By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 8, 2023 6:37 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government is expected to announce the renewal of its multimillion-dollar federal gun and gang violence program Monday. Ottawa says Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Safety, will make an …
Read More »Manitoba to provide flood update Friday afternoon – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province is set to provide an update on Manitoba flood conditions Friday afternoon. Infrastructure minister Doyle Piwniuk, alongside hydrologic forecasting director Fisaha Unduche and emergency management head Johanu Botha, will speak to media at 1 p.m. from the south Legislative grounds …
Read More »OPP to provide update Thursday on case of woman abducted 1 year ago
TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police are set to provide an update on the case of an abducted woman one year after her disappearance. The OPP have said 37-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri was abducted by three men dressed in police gear on the night of Jan. 12, 2022, from a relative’s house …
Read More »IMF set to provide $2.9B to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka
The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it has reached a preliminary agreement to provide Sri Lanka with $2.9 billion over four years to help it recover from its worst economic crisis. The arrangement will help restore financial and macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability. It will also enable the country’s growth …
Read More »U.K. cut off thousands of pensioners in Canada for failure to provide ‘proof of life’
Thunder Bay-born Barbara Reynolds lived and made regular pension payments in the U.K. for two decades before returning to Canada, where she made another one-time payment to the British government to top up her contributions. That didn’t protect her from worrying about paying the rent on her Halifax apartment this month after she …
Read More »KITES Senior Care partners with CogniHealth to provide digital solutions for Dementia, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Dementia is the most common type of disability and dependency in elderly worldwide. It has a physical, psychological, social, and economic impact, not only on people with Dementia, but also on their carers, families, and society at large. Globally, India houses the second highest number of individuals suffering from Dementia …
Read More »Alyce, which uses AI to analyze users' relationships with their colleagues and provide gift recommendations, raises $30M Series B led by General Catalyst (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Alyce, which uses AI to analyze users’ relationships with their colleagues and provide gift recommendations, raises $30M Series B led by General Catalyst — Swag has a long and patchy history in the world of business. For every hip pair of plaid socks, there are five …
Read More »Robots to provide food and medicine in Assam hospital, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Guwahati: For providing food and medicine to the patients, two robots were handed over to Assam medical and college (AMCH) in Dibrugarh. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal handed over two robots to Principal AMCH Dr. Sanjib Kakati as a part of the Covid-19 infrastructure equipment grant sponsored by Rotary Foundation of …
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