Ballots set for April 7 elections

Like nearly any emerging technology in the course of human history, artificial intelligence (AI) presents many opportunities, but also challenges. As tech companies have raced to develop the most intuitive language learning models, they have also raced to create the infrastructure to support this technology. But such facilities always come at a cost.Concerned about how much of a drain these facili...

In preparation for a possible business development in Abbotsford’s western industrial park, an engineering company will be taking soil samples from a plot of city-owned land later this month.On Monday, the city council approved a $6,600 agreement with American Engineering Testing, which will drill four soil borings, each 20 feet deep, and then test the soil samples in a laboratory to determine h...

“I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.” ― L.M. Montgomery, in Anne of Green Gables.In yet another attempt to micromanage school districts, the Wisconsin legislature is renewing a push to mandate that local school boards enact polic...