As food prices continue to break records, the year has been particularly profitable for Metro management. The company’s top five executives shared $15.5 million in 2023, a compensation increase of more than 20% from the previous year. • Also read: Food spending: Canadians ready to make sacrifices in 2024 • Also read: The inflation rate … [Read more…]
In Burkina Faso, the chicken coop-turned-farm is doing well despite the significant difficulties facing the country. One hectare of land has been fenced off, the area irrigated, two hundred tangelo plants planted and vegetables grown in the gaps between the rows of trees that will soon provide them with shade… This means that the women … [Read more…]
Regardless of our income, we all have the concrete impression that we have become poorer in recent years due to runaway inflation. I remind you that inflation in Quebec increased by 3.8% in 2021, 6.7% in 2022 and about 4.0% in 2023. Warning: As Captain Bonhomme said, skeptics will be confused. But have Quebec households … [Read more…]
More than 4 million players have joined the Sea of Stars video game platform developed by Sabotage Studio. Since its release at the end of August, the game has been a huge success and has won multiple awards. Sea of Stars wins Best Indie Game at the Game Awards and Best Indie Game at the … [Read more…]
There is a real race against time in Quebec to fill 14,000 paid jobs in the mining sector by 2028. “We have to eat crusts. We have work to do. It will depend on the shops opening.” • Also read: Strong criticism of our shift towards the electric battery sector The coordinator of the National … [Read more…]
January Dany Laferrière: “I am neither black nor white when I write” Versatile author, writer of Haitian origin and academic Dany Laferriere has never denied his identity. He wrote a collection of texts between essays, portraits and literary stories in which he asks questions about racism in the United States with finesse and without Manichaeism. … [Read more…]
The holiday season is a time for family gatherings where discussions focus on a range of topics including memories, current concerns and upcoming projects. During one of these conversations, it is not uncommon to hear: “What if we invested together?” Great project! Unfortunately, such relationships sometimes end in endless arguments and even the breakup of … [Read more…]
After ten years of work, a team of astrophysicists has just listed the planetary systems that are most similar to our solar system. In addition to Earth-like planets, the systems listed in their Kepler giant planet search feature at least one gas giant similar in size to Jupiter; In fact, the latter is thought to … [Read more…]
Image courtesy of Costco Wholesale One of the largest retailers just shared some great news. A special dividend of $15 will be paid to shareholders. This is certainly a welcome turn for Costco wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) investors, which equates to a dividend yield of approximately 2% at the current share price. But what should investors … [Read more…]
In November, NASA broke all distance records in optical communications with the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment and wanted to use its laser transmitter to lay the foundation for a new means of communication for spacecraft. But it was just the beginning. The American agency has once again broken this distance record – and above … [Read more…]