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This Canary Box Cutter Is the Best $8 I’ve Ever Spent

6Jul

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This Canary Box Cutter Is the Best $8 I’ve Ever Spent

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Like many Americans, I bemoan the fact that online shopping hurts local businesses, which can't compete with the convenience of unsustainable perks like "free" two-day Prime shipping. Like many Americans, I still buy a ton of stuff online anyway, because it's sure easier not to have to carry a huge pack of toilet paper home from Aldi (at least, as a New Yorker, I can still be a snob about the fact that I walk to buy groceries). But this also means that, come Prime Day or during the holiday season, I have to deal with a whole lot of cardboard boxes.Some 35 million tons of "containerboard," or cardboard used to make shipping containers like Amazon boxes, is produced in the U.S. each year. By my estimate, at least 10 perc...

‘Uniquely Canadian’: Stampede begins with parade led by country star Shania Twain

6Jul

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‘Uniquely Canadian’: Stampede begins with parade led by country star Shania Twain

Country music superstar Shania Twain, in a white hat and white fringed jacket, sat on top of a white horse that clip clopped to cheers through the downtown Friday as she kicked off the Calgary Stampede and its signature parade. “It’s exhilarating. I just have to stay calm for my horse. I don’t want him to read my energy. I’m sure I’ll just have a smile stuck to my face the whole time,” Twain told reporters after she was given her official marshal badge to lead the parade.“I don’t feel like a performer in this sense at all. I feel like I’m representing something very important,” she added.“This is more of a personal exchange with Calgary, with the Stampede, and I’ll feel like this is my grand welcome.”Under sunny skies, about 300,000 spectators jammed sidewalks to watch marching bands, anti...

New pocket-sized sensor to detect asthma, lung damage causing sulphur dioxide

5Jul

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New pocket-sized sensor to detect asthma, lung damage causing sulphur dioxide

Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, have developed a new low-cost sensor that can help detect toxic sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas responsible for respiratory irritation, asthma attacks, and long-term lung damage, at extremely low concentrations, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on Friday. CeNS, Bengaluru is an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), under the Ministry. SO2 is a toxic air pollutant commonly released from vehicles and industrial emissions, and even minute exposure can cause serious health issues and long-term lung damage. It is hard to detect before it has an adverse effect on health. While real-time monitoring of SO2 levels is essential for human health and environment existing technologi...

Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost – National

5Jul

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Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost – National

Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden had the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump will have the tax cuts. All were hailed in the moment and became ripe political targets in campaigns that followed. In Trump’s case, the tax cuts may almost become lost in the debates over other parts of the multitrillion-dollar bill that Democrats say will force poor Americans off their health care and overturn a decade or more of energy policy.Through persuasion and browbeating, Trump forced nearly all congressional Republicans to line up behind his marquee legislation despite some of its unpalatable pieces.He followed the playbook that had marked his life in business before politics. He focused on branding — labeling the legislation the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” — then relentlessl...

LG’s Newest Premium 65-inch C5 OLED TV Is $1,000 Off Right Now

5Jul

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LG’s Newest Premium 65-inch C5 OLED TV Is $1,000 Off Right Now

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you've been waiting for the right moment to upgrade your home theater setup, the LG 65-inch C5 OLED Evo 4K TV has just hit its best price yet, according to price trackers. It’s now down to $1,696.99 on Amazon, which is a full $1,000 off its original price of $2,696.99. That’s a big drop for a TV that’s only a few months into its release cycle and sits in LG’s premium lineup, just a notch below the G-series. CNET gave it a strong 8.7/10, highlighting its excellent contrast, accurate color, and refined performance, but suggested holding off until the price came down. Well, now it has. In terms of performance, the C5 is built on LG’s...

B.C. cabinet minister says she’s ‘fortunate’ to have just half a dozen death threats

5Jul

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B.C. cabinet minister says she’s ‘fortunate’ to have just half a dozen death threats

Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia infrastructure minister says in her eight years as a member of the legislature, she can recall receiving about half a dozen death threats, and considers herself “pretty fortunate” as a provincial politician. Bowinn Ma says she knows it’s strange to say, but she is aware of other elected officials who have been the subject of many more such threats.Ma’s comments come after an explosive blasted open the front door of her North Vancouver constituency office last week, setting off an RCMP investigation.No one was hurt and police are saying little about a motive or suspects, but Ma says she won’t be intimidated from continuing her work and serving the community. ...

US researchers develop AI model improving sudden cardiac death prediction

5Jul

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US researchers develop AI model improving sudden cardiac death prediction

US researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that significantly outperforms current clinical guidelines in identifying patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. The AI system, known as Multimodal AI for Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Stratification (MAARS), integrates cardiac MRI images with a wide range of patient health records to detect hidden warning signs, offering a new level of precision in cardiovascular risk prediction, Xinhua News Agency reported. The study, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, focused on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- one of the most common inherited heart conditions and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people. "Currently we have patients dying in the prime of their life because they aren`t prot...

The Hunt web series review: Nagesh Kukunoor delivers a binge-worthy thriller

5Jul

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The Hunt web series review: Nagesh Kukunoor delivers a binge-worthy thriller

It’s been a while since I binged a new series on the Indian front. While the recent ones picked up from previous seasons, National Award-winning filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor took the bold step and dug deep into the political archives with The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case, for a 7-episode thriller that traces the intense investigation into former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. Based on Anirudhya Mitra’s book 90 Days, this series on SonyLiv follows the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) race against time to uncover the deadly conspiracy and track down the elusive mastermind, Sivarasan, in a high-stakes quest for justice. All hail Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor, who has helmed some of the most peculiar projects such as Hyderabad Blues, Iqbal, Dor, and ...

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ impacts Canada and the clean energy push – National

5Jul

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How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ impacts Canada and the clean energy push – National

Spread across the more than 800 pages of U.S. President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut and spending package signed into law on Friday are measures that could have impacts on Canada, particularly on environmental and energy policies. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” cuts billions of dollars in spending meant to boost clean energy infrastructure across the U.S., which building trades unions warn could result in over a million lost construction jobs.The legislation also scraps tax credits for electric vehicles, which may push the North American auto industry further away from EVs.Taken together, the measures effectively end a brief era where the U.S. and Canada were moving in the same direction in combatting the climate crisis, says George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Colu...

Canadian country superstar Shania Twain helps kick off Calgary Stampede

5Jul

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Canadian country superstar Shania Twain helps kick off Calgary Stampede

She’s one of the most recognizable names in the music industry — a proud Canadian, a five-time Grammy Award winner who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. On Friday, more than 300,000 people lined the streets of downtown Calgary to watch this year’s Calgary Stampede Parade, hoping to catch a smile and a wave from parade marshal Shania Twain. In an exclusive interview with ‘The Morning Show’ host Jeff McArthur, country music superstar Shania Twain talks about her new “favourite hat” and reflects on how she was chosen to be parade marshal for this year’s Calgary Stampede Parade. Global News In a one-on-one interview with Jeff McArthur, host of The Morning Show on Global Television, the country music legend reflected on h...