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Ottawa to launch procurement for high-frequency rail between Quebec City, Toronto
The federal government is set to announce a new high frequency rail…
India Covid-19: Scammers gave thousands of people fake vaccine shots, authorities say – CNN
Thousands of people have fallen prey to an elaborate wide-ranging scam selling…
Canada to ban sale of new fuel-powered cars and light trucks from 2035
Canada will ban the sale of fuel-burning new cars and light-duty trucks…
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Announces Native American Boarding School Investigation
The United States is embarking on a similar investigation to the one…
Calgary man wins potato chip contest with ‘Jalapeno Mac N’ Cheese’ flavour
Jalapeno Mac N’ Cheese beat the competition to become Canadians’ preferred flavour…
Massive Ransomware Attack May Impact Thousands of Victims
(Bloomberg) — Just weeks after President Joe Biden implored Vladimir Putin to…
Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare
How the pop star’s father and a team of lawyers seized control…
World’s largest ever four day week trial ‘overwhelming success’
Unions in the country are following up the trial by negotiating agreements…
Recreational marijuana use now legal for adults in Virginia
(WSET) — There’s something in the air in Virginia Thursday morning. Did…
Recreational marijuana legal to possess, grow in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — It’s legal for people in New Mexico…
N95 vs FFP3 & FFP2 masks – what’s the difference?
Source: N95 vs FFP3 & FFP2 masks – what’s the difference? Probably…
Cornell researchers see atoms at record resolution | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers have topped their own record for atomic resolution with an…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says federal marijuana laws may be outdated
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said federal laws against marijuana are inconsistent,…
June 27, 2021 – Letters from an American
The big news today was a series of interviews that former attorney…
The Cryonics Industry Would Like to Give You the Past Year, and Many More, Back
The business of cryopreservation — storing bodies at deep freeze until well…
Mexico top court decriminalizes recreational marijuana use
Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, drawing…
India Shifts 50,000 Troops to China Border in Historic Move | Financial Post
(Bloomberg) — India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its…
French central bank trials CBDC-based securities settlement – CoinGeek
The trial involved using the CBDC to simulate the settlement of listed…
Bank of Israel official confirms digital shekel plans – CoinGeek
Andrew Abir said the bank had begun piloting the digital currency, though…
4 in 5 Canadians don’t want return to pre-pandemic work schedule: poll
Barbara Bowes, with Winnipeg’s Legacy Bowes Group, told 680 CJOB other surveys…
‘They need to be charged’: Federal minister on residential school perpetrators
Canada’s minister of northern affairs says the religious leaders who operated the…
Number Formats and the Ariane V Disaster
Embedded computers control things in ‘real-time’ based on sensor data fed into…
Ashes of man who designed Pringles packaging buried in crisp can
Fredric J Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice in…
When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source
Six weeks ago, a reporter, Nicholas Wade, published what seemed to be…
Of Course Trump Wanted the Military to Shoot and Kill Racial-Justice Protesters
When informed they couldn’t just do that, he offered a compromise: “Well,…
Lego is finally making its iconic bricks from recycled plastic
The toymaker is finally on its way to making its iconic bricks…
Sticky orange coating on a 6,000-year-old Yukon dart came from a beaver’s anal sac
As alpine ice melts, hundreds of ancient artifacts have been recovered from…
John McAfee: Tattoo fires conspiracy theory after tech guru’s death – NZ Herald
A trail of clues sends conspiracy theorists into overdrive after McAfee’s death…
Delta Covid variant has a new mutation called ‘delta plus’: Here’s what you need to know
A mutation of the delta variant has emerged, it’s called “delta plus.”…
U.S. Companies Shifted To Make N95 Respirators During COVID. Now, They’re Struggling
When an N95 respirator shortage left hospitals scrambling in 2020, U.S. manufacturers…
Massive human head in Chinese well forces scientists to rethink evolution
‘Dragon man’ skull reveals new branch of family tree more closely related…
The U.S. Will Relocate Thousands of Afghan Citizens Who Worked With U.S. Troops
Most of those who will be relocated are translators or interpreters and…
‘Stitched up and sold out’ – UK’s fishing crews outraged at Brexit betrayal five years after referendum
On the fifth anniversary of the vote to leave the EU, many…
US Confirms Wuhan Virus Sequences Were Removed From Database
Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of…
Is it last call for The Beer Store? Ballooning losses and increased competition raise questions about its survival
Source: Is it last call for The Beer Store? Ballooning losses and…
The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army
The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the…
Ford’s BlueCruise self-driving tech did a 110,000-mile road trip | Engadget
Ford has been testing its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving with a 110,000-mile…
The Secrets of the Best Rainbows on Earth in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 102 Issue 2 (2021)
This paper makes a case for why Hawaii is the rainbow capital…
Japan proposes four-day working week to improve work-life balance | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 22.06.2021
The Japanese government has just unveiled its annual economic policy guidelines, which…
Tucker Carlson has full control over Fox and its stranglehold on the Republican Party
Source: Tucker Carlson has full control over Fox and its stranglehold on…
Residential schools: A day of remembrance is not enough for a century of forgetting
Trudeau has decided there will be a national holiday to remember the…
Mindblowing: advances in brain tech spur push for ‘neuro-rights’
As sci-fi thriller “Inception” topped box offices across the world, audiences…
Scientists warn G7 that cost of breaching 1.5˚C warming limit will far exceed costs of achieving it
Source: Scientists warn G7 that cost of breaching 1.5˚C warming limit will…
China says its fighter pilots are battling AI aircraft in simulated dogfights, and humans aren’t the only ones learning
One experienced pilot said that as he battled the AI, it would…
Opinion: Worried the government will censor your cat videos? The rest of Bill C-10 is even worse
The debate about the government’s attempt to regulate the internet is far…
Connecticut lawmakers legalize recreational marijuana
Come July 1, possession of marijuana will be legal in Connecticut, and…
Fake coronavirus tests may have helped fuel Indian outbreaks.
The Indian authorities are investigating an internal government report that at least…
Uttarakhand Govt Orders FIR Against Labs for Fake COVID Tests During Kumbh
The magnitude of the ‘scam’ is yet to be known. Various accounts…
Brussels drafts death sentence for the internal combustion engine car
Targets being discussed would end the sale of carbon-emitting cars by 2035….
