Prime Minister Mark Carney has named 13 people to a new National Council on Artificial Intelligence. Members include AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, and the council adds to several AI advisory bodies Ottawa has created. Read the full story
Canada’s immunization guide says pregnant people should be offered a whooping cough vaccine in every pregnancy. The ideal window for the Tdap shot is 27 to 32 weeks, to protect newborns before they can be vaccinated themselves. Read the full story
Alberta will let landowners drain temporary and seasonal wetlands on private cropland without Water Act approval. The province calls it a common-sense change, while conservationists say it puts habitat at risk. Read the full story
Pakistan’s president declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Oct. 11 and suspended the provincial government run by Imran Khan’s party. The move comes as the party prepares a march on Islamabad. Read the full story
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