By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2026 4:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A faulty extension cord is being blamed for a shed fire last week at a farm near Lunenburg where 10,000 chickens died last month after someone broke into a barn and deliberately turned…
Darwish Rasooli will lead Afghanistan at the 2026 Asian Games. Photo: AFP Afghanistan have entrusted Darwish Rasooli with the captaincy for the 2026 Asian Games after naming a youthful squad containing six uncapped players. The 15-man squad features only a small core of experienced internationals, with Rasooli, Karim Janat and Najibullah Zadran expected to guide…
The lowest prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end this Friday, August 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once that window closes, your chance to save up to $300 on your pass, or get an even larger discount on group pricing, will come to an end. If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time…
The federal government is likely to face a constitutional challenge to its proposed ban on social media for kids under 16, some experts say. On Friday, France’s top court struck down that country’s social media ban for kids under 15, saying the ban was too broad and infringed on freedom of expression. Dalhousie University associate law professor Michael Karanicolas said a Charter challenge to Canada’s law…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on August 17, 2026. Photo: AFP GALLE: Sonal Dinusha’s maiden test hundred kept Sri Lanka afloat, but India remained firmly in command after day…
Reddit recently said it would bring most viral stories to life through a new “video Reddit” experience, allowing users to listen to Reddit posts in the background while doing other tasks and activities. On Monday, Reddit will begin testing an initial version of this experience with both video and audio posts across select communities to…
By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2026 2:38 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors signed free agent guard Malachi Smith on Monday. Smith averaged 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 23.9 minutes in 15 games (four starts) with the…
Fifa President Gianni Infantino attends the inauguration of Abelardo De La Espriella as Colombia’s president, in Cali, Colombia, August 7, 2026. — Reuters Human rights organisation FairSquare has urged Fifa to rule that Gianni Infantino is ineligible to seek another term as president, arguing he has already served the maximum three terms permitted under the…
import os, sys, io, json, time, math, re, subprocess, warnings from collections import Counter, defaultdict warnings.filterwarnings(“ignore”) os.environ.setdefault(“USE_TORCH”, “1”) def _pip(*pkgs): subprocess.run([sys.executable, “-m”, “pip”, “install”, “-q”, *pkgs], check=False) try: import doctr except ImportError: print(“>> Installing python-doctr (this takes ~1-2 min on Colab)…”) _pip(“python-doctr[viz]”) try: import reportlab except ImportError: _pip(“reportlab”) import numpy as np import torch import…
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as officials race against the clock to secure a new trade deal before new 50 per cent tariffs go into effect Wednesday. That comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he expects to speak…
