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E-mail us at market@cbc.ca and inform us why your commute is the worst. It could possibly be a highway that is at all times below development, an intersection that is at all times gummed up or your full commute from begin to end. Be native and as particular as you’ll be able to — we wish to get into the nitty-gritty of the roadways in your life that drive you loopy. Your submission could possibly be topped Canada’s worst commute and could possibly be featured on an upcoming episode of Market.
E-scooter accidents on the rise throughout Canada, knowledge exhibits
Folks cross Elgin Road on rental e-scooters as haze from wildfire smoke is seen within the air, in Ottawa in June 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Hospitalizations associated to accidents from scooters and e-scooters have risen, in response to new Canadian knowledge, as emergency physicians warn the two-wheeled autos aren’t toys.
The Canadian Institute for Well being Data (CIHI) mentioned Thursday that just about 1,000 folks have been hospitalized for scooter-related accidents throughout the 12-month interval beginning April 1, 2023. That is up from 810 throughout the identical interval of 2022-23.
Half of the accidents — 498 — have been associated to motorized e-scooters, a rise of 32 per cent over the 375 hospitalizations recorded in 2022-23.
“Some unintentional accidents are actually predictable and preventable, notably in relation to e-scooter accidents,” mentioned Tanya Khan, CIHI’s supervisor of hospital knowledge development and engagement in Montreal.
Emergency physicians say the extent of accidents could be extreme: mind, facial and dental trauma, fractures needing a number of surgical procedures, or traumatic mind accidents that require intensive care.
Some accidents occur when the rider is hit by a automobile, however physicians are additionally treating individuals who have been hit by a rider.
Again in 2020, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Kids (SickKids) noticed a single e-scooter damage. By 2024, that quantity had jumped to 46.
Learn extra from CBC’s Amina Zafar.
Rip-off concentrating on sellers on Fb Market in circulation in Montreal
Promoting objects on Fb Market? Be careful for this rip-off
Montreal sellers on Fb Market say they’re dealing with a brand new kind of rip-off. Misleading consumers are attempting to achieve entry to sellers’ banking info by sending a faux e-transfer hyperlink.
Montreal sellers on Fb Market say they’re adjusting to a brand new kind of rip-off from misleading consumers attempting to grab their checking account by means of faux e-transfers.
Violaine Pelletier-Madsen, who sells her private objects on the favored platform, says she virtually fell sufferer when she tried promoting one thing to a person who wished her to place the product on maintain. He provided to pay a deposit.
“I did not look on-line to go see their profile,” she mentioned. “So I simply took it without any consideration that this dialog goes properly and I accepted the Interac switch.”
She clicked what appeared like an e-transfer hyperlink however clicked out when it wasn’t directing her to her official financial institution web page or banking app.
It is a situation cybersecurity skilled Claudiu Popa says he sees typically.
The rip-off, often known as reverse fraud, entails the scammer sending a hyperlink disguised with official-looking branding and asking the vendor to enter their banking info to assert the cost. As soon as the sufferer does so, the scammer will get entry to their account and sends themselves an e-transfer.
Popa says if the client expresses a way of urgency, it ought to instantly set off alarm bells.
“You possibly can put something you need in that hyperlink. For those who inform an individual you are ready for them, the seller’s going to click on,” he mentioned.
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) says the rip-off appears to be comparatively new in Montreal.
In an electronic mail, the SPVM says seven instances of reverse fraud have been reported between January and April 1, 2025, including that no reviews have been recorded in earlier years. Learn extra.
Need a huge piece of Mars? It might have been yours — for $4M US
The meteorite NWA 16788, the biggest recognized piece of Mars on Earth, is displayed throughout the press preview of Sotheby’s Pure Historical past public sale in New York Metropolis on July 8. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
Sotheby’s in New York auctioned a 25-kilogram rock generally known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as a part of a pure history-themed sale.
It bought for practically $6 million.
It is the biggest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth. Based on the public sale home, the meteorite is believed to have been blown off the floor of Mars by an enormous asteroid strike earlier than travelling 225 million kilometres to Earth, the place it crashed into the Sahara. A meteorite hunter discovered it in Niger in November 2023, Sotheby’s says.
The pink, brown and gray hunk is about 70 per cent bigger than the subsequent largest piece of Mars discovered on Earth and represents practically seven per cent of all of the Martian materials presently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It measures about 375 millimetres by 279 millimetres by 152 millimetres.
“This Martian meteorite is the biggest piece of Mars now we have ever discovered by a protracted shot,” Cassandra Hatton, vice-chair for science and pure historical past at Sotheby’s, mentioned in an interview.
It is usually a uncommon discover. There are solely 400 Martian meteorites out of the greater than 77,000 formally acknowledged meteorites discovered on Earth, Sotheby’s says. Learn extra.
What else is happening?
‘Egregious’: Inside authorized fights over a Canadian EV battery plant getting $15B in tax breaks
A number of contractors allege they have not been paid for tens of millions of {dollars} value of labor.
Quebec-based Couche-Tard pulls out of bid for 7-Eleven mum or dad firm
Couche-Tard made 1st supply in August 2024.
‘Japanese strolling’ a enjoyable means for some to spice up their well being
Consultants say the TikTok pattern is a worthwhile train however warn to not get hung up on the small print.
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