Once homeless and addicted to crack, Montreal woman rebuilds her life with place of her own
How housing-first programs are helping get Montrealers off the streets Ilona Pap knew things had to change. She had pawned her TV. She was panhandling. She had nowhere to stay. Last summer, she spent two weeks living from hit to hit in a dingy apartment — a crack house — in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, in Montreal’s east […]
How a single act of honesty changed the life of this homeless drug addict
‘I know I have a purpose,’ says Danny MacKillop, who has gone from N.S., to Toronto and now rehab in Vancouver A single act of honesty continues to ripple through the life of a man from Reserve Mines, N.S. “It’s been amazing,” said Danny MacKillop of his first few weeks at a drug treatment centre […]
P.E.I. students can earn bursary bonus for work on Island farms, seafood plants
P.E.I. high school and university students looking to earn some extra cash toward their education are being encouraged to consider jobs on Island farms and seafood processing plants. P.E.I. Farm Team is a new program coming this summer to help fill jobs on Island farms and agricultural processing operations. Along with the wages they earn, […]
Yukon government plans North Klondike Highway reconstruction
The Yukon Government has proposed a multi-year plan to reconstruct portions of the North Klondike Highway, from Pelly Crossing to Dawson City, according to a funding proposal acquired by CBC News through an access to information request. Seeking federal funding The total cost of the project would be about $121 million. The document states that […]
A ‘flying brain’ is going to help out on the space station this summer
Airbus No space adventure — of the fictional type, at least — is surely complete without assistance from an A.I. character. Think HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon‘s GERTY, and Holly in the BBC’s Red Dwarf. Well, reality looks set to catch up with science fiction this summer when the International Space Station (ISS) […]
Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on
WASHINGTON — After the Big Bang, it was cold and black. And then there was light. Now, for the first time, astronomers have glimpsed that dawn of the universe 13.6 billion years ago when the earliest stars were turning on the light in the cosmic darkness. And if that’s not enough, they may have detected […]
HTC’s Vive Focus mobile VR headset uses the same lenses, displays as Vive Pro
A recent hands-on preview of HTC’s Vive Focus mobile virtual reality headset reveals that the device, currently only available in China, relies on the same lenses and displays that will be used in HTC’s next-generation VR headset for the PC: The Vive Pro. It serves as a “premium” alternative to other stand-alone VR headsets sold […]
Amazon Prime Video will now show pay-per-view UFC fights
If you’re a UFC fan you’ll now have another place to watch fights — Amazon Prime Video. The online retailers just announced that starting with UFC 222 on March 3rd, all pay-per-view UFC fights will be available to buy and watch on Amazon prime. Fights can be preordered and also purchased up to four hours […]
Here’s Why Veeva Systems Inc. Is on the Rise Today
What happened Shares of Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV), an IT provider with services tailored to the biopharma industry, are on the move after another positive earnings report. Outstanding customer retention and recruitment helped lift the stock 13.7% as of 1:29 p.m. EST on Wednesday. So what During the year ended Jan. 31, total revenue […]
4 Reasons to Love HP Inc.’s First Quarter
Shares of HP (NYSE: HPQ) jumped on Feb. 23, after the PC and printer maker posted first-quarter earnings that topped analyst estimates. Revenue grew 14% annually to $14.5 billion, beating expectations by $1 billion and marking its strongest quarterly growth since it split with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in late 2015. Non-GAAP earnings rose 26% to $0.48 […]