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An independent review commissioned by Interior Health (IH) has concluded that the pediatric service disruption at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) in 2025 was years in the making. The 16-page report, conducted by Harbour West Consulting, acknowledged physicians had been sounding the alarm about things such as growing workload pressures for years.“It’s quite vindicating to see the exact concerns that we had raised last year come out and be confirmed,” said Conservative MLA for Kelowna – Mission Gavin Dew.The report says that physicians warned IH of a potential crisis, expressing to the health authority,  “Without structural and relational improvements, future service…

AMD is officially launching FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000-series GPUs today. The update means that computers with those older graphics cards, which use the RDNA 3 graphics architecture, will be able to see improvements like better image quality and smoother gameplay in their games.AMD had promised in May that it would be bringing support for FSR 4.1 to the RX 7000 series GPUs — though at the time, it said that support would arrive in July, so AMD is a little ahead of schedule. AMD is also planning to bring FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3 APUs; AMD’s Jack…

WUHU, China, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chery Group’s iCAUR V23 has won the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2026 in Germany. Founded in 1955, the Red Dot Design Award is one of the world’s three most prestigious design honors, alongside the iF Design Award and the IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards), and is often referred to as the “Oscar of Design.” This recognition is a significant endorsement of iCAUR’s original design capabilities and confirms that the V23 meets the international standards in classic design, spatial practicality, and multi‑scene experience. In terms of design, the V23 fully leverages the…

RCMP confirm they’re investigating reports of “financial irregularities” following an audit of expenses from Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore’s office. The report from Halifax’s auditor general, Andrew Atherton, highlighted legal and consulting services that violated the municipality’s procurement policy.Atherton released two audit reports on Monday: one looking into capital budgeting, and the second into the Office of the Mayor expenses.He presented the reports to the Audit and Finance Standing Committee meeting on Monday afternoon, and told the committee he wasn’t initially going to audit the mayor’s office, but concerns were brought to him earlier this year.“It was not part of our…

Public pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data center has “eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage.” Still, it doesn’t address all of the concerns around AI data centers, including during their construction, and for the power generation requirements of the massive facilities. Also, as Gizmodo points out, Nvidia’s blog post doesn’t mention the cost of building this style of data center vs. one using less efficient air cooling, but claims that “every…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s just another day at the office for eight-year-old Ben the border collie as he takes to a soccer pitch. He is one of two dogs with Stirling, Ont.-based Border Control Bird Dogs that are keeping the FIFA practice pitch at Centennial Park geese-free until the end of July.“They’ve spent multi-million dollars on putting the facility up and then putting an international-standard soccer field there,” said the geese management company’s owner, Gareth Williams.“So, they don’t want the geese coming in and eating the grass and fowling the grass when we have all…

TORONTO – Even as the Toronto Raptors pushed the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in their first-round playoff series, general manager Bobby Webster and head coach Darko Rajakovic spoke throughout the post-season and afterwards about an ongoing rebuild. That youth movement will continue in the NBA draft on Tuesday and Wednesday, as Toronto holds a pick in the first and second rounds. Assistant general manager Dan Tolzman said in a news conference on June 16 that the Raptors intend to take the best available players with the 19th and 50th overall picks, but that doesn’t mean Toronto isn’t looking for…

My first day with the Steam Machine was a mess. Instead of enjoying a worry-free game console, I spent hours troubleshooting what felt like a finicky PC. That’s because the Steam Machine is a PC, with a very important twist.Since the Magnavox Odyssey came out in 1972, game consoles have been built with the same basic goal: to effortlessly play proprietary games on a TV screen. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have spent decades essentially selling the same product. A few consoles could do more, but the formula you know and love remains buy box, plug into TV, insert game, play.The…

BALTIMORE, June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MarketWise, Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTW), a leading multi-brand digital subscription platform serving more than 2.3 million subscribers worldwide, today announced a multi-year Premier Partnership with USA Field Hockey. The MarketWise brand will appear prominently on the front of U.S. National Team uniforms beginning with the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup, with exposure spanning all national team programs through the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. “Our mission at MarketWise is to teach people how to enrich their lives through the power of investing. Today, our partnership with USA Field Hockey allows us to make a…

Yaba, Nigeria, June 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cardtonic Cares, the social impact arm of African fintech platform Cardtonic, announced a partnership with the Irede Foundation to sponsor a custom prosthetic limb for Hasana, a young Nigerian girl who lost her leg in a domestic accident. The intervention has given Hasana back the ability to walk, play, and return to school. How the Partnership Came Together Hasana was fetching water before school when a water tank collapsed on her and her sister. After more than a week of failed surgeries, doctors were unable to save the affected limb and she…