Canada has a technology deficit problem in high-stakes, hard-to-reach places. Whether it’s a remote mine in northern Ontario, an oil field in Alberta, critical infrastructure across the Rockies, or defence operations in remote parts of the country, these environments still depend on systems that support complex operations—even when networks are unreliable and conditions are harsh….
In the first part of this discussion, Patrick offers his firsthand account on the ground in Iran, and dispelling many of the western propaganda myths spread by our politicians and media to demonize the country and set the stage for conflict. Later, we prove how NATO military interventions and Israel’s heavy influence of US foreign…
French National Assembly – Wiki Commons The new law is making waves in a country in constant turmoil. French deputies in the National Assembly passed a law giving police officers who become involved in shootings the ‘benefit of the doubt’. French police via Flickr Critics of the legislation are calling it a ‘license to kill’….
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Mayor Nadia Mohamed./Image: Video screenshot. While America celebrated 250 years of independence over the weekend, Somali-born Nadia Mohamed, the mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, instead traveled to Somalia and is responding to criticism for taking the trip during an historic milestone for her adopted home. Instead of apologizing or even…
After a decade that saw it begin as an online travel agency and evolve into a consumer “savings super app,” Toronto-headquartered Super.com has officially become a unicorn and, the company says, saved its users more than $1 billion USD ($1.4 billion CAD) in the process. Super.com announced on Tuesday that it has closed $65 million…
MDA Space is purchasing a controlling stake in Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), a French earth observation company, for 567 million euros ($920 million CAD) in cash. The news: Brampton-based MDA announced it will acquire an approximately 70- percent stake in CLS following market close on Wednesday evening. France’s national space agency, Centre national d’études spatiales,…
For more than 20 years, I have been writing about civilizational collapse. I’m not an expert in the subject, just someone who’s read a lot about anthropology, the history of civilizations, human nature, and how complex systems work. My fundamental thesis has remained basically unchanged over this time: Our now-global industrial civilization culture is utterly…
Military strategists are still fighting the last war while the battlefield has already changed. Every major conflict throughout history has been defined by a technological revolution. Gunpowder ended the age of castles. Tanks transformed World War II. Precision missiles reshaped modern warfare. Now we have entered the age of the drone. The military that cannot…
Many years ago, I clearly remember celebrating a strange victory. I had only spent one day overthinking a problem. I was triggered by the end of another situationship. I could feel them pulling away. Something had changed, but I didn’t have the answers. I was stuck in that painful limbo space. For that day, I…
The rasp that made her famous came from an accident. After vocal cord surgery in 1977, doctors told her to rest her voice. But when she screamed in anger one day, her voice changed permanently, giving her the rough sound heard in her greatest hits. Microphone in hand at the Maison de la Chimie in…
