It wasn’t all that long ago Brad Gushue wondered if he’d ever be a Brier champion after 13 appearances without ever hoisting the historic Tankard trophy. Times have changed in a hurry. Gushue is now a three-time Brier champion.

The world women's curling championship in Prince George, B.C. has been cancelled because of the outbreak of COVID-19.

Team Homan's decision to part ways with Lisa Weagle dramatically changed the look of one of the country's top rinks and put the all-star lead at the top of curling's free agent list.

The University of Alberta Pandas defeated the UNB Reds 10-2 in the U Sports women's curling final, while the Laurier Golden Hawks topped the Dalhousie Tigers 8-5 for the men's curling title in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on Sunday.

In the span of a few days, Canada's curling landscape has shifted dramatically. The country's past women's and men's Olympic teams and last year's women's world champion team have all split.

John Morris will play second for the Kevin Koe's team for at least the next 18 months heading into the Olympic trials in 2021.

When the World Curling Federation cancelled the women's, men's and mixed doubles championships set for March and April, it said it would be discussing potential options including rescheduling the events — perhaps playing them in the fall at one venue. CBC Sports has learned that will no longer be the case.

The World Curling Federation announced Thursday it is proposing to the International Olympic Committee that the 2021 world curling championships will determine which countries will book their tickets to Beijing 2022.

Colleen Jones, Sidney Crosby among many preeminent local sports figures reacting in the aftermath of Sunday's killing rampage.

He’s a nominee in perpetual waiting.

Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”

The province says no one has to tell others if they get COVID-19. The same goes for businesses or landlords, should employees or tenants get sick. But should you tell?

Flurries or rain showers are in the forecast for Hamilton on Friday, Environment Canada says.

The post SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 3D Print a Shape It Creation appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 2D Print a Shape It Creation appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Share to the Public Gallery appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post Get Spooky with the #Shapetober Riff Off! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post #Shapetober 2019 Round Up! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post Creating the Shapetober Skull appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post Using SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal for Cardboard Packaging Design appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post Happy Halloween and #Shapetober! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post FIRST Teams Rise with SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship and Kit of Parts appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

The post Top 5 Reasons Why Students Should Come to 3DEXPERIENCE World appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives'", 30 April 2020

Banks globally entered the Covid-19 crisis with roughly US$ 5 trillion of capital above their Pillar 1 regulatory requirements. The amount of additional lending will depend on how hard banks' capital is hit by the crisis, on their willingness to use the buffers and on other policy support. In an adverse stress scenario such as the savings and loan crisis, banks' usable buffers would decline to US$ 800 billion, which could support US$ 5 trillion of additional loans (6% of total loans outstanding). Yet in a severely adverse scenario, similar to the Great Financial Crisis, the corresponding figures would be only US$ 270 billion and US$ 1 trillion (1.3% of total loans).

Equities are likely to keep trading in volatile ranges until the many conflicting narratives in the market give way to a singular message for investors.

Gold and silver prices often move in tandem, but the gap between them widened by 31% January through April in line with a trend that began nine years ago.

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Luca Metelli, Filippo Natoli and Luca Rossi

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Andrea Gazzani and Alejandro Vicondoa

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers by Gene Ambrocio

Bank of England Working Papers by Cristiano Cantore, Filippo Ferroni and Miguel León-Ledesma

European Systemic Risk Board Occasional Papers by Greg Ros

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Benjamín García and Juan Guerra-Salas

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Gee Hee Hong, Matthew Klepacz, Ernesto Pasten and Raphael Schoenle

As the pols take the fight out back to the web, will the dank memes prevail?

On cronies, cranks and the coronavirus.

What’s bad for America is sometimes good for the market.

Why won’t Republicans help Americans losing their jobs?

Balancing finicky kid appetites with proper nutrition can be a challenge in the best of times. But now, with the majority of schools and day cares closed across Pennsylvania, many parents working from home, and schedules thrown in disarray, it may seem downright impossible. A Penn State nutritionist offers tips for feeding kids during stressful times.

Alexandra Stone and Blake Gillikin will serve as college marshals for spring 2020 commencement.

Student marshals will represent each department for spring 2020 commencement

The 2020 Special Olympics Summer Games, slated for June 11 to 13, are being canceled due to concerns related to coronavirus. The games will shift to virtual events, with details to be announced in the near future.

On the fourth day of NCAA Division III Week on Thursday, April 16, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its All-Sportsmanship teams for winter and spring sports. Between winter and spring sports, a total of nine Penn State Altoona student-athletes were selected as representatives to the teams.

A number of popular iOS apps, including TikTok, Pinterest and Spotify, began to crash on Wednesday after an update to Facebook's SDK rolled out, software that many developers rely on to streamline the user login process.

Apple's Jeff Williams says that supply chains are running well and that the company is optimistic about the future for the economy both for itself and for America as a whole.

Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf in an interview on Thursday said the chipmaker's relationship with Apple has greatly improved since the two companies ended a bitter legal battle over patent licensing and royalties in 2019.

Apple has refreshed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, the start of Apple's online WWDC has been announced, the iPad Pro Smart Keyboard gets a teardown, and your hosts provide a massive roundup of HomeKit and smart home devices.

Apple is shifting a substantial portion of its current AirPods production from China to Vietnam, and appears to be considering a release schedule later than previously predicted for an AirPods refresh.