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Smart-phones for Seniors

"I don't know how to turn the damn thing on, but its good for a mug-shot"   [Vancouver police are collecting used cell-phones, set up to dial 911, and giving them to vulnerable Seniors]

“I don’t know how to turn the damn thing on, but its good for a mug-shot” [Vancouver police are collecting used cell-phones, set up to dial 911, and giving them to vulnerable Seniors]

Revealing the secrets of the “Sunshine Breakfast”

A Canadian naval engineer has been accused of sending classified information to China on Canadian shipbuilding and marine strategy.

A Canadian naval engineer has been accused of sending classified information to China on Canadian shipbuilding and marine strategy.

Seal-skin Fascinators?

The Vancouver Aquarium released 5 rescued harbour seals back into the ocean and plans to monitor them using satellite transmitters attached to the pups' heads.

The Vancouver Aquarium released 5 rescued harbour seals back into the ocean and plans to monitor them using satellite transmitters attached to the pups’ heads.

What would JFK do?

50 years later: Whither Democracy?

50 years later: Whither Democracy?

Doh! Fuku”shame”a?

Numerous employee errors at Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have resulted in dozens of radioactive water spills.  [Workers are dealing with health and morale issues, poor pay and dangerous radiation levels]

Numerous employee errors at Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have resulted in dozens of radioactive water spills. [Workers are dealing with health and morale issues, poor pay and dangerous radiation levels]

US bugs German Chancellor Merkel’s cell-phone

"Angela, John Kerry speaking. I hear, [ from listening in on your phone conversations, of course], that you are upset."

“Angela, John Kerry speaking. I hear, [ from listening in on your phone conversations, of course], that you are upset.”

Ottawa avoids Cyclones

The Canadian Government is planning to cancel the troubles Cyclone Helicopter contract and is looking at other options.

The Canadian Government seems poised to scrap the troubled 5-billion-dollar Cyclone Helicopter contract and has been considering  other options.

“Jell-ala-bad”

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden.  [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean  nuclear standoff?]

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden. [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean nuclear standoff?]

Voyager 1 leaves the solar system

"No Deal. This 36-year-old crate has more than 11 million years on it"

“No Deal. This 36-year-old crate has more than 11 million miles on it”

Kirobo phone home

Japanese humanoid, Kirobo utters first words spoken in space by a robot

Japanese humanoid Kirobo on International Space Station, utters first words spoken in space by a robot