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Canadian-American actor and film producer Ryan Reynolds expressed gratitude on receiving the `Order of British Columbia`, the province`s highest form of recognition, reported People. "Receiving the Order of British Columbia is the honour of a lifetime," the actor wrote in an Instagram post Thursday morning, sharing several photos from the event. "I could have been born anywhere but I had the dumb and incredible luck to be made in Vancouver." "Contrary to my earlier belief, the award is NOT a political appointment,"…

Conservative grifter and disgraced country musician Jason Aldean has been under the microscope for his maligned anti-protest track “Try That in a Small Town.” After a barrage of bad publicity accusing Aldean of promoting lynching and violence via the song’s lyrics and video, a TikTok user debunked Aldean’s claims that all footage in the video comes from the real American news cycle. Now, that TikToker is claiming she’s had her life threatened by Aldean’s fans in the process.Mourning the Loss of Addison Rae’s Debut Album |…

Heat and drought have fueled an unusually large outbreak of fire in Canada. Credit: NASA This summer has seen a violent outbreak of forest fires across Canada and North America. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC), there were 911 active fires across the country on July 13, nearly 600 of which were characterized as "out-of-control." …

The mark that Aretha Franklin left on music is undeniable. Dubbed ‘The Queen of Soul’, Franklin enjoyed a lengthy career starting in 1960 and ending in 2017, shortly before her death in 2018. When most people think of Franklin, they bring her biggest hits to mind such as ‘Respect’, ‘Think’ or ‘Chain of Fools’ but she recorded, and released, a lot of music before those songs transformed her into the icon we remember her as. ‘The Queen in Waiting’ is a compilation that spans 1960 to 1965, the very beginning of Franklin’s…

Using a sense of touch, a robot hand can manipulate in the dark, or in difficult lighting conditions. Credit: Columbia University ROAM LabColumbia Engineers have created a groundbreaking robot hand that seamlessly integrates advanced touch sensing with motor-learning algorithms, allowing it to manipulate objects without relying on vision.Consider the actions you take with your hands when you’re at home in the evening using your TV remote or when dining out and handling various utensils and glasses. These abilities are…

In areas with better access to psychiatrists, suicide rates are lower, as shown in this image which maps how county-level suicide rates and county-level psychiatrist accessibility cross over each other. Credit: Daniel Tadmon and Peter S. BearmanA study from Incite @ <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Columbia University</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in…

TORONTO—British Columbia is moving to restrict the sale of the diabetes drug Ozempic to Canadian residents after people from the U.S. sought out supplies to lose weight, threatening to send the medicine into shortage.British Columbia’s health ministry said Tuesday it will bar doctors and pharmacists from dispensing the drug to people who don’t live in Canada in coming weeks, once the provincial government amends existing healthcare rules. The ministry is also asking doctors and pharmacists to make sure people are taking…

Equitable child care requires that governments address the need for affordability and inclusion of all children, regardless of their abilities. Credit: Shutterstock In 2022, we spent several months listening to parents of young children with support needs as part of our study about inclusive and equitable child care in British Columbia. …

By Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science February 24, 2023People tend to remember emotional events more vividly and for longer periods of time compared to neutral events. This is why people often remember significant emotional events, such as a wedding or a traumatic experience, for many years. This heightened memory recall for emotional events can be both a blessing and a curse, as it can bring back powerful memories and emotions, but also lead to the persistence of traumatic…

Microsoft announced that it has expanded the Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan to six more countries, which allows up to five friends and family members to share Game Pass Ultimate benefits.Now, Xbox players in Chile, Hungary, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden will be able to join the plan, the tech giant said in a blogpost."This plan makes it even easier to play the best Game Pass games with friends and family across console, PC and cloud."Read AlsoMoreover, members can play at the same time on multiple…