The City of Kelowna and its mayor are being sued by a building developer. At the heart of the 33-page lawsuit: How the former RCMP site in the downtown core is being handled. Once home to the city’s police station, which was demolished in 2018 after 50-plus years of service, …
Read More »Most kids with autism won’t get core therapy funding soon: Ontario ministry document
TORONTO — Most of the children in Ontario waiting for publicly funded core autism therapy will not receive it any time soon, the government says in an internal assessment obtained by The Canadian Press. Days into his new role this spring as Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael …
Read More »Strike could be last hurrah for Ottawa’s core as public servants fight for telework
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 25, 2023 12:00 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Downtown Ottawa is buzzing with public servants in numbers that haven’t been seen since before the pandemic. And it’s all thanks to workers fighting for the right not to have to …
Read More »New wave of university programs puts Indigenous knowledge at its core
Kallie Drummond took the University of Prince Edward Island’s new Indigenous teachings course as an elective this past summer, but the second-year student already knows she wants to learn more. The young Métis woman from Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba hopes to weave Indigenous studies into her university course load and …
Read More »RCMP updates its ‘core values’ for the first time in 25 years with commitments to reconciliation, diversity
The RCMP is updating its statement of “core values” for the first time in a quarter century by adding references to “reconciliation,” “diversity,” “honour” and “empathy.” Insp. Alex Laporte, the RCMP ethics officer leading the team working on the new guiding principles, said the document is meant to act as foundation for the entire organization …
Read More »Game Boy Advance game gets split-screen multiplayer through new FPGA core
Developer Robert Peip shows off some split-screen Game Boy Advance multiplayer gaming through his new FPGA core. Here at Ars, we’re big fans of situations where emulation creates a classic gaming experience that’s actually better than what you could get with original hardware in some way or another. In the …
Read More »Watch NASA’s SLS Core Stage fire for eight minutes
After a hot fire test in January ended early, NASA decided it needed more data on the rocket core stage that it plans to use for missions to the Moon. So today at Stennis Space Center, all four RS-25 engines fired for 499.6 seconds, simulating what they will undergo during …
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