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“In Canada we have way more wolves. But in Saskatchewan, where I live, the land is so flat and the timber is so dense that you rarely see them. You’re lucky if you see two wolves a year,” he says. “I come down here and I can see 15 a day, easily.”

☆ A Canadian woman who revived a candy bar as a side hustle had to give 133,000 away for free
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Canadian woman had to give away 133,000 candy bars for free, reports say. Crystal Regehr Westergard was bombarded with the candy, which had an expiry date of June this year. Crystal Regehr Westergard, a physiotherapist, started a candy company as a side hustle in 2018 to bring back old favorites that had long ceased production. Through her company Canadian Candy Nostalgia, Westergard first brought back Cuban Lunch, a candy dating back to the Second World War. She's struggled to give away the retro candy bars, even for free.

☆ 'Show us your Regina': Canadian city pulls tourism campaign after facing backlash for sexualizing its name
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Canadian city Regina attempted to rebrand is tourism agency to "Experience Regina" in March. Slogans for the campaign included "Show us your Regina" and "The city that rhymes with fun." After debuting a rebrand from Tourism Regina to Experience Regina last month, the city's tourism organization pulled its new campaign amid public backlash to slogans some found offensive, Canadian news outlet CBC reported. "Show us your Regina" was featured on the Experience Regina website, but has since been removed, the Toronto Star reported. The announcement came after about a dozen protesters gathered inside Regina City Hall to call for Tourism Regina CEO Tim Reid and Mayor Sandra Masters to resign, Fox News reported.

☆ A cross between domestic pigs and wild boars was intentionally bred in Canada. The resulting 'super pigs' escaped captivity and could be invading the US.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When the market collapsed, the "super pigs" escaped and have spread rapidly across the country. The environmentally destructive pigs may be invading the US, where feral pigs already pose problems in the South. Then the boar market peaked, collapsing in 2001, and many of the super pigs were simply let go. Others escaped, as the super pigs were stronger and more adept at getting under or over fencing. But the super pigs from Canada could easily survive the frigid winters of places like Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, or Minnesota.

Yet congenital syphilis is easily preventable if an infected person gets access to penicillin during their pregnancy. There were 2,677 cases of congenital syphilis in the U.S. in 2021 for a population of 332 million, according to preliminary CDC data. Canada had 96 cases for a population of 38 million, according to Health Canada. Health Canada told Reuters it has dispatched epidemiologists to help provinces contain the increase in congenital syphilis. The province had an incidence of 185 cases of congenital syphilis per 100,00 live births in 2021.

March 28 (Reuters) - Canada's Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG.TO) said on Tuesday it would acquire Spartan Delta Corp's (SDE.TO) oil and gas assets in Alberta's Montney region for C$1.7 billion ($1.24 billion). Crescent Point shares dipped 0.7% in Toronto, while Spartan stock gained nearly 8%. Crescent Point said it is looking to reduce net debt by about C$1 billion over the next 12 months and may also sell assets. Crescent Point also produces oil in the province of Saskatchewan. Crescent Point raised its production outlook to 160,000 to 166,000 boepd from the earlier forecast of 138,000 to 142,000 boepd.

☆ Canadian 'super pigs' set to spread disease and damage the environment in the US, expert warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The expert called for a campaign to cut down the size of the feral pig population. These pigs are a cross between wild boars and domestic pigs, and were bred in Canada in the 1980s to diversify agriculture. The size and intelligence of the Canadian pigs has helped them survive the tough Canadian winters, and they can burrow tunnel ls into the snow, evading predators and freezing conditions, according to report. An expert told Fox News that the pigs can carry diseases transferable to humans, such as E. coli and hepatitis, and can devastate the environment. Brook called for a campaign to cut down the size of the Canadian pig population before they cause damage in the US.

☆ ChatGPT is for suckers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Chatbots are bullshit engines built to say things with incontrovertible certainty and a complete lack of expertise. What is it that makes human beings trust a machine we know is untrustworthy? After millennia of debate, the world's leading philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists haven't even agreed on a mechanism for why people come to believe things, or what beliefs even are. We want Google results to be true, because we think of Google as a trusted arbiter, if not an authority. The power of storyAnother possible explanation of why we're suckers for chatbots is that we're suckers for explanation.

REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File PhotoWINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Netherlands-based Rabobank NA (RABOVR.UL) is aiming to grab 10-15% of the Canadian farm lending market within 15 years, as it aims to shake up a sector dominated by government and domestic banks, its new Canadian agricultural head told Reuters on Wednesday. It took Rabobank a decade before deciding to expand into Canadian farm lending, taking a methodical approach, Lieverse said. Rabobank expects Canadian farm lending to be profitable from the start and plans to announce hiring plans shortly, she said. Rabobank did not release its estimate of the value of the Canadian farm lending market, but government agency Statistics Canada pegged 2021 farm debt at a record-high C$129 billion ($96.1 billion), with chartered banks accounting for 37%. Farm Credit Canada, owned by the Canadian government, is the biggest agricultural lender, controlling a market share of about one-third, Lieverse said.

☆ Alberta premier says province open to providing carbon capture tax credits
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A Shell employee walks past the company's new Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Todd KorolJan 10 (Reuters) - Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta is open to bolstering tax credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology but also wants the federal government to increase financial support, Premier Danielle Smith said on Tuesday. Carbon capture and storage is seen as a key plank in global efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions, and last April Ottawa unveiled tax credits designed to spur investment in the costly technology. Last week Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged the province to use its budget surplus to boost the tax credits. "We are working towards the same goal...then we can figure out what portion comes from federal tax relief and what portion comes from provincial tax relief," Smith said.

☆ Bob McGrath, a ‘Sesame Street’ original, dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Bob McGrath, an actor and recording artist who became a generational icon as one of the original human stars of “Sesame Street,” died Sunday. McGrath’s death was confirmed by his family members through a post on his Facebook page: “The McGrath family has some sad news to share. He played the friendly neighbor Bob Johnson, a “Sesame Street” mainstay across five decades and 47 seasons of broadcast television. In 1969, McGrath stepped into his signature role on “Sesame Street,” which was a pop culture force from its debut on the then-fledging PBS network in November 1969. McGrath was indelibly associated with “Sesame Street” for the rest of his career.

CNN —Bob McGrath, an original cast member of the beloved children’s program “Sesame Street,” has died, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop shared on social media. Our father Bob McGrath, passed away today. The Sesame Workshop paid tribute to McGrath’s nearly five decades on the show in a thread on Twitter. “A founding cast member, Bob embodied the melodies of Sesame Street like no one else, and his performances brought joy and wonder to generations of children around the world,” the statement read in part. “Sesame Street” cast member Alan Muraoka paid tribute to his “role model.”“Words cannot begin to express what Bob meant to me: a role model, a mentor, a friend.

☆ Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Nancy Lapid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It delivers tiny lipid particles containing mRNA instructions for cells to create replicas of so-called hemagglutinin proteins that appear on influenza virus surfaces. A universal vaccine would not mean an end to flu seasons, but would replace the guess work that goes into developing annual shots months ahead of flu season each year. Moderna and Pfizer both have mRNA flu vaccines in late-stage human trials, and GSK (GSK.L) and partner CureVac (5CV.DE) are testing an mRNA flu vaccine in an early-stage safety trial in humans. These vaccines are designed to defend against only four recently-circulating influenza strains but could theoretically be changed up each year. The universal flu vaccine, if successful in human trials, would not necessarily prevent infection.

Conservative-led governments in oil-producing Alberta and Saskatchewan are demanding Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government cede more power on issues from climate policy to gun control. Provinces already manage non-renewable natural resources, while the federal government has some jurisdiction over the environment. Alberta's proposed legislation "undermines the authority and duty of the sovereign nations that entered into treaty," Treaty 8 First Nations Grand Chief Arthur Noskey said in the statement. First Nations only agreed in treaties to share their land to "the depth of a plow," said Chief Bobby Cameron of Saskatchewan's Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, meaning agreements did not cover oil or minerals deeper underground. The backlash against Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty mirrors Indigenous opposition to Quebec's attempt to secede from Canada in a 1995 referendum which it narrowly lost.

☆ Here's the six-word outlook for stocks in 2023: going to hell in a handbasket
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We knew that the stock market had formed a bubble and that it was going to pop as interest rates went up. That, in turn, pushed the stock market off a cliff so steep that we still cannot see the bottom. This all goes back to the Fed's move to keep interest rates at 0% after the 2008 financial crisis. Since interest rates were so low, companies that didn't make money could just borrow to keep the lights on. In 2018, Wall Street got a preview of how ugly this bubble would look once it popped in earnest.

OTTAWA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is coming under pressure from populist conservative rivals as the country veers toward a possible recession, with provinces vowing to oppose some of his Liberal government's key policies. New federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is leading the charge, blaming Trudeau for skyrocketing inflation and laying responsibility for a housing shortage on "gatekeepers" in Ottawa. Both Alberta and Saskatchewan have lost court bids to overturn federal carbon pricing already. Alberta, Saskatchewan and other conservative-led provinces also oppose an assault-rifle buyback the Trudeau government is promising for next year. ECONOMIC HEADWINDSQuebec is a prime example of historical tension between Ottawa and the provinces.

Some, like fossil fuel-burning Saskatchewan and Alberta, say the federal government's plan for a 2035 net-zero grid is unrealistic. The challenges Canada faces underline how difficult meeting net-zero electrification goals will be globally. Reuters GraphicsUnlike Canada, the United States has a federal electricity regulator and mostly delivers power through regionally integrated systems, which may make it more nimble to transform the grid. Provinces regulate Canada's electricity utilities, but the federal government has some jurisdiction over the environment. The Alberta Electric System Operator in June estimated it would cost an additional C$44 billion to C$52 billion ($38.18 billion) to meet Ottawa's 2035 net-zero mandate.

Data from Bloomberg Economics shows that El Salvador tops its ranking of emerging market countries that are vulnerable to a debt default. Another survey by the institute found that 76 out of 100 small and medium-size enterprises in El Salvador do not accept bitcoin payments. But in 2022, recent data shows that only 1.6% of remittances were sent to El Salvador via digital wallets. Meanwhile, its other national currency, bitcoin, is revered for the fact that it, too, is impossible to mint out of thin air. "Bitcoin doesn't solve any of El Salvador's important economic problems," he added.

☆ ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ Tonga blast could warm the Earth temporarily
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK — When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime event,” said lead author Holger Voemel, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. And since water vapor acts as a heat-trapping greenhouse gas, the eruption will probably raise temperatures instead of lowering them, Toohey said. The water vapor will stick around the upper atmosphere for a few years before making its way into the lower atmosphere, Toohey said. The stratosphere stretches from around 7.5 miles to 31 miles above Earth and is usually very dry, Voemel explained.

☆ Putin's behavior sign of failing Ukraine invasion, says Canada's Trudeau
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Patrick DoyleSept 21 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's military mobilization order and threats to use nuclear weapons show that the Ukraine invasion is failing, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, condemning Moscow's announcement as unacceptable. "Putin's behavior only goes to show that his invasion is failing," Trudeau said. He also threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia, declaring: "It's not a bluff". Trudeau said the threats of nuclear weapons need to be taken seriously and Western allies need to "stand very firmly against" them. Canada would continue to support Kyiv by strengthening its sanctions on Russia and sending military aid to Ukraine, he said.

☆ Canada mass stabbing suspect not beaten to death in police custody, coroner says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO - Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, who are named by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as suspects in stabbings in Canada's Saskatchewan province, are pictured in this undated handout image released by the RCMP September 4, 2022. RCMP/Handout via REUTERSOTTAWA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Preliminary tests found no signs of external trauma that could have caused the death of a mass stabbing suspect who died in police custody after one of Canada's deadliest mass violence incidents earlier in September, a coroner said on Wednesday. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"The preliminary results of the autopsy for Myles Sanderson has found no blunt force trauma causing his death," Saskatchewan's chief coroner Clive Weighill told reporters. Weighill said officials were still waiting for other test results, including toxicology and neuro pathology reports, before determining the cause of Myles' death. "This is very, very preliminary, but that's the best I can give you right now," Weighill said.

The coming end of SPR releases could shift market dynamics again in a year of high volatility following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. In March the White House announced it would release 180 million barrels from the U.S. strategic reserve to help quell high prices. Foreign buyers have turned to discounted Russian barrels, tempering Canadian crude exports. "When the SPR releases finish, these refiners will look to lean harder again on Canadian barrels or seaborne imports." That system ships the bulk of Canadian crude exports to the United States.

☆ Indigenous Community Reels After Stabbing Attacks in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Vipal Monga | Photographs Kitra Cahana For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan—On a recent day in this small community on the Canadian prairie, people gathered in the school gym listening to traditional indigenous drums and mournful music at back-to-back funerals. Outside, people huddled in groups, crying and smoking. It has been two weeks since this territory of 2,000 people became the scene of one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history. Two brothers allegedly went on a rampage that left 10 dead and 18 injured. Locals said there are still many unanswered questions about what triggered the attacks, how they unfolded and why law enforcement failed to track down one of the brothers, a violent offender, after he disappeared in May.

☆ Statui ale reginei Victoria şi reginei Elisabeta a II-a, dărâmate de protestatari în Canada
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ReutersStatui ale reginei Victoria şi reginei Elisabeta a II-a, dărâmate de protestatari în CanadaProtestatarii au dărâmat statui ale reginei Victoria şi reginei Elisabeta a II-a în oraşul canadian Winnipeg, pe fondul creşterii nemulţumirilor în urma descoperirii rămăşiţelor a sute de copii în morminte nemarcate în apropierea unor foste şcoli rezidenţiale pentru copii indigeni conduse de Biserica Catolică în Columbia Britanică, relatează Reuters și Agerpres. Un grup de persoane a scandat "nicio mândrie în genocid" înainte de a dărâma statuile suveranelor. Acţiunea a avut loc joi, de Ziua Canadei, în mod tradiţional o zi de sărbătoare în toată ţara. Premierul canadian Justin Trudeau a declarat că această zi ar trebui să fie "un moment de reflecţie". Aproape 1.000 de morminte nemarcate au fost descoperite lângă foste şcoli rezidenţiale pentru copii indigeni din Columbia Britanică şi Saskatchewan, care au fost conduse în principal de Biserica Catolică şi finanţate de guvern.

Persons: Victoria, reginei Elisabeta a II, Canada Protestatarii, Acţiunea, Justin Trudeau Organizations: Reuters, Canadei Locations: Canada, canadian Winnipeg, Columbia Britanică, Agerpres, Saskatchewan, Toronto, Canadei, Ottawa

☆ Alte 182 de morminte anonime, descoperite în apropierea unui fost pensionat pentru copii autohtoni în Columbia Britanică
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: elpais.comAlte 182 de morminte anonime, descoperite în apropierea unui fost pensionat pentru copii autohtoni în Columbia BritanicăAlte 182 de morminte anonime au fost descoperite în apropierea unui fost penionat pentru copii autohtoni, St Eugene, la Cranbrook, în Columbia Britanică, în vestul Canadei, a treia descopeire de acest fel în decurs de o lună, a anunţat o comunitate autohtonă, relatează AFP. Această descoprire în Columbia Britanică, cea mai vestică provincie din Canada, a fost anunţată miercuri, într-un comunicat de către comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay. Anunţul are loc după descoperirea a 751 de morminte, săptămâna trecută, la Marieval, în Saskatchewan (vest), şi a rămăşiţelor a 215 de elevi, la Kamloops, în Columbia Britanică, la sfârşitul lui mai. ”Unele dintre rămăşiţe au fost îngropate în gropi de trei-patru picioare (90-120 de centrimetri) adâncime”, precizează comunitatea autohtonă din Lower Kootenay, care face parte din Prima Naţune Ktunaxa. Mulţi dintre aceşti copii au fost supuşi unor rele tratamente sau abuzuri sexuale, iar peste 4.000 au murit, potrivit unei comisii de anchetă care a constat un adevărat ”genocid cultural” al Canadei.

Persons: St Eugene, Canadei Organizations: Columbia Britanică Locations: Columbia, St, Columbia Britanică, Canadei, Canada, Lower Kootenay, Saskatchewan, Lower, canadian

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