Computerworld – After 19 years and 25 space flights, NASA’s space shuttleEndeavour returned to Earth from a 16-day mission early this morning, ending its storied career. Endeavour brought its six-man crew safely back from their mission to bring equipment, experiments and supplies to the International Space Station, landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida [...]
Catastrophic floods, similar to those recently witnessed in Pakistan and Australia that are normally anticipated once a century can now be expected every 20 years instead, warn scientists. On the other hand, recent studies show, water demand in many countries will exceed supply by an estimated 40 per cent within a single generation, with [...]
Canada, with its abundance of water and expertise in managing the valuable resource, will be called on to help other nations struggling to deal with frequent drought, flooding and water quality concerns in just decades, according to a panel of experts. Demand for water in many countries will exceed supply by an estimated 40 [...]
Firm owes $20M, but no interest is being sought MONTREAL – Revenue Canada is seeking $20 million in unpaid taxes from a Quebec tobacco distributor, but is not demanding any interest or penalties on the shortfall. The government is also negotiating with the company to make a deal on the huge tax [...]
Tighter regulations have consequences The rules governing temporary foreign workers are set to change April 1 when new regulations take effect that will change the way companies hire everybody from oilpatch workers to live-in caregivers. Labour shortages lead to complications whenever they occur, says Evelyn Ackah, a business immigration lawyer in Calgary. [...]
Fifty million “environmental refugees” will flood into the global north by 2020, fleeing food shortages sparked by climate change, experts warned at a major science conference that ended here Monday. “In 2020, the UN has projected that we will have 50 million environmental refugees,” University of California, Los Angeles professor Cristina Tirado said at the [...]
Underground cities, labyrinthine rooms deep under the earth’s surface, secret palaces carved high into mountain sides…You read about them in fantasy tales, but these mystery places did exist hundreds of years ago and still stand in central Turkey’s Cappadocia city. The underground cities are believed to have sprung up around 2000 BC or even earlier, [...]
Apple, in a move long awaited by publishers seeking new sources of revenue, unveiled a subscription service on Tuesday for digital newspapers and magazines purchased through its online App Store. Subscriptions to music and video services such as Rhapsody or Netflix will also be available through the App Store and will be subject to the [...]
Your smartphone could soon give out your location no matter where you where, when you are. Mobile phones are quickly becoming the up-close-and-personal marketing medium. And the possibility of knowing a person’s location at any given time through the websites they surf or mobile applications they have visited on their smartphone’s browser is opening a [...]
SUDBURY, Ont. — Greater Sudbury Police Sgt. Robert Geick is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at an Azilda, Ont., hotel and then sending her anonymous, pornographic and harassing letters after she went to police, court heard Monday. Geick’s second of three sexual assault trials — involving three different complainants — began on Monday before [...]
