Sky’s the limit when it comes to Canada Day celebrations
‘It’s a real honour to be able to jump for Canada, to represent my country on today of all days’ There’s probably as many ways to celebrate Canada Day as there are Canadians. On Sunday in Halifax, about 50 new Canadians were added during a citizenship ceremony at Pier 21 in Halifax. As the group […]
‘I’m just amazed’: Inverness Beach becomes accessibility leader
Organizers hope to make beach the most inclusive in Atlantic Canada Christine Hannigan’s delight is evident as she sits at the water’s edge watching the waves crash on Inverness Beach in Cape Breton. “You never thought you’d ever do this?” says the woman pushing her along the sand in what looks like a lawn chair […]
Art to ‘save the world’: Uprising comes to Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Connecting to, and protecting, nature at heart of new exhibit from artists Christi Belcourt, Isaac Murdoch When people come to view her exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Christi Belcourt hopes they see part of themselves in her vibrant, colourful paintings of the natural world. “I hope they feel beautiful and vibrant themselves,” she […]
New affordable housing development soon to open on former Thunder Bay, Ont., community garden site
President of Northern Linkage, the not-for-profit that owns the building, says housing ‘critical’ The site of a former community garden in Thunder Bay, Ont., will soon be host to a new affordable housing facility and the head of the organization that owns it says the city is in need of more. Northern Linkage, a not-for-profit […]
OpenPhone lets you get a business phone number with an app
Meet OpenPhone, a startup in the current Y Combinator batch. The company has been working on an app to make it easier to get and use a business phone number. You don’t need a second phone, you don’t need to get an expensive solution designed for big teams. “Both my cofounder and I grew up […]
Tesla hits Model 3 production goal
Tesla appears to have produced nearly 5,000 Model 3 electric vehicles in the last week of June, coming within hours of hitting a target CEO Elon Musk initially planned to meet by the end of 2017. The 5,000th Model 3 came off the assembly line early Sunday morning, according to Reuters, which spoke with two […]
SpaceX delivers AI robot, ice cream, mice to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station got its first robot with artificial intelligence Monday, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice. SpaceX’s capsule reached the station three days after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Station astronaut Ricky Arnold used a large mechanical arm to grab the Dragon capsule as the […]
Love Waze’s incident reporting feature? Lucky you, it’s coming to Google Maps
The thing you love best about Waze is coming to Google Maps — and it’s about time. Five years after the tech giant acquired the Israeli navigation app, it’s finally adopting some of Waze’s most popular features, most notably incident reporting. Users began spotting the new option on their Android apps a few days ago, […]
PriceSmart Earnings: 3 Things to Watch
Investors have some big questions heading into PriceSmart’s (NASDAQ:PSMT) upcoming quarterly report. The good news: The warehouse retailing chain is showing signs of a growth rebound that’s likely to continue as Latin American and Caribbean economies recover. Yet the dramatic currency devaluation in Colombia that wrecked PriceSmart’s results last year demonstrates just how exposed the […]
The 2 Best Homebuilder Stocks to Buy
If you look around, you may notice that the housing market looks pretty strong right now. Housing starts are up to 1.35 million, the inventory of houses for sale is hovering around all-time lows, and home prices are incredibly attractive for those looking to sell. Toss in the fact that millennials are entering the housing […]