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Is the toilet the 'most important piece of equipment' aboard the Artemis II?
When we sent four humans 406,771 kilometres into space for the first time, we also sent a toilet with them. After all, if the plan is to go farther and farther, then it’s critical we test one of the non-negotiable parts of being human. Source link
The ostrich con: Arguments to save birds from cull in B.C. were based on falsehoods, evidence shows
The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada’s history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods. Source link
You, Me & Tuscany proves that we're killing rom-coms
You, Me & Tuscany is hardly the worst thing that could happen to you. Though it would still probably be better if it — and this specific flavour of surface level, escapist rom-com in general — didn’t exist. Source link
What to expect ahead of Artemis II’s splashdown
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, are returning to Earth after travelling around the moon. But before they get their feet on solid ground, they have to get their Orion spacecraft safely through Earth’s atmosphere. Source link
Saab dangles sovereign data centre in Montreal to undercut F-35 fighter contract
Saab is pitching a Montreal-based, sovereign data hub to secure Canada’s fighter jet contract, arguing it would keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. The move challenges Lockheed Martin’s F-35 model and amplifies Ottawa’s growing unease over data control, AI and strategic dependence. Source link
Immigration Department informing some 30,000 applicants they may be ineligible for refugee hearings
Canada’s Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately. Source link
Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. “Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” Andrea Demery said several days into the inquiry. Source link
More accommodation requests being refused, federal unions say
Two federal public service unions say more and more employees are being denied requests for accommodations to work remotely, particularly for medical reasons, and are accusing the government of being unreasonable. Source link
Indigenous Nurses Day celebrates their contributions to the nursing profession
Indigenous Nurses Day is April 10, which is the birthdate of Edith Anderson Monture, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman and the first First Nations woman to become a registered nurse in Canada. The day acknowledges the significant contributions of First Nation, Métis and Inuit nurses to health and wellness in the nursing profession. Source link
Raptors close in on playoffs, rolling to 128-114 win over the Miami Heat
Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 38 points as the Raptors rolled to a 128-114 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday as Toronto closed in on a playoff berth. Source link