ca
Poland rail explosion shows Europe still struggling to respond to Russia’s shadow war
When Poland announced that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe. Source link
Mexico City plans exhumation of 6,600 bodies in search for disappeared
Mexico City began a project this week to exhume and identify thousands of bodies from an area of common graves in a municipal cemetery as part of a multi-agency strategy to deal with its growing list of people registered as disappeared. Source link
This hospital had the longest wait times in Ontario last year. It’s using AI, private donors to speed up care
Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is using artificial intelligence to reduce the amount of time people spend in the emergency department and increase the amount of focus doctors can provide to patients. Source link
China might be winning the AI race. Does it matter?
A Beijing company recently released China’s smartest artificial intelligence model yet — narrowing the gap between that country and the U.S. in a race that some have likened to a new cold war. Source link
Manitoba man with degenerative disease asks province to step up after free drug coverage ends
A man who has gradually lost his ability to move most of his muscles said the treatment he’s relying on to slow — and even reverse — his degenerative disease is being revoked. Source link
#TheMoment Haiti qualified for first World Cup in over 50 years
Paul Toussaint, a Haitian chef in Montreal, tells The National about the moment he watched his home country make it to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. Source link
Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as several provinces pursue privatizing some health-care services. Source link
Several pistachio products sold in Ottawa and Mississauga, Ont., under recall
More pistachio and pistachio-containing products have been recalled in Canada over concerns about possible salmonella contamination. Source link
Trump's plan to end Ukraine war would cede territory to Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Source link
4 injured after grizzly attacks students on B.C.'s Central Coast, officials say
Two people are in critical condition and two others are seriously injured after a reported grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola on British Columbia’s Central Coast, according to emergency officials. Source link