It was Safeway and now it’s Shoppers Drug Mart.

It was Safeway and now it's Shoppers Drug Mart.

The $12.4 billion merger of Canada’s largest grocery retailer, Loblaw, and the country’s biggest pharmacy chain, Shoppers Drug Mart, will not reduce competition and customer choice as some fear, Loblaw executive chairman Galen G. Weston assured customers at a press conference in Brampton, Ont., Monday.

Finally! I’ve been hoping they’d add compatibility for more devices.

Finally! I've been hoping they'd add compatibility for more devices.

We’ve all been there – your parent, friend, or significant other is having a phone issue, but you’re not nearby. The process of talking someone through tro… by Ryan Whitwam in Applications, Apps/Games, News

We’re getting closer!

We're getting closer!

At least 35 million people around the planet live with HIV, and it kills over 1.7 million people each year, so the fact that it’s currently untreatable is one of the biggest medical problems of our time. But in recent years scientific advances seem to be kicking HIV’s ass more effectively than ever—so is there hope that we neutralize the virus’s threat? The answer is more hopeful than you think.

This is incredible!

This is incredible!

As impressed by we all were by Petman, DARPA and Boston Dynamics’ remarkably agile and nimble humanoid, it’s about to get upstaged by the company’s latest and greatest robot creation: ATLAS. Designed to compete in DARPA’s upcoming Robotics Challenge, we actually already got a glimpse of ATLAS’ impressive skills back when it was just a prototype, but as it nears completion we’re now seeing just how damn impressive it really is.

It’s great to see that Canada is still contributing to the world space effort! #canada   #space   #canadarm…

It's great to see that Canada is still contributing to the world space effort! #canada   #space   #canadarm  

SCommander Chris Hadfield may be the new poster boy for the Canadian Space Agency, but before the Mustachioed Ontarian hit the scene that crown was held by the supremely versatile Canadarm telerobotic system. Now a new generation of robo-arms are taking to the skies, where they’ll act as orbiting satellite mechanics.