She shipped an oxygen device to family with COVID-19 using UPS, but it never arrived
A Calgary woman was out thousands of dollars after a package with what she hoped would be a life-saving oxygen device to her family in Mexico who were ill with COVID-19 never arrived. UPS wouldn’t take responsibility until Go Public started asking questions.Read more: »»» Subscribe to CBC News toContinue Reading
How to Track Down an Old Friend When You’ve Been Abroad for a Long Time
If you’ve moved abroad, or even if you’ve simply been away traveling for a long period of time, it can be tough to stay in touch with people back “home”. That’s particularly so during the Covid pandemic, where you might not have been able to visit for well over aContinue Reading
John Boyega & Filmmaker Joe Cornish Reuniting for Attack the Block 2
Attack the Block star John Boyega (Small Axe, Star Wars franchise) and writer/director Joe Cornish (Ant-Man) are reuniting on a sequel to the sci-fi cult horror-comedy with the Golden Globe winner reprising his role as Moses (via Deadline). The movie, whose plot details remain under wraps, comes from Studiocanal, Film4,Continue Reading
The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project
At least 12 Black chemists and physicists worked as primary researchers on the team that developed the technology behind the atomic bomb. During the height of World War II between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government’s top-secret program to build an atomic bomb, code-named the Manhattan Project, cumulatively employed someContinue Reading
Manitoba is Canada’s new per-capita COVID-19 infection hotspot
Dr. Eric Jacobsohn, an intensive-care physician in Winnipeg, says the province was ‘living under an illusion’ that it would escape a third wave, but he believes recent pandemic restrictions are a step in the right direction after Manitoba became the province with the highest COVID-19 infection rate per capita. »»» SubscribeContinue Reading
The Jimbaran Hotel, a World Away
Jimbaran hotel is one of the most luxurious commercial establishments that offer travelers and vacationers world-class food, drinks, sports, accommodations, and other world-class amenities. All of the above mentioned are provided on the premises. Jimbaran hotels are located in different parts of the globe, with most of them located inContinue Reading
Lindsey Beer to Direct Paramount Players’ New Pet Sematary Feature
(Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage via Getty Images) Screenwriter Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, The Magic Order, Bambi) is set to helm the next installment in the Pet Sematary franchise for Paramount Players, according to Deadline. The movie will serve as Beer’s directorial debut and is a follow-up adaptationContinue Reading
The Education Exchange: The Costs of Covid Countermeasures
A research fellow at the Hoover Institution, David R. Henderson, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the long-term costs of the pandemic response on young people. Henderson’s op-ed, “Youth Pay a High Price for Covid Protection,” was co-written with Charles L. Hooper and is available in the Wall Street Journal.Continue Reading
How the Shocking Use of Gas in World War I Led Nations to Ban It
The Germans were the first to successfully weaponize gas in World War I—to horrifying effect. At the dawn of the 20th century, the world’s military powers worried that future wars would be decided by chemistry as much as artillery, so they signed a pact at the Hague Convention of 1899Continue Reading
From the College Credentialist Prejudice to Opportunity Pluralism
Worcester Technical High School teacher Louis Desy, right, watches as Zaire Peart, left, holds a flashlight for Kyle Dipilato, who is disassembling a car donated by a local salvage company. Faith in the idea that a four year college degree is the key pathway to social and economic mobility andContinue Reading
