Ontario News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Weather-weary people in parts of eastern Canada are getting another unwanted blast of winter as a system moves through the region.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government's drive to transform Canada into an artificial-intelligence superpower is stirring warnings about the possible dark sides of a technology with vast — and largely unknown — potential.

Six stories in the news for Friday, March 31: ——— CANADA PART OF U.S TRADE STUDY Canada is going to be included in a U-S study of its major trading partners to determine if any use abusive trade practices to run export surpluses.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) says officials in Argentina's San Juan province are temporarily restricting the use of cyanide at one of its gold mines until remedial work following a pipe rupture is completed.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The Peterborough Petes have advanced to the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.

TORONTO — A Canadian judge on Thursday approved the sale of the Donald Trump-branded Toronto hotel and condo tower to its main debt holder after no other bids were submitted for the troubled building.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A Peterborough, Ont., police officer has been demoted for one year after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act following an impaired driving conviction.

TORONTO — Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Tevaughn Campbell is headed to the Hong Kong Sevens with the Canadian rugby sevens team.

HALIFAX — The premier of Nova Scotia has added his voice to a growing chorus of complaints about a TV docu-drama about Canada's history.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell Thursday, dragged lower by falling energy stocks following a blockbuster $17.7-billion deal by Cenovus Energy, one of Alberta's biggest oilsands players.