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Saint Jerome’s mayor, Sophie Saint Gillet, announced her resignation Monday, barely a month and a half after she took office in February. The city explained, in a brief statement, that the mayor announced her resignation on Monday, citing “personal, health and family reasons.” Mrs. Saint Gillier inherited the position of mayor on 5 February to replace former Mayor Stephane Maher. The latter was forced out of his post after he was convicted by the Quebec Municipal Committee for corrupt electoral practices. More specifically, during the 2017 municipal elections, Mr. Maher offered two members of the municipal councils prominent positions in…

It is a door that opens to a new cosmic landscape. A whole new world! “Stavros Katsanivas, at a press conference, welcomed the director of Virgo, one of the two gravitational wave detectors who had captured the signals of this new black hole.This is the first direct evidence of black holes of medium mass (between 100 and 100,000 times larger than the Sun), which could explain one of the mysteries of cosmology: the formation of supermassive black holes. These cosmic monsters lurk in the center of some galaxies, including the Milky Way.The mysterious object, described in Physical Review Letters and…

Saint Jerome’s mayor, Sophie Saint Gillet, announced her resignation Monday, barely a month and a half after she took office in February. In a brief statement, the city stated that the mayor announced her resignation on Monday, citing “personal, health and family reasons.” Mrs. Saint Gillier inherited the position of mayor on 5 February to replace former Mayor Stephane Maher. The latter was forced out of his post after he was convicted by the Quebec Municipal Committee for corrupt electoral practices. More specifically, during the 2017 municipal elections, Mr. Maher offered two members of the municipal councils prominent positions in…

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aIt is called 2001 FO32 and has a diameter of less than a kilometer, and it will orbit at 124,000 km / h, “faster than most asteroids” that pass close to Earth, according to NASA.The rocky body, which was not on its first visit, should pass as close as possible to our planet this Sunday at 12:02 pm. Then it will be 2016 158 km from Earth, or about five times the distance between Earth and the moon.”There is no danger of colliding with our planet,” the US space agency reassures. Its course is “well known and sufficiently regulated” to…

(Montreal) Stevedoring workers overwhelmingly rejected Sunday the offer of an employer who qualified to be the finalist. Their union calls for the resumption of negotiations as soon as possible. At the moment, the latter does not intend to send a 72-hour strike notice, which is a mandatory step to legally stop work. Posted on March 21, 2021 at 4:07 pm Updated at 6:56 pm. André DubuqueJournalism The employer’s offer was rejected by 99.71%. The secret ballot took place on Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. Out of 1,100 members, 1023 expressed themselves: 1020 against the employer’s offer, and two…

Does money bring happiness? This question can be taken from Philo’s baccalaureate records, and to answer it we can refer to the Beatles (“Money does not buy me love.”Money does not buy me love (or Aurora)”You can’t eat money,” You can’t eat money), but we can also approach it from a statistical and scientific point of view. There we get into measurable considerations.Of course, happiness is subjective, but we can determine people’s perception of their happiness, which gives us a very accurate idea of ​​who is happy and who is not. And the role money could play in it. A…

Canadian Pacific has entered into an agreement to acquire a major US competitor, Kansas City Southern, with the potential goal of creating a network connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. Posted Mar 21, 2021 at 11:27 am Updated 14:23 The Canadian Press The two companies announced Sunday that the Canadian company will acquire Kansas City Southern for about $ 25 billion (31 billion treasures). Under the deal, the shares of the U.S. company will be valued at $ 275, which is a 23% premium over Friday’s closing prices. Kansas City Southern shareholders will receive 0.489 Canadian Pacific Railway shares…

At the station, a helmet clamped under his arm, Leo just wants to go there for real.”It makes you want to go to Mars, even if it’s hostile. I don’t want to land where perseverance has landed, because it’s radiant and cold.”For more realism, children will eat freeze-dried food, but will “return” to Earth every evening, according to the epidemic.The mission is part of the school’s philosophy, which is learning through real-life experiences, Olivier Delamadeline, the school group director, explains to AFP.During the long months of preparation, children were able to benefit from astronomy or rocket-building workshops, led by students…

(Ottawa) Canadian retail sales fell for the second month in a row in January, as many non-essential retailers were forced to restrict personal shopping due to the epidemic, but initial indications are for a rebound in February, with restrictions eased. Posted Mar 19, 2021 at 9:16 am. Updated at 11:30 am. The Canadian Press Retail sales fell 1.1% to 52.5 billion in the first month of the year, according to Statistics Canada, but a preliminary estimate from the agency showed a 4.0% increase for February. “The recovery in retail sales in February adds to evidence that GDP growth continued into…