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WATCH: Local tech startups based in Saskatoon say artificial intelligence is helping them develop and scale their businesses much faster than imagined.

The large Hadron Collider shut down this week where it will undergo upgrades for the next three years. It’s the world’s most powerful particle accelerator and is key to advancing physics. As Kylie Stanton reports, local scientists are playing a big role in its future.

The Core Crossings area of west Lethbridge is getting another major development. Ground officially broke on a 450-home project in the area, which will accompany new businesses, a hotel and more. Justin Sibbet reports.

A state-of-the-art centre has opened at the University of Alberta Hospital, offering early, intensive therapy for inpatient neurology patients. It’s equipped with advanced robotic technology and aims to maximize recovery and improve quality of life for patients. Quinn Ohler has more.

After months of back and forth, Calgary will be getting another instalment of federal housing money after the repeal of citywide rezoning. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation had warned a repeal could make the city non-compliant in its agreement, which put the funding at risk. Adam MacVicar explains.

Capstone projects at Chui School of Business at Bow Valley College incorporate students from different majors to the same business, reaping positive rewards. Deb Matejicka explains.

Fertility rates have been declining for decades, but the drop has accelerated sharply over the past 20 years, and researchers are still trying to fully explain why. Now, new research suggests a device that has come to define modern life may be playing a role: the iPhone. Touria Izri reports.

WATCH: The federal government announcing nearly $2-million in funding for the University of Saskatchewan to own and operate a quantum computer. USask Quantum Centre director Steven Rayan explains what this means for research in the province.

In response to a growing body of evidence about the harm social media can do, the federal government is planning to ban Canadian children under the age of 16 from using it. Australia was first to do this and governments around the world have been accelerating their plans to implement age restrictions that limit what...

Montreal’s police force is facing one of its most serious racism scandals in decades. Two officers have been suspended with pay and 14 others reassigned after allegations of racist conduct toward members of the public. Mike Armstrong was at SPVM headquarters for the announcement in a rare late-night news conference Friday. Following Toronto’s World Cup...

In response to a growing body of evidence about the harm social media can do, the federal government is planning to ban Canadian children under the age of 16 from using it. Australia was first to do this and governments around the world have been accelerating their plans to implement age restrictions that limit what...

From Calgary to Lake Louise, officials are keeping a close eye on rising river levels across the Bow River Basin, as incoming rainfall is expected to accelerate an already-melting deep snowpack. Jordan Prentice reports.

Environmental groups and First Nations along B.C.’s northern coast are joining Premier David Eby in opposing the project. The potential for an oil spill, and the expansion of fossil fuel production amid the accelerating effects of climate change, are key concerns. Eric Sorensen is gauging reaction to this major shift in Liberal priorities.

Following the discovery that several major school infrastructure projects have been paused, a joint letter from both Regina School Boards is putting the pressure on the Province. It criticizes the Building Schools Faster Act as ‘unlikely, on its own, to accelerate the delivery of new schools.’

The Alberta government is taking another step in streamlining major projects in the province. We’re learning more about a bill that would accelerate the time frames for approvals to get shovels in the ground faster. Jasmine King reports.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto on Monday. He released an accelerated schedule for the construction of a road to develop the “Ring of Fire” resource-rich region in northern Ontario.

Downtown merchants and Montreal taxpayers are getting a little break from the construction on Sainte-Catherine Street. Work to rebuild part of the commercial street is being accelerated and is now scheduled to finish one year earlier. The project is slated to be finished in 2029 instead of 2030, but as Tim Sargeant reports, business owners...

Atlantic Canada is receiving significant federal funding to accelerate the construction of new homes, starting with a new facility at the University of New Brunswick that is teaching new building methods. Johnny James reports.

 Poland tested drones, counter-drone systems and unmanned combat vehicles in Zielonka as its defence minister announced plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the decision is tied to the country’s accelerated military buildup amid heightened security concerns in Europe. “The enemy is very dangerous… every...

Canada’s inflation rate jumped to 2.4 per cent in December, mainly driven by lower comparable prices during the GST/HST federal tax break a year earlier according to Statistics Canada. Anne Gaviola has more on what the latest inflation data and report from Bank of Canada tells us about the state of the economy.