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Entrepreneur Daniel Gadbois usually makes a hunt around this time of year. He currently works 10 to 12 hours a day. (Photo: The Canadian Press) Kuujjuaq – Typically hunting businessman Daniel Gudbois this time of year herds of Canada geese reappear in V formations in the Nunavík skies, returning to their northern Quebec nesting grounds. This is the signal for him and many other fishermen from his hometown of Kuujjuaq to survey the fishing grounds. But these days, the electrician works 10 to 12 hours a day as businesses and governments scramble to fill an acute housing shortage. “The North…

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Nathalie Ouellette Leave a comment Astrophysics Marie-Yves Naud, Frederic Baron and Natalie Owlette will guide you on this interstellar journey! (credit: Etienne Artegau, Amelie Philibert) under 24 hours of knowledge Science for All, the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and The Astrophysical Research Center of Quebec (CRAQ) We invite you to discover extraterrestrial worlds with our astrophysicists! This activity will consist of an online presentation about iREx YouTube channel For about 30 minutes, your students will learn more about the various planets in the solar system and beyond. They will be able to…

Series of articles from The New York Times Published this weekend highlights the tragic history of Haitian independence and the astronomical debt the country had to pay France in the nineteenth century, a topic that few of the Haitian political class exploited. After several months of archive analysis, the American newspaper estimated that payments, made in 1825 by the first black republic in history to compensate former slave colonists, “cost Haiti’s economic development between 21 and 115 billion dollars in losses over two centuries, or the equivalent of times to Eight times the country’s GDP in 2020. If the post…

That was on November 24, 2020. Martin van den Ende remembers well the message posted on Twitter by one of the two largest scientific journals in the world, temper nature. “The Nature Collection journals will charge authors up to €9,500 for free access to scientific articles, a long-awaited alternative,” learn there.To understand how such an amount can be presented as good news, we have to go back to how scientific publishing works. Two economic models dominate: the subscription model, where the reader pays to read, and the open access model, where articles can be viewed for free. And there, subscription…

Bombardier on Monday announced the launch of the Global 8000, a new aircraft that it claims is “the fastest aircraft in civil aviation since Concorde.” With a range of up to 8000 nautical miles (about 14,800 km), the new aircraft can reach a top speed of Mach 0.94 (1,160 km/h), which is almost the speed of sound (1,235 km/h). During tests conducted in 2021, the aircraft slightly exceeded the speed of sound, reaching Mach 1,015. “During this test flight, the aircraft also became the first transport-class aircraft to reach supersonic speed using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),” Bombardier said when introducing…

Serological tests carried out on an English tourist in Greece, which was presented as the first suspected case of monkeypox in the country, did not reveal the disease. The Public Health Authority confirmed that it was in fact chickenpox, on Sunday, May 22nd. false alarm. Greek health authorities denied on Sunday that there was a case of monkeypox on its soil. Tests on a British tourist showed that he was, in fact, a carrier of chickenpox. An English tourist suspected of having monkeypox and his travel partner were taken to hospital on Saturday and placed in solitary confinement. “monkey virus…

(Photo: Getty Images) RHéveil-matin is a daily column where managers and their employees are presented with inspiring solutions to get their day off to a good start. While sipping your favorite drink, discover new tips to make 9 @ 5 productive and motivating. Reveal Mattein. Extending by one day each weekend in July and August, KPMG Canada is now allowing all of its employees to handle “tracking”, under certain conditions. Thus, regardless of their seniority, full-time members of his team will be able to work for up to a month abroad, or eight weeks in another Canadian province. The idea…

May 6 and 7 2022 © Photo: Courtesy of Unsplash On May 6 and 7, 2022, the largest science and technology event will be held in Quebec: the seventeenth edition of 24 Hours of Science and more. On May 6 and 7, 2022, the largest science and technology event will be held in Quebec: the seventeenth edition of 24 Hours of Science and more. The event introduces the public to more than 300 activities throughout Quebec, many of which are held in Rimouski. The vast majority of activities are free. On May 6, there will be a test night around…

This call for evidence (A new window)which will expire on July 15, is supposed to allow the government to finally develop its national climate change adaptation strategy, the first version of which is expected in the fall of 2022. The government says it has already conducted a poll of dozens of experts, including representatives of provinces and territories. Experts from other countries who learned from their adaptation strategies also shared their experiences. The advisory tables made it possible to develop a series of short, medium and long-term goals, which revolve around five main themes: health, infrastructure, natural environment, economics and…

The Algerian Pasteur Institute published, on Sunday, an explanatory note on the monkey pox Cases of them have been discovered all over the world, raising fears of a new global pandemic. US President Joe Biden on Sunday warned of the “imperative” of a possible spread of this disease in the world still battling the Covid-19 pandemic. | Read also: Monkey pox: the full note from the Algerian Pasteur Institute In Algeria, health authorities have not reported detection of monkeypox cases. No specific device has been deployed to the border against this virus. But health authorities are on the alert. On…