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This Bioplastic Made From Fish Scales Just Won the James Dyson Award

British product designer Lucy Hughes has invented a biodegradable plastic made from fish offcuts




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Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposium: Engineering inclusive cities




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'Always up on everything': Woman remembers sister who died from COVID-19 at Northwood

A woman who lost her sister to COVID-19 at the start of the month is thanking the staff at Northwood who took "excellent" care of her in her final days. Jean Harrigan, 90, is being remembered for her caring and lively nature.



  • News/Canada/Nova Scotia

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Quebec announces new bonuses for front-line health-care workers in fight against COVID-19

For those working in CHSLDs — the province's long-term care homes which are the site of the most serious outbreaks — the bonus will amount to as much as $1,000 per month.



  • News/Canada/Montreal

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8M substandard masks from Montreal supplier did not make it into health-care system, Trudeau says




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Why Wines From Israel's Negev Desert May Represent the Future of Viticulture

Overcoming scorching heat and little rain, experimental vineyards teach winemakers to cope with climate change




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Far From Home? These Regional Comfort Foods Can Be Shipped to Your Door

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a surge in nationwide shipments of specialities from legendary restaurants




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From vaccine research to developing tests, Manitoba scientists playing important part in COVID-19 fight

They're not necessarily treating sick patients in hospitals, but a number of Manitoba-based scientists are working long hours and facing incredible pressure to battle the novel coronavirus from their labs and research facilities.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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Health PEI planning to use section of PE Home for COVID cases from any long-term care home

Health PEI plans to create a COVID-19 unit within the Prince Edward Home to be used for any long-term care resident — living in any long-term care facility on the Island — who is diagnosed with the virus.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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Flint Hears From Prosecutors Who Dropped Water Charges

Prosecutors who dropped charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal explained their decision in a public forum Friday night, telling frustrated, shocked and saddened residents they must look at hundreds of mobile devices and millions of documents that a previous investigative team never reviewed.




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Frontline Gets Personal In Flint Water Crisis Film Airing Tuesday Night

Nearly 5 ½ years ago, the water source for the city of Flint was switched in an effort to save money. A disaster followed resulting in deaths, illness and mistrust of government. Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. on WKAR-TV, the documentary series Frontlin e examines the crisis by bringing to light conversations and documents never seen on television before. We spoke with Abby Ellis, the Michigan native who is the film’s director.




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Fehmi Mehmeti: The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo has taken steps to protect the economy from Covid-19 damages

Speech by Mr Fehmi Mehmeti, Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo, at the press conference where the details of the measures taken by the CBK for maintaining health in the economy were given, Pristina, 3 April 2020.




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François Villeroy de Galhau: From the emergency crisis response to initial thinking on the post-crisis environment

Hearing of Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, before the Section for the Economy and Finance of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Paris, 8 April 2020.




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I tried to balance working from home and caring for my kids. I finally called it quits

Robbyn Plumb tried to balance a career in the public service with looking after two kids, one with special needs. When the pandemic hit she finally hit a wall and decided to stop working. She writes about how hard it is for parents trying to do it all during COVID-19.



  • News/Canada/Ottawa

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Shelters, community groups allotted $3M from COVID-19 relief fund

Seventy-three homeless shelters and other community organizations are getting extra funding to help pay for basics like extra food, cleaning and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.



  • News/Canada/Ottawa

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Olympic Games Replay: Fantastic figure skating from Pyeongchang 2018

As the planet deals with the pandemic and the crisis involving the spread of COVID-19, the world of sport watches and waits alongside the global population. This Saturday, March 21, will be the first of five weeks of programming at CBC Sports which will showcase some of the memorable moments from the most recent editions of the Olympics.



  • Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Figure Skating

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Kurt Browning goes inline skating for front-line workers

The Canadian four-time world champion figure skater took part in the Americares Blades for the Brave fundraiser for front-line workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Quebec's Karim Mané aims to carve new path straight from Vanier College to the NBA

The 19-year-old has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft. If selected he would become the first player out of CEGEP program in Quebec to make the leap directly to the world's top basketball league.



  • News/Canada/Montreal

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From stage to sofa: NAC brings local arts to homes in new livestream initiative – Connected to India

From stage to sofa: NAC brings local arts to homes in new livestream initiative  Connected to India



  • IMC News Feed

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Indoor soccer star from Hamilton flies under the radar back home in Canada

A showman and all-star with the Milwaukee Wave, Canadian Ian Bennett is a marquee goal-scorer in the Major Arena Soccer League. Still, the 36-year-old Hamilton native flies under the radar north of the border.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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Retired goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc 'stronger' following separation from newborn daughter

Karina LeBlanc was returning home from her second hospital visit after giving birth to her first child, only this time she would have to spend 14 days in self-isolation after doctors feared she contracted COVID-19 during her stay.




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COVID-19 numbers from provincial, First Nations data sharing agreement won't be made public without consent

Manitoba health officials have an agreement with First Nations leaders to track and share COVID-19 data, but the public may never know specifics of what the unique agreement yields.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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Thieves swipe $700 worth of electric toothbrushes from pharmacy in Erin, Ont.

Wellington OPP say three people made off with electric toothbrushes worth more than $700 from a pharmacy in Erin, Ont., on Wednesday.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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3 new deaths from COVID-19 reported in Waterloo region

Ten new cases of COVID-19 reported as of Friday morning, bringing the total of cases to 897. Three more people in Waterloo region have also died from COVID-19.



  • News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo

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Diverting water from Lake Diefenbaker could help expand Sask. agriculture, Ralph Goodale says

Ralph Goodale says building water diversion conduits in Lake Diefenbaker could help grow Saskatchewan's economy and environment but it comes with a $3 billion price tag.



  • News/Canada/Saskatchewan

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Food truck owner adapts to COVID-19 by selling meal kits from driveway

Even though this year's food truck season is looking dicey, Tyler Schmidt says he's doing his best to find business where he can.



  • News/Canada/Saskatoon

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Brad Treliving, fellow NHL GMs hope to learn from remote NFL draft

Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving will watch Thursday's remote NFL draft and is planning to focus on how his football counterparts deal with the realities of their world during the COVID-19 pandemic.



  • Sports/Hockey/NHL

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Canadian NFLer Duvernay-Tardif joining medical front line in Quebec

A Quebec-born Super Bowl champion is making the move from the offensive line to the medical front line.



  • Sports/Football/NFL

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Boa constrictor, weapons seized from Oppenheimer park by Vancouver police

Vancouver police officers have seized an eight-foot boa constrictor and multiple weapons from a tent at the Oppenheimer park encampment in Vancouver.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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Ronaldo Souza scratched from Saturday UFC card after positive coronavirus test

UFC 249 will proceed as planned Saturday night despite Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza being ruled out Friday following a positive test for the coronavirus. He was scheduled to oppose Uriah Hall in Jacksonville, Fla.




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From rickshaws to the Gospel - Bangladesh

Winning a rickshaw in a race sponsored by the OM sports ministry team in Bangladesh changes Anwar's life and his family's life.




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Read the stories of this week's CBC Toronto 'Front-line Heroes'

CBC Toronto wants to introduce you to all the people making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic through a series we're calling Front-line Heroes.



  • News/Canada/Toronto

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Frost, record-breaking low temperatures expected for Windsor-Essex Friday night

If you think it's cold this morning, just wait — the forecast low for Friday night is –3 C.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Kamloops zoo faces challenges from pandemic, flood threat — but animals don't seem to notice

Most of the animals at the B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops are unfazed by the absence of paying visitors since it closed in March over COVID-19 concerns. But Blue the turkey appears "bummed," staff say.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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2020 NHL draft: Teams to lean heavily on preparatory work from earlier in season

A normal draft year would see NHL scouts and executives spend the spring crisscrossing Europe and North America collecting information. The circumstances surrounding a 2020 draft and the COVID-19 pandemic, however, aren't anything resembling normal.



  • Sports/Hockey/NHL

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13 cases of COVID-19 linked to curling bonspiel attended by doctors from across western Canada

The bonspiel took place in Edmonton March 11-14, starting the same day COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic.



  • News/Canada/Saskatchewan

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CME Group Achieves Record International Average Daily Volume of 7.2 Million Contracts in Q1 2020, Up 57 Percent from Q1 2019




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CME Group Inc. Announces Preliminary Results from its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders




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Rookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 4

Alex Van Overbeeke-Costello is an intern in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab and a passionate member of the UMass Lowell Formula SAE team. Recently, she joined her team in Barrie, Ontario to represent SOLIDWORKS and compete in Formula North, where 45 teams from across North America showcased their small, formula-style vehicles. All Formula SAE vehicles are conceived, designed, fabricated, and developed by students

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post Rookie Tales from Formula SAE: Day 4 appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Learn from a Former Student! Jump-start Your Career by Attending 3DEXPERIENCE World for Free!

Last year, Nikhil Potabatti attended SOLIDWORKS World 2019 as a student and the experience changed his life. Now, he’s one of its biggest fans and encourages all students to head to Nashville for 3DEXPERIENCE World.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post Learn from a Former Student! Jump-start Your Career by Attending 3DEXPERIENCE World for Free! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 1

Fab Lab intern Matthew Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar. In Part 1 of "Creating a Guitar stand from scratch using SOLIDWORKS" blog learn about how he planned and created a guitar stand using SOLIDWORKS.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

The post Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 1 appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Teaching and Learning SOLIDWORKS from the Kitchen Table

With school closed due to COVID-19, my husband, David, is transforming his SOLIDWORKS-based courses, labs, and senior design projects to be delivered online to his engineering students at WPI. Our kitchen has become “command central”  to new instruction delivery methods

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

The post Teaching and Learning SOLIDWORKS from the Kitchen Table appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 2

#3DEXPERIENCE Lab intern Matt Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar using SOLIDWORKS. In Part 2 of this series, learn how he planned and created a guitar stand from scratch.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

The post Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 2 appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Teaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community

David’s Engineering Design project-based class at WPI is online.  At home, we have been making face shield frames with multiple Sindoh 3DPrinters for local hospitals and medical centers, documented through the Open COVID19 community. More information on Open COVID19 Community

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

The post Teaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Aero Design Series- Stock Wheel – Part 2: Front Plane Sketch and Revolve

Welcome to the #Aero Design Video Series created by Matthew Gruber! This is the second tutorial in the 10 part series where we will go from the initial mockup to a detailed front plane sketch and revolve feature.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

The post Aero Design Series- Stock Wheel – Part 2: Front Plane Sketch and Revolve appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Stephen S Poloz: Teachable moments from the pandemic

Remarks by Mr Stephen S Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, at the Ivey Business School, London, Ontario, 30 April 2020.




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Pension contributions and tax-based incentives: evidence from the TCJA

We document that corporate pension contributions respond to tax-based incentives using the 2017 Tax Cut & Jobs Act (TCJA) as a natural experiment. The TCJA cut the U.S. federal corporate tax rate, temporarily increasing contribution incentives for sponsors of defined-benefit retirement plans. We exploit cross-sectional variation in ex-ante exposure to these incentives.




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Immigration and the fear of unemployment: evidence from individual perceptions in Italy

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Eleonora Porreca and Alfonso Rosolia




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From secular stagnation to robocalypse? Implications of demographic and technological changes

Bank of Spain Working Papers by Henrique S. Basso and Juan F. Jimeno




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The impact of information laws on consumer credit access: evidence from Chile

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Carlos Madeira