Will Scorching Heat Waves be the New Normal in Canada?
Some Canadians are concerned about this summer’s extreme weather, especially the record hot temperatures in British Columbia and the numerous forest fires blanketing the country in smoke. Climate researcher from the University of Ottawa says we would get used to conditions this bad or worse in the next few years. Geography Professor Antoni Lewkowcz told […]
Canadian Bianca Andreescu Knocked Out of National Bank Open
Bianca Andreescu from Canada was eliminated from the National Bank Open and had a few words for the woman who defeated her. She said with a smile to Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, “I told her she better win now” as Andreescu was trying to defend her title. The two athletes battled for roughly two hours […]
Carnival Cruise Finds 27 People Aboard with COVID-19
26 crew members and 1 passenger has tested positive for COVID-19 aboard on the Carnival Vista cruise ship. The ship made a stop in Belize City on Wednesday, and the Belize Tourist Board identified all the cases. The Carnival Vista is carrying a crew of 1,400 and nearly 3,000 passengers. All 27 people infected are […]
Social Media Network Reddit Now Valued at US$10 Billion
A fundraising round led by Fidelity Management will raise up to US$700 million for the social media network Reddit. The company announced this today, which tripled its valuation to over US$10 billion. Reddit already raised $410 million from Fidelity during the start of the year in its second funding round. Fundraising grew when small-time traders […]
Health Officials in Vancouver-area Train Dog Team to Sniff Out COVID-19
A health official with a background in using dogs to detect different medical conditions has found a way to use our four-legged friends to detect COVID-19. Vancouver Coastal Health has trained a team of dogs, named Canine for Care, to signal the scent of the virus. The dog team already knew how to identify the […]
Ontario Logs More Than 500 New COVID-19 Cases Today
On Thursday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 513 new infections of COVID-19. This represents a significant increase as on Wednesday there were 324 new cases and 321 new cases on Tuesday. Today was the first day since mid-June when the province reported more than 500 new infections in one day. The seven-day rolling average […]
More Than Half of the US$610M in Crypto Stolen has Been Returned, Poly Network Says
The hackers who coordinated one of the biggest digital coin heists have given back more than half of the US$610 million that was stolen. Poly Network was the finance platform that was targeted by the hack. Its platform enables peer-to-peer transactions and they posted on Twitter at 8:18 GMT that the hackers had returned US$342 […]
Canada to Implement Vaccine Passports for Foreign Travel this Fall
Marco Mendicino, the Immigration Minister says fully vaccinated Canadians will be able to get a government document that will certify their COVID-19 vaccine history. This is so people who want to travel internationally can do so with more ease as they will have a vaccine passport. Ottawa has been contemplating the passport for months and […]
Rising Grasshopper Population Impacting Prairie Agriculture Sector
The years of dry, hot weather across the Prairies has to lead to a grasshopper infestation on a massive scale. Some experts are saying it is negatively affecting every part of the agriculture industry. Regions across southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have been noticing higher than normal numbers of grasshoppers that are feasting on crops. […]
The Biggest Crypto Theft in History: Total of US$600 Million Gone
Hackers have stolen around US$600 million in cryptocurrency from the finance platform Poly Network. Poly Network says this may be the largest theft in the industry’s history. On Tuesday, the platform claimed a vulnerability in the system allowed the thief to take off with the money and begged the attacker to return what was stolen. […]