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22 hours ago | globalnews.ca | Nicole Ireland

Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the United States creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information that can be used to train artificial intelligence. “Our health data is the most valuable health data set in the world,” said Natalie Raffoul, an intellectual property lawyer in Ottawa.

1 day ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

Having worked in restaurants before opening their own, Vincent Morley and Kristyn Green always hated losing tips while not getting paid consistently. So, they came up with a new idea: to pay their staff more and get rid of tips entirely. “We have done away with tips because we don’t believe that our customers should have to subsidize the wages of our employees. That’s kind of the base level of what we’re doing,” says Vincent Morley, one of the co-owners of The Bonfire restaurant in Halifax.

2 days ago | globalnews.ca | Jordan Prentice

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2 days ago | globalnews.ca | Andrew Benson

It’s a flight that’s never been offered before in Regina and Saskatoon. This summer, travellers will have a non-stop flight from both major cities to Halifax once a week. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.

3 days ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

As the world awoke Monday morning to the news of Pope Francis’ death, Catholics in Alberta joined the faithful in mourning the 88-year-old pontiff’s passing. “His legacy is the word ‘hope’ for everybody, Christian and non-Christian,” said Caesar Blanco as he attended morning mass at St. Mary’s cathedral in Calgary. “He was a people’s pope,” added Andy Lok, as he arrived for mass at St. Joseph’s Basilica in Edmonton.