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Headlines for October 9, 2024

BY NANA HAIDARA | OCT 09 2024

CBC News
Body of missing 21-year-old student found near Trois-Rivières, Que., marina

A body that was found near the marina on Saint-Quentin Island in Trois-Rivières, Que., Tuesday morning has been identified as 21-year-old Alexandra Martine Diengo Lumbayi, a Congolese student who was reported missing last week.

CTV News
U of T prof to give Nobel prize money to charity

University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton says he’ll donate the cash prize for winning a Nobel in Physics to a charity.

CTV News
N.S. launches international medical graduate centre to certify more foreign doctors

Nova Scotia is creating an international medical graduate assessment centre to recruit and fast-track more internationally-trained physicians to work in the province and address the doctor shortage.

CTV News
‘A cause for concern’: Canadian universities slip down world ranking list

An organization that ranks the best universities across the globe says its latest report shows a concerning trend that several of Canada’s institutions are slipping down its list.

Global News
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for breakthrough work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their breakthrough work predicting and designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life.

Winnipeg Free Press
U of M strategic research plan: ‘bold’ goals, Indigenous focus

At the University of Manitoba’s Environmental Conversation Lab, Stéphane McLachlan’s team is very much tuned into the principle of the school’s new five-year strategic research plan that calls for championing research by, for and with Indigenous peoples.

Toronto Star
Toronto’s new Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton slams Doug Ford over Science Centre closure

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton slammed Doug Ford’s Science Centre decisions in a new CBC interview.

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