In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with senate committee hearings and a public inquiry underway. In Canada, private equity firms have also bought up health-care facilities outside hospitals, and experts point to studies suggesting what's good for the firms’ bottom line may not help patient care.
Teams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, are currently engaged in intensive preparations for the critical ‘Launch and Early Orbit’ phase of the agency's EarthCARE satellite.
ISP-supplied routers are improving as Vodafone offers the Wi-Fi 6E Ultra Hub with backup mobile network service in the UK.
The government has had to cancel at least $246 million in debts for thousands of Canadians it initially claimed had received pandemic benefits for which they weren’t eligible.
Irradiate maize, and it will begin frantically shuffling its chromosomes. Starve E.coli and it will accelerate its mutation rate. Many organisms have this response to stress. They throw the wildest possibilities at the wall to see what might stick, which is to say, what strange version of themselves might survive. They create disorder that might […]
Doing your best work requires the best tools. So if you’ve avoided getting Microsoft Office because you didn’t want to pay for office tools, now’s the time to change that. This week only, you can get Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows or Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac for just $29.97.
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Notorious Wakefield debt collector Paul Sykes was once one of Britain's hardest prisoners who was admired by Charles Bronson. But in his latter years he was frail, homeless and a target for youths
Political election posters attached to polls in city centre in March 2019. Photo: Shutterstock.com
The inquiry report focused on the government's concession of St Luke's, Gozo and Karin Grech hospitals to Vitals Healthcare group.
MoneyMagpie breaks down the various DWP benefits to which you could be entitled if you live with a disability.
The Met Gala is a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and is hosted by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and some of the most famous people in the world will be in attendance.
NCIS Hawaii star Vanessa Lachey posted an emotional tribute to the spin-off following news of its cancellation.
A WOMAN claims taking ibuprofen to alleviate her period cramps left her in a 17-day coma with blisters and peeling skin all over her body.
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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money The Guardian
Mercedes-AMG’s CLE 53 is the second soft top from Affalterbach, a luxurious pleasure craft that can also serve as a practical everyday business suit.
Algonquin leaders are demanding accountability and seeking answers after learning Canadian Nuclear Laboratories discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River research hub along the Ottawa River this spring.
On Monday London city council's Corporate Services Committee will fill three vacancies on a citizens advisory committee that provides council input on issues related to diversity, inclusion and anti-oppression.
In a historic iteration of the NFL draft, the Detroit Lions orchestrated one of the event’s biggest surprises by trading up to select Giovanni Manu. A surprise nearly as big as the 6-foot-7, 350-pound offensive lineman from the University of British Columbia, himself.
The new podcast, Broomgate: A Curling Scandal, puts the spotlight on the controversial 2015 season where a broom almost destroyed the sport of curling.
All the upheavals facing the city's downtown — from vacant towers and storefronts to a new back-to-work plan for federal civil servants — have presented a great chance to take a new look at Ottawa's urban fabric, says one local architect
Gvanvapi mosque in the holy city of Varanasi is one of hundreds of mosques and other Muslim sites being targeted by Hindu nationalist groups in India. The petitioners say they want to restore previously destroyed Hindu holy sites, but some historians accuse the groups of aggressively attempting to rewrite history.
If you’re in the market for an electric vehicle, but cringing at the prices, experts say now might be the time to buy a used model.