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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Egypt – a benchmark for the Middle East ahead

Egypt – a benchmark for the Middle East ahead

 The hotch up in the Middle East has left no one happy with lingering anxieties about future flare ups.  Egypt, 14 March 1922 10.43pm Cairo, will be directionless this year with uncertainty lingering through 2027 with tr Neptune opposition the MC and Saturn; but it is 2028 that looks explosive and insecure with tr Uranus…

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