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Carney Says Fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta Killed 4 and Injured Dozens

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “violent, fast-moving” fire on Saturday in Alberta was one of the worst tragedies for Canada’s armed forces in peacetime on Canadian soil.

© Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters

The gate of the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Sunday.
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Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill

People who have mental illness alone will not qualify for assisted death, but patients who have other conditions and expect to have a cognitive decline can make an advanced request.

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Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of justice, said parliament will pass legislation to bar people whose sole condition is a mental illness from seeking medically assisted death.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?

Canada wants to leverage A.I. to improve its health care system. At a Toronto hospital, surgeons are training a machine to distinguish a safe incision from a catastrophic one.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.
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F.B.I. Charges American in Plot Behind Canada’s Tumbler Ridge School Shooting

The U.S. police say a 30-year-old offered the killer advice and cash for supplies at least six months before the rampage in British Columbia that left eight dead.

© Alana Paterson for The New York Times

A memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, in February.
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