Last night, President Biden presented the first image taken by the James Webb Telescope, or JWST (its acronym in English). Since its launch on December 25, 2021, and even before that, the community of astronomers and astrophysicists has been extremely impatient. And there is a reason, because this telescope promises to bring about major advances in astronomy, particularly in studying the origins of the universe or exoplanets. Take pictures of the origins of the universe In the photo taken by JWST, we see a lot as shown in the comparison below. Bright spots with crosses are stars in our galaxy.…
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The Bank of Canada may raise its key interest rate by 75 basis points on Wednesday, its largest increase since 1998. This increase will be seen in many common customization areas. “We put out purchases from our mortgage in an effort to save,” says a passerby. In addition to mortgage rates, credit cards, auto loans, and student loans will feel the effects of this principal rate increase. This increase will directly affect the amounts to be repaid under the housing loans. “It will be a variance in the level of mortgage payments between $26 and $39 per $100,000 tranche of…
Peer assistants are essential to the well-being and recovery of people with health problems. Thanks to their experience, whether it is their own or that of a loved one, they have real experience with the recovery process. But how can you adopt this knowledge so that others can benefit from it or even advance as a peer support agent? To meet this need, the University of Montreal’s School of Continuing Education (FEP) is launching a small mental health undergraduate program: Counseling Peer Assistants. Human training and exciting discovery. What is the program about?The A small mentoring program for peer assistants…
category in: Businessactive : Prizes and Awards Entrepreneurs of 2022 in Quebec put people first and lead by embodying a goal MONTRALAnd the 12 July 2022 /CNW/ – Seven Qubec entrepreneurs who have positioned themselves at the head of our economic vitality and who are finding solutions to the growing challenges of today’s world have been named. 2022 EY Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year. This year, Qubec Award winners come from a variety of fields and backgrounds, but they share common values: They put people first and promote goal-based leadership, he says. Luke CharbonneauCo-Director of the EY du Qubec Awards…
Holidays are in full swing, and we are all trying to immortalize more or less aesthetic happiness, from the landscape, from the children in the water, from the seductive regional specialty … With a simple nod, the camera is unwrapped, flipped over and the photo taken. From this moment on, a whole world of algorithms starts working and it will make that at the end of the process, you will get a picture that you will eventually share. What are these algorithms? What are their roles? How do they work? For the answer, let’s follow the image step by step…
(Montreal) Ottawa’s new program to incentivize businesses and communities to electrify fleets of buses, vans, garbage trucks and other medium and heavy vehicles will begin Monday. Posted yesterday at 11:59 Stephen Bliss Canadian Press The Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Stephen Gelbolt, announced last April. The iVZEML (iVZEML) program has been awarded nearly $550 million over four years. The gross vehicle weight rating must be greater than 3,856 kg to qualify. The full list of medium or heavy-duty vehicles that qualify for this support is available on the Transport Canada website. The amount of incentive varies depending on the…
Europe Reserved for subscribers 1 hourOn European soil, 46 million birds were slaughtered during the pandemic season of highly pathogenic avian influenza 2021-2022. © Cédric Faimali / GFAAccording to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in the 2020-2021 pandemic season, not many cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were recorded on European soil. With 5,300 viruses detectedhighly pathogenic avian influenza (AIHP) in 36 countriesEuropean Unionthe European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the 2021-2022 pandemic is “the largest ever in Europe”, the European Food Safety Authority reports (Financial Supervisory Authority) on 30 June 2022.on only farmer Poultry 2398 Role epidemics…
Published on 07/11/2022 at 14:13 (Photo: 123RF) TORONTO – A group of Canadian small businesses has called on the federal and provincial governments to temporarily cancel or reduce fuel taxes. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says record fuel prices, supply chain problems and labor shortages have skyrocketed small business operating costs. It says rising transportation and fuel costs have prompted 92% of small businesses to raise prices over the past 12 months. The association believes that governments should suspend planned carbon tax increases to make it more affordable for everyone to run business in Canada. It also…
It must be remembered that even if pollen for many means an allergy, in fact, almost everything we eat and grow in the ground depends on pollination. However, farmers I’ve already seen: Abnormally warm spring temperatures can actually kill pollen and disturbing crops. The problem is noted on the side corn And the the rice, two of the main foods on the planet. Tomato reproduction is particularly sensitive to heat. It is no longer enough to dissolve hatching before the first heat, it is necessary to try to develop more heat-resistant varieties. It is still necessary to understand at what…
Minister Wilkinson confirmed earlier this week that the turbines in question, from Gazprom’s Nord Stream pipeline, are at a Siemens plant in Montreal “that will be refurbished.” (Photo: The Canadian Press) This text collects all the latest developments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine that day July 11. To find all of our coverage of the dispute, you’ll find it here. so. Some content is self-explanatory and may be difficult to read. 11:00 am | PARIS — French beauty brand Sephora (LVMH) will sell all of its 88 stores in Russia to its local general manager who will take over…