Canada’s largest VC has officially launched a new $150-million CAD fund to directly invest in life sciences companies, years after retreating from the sector. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)’s VC arm, BDC Capital, announced on Thursday that the new fund will invest in seed- and Series A-stage companies building therapeutic products and medical…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, the treatment for sleeping sickness was nearly as dangerous as the illness itself. One widely used intravenous drug caused a burning sensation in the veins and killed roughly one in 20 patients who received it. The oral replacement that followed required 10 days of pills and came…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For years, Polish same-sex couples who married in Germany, France, or Spain came home to a familiar dead end. Poland’s domestic law defines marriage as between a man and a woman; Parliament had not acted on civil unions, and local registry offices turned away foreign marriage certificates without exception….
On April 6, 1966, a group of students at Westall High School in Melbourne witnessed something extraordinary. The students saw a saucer-shaped UFO hovering in the clear autumn sky. The UFO moved erratically, darting at high speed in different directions. Within moments, dozens of students and teachers had gathered. Several witnesses later claimed the craft…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. summer Lee, a far left Democrat rep. from Pennsylvania, was recently campaigning in Michigan for far left senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and told the crowd that upper class Americans are the ‘enemy.’ This view of the world has become common among Democrats and it can be traced directly to Senator Bernie…
Screencap of YouTube video. Michael Avenatti, the famous creepy porn lawyer, has been released from prison and is now living in a halfway house. Someone needs to call Brian Stelter and the rest of the crew at CNN. They’re his biggest fans, after all. It’s kind of amazing that he hasn’t already been featured in…
Investigative Analysis – A series of arson attacks and alleged incidents targeting alleged Jewish-linked sites across Europe have been attributed to a little-known group called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), or Ashab al-Yamin. The group has been widely described in media and security circles as an Iran-backed network, allegedly linked to the IRGC. Since March 9,…
Editor’s Introductory Note: This article was posted in SurvivalBlog in September, 2007. Given the recent spike in fuel prices, I thought that it would be apropos to re-post it. – JWR — When Rudolph Diesel invented his internal combustion engine, he used refined peanut oil as fuel. The reasoning behind it was that farmers could…
Boji Stone is a name given to concretion stones that come in pairs of one male Boji Stone and one female stone. They have strong grounding and healing metaphysical properties that balance male and female energies. Related Posts:Categorized List of 800 Blog Articles Available to…Crystals for ChakrasChanneled Explanations About ‘God’ — Kevin Ryerson’s…Here’s This Blogger’s…
Calgary-based industrial safety technology firm Blackline Safety plans to delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and transition to a private company thanks to an agreement with an affiliate of Silicon Valley’s Francisco Partners Management. The definitive agreement values Blackline at up to $850 million. Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire all issued and outstanding…
