A cyber outage at retail technology and software provider CDK entered its second consecutive day on Thursday, impacting automobile dealers in Canada and the U.S., the affected companies said on Thursday. ERetail tech provider says it’s working to reinstate its services. A cyber outage at retail technology and software provider …
Read More »#SMWasteFreeFuture: SMHCC launches sustainable hospitality initiatives
SMHCC’s practical and sustainable solutions zeroed in on waste diversion focused on food waste management and condemned linens. MANILA, Philippines — SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) joins SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) in the #SMWasteFreeFuture. SM Prime, one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, brings …
Read More »Veteran actor Donald Sutherland passed away at 88
Donald Sutherland in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”/Lionsgate LOS ANGELES, United States — Donald Sutherland, the enigmatic actor whose lengthy career encompassed films including “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Hunger Games,” has died, his son said Thursday. He was 88. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, …
Read More »The ghosts of Canada’s 1993 Conservative wipeout hang over Britain’s election campaign
British politician Nigel Farage says he’s an admirer of how Preston Manning was instrumental in engineering the downfall of the former Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1993. In Clacton-on-Sea, he’s giving Manning’s blueprint a try. In a faded British seaside resort, the story of Canada’s Reform Party gets a …
Read More »US billionaire keen on purchasing TikTok
TORONTO, Canada – Frank McCourt, a US real estate billionaire, aims to buy TikTok to rescue the internet from the clutches of major platforms that he firmly believes are destroying society and endangering children. In the United States, McCourt is best known as the former owner of the Los Angeles …
Read More »Oil shipments taking Africa route up 47%
The longer route around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis has pushed up shipping costs, as about 12 per cent of world total shipping traffic historically sailed through the Red Sea and Egypt’s Suez Canal. PHOTO: REUTERS HOUSTON, Texas — Global crude oil and oil …
Read More »Property owners learning rules around septic tanks the hard way as landfill halts access
Ron Nugent says he figures his septic tank is just days away from overflowing. And like many others who are in a similar situation, he says he’s coming to realize no one is coming to help. “I’m losing sleep over it. My stress level is high. I’m nervous about flushing …
Read More »The Bank of Canada’s growing list of worries
The Canadian economy is awash in contradictions. Progress has been made in the fight against inflation. The economy has dodged a recession. But unemployment is rising, consumer spending is expected to slow further and the Bank of Canada has a laundry list of things it’s worried about. Rate cuts are …
Read More »Study suggests hundreds of Quebec deaths each year are related to heat
By broadening the criteria for heat-related deaths in Quebec, a study from l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique came up with a much higher number than other studies. Study also says heat responsible for thousands of ER visits and ambulance trips. A new study from Quebec’s Institut national de la …
Read More »Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same ‘strange’ female polar bear
A recently-published study examined samples from more than 800 polar bears and grizzlies in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. To researchers’ surprise, a family of bears in the N.W.T. were the only hybrids detected — meaning hybridization is rare. But it is expected to happen more often. New genetic sequencing tool …
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