire - the bikers tell the BBC they must live with the risk of injury and death.
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Experts are raising the alarm after a months-long. RCMP human trafficking investigation in Saskatchewan led to two arrests. Two men tied to a trucking business in. The RM of Edenwo...
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of. Gunning down UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson, will. Argue a psychiatric defence at his state murder. Trial, a judge ...
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The rapper Mystikal. received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, will. Serve 20 years in prison for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022. Mystikal, whose given...
Home sales for the month of May were down 5.1 per cent. Compared to the same time last year according to the Canadian Real. Estate Association. though there is "meaningful positive...
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Canada’s oil and gas sector is facing a major hiring challenge. The industry will need about 72,000 workers by 2035. the majority to replace retiring employees, according to a. New...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers expect a hike in borrowing costs later. This year amid growing concerns about inflation lodged above ...
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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of galaxies? The Hubble knows. This Hubble Space Telescope picture of the center of the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4261 tells one dramatic...
This week, Visa's deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI became the latest step in the march toward a future where AI offers to shop on your behalf. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Major AI companies ar...
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The fuel hangs precariously from the sides of his bike, strapped on with rope and string. He bought it at an open-air fuel market in Mastung, in Balochistan, Pakistan's biggest and...
Daveigh Chase, the horror actress who crawled out of a telly in The Ring and who voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch, has died aged 35. Chase, who also starred in the ca...
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