Friday, March 24, 2023

U.S. offers cash to Canadian critical minerals projects during Biden's visit

Rio Tinto Critical Mineral

There was a pot of gold at the end of President Joe Biden’s jaunt to Canada. It’s going to Canada’s mining sector. The U.S. military will deliver funds this spring to critical minerals projects in both the U.S. and Canada. The goal is to accelerate the development of a critical minerals industry on this continent.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/critical-minerals-biden-trudeau-1.6790933?cmp=rss

New York's long-forbidden graveyard island to be converted to a park

Hart Island

New York City’s Hart Island may be marked by crumbling buildings and over a million graves — but to Melinda Hunt, it’s a place of beauty.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/hart-island-graveyard-1.6790619?cmp=rss

Macron's pricey watch draws criticism

Macron's pricey watch draws criticism

During an interview on French television, President Emmanuel Macron was initially wearing a watch allegedly worth 80,000 euros while asking the people of France to make sacrifices, then surreptitiously removed it. It was later determined the watch cost 2,400 euros.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/macron-s-pricey-watch-draws-criticism-1.6790729?cmp=rss

Haitian-Chilean man pleads guilty to charges over assassination of Haiti's president

Haiti Jamaica Presidential Slaying

Jaar is one of 11 defendants in the case, which includes businessmen accused of helping obtain vehicles and firearms from Florida and former Colombian soldiers accused of gunning down Moise in his bedroom.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-jaar-assassination-moise-1.6790272?cmp=rss

Drone strike kills U.S. contractor in Syria, injures 6 others

United States Russia

A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-syria-drone-strike-1.6789534?cmp=rss

U.S. President Joe Biden to meet with Trudeau, address Parliament today

Biden Canada

U.S. President Joe Biden is in Ottawa today for an official visit — a whirlwind trip that will include an address to Parliament, a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other high-level officials and a gala dinner at the city's Aviation Museum.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joe-biden-official-visit-canada-1.6789140?cmp=rss

This U.K. team brings hospital care into homes. Could more of these programs help Canada?

Hospital at Home

Health-care teams in the U.K. are providing hospital-quality care for people in their homes to help ease systems facing a shortage of hospital beds. And while versions of these programs exist in Canada, some experts say we need more of them.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/hospital-at-home-uk-canada-1.6782506?cmp=rss