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This weeks events around Metro Vancouver include University of Wonder and Imagination, Behind the Facade, and Art Walk Strathcona.

Disrupting a crop loan ecosystem with automation Digitisation will help banks serve the farmers is a more transparent manner   -  Raju Sanadi× Digitisation and use of data analytics will go a long way in providing crop loans to farmers * With process automation & digitisation of numerous data points involved in crop loan operation, the segment is a mammoth big-data game * There is an urgent need to adopt modern financial technology in crop loaning * Banks need to look at crop loans as a grea...

Stakeholders in the tourism sector have expressed that the recovery of the industry is being driven by the unity among tourism partners.

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Victorias Sean Horleor, left, and his partner, Steve J. Adams, wrote and directed Someone Like Me, which recently won the audience award for Canadian feature documentary at Torontos Hot Docs film festival. It is available for streaming until May 16 through Vancouver Doxa festival (doxafestival.ca). Photo: Grady Mitchell Victoria-bred filmmaker Sean Horlor has Donald Trump to thank (or is it blame?) for his recent success at the largest documentary film festival in North America. Someone Like...

12/05/2021 - In her documentary, Michal Weits delves into the life of her great-grandfather Joseph, the man who orchestrated the acquisition and expropriation of Palestinian land

Jamaica Tourism calls for united Caribbean voice against vaccine inequity 6 days ago As regional stakeholders ramp up efforts to woo back tourists and rebuild the sector in the aftermath of the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has called on Caribbean leaders to raise their voices collectively against vaccine inequity. Only one in more than 500 people in poorer countries has received the COVID-19 vaccination. At the current rate, the wor...

Exclusive clip: Ian Thornton, Gary Lang talk Hot Docs feature “The Face of Anonymous” One May morning in 2016, novelist Ian Thornton was pushing his two kids in a stroller down Toronto’s Queen Street West when he stopped to put two dollars in a ... April 28, 2021 One May morning in 2016, novelist Ian Thornton was pushing his two kids...

| 27 April 2021 Canadian public educational broadcaster Knowledge Network has upgraded its playout facility near Vancouver with a software-based channel creation solution based on Imagine Communications’ Versio integrated playout platform and ADC automation. Publicly funded and commercial free, Knowledge Network broadcasts and streams local and international content 24/7, with a mix of documentaries, arts and culture, prime-time dramas, and children’s programming.  Oliver Eich...

The Brit pubcaster has picked up mixed-media educational series Don’t Blame Me, Blame My Brain (10 x 11 minutes) from Screen Glue. This live-action/animated comedy (pictured) answers unusual questions like what happens if you never sleep, or could you catapult to the moon. Hosts Ken Cheng and Leila Navabi chat with experts and celebrities in every episode, and animated sequences explore the science behind the answers they discover. Aimed at seven to 11s,  Don’t Blame Me, Blame My Brain pr...