Albania – flaming down Ivanka and Jared

Albania – flaming down Ivanka and Jared

  Ivanka and Jared Kushner have triggered a revolt in Albania with a planned 10,000 room luxury sea-side complex on a wildlife site. The ‘flamingo revolution’ is rapidly widening since bulldozers began clearing clusters of forest and ancient dunes which are important habitats for flamingos, monk seals and loggerhead sea turtles, a major migratory route…

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“Bottoms-up” incubator Althra opens applications for third cohort

“Bottoms-up” incubator Althra opens applications for third cohort

Vancouver-based incubator Althra has opened applications for its third cohort. The news: Althra aims to find six to 10 promising, early-stage startups looking to build in person, alongside their peers. Its latest free, four-month program is scheduled to run from September until December, giving participating founders a dedicated workspace in downtown Vancouver, $12,500 in initial…

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Keir Starmer – another PM bites the dust

Keir Starmer – another PM bites the dust

Keir Starmer resigned this morning, starting his speech at 9.33am which gives an 11 degree Taurus Midheaven exactly conjunct the UK’s 8th house Mars; and an Ascendant of 23 Leo conjunct the UK’s 11th house ( = the legislature) Saturn. Time will tell exactly what transpires but that looks to be shaking the UK at…

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The forecast factory: How an Alberta tech company simulates disasters before they happen

The forecast factory: How an Alberta tech company simulates disasters before they happen

On a May evening in 2019, Edmonton’s Myrna Bittner watched as a 6.7-magnitude earthquake tore through Santa Clara, Calif. Labelled a nine on the Mercalli scale—an index measuring the intensity of earthquakes—the quake levelled buildings, upended roadways, and plunged the city of more than 100,000 into darkness. As the trembling settled, splintered gas lines spewed…

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Peter and Carol Moreira to step away from Entrevestor

Peter and Carol Moreira to step away from Entrevestor

After 15 years covering Atlantic Canada’s startup ecosystem, the founders of Halifax’s Entrevestor are preparing to file their final stories. Earlier this month, Entrevestor publisher Peter Moreira announced that he, and his wife and Entrevestors editor, Carol Moreira, wil step away from the publication this fall.  “Entrevestor is the standing morning read for anything Atlantic…

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