It’s hardly news that most processed foods aren’t great for you. The shelving for shops are either lined with products high or low in vitamins and minerals. But have you ever considered their packaging? According to a growing number of environmental scientists, you should. Commentary recently published in the “Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health” suggests that various chemicals used in the packaging, storage, and processing of everyday foods could […]

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Kerecis to Use US$2 Million Investment to Further Develop Its Tissue-Regeneration Technology REYKJAVIK, ICELAND and ISAFJORDUR, ICELAND–(Marketwired – Feb 21, 2014) – Kerecis Limited, the emerging tissue-regeneration company, today announced that it has secured US$2 million in series A3 funding. All existing investors participated in the investment round with the addition of two new investors. The money will be spent to further develop MariGen Omega3, the company’s tissue-regeneration technology. MariGen […]

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In Pic :Overtime hero Marie-Philip Poulin is all smiles after beating the U.S. for Olympic hockey gold in Sochi Thursday. Every Thursday, I play hockey with Nat, Tee, Goner and about 12 other women. I play goal. I look forward to it more than any other skate, partly because we’re very post-modern — men and women dressing, and sometimes undressing, together — and partly because the players are unlike any […]

Fast-growing startup WhatsApp was the talk of tech town on Thursday after social media giant Facebook announced a $19 billion buyout of the mobile-messaging application. While the deal created an instant global buzz, an Indian took centrestage in the aftermath.   Having crossed 450 million active users, WhatsApp’s business head Neeraj Arora (35) has had a lot on his plate in the past few months. He told an Indian business […]

During a seminar, a woman asked,” How do I know if I am with the right person?”The author then noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so he said, “It depends. Is that your partner?” In all seriousness, she answered “How do you know?” Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it’s weighing on your mind replied the author.Here’s the answer.Every relationship […]

The world’s rich nations pushed back against emerging market complaints about the spillover effects of their monetary polices, saying on Friday they had to get their own houses in order and get with the agenda of lifting global growth. As finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and emerging gather ahead of a weekend meeting in Sydney, many are already talking at cross purposes. Emerging […]

It probably comes as no surprise to those living there (full disclosure, that includes me), but Vancouver has been rated North America’s best city in terms of quality of life. Top quality of living cities in North America: 1. Vancouver, BC 2. Ottawa, ON 3. Toronto, ON 4. Montreal, QC 5. San Francisco, CALowest quality of living cities in North America: 5. Miami, Fla. 4. Houston, Tex. 3. St. Louis, […]

Fahmy shouts out in court that conditions he faces in prison are ‘psychologically unbearable’ Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy was jailed while working for Al-Jazeera English. The family of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, an Al-Jazeera television producer on trial with colleagues in Cairo, says they are frustrated but optimistic after his first day in court. Fahmy and 19 others are accused by the Egyptian government of being members of and assisting a […]