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The prolonged dry spell has come to an end with heavy, thundery showers continuing to…
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6 Exercises Physical Therapists Wish Everyone Did to Age Well
Try these simple movements to stay strong and limber. Source link
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P.E.I. may have more snowshoe hares since Fiona, wildlife biologist says
Snowshoe hares appear to be more common across Prince Edward Island in the years since post-tropical storm Fiona, says a provincial wildlife biologist. Source link
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Resources Minister King weighs in on WA GST furore
The federal minister called an interim report that recommended cutting WA’s share of the GST as “clearly incorrect” and said the resource-rich state had the prime minister’s backing. Source link
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How AI grief bots are allowing people to commune with the dead
It may seem like something ripped directly from an episode of Black Mirror, but generative AI and large language models are now being used to conjure up the dead, using the massive digital footprints many of us leave behind when we die. Source link
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How a $40 parking ticket became a fight for accessibility in Quebec
When Charlie Rousseau visited her hometown of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., for a festival in June, she noticed there were old-style parking meters that required users to slip change into a slot to pay. The problem is, Rousseau can’t easily hold coins, let alone reach the slot to pay. Source link
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Five years after Kabul fell, the reckoning over Afghanistan is far from over
The Taliban victory not only displaced hundreds of thousands of Afghans, the reimposition of their strict, authoritarian fundamentalist regime has featured the systematic erasure of women from public life, the suppression of free media and dissent and the enforcement of rigid moral codes through a dedicated ministry. Source link
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Petition calls for Canada to officially commemorate soldiers killed in Fenian raids
An obscure battle that took place on Canadian soil just a year before Confederation may not reverberate in the historical consciousness of Canadians outside of the town of Fort Erie, Ont. — but it lays claim to a number of historical focal points. Source link
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Canadair water-bomber builder feels heat of demand as wildfires rage around the world
As Canada, the United States and Europe grapple with another brutal wildfire season, pressure is building on the manufacturer of the Canadair “Super Scooper” water bombers to increase production, and on the federal government to bulk order the planes. Source link
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Instead of making hydrogen, this Canadian company is drilling for it
A Saskatchewan company is drilling for hydrogen to prove it can be extracted from the ground at a commercial scale. Max Power says that could lead to greener, cheaper hydrogen for decarbonizing industry and transportation. Here’s what you need to know about the development of natural hydrogen. Source link
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65 years after the Berlin Wall was built, Germany’s east-west scars help feed a rising far-right party
Decades after the Berlin Wall fell, observers see deep-seated regional grievances and feelings of second-class citizenship driving a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany party. Source link