A world of herbal wonders shared at the Musueum

Spring may be on hold for a few more days, green thumbs are getting itchy as the gardening community came out in full force to a Wednesday evening chat on Growing Herbs for Cooking, Tea & Medicine. Local herb expert Marie Saretsky guided attendees through some of their favourite herbs, talking about growing conditions, flavour pairings and medicinal properties. The session took place at the Museum.  

Skate Humboldt's Ice Carnival on Sunday promises to a be a colourful show

The stars will be on the ice, Sunday afternoon at the Elgar Petersen Arena. 

Skate Humboldt’s Skating Carnival will take place at 2:00.   

Skate Humboldt has participants ranging from the ages of 3-17, taking part in programs ranging from the learn to skate to figure skating programs.  

This year there are 85 skates with Skate Humboldt.  

'It's the Wild West': How AI is creating new frontiers for crime in Canada

Canadian police patrolling corners of the dark web are well aware of the commonly nefarious ways criminals exploit artificial intelligence. 

There's deepfake pornography. Voice impersonation. Romance scams that turn into financial fraud.

But recently there's been a new twist — criminals offering to "jailbreak" the very algorithms that form the architecture of AI's large language models, or LLMs, tearing down their safeguards so they can be retasked for criminal purposes.

Call it tech support for cybercriminals.

Trump's auto tariffs derail Carney's federal election campaign plans

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout of new auto tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carney said he was suspending his campaign plans for the day and would return to Ottawa to hold a meeting of the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.

It's unclear when Carney will be back on the road to continue campaigning. 

Saskatoon hit with drug crisis with hundreds of overdose calls in past month

The head of Saskatoon's only safe consumption site says she saw the current drug crisis coming.

Kayla DeMong, executive director of Prairie Harm Reduction, says that since January, staff at the facility have spent their days responding to drug overdoses, reviving four to six people at any given time.

She said a more toxic supply of drugs entered the city earlier this year and she flagged to public officials that something needed to be done.