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Canada got a taste of its first bachelorette on Thursday. Jasmine Lorimer is a 27-year-old hairstylist and part-time model who grew up on a hobby farm in Kenora and now lives in Pemberton, B.C. Jasmine, is ready to put her heart on the line to find true love on the debut season of The Bachelorette Canada, coming to W Network …

A new app from Toronto-based Whirlscape taps into neural networks to choose the best emoji while you’re typing. That may not sound like an impressive feat, but a long more goes into predicting which emoji you’ll use than you think. What is Dango? Dango is a floating assistant that runs on your phone and predicts emoji, stickers and GIFs based …

BlackBerry had a specialized unit, which for years enthusiastically offered its help in intercepting user data, including BBM messages, to help the police in hundreds of investigations in dozens of countries, revealed a CBC News investigation. The struggling smartphone maker at one point had 15 people in its Public Safety Operations team. One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, …

A Quebec woman died after kissing her boyfriend who had just eaten a peanut butter sandwich. Myriam Ducré-Lemay was at a party in Montreal with her new boyfriend in October 2012 when the incident occurred. “Everything was going well in her life. She told me she was in love. It was the first time I saw my daughter with such …

The province following through with a budget commitment today. St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley announcing Ontario is increasing investments in hospice services across the province by 13.9 million over three years. As part of its commitment to strengthening access to palliative and end-of-life care, the $13.9 million additional investment across the province will increase funding for existing hospice beds by …

At least twenty people have been killed in a twin bomb attack on a suburb of Damascus which is home to Syria’s holiest Shia shrine, state media say. Syria’s official news agency SANA said at least eight people were killed and 13 injured when a car bomb and a suicide bomber struck at the entrance of the Sayeda Zeinab shrine. …

Researchers have cured multiple sclerosis sufferers with a high-stakes therapy that involved rebuilding their immune systems from scratch. By using a radical and high-risk method, doctors at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada have been able to halt and, in some cases, even reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS), an aggressive and debilitating autoimmune neurological disorder affecting around …

‘The Voice’ singer Christina Grimmie was shot and killed during an autograph signing after her Orlando concert. The 22-year-old was blasted by a gunman minutes after coming off stage at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida, in the early hours of Saturday, UK time. Her brother tackled the gunman, who then shot himself dead, local police said. Tributes poured in …

Flying drone taxi? The nation’s first passenger-carrying drone manufacturing company is coming to test its system in Nevada. The 184 drone developed by Chinese company EHang was granted permission by the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems to partake in test flights above the state, but it hasn’t been revealed whether initial test flights will be transporting passengers. The institute has …

Apple’s next smartphone, the iPhone 7 (as it’s likely called) has begun to leak. As a result, a completely predictable set of events is taking place in accessory-making circles around the world. Case-makers are attempting once again to make names for themselves – or at least garner some hype – by showing off phone cases and skins they’ve made for …

Although Tegan and Sara’s 2013 LP, Heartthrob, featured plenty of the sisters’ usual piercing emotional insights, its plusher sonic cushion (bubblegum beats, luxurious keyboards and retro production) was a marked departure from their stripped-down folk-rock. With producer Greg Kurstin (Sia, Ellie Goulding) at the helm, follow-up Love You to Death continues down this full-on synth-pop path. Love You to Death …