Cree chef a farmers market success story in Vancouver
Heat Laliberte wants One Arrow Meats to represent the strength and resiliency of Indigenous people Heat Laliberte loves selling his brand One Arrow Meats at city farmers markets. He likes the atmosphere and loves getting to know the customers who try his hand-cured bacon. He sees every conversation as an opportunity to connect and consult […]
Battling mental illness, B.C. mountain climber finds peace in the outdoors
‘It’s real and it’s connection. I think we all need that for positive mental health’ A diagnosis of schizophrenia at age 22 left Brent Seal in a debilitated state. He struggled, attempting suicide, experiencing delusions, hallucinations and symptoms of psychosis until he found relief through hiking with his parents. “I couldn’t go to school, I […]
Island chef takes home national award
‘It’s a nice award to win knowing that you are being recognized from your peers across the country’ Island chef Irwin MacKinnon took home the Canadian Culinary Federation’s Chef of the Year award at the federation’s annual conference held in Charlottetown this week. The conference brought chefs from across Canada together to learn more about […]
Edmonton Transit Service highlights history at 40th anniversary LRT celebration
Displays and demos draw crowds to D.L. MacDonald Garage Public transit enthusiasts didn’t need a ticket to get a behind-the-scenes look at Edmonton’s light-rail-transit system on Saturday. Edmonton’s LRT turned 40 last month and ETS marked the occasion this weekend with a free event at the D.L. MacDonald Garage in northeast Edmonton. At the maintenance […]
Garmin’s Fenix 5 Plus watches help you survive mountain climbing
They also bring maps, music and payments. Garmin is no stranger to catering to fans of specific sports with its GPS watches. Its latest wristwear, however, takes that devotion to another level. It’s upgrading its Fenix 5 outdoor watches with the Fenix 5 Plus series, whose star attraction is a new Pulse Ox Acclimation sensor […]
World’s largest ARM supercomputer is headed to a nuclear security lab
“Astra” is a collaboration between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Department of Energy. Most supercomputers are focused on pure processing speed. Take the DOE’s new Summit system, which is now the world’s most powerful supercomputer, with 9,000 22-core IBM Power9 processors and over 27,000 NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs. But processing performance isn’t everything. Last year, […]
Volvo builds a self-docking yacht
It still requires human supervision, but can undertake maneuvers no human would try. There are plenty of things that can go wrong when you dock a boat, and if they do, the consequences can be expensive. It’s a problem that Volvo Penta claims to have solved after building a “self-docking yacht” that can park itself […]
Xbox One preview brings FastStart loading to Game Pass
It wants you to focus on playing just a few games, though. If you like the thought of speeding up access to Xbox Game Pass titles with FastStart, you don’t have to wait until the finished Xbox One update arrives later in June — you can try it right now. Microsoft has rolled out FastStart […]
3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week
Kroger is one of several big-name stocks set to post earnings results over the next few days. Stocks fell last week, with both the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) declining slightly while remaining in positive territory for the year. In the new week, shareholders of Winnebago (NYSE:WGO), Kroger (NYSE:KR), and […]
Is Seagate Technology Stock Back From the Dead?
Investors who bought Seagate for the massive dividend have had a nice surprise over the last year. But can Seagate’s 40% one-year run continue? Investors in Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) have reason to celebrate. Shares of the hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturer have advanced by 40% in the last year. The company’s strong return even […]