Robson Square in downtown Vancouver to remain traffic free
NPA’s Melissa Degenova wanted to reopen the 800-block of Robson Street to buses and cyclists Robson Square will remain closed to traffic, despite a Vancouver city councillor’s push to reopen the area to buses and cyclists. Melissa Degenova says the square has been a failure since traffic barriers were put up two years ago and […]
Solar-powered car added to Saskatoon carshare program
Saskatoon’s 1st electric carshare vehicle will be parked in City Park Saskatchewan’s first solar-powered vehicle to be part of a carshare program is ready to be booked. It’s one of only 160 electric vehicles in the province, which does not offer incentives to purchase or use electric vehicles. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society and the Saskatoon […]
‘5 is a blessing’: P.E.I. seniors’ home celebrates its 100-year-old residents
‘I forget I’m that old, I just keep going along’ The Garden Home in Charlottetown has a record number of centenarians this year — as of June the P.E.I. seniors home will have five residents who are one hundred years old or older, the most its ever had. “Five is a blessing, I’ve never heard […]
Bank of Canada head underlines potential of Quebec child care for entire country
Canada has considerable untapped potential in its labour force, says Stephen Poloz The head of the Bank of Canada is pointing to Quebec’s subsidized child-care program as a possible tool to boost the entire economy because it could significantly raise female workforce participation across the country. In a speech Tuesday, bank governor Stephen Poloz used […]
How to play retro video games
Some of the best video games ever were made ages ago. Super Metroid, Planescape: Torment, Deus Ex, and hundreds of other amazing games were produced for platforms that don’t really exist anymore. They were made for systems that used cartridges and PCs that ran Windows 95. Some have aged well and some haven’t, but they’ve […]
SXSW: Scientists tout ‘pen’ technology that detects cancer in 20 seconds
Imagine if you could detect cancer within seconds. A group of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin say they’ve developed the technology to do just that. The MasSpec Pen, which is being showcased at SXSW this week, can identify cancerous tissue during surgery in real time. “The MasSpec Pen is a handheld device […]
Amazon’s Kindle Oasis is now available for pre-order in ‘Champagne Gold’
In October, Kindle launched its All-New Kindle Oasis which included a list of impressive features and improvements. While there were are fabric covers to customize the hardware a bit, the Oasis was only available in one color — graphite. But Amazon is now offering a “Champagne Gold” color option as well. The gold variant starts […]
Don’t believe the rumors: Instagram isn’t killing the algorithm
Hey, Instagram haters: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the company has no plans to change its algorithm-based photo feed, despite what you may have heard. Rumors began swirling late last week that the photo-sharing app had miraculously decided to reverse the two-year-old decision to implement an algorithmic feed. Naturally, bloggers and […]
Better Buy: Ambarella, Inc. vs. Advanced Micro Devices
Chipmakers Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) both underperformed the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index’s 44% gain over the past 12 months. Ambarella’s stock dipped 4%, and AMD’s dropped 8%. Ambarella and AMD make very different types of chips, but both stocks were once Wall Street darlings. Ambarella more than doubled in value in 2015, and […]
For Palo Alto Networks, Is the Best Yet to Come?
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) was primed to deliver a strong second-quarter earnings report, and the company didn’t disappoint. The cybersecurity specialist beat the high end of its own expectations and raised the full-year guidance thanks to strong demand for its services, which led to terrific customer growth last quarter. Not surprisingly, Palo Alto shares […]