National average gas prices could fall to their lowest level in years around Thanksgiving, according to new estimates. On Monday, AAA reported that the average national gasoline price was about $3.31 per gallon – nearly 10 percent less than last year’s average of $3.67 per gallon during the same period. According to a AAA press … [Read more…]
Welcome Science Space Published on November 20, 2023 10:12 p.m. Updated on November 20, 2023 10:12 p.m Video length: 2 min International Space Station: 25 years of colocation in space This Monday, November 20th, the International Space Station (ISS) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Although it is not open to everyone, no fewer than 270 … [Read more…]
On Earth, geological activity and the resulting formation of continents are thought to have played a crucial role in the origin and development of life. According to this principle, if an exoplanet has continents, its habitability potential increases. A recent study shows that certain exoplanets in our Milky Way may have formed continents more than … [Read more…]
In two years, the price of baby cereals has increased by 66%, that of vegetables by 23% and that of cereal products by 45%. That means good food – and enough food – now costs $9.68 per day per Quebecer, a 25% increase in 24 months. • Also read: Avoid doing your grocery shopping at … [Read more…]
Class in: OffersTheme : Dividends/Discounts MONTRAL, Nov. 16, 2023 /CNW/ – The Bank of Montreal (the Bank) (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO) today announced that none of its 16 million shares of Class B, Series 44 preferred stock will be subject to a rate adjustment every 5 years subject to and non-cumulative dividend (Emergency Capital for … [Read more…]
In November 2013, the taxi industry was rocked by the arrival of Uber in Quebec. In its early days, Uber decided not to respect the rule requiring taxi drivers to have a driver’s license, which the Quebec government didn’t like. “We, the taxis, had rules, but Uber broke them,” notes Quebec Regional Taxi Federation spokesman … [Read more…]
According to an astonishing discovery from Spain, a woman living 2,500 years B.C. BC lived, two trepanations, two holes in the skull for medical purposes, survived. Trepanation is this primitive technique that consists of opening a person’s skull while he is still alive… in order to treat him. This may seem frightening in a time … [Read more…]
Former President Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has suffered a net revenue loss of $73 million since the platform’s official launch in February 2022, according to a new financial disclosure from Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC). Digital World is a merger partner of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Trump owns a stake in … [Read more…]
The universe is full of secrets. New research published in the September issue of the American Astronomical Society’s Research Notes journal suggests that a number of exoplanets at the edges of our galaxy may have formed continents over time. In this way, they would have advanced life five billion years earlier than Earth, reports Live … [Read more…]
The essentials Every year the association organizes a book fair that changes several times. “The Appameans of the Book,” written by a group of novelists and writers, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary next spring. At the cradle of the Appameans of Books, when the association was founded almost thirty years ago, there was a small core … [Read more…]