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Scottish Sun
a day ago
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- Scottish Sun
Dog-friendly city hotel crowned best in Scotland
It's only been open a couple of years and is already a firm favourite with travellers. REX AND THE CITY Dog-friendly city hotel crowned best in Scotland Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IF you're looking for a brilliant base for a staycation where you can take your four-legged family member, then look no further than Glasgow's Sandman Signature hotel. Not only did it walk away with the prestigious title of 'Scotland's Best City Hotel' at the a recent tourism Oscars, it was also Highly Commended in the Best Pet Friendly Hotel category. 6 Dogs are welcome at the Sandman Signature in Glasgow 6 The award-winning hotel is located near Glasgow's Charing Cross 6 Furry feline family members are also welcome The honours came when tourist destinations across the country were presented with gongs at a lavish ceremony. The 8th annual Prestige Scottish Hotel Awards, held in Glasgow's Doubletree Hotel, saw everything from luxury resorts to self-catering stars gain recognition for their customer service and facilities. The 4* Sandman Signature in Glasgow walked away with the title at the Innis and Gunn sponsored awards. The stylish city-centre hotel opened in summer 2023 on West George Street and quickly won popularity with guests and their four-legged companions. The awards, voted for by the public and judged by a panel of industry experts, celebrate excellence across Scotland's hospitality industry. 6 Bedrooms are spacious and dog-friendly 6 The CHOP bar and grill is a city fav Inga Gadisauskaite, General Manager at Sandman Signature Glasgow Hotel, said: 'Winning Scotland's Best City Hotel is a fantastic recognition of everything we've built here in two years. 'We're incredibly proud of our team, who bring energy, warmth and a genuine Glasgow welcome to every guest. 'It also shows just how much Glasgow's city-centre hospitality scene is thriving. Being recognised in the pet friendly category was the icing on the cake and shows we're delivering on our promise to create a welcoming space for everyone - paws and all.' Part of the Canadian-based Sandman Hotel Group, the Glasgow property is one of four Sandman hotels in the UK. Located in Glasgow's iconic Pegasus House building, renovated over a period of four years, the hotel has 179 rooms set across ten floors, a fitness centre and popular on-site steakhouse and bar CHOP Grill & Bar. Global Airlines Take-Off Warren Paul, who runs the awards, says the calibre of the finalists was incredible. He said: 'They're all the very best operators in Scotland, delivering amazing service and much- needed escape from the rigours of modern life. 'We all need time out to rest, recover, recharge – especially right now – so our world-class, in fact world-beating hospitality industry should be celebrated and shouted from the rooftops. 'I really wish the powers that be would support and help the hard-working people who give up their weekends, days and nights to offer the rest of us all sorts of amazing breaks and escapes. 'Whatever you want to do, you can find it in Scotland – and here tonight. From the perfect wedding hotel to the most incredible hotel bar in the heart of Glasgow's music city, country retreats, island hotels, bustling city breaks, cosy retreats for private rental, all of it. 'We have it all, Scotland really is special and the offerings in this trade are stellar.' 6 Warren Paul and Des Clarke with the Awards Finalists from all over Scotland attended the ceremony which was hosted by Des Clarke. The best golf hotel was revealed as was the best value hotel in the country.
Hamilton Spectator
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Out of This World: The Travelling Planetarium Coming to Burlington That's Redefining Astronomy Education
Is visiting the stars part of your summer to-do list? Are you curious about what exists past the clouds when you look up into the cosmos? Astronomy in Action, a Canadian-based and owned travelling astronomy company, is returning to Burlington in the month of July for a summer round of informative presentations. On Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12, 2025, Burlington astronomy enthusiasts — and their equally enthusiastic, telescope-peering kids — will have the opportunity to be transported to the celestial spheres without having to leave the city. The two-day event will be held at the Grace United Church, located on 2111 Walkers Line. Interested attendees can sign up for three separate shows at prices per ticket from $22.99 to $26.99: The Wanderers (with a runtime 40 minutes, recommended for viewers 5 years and older), The Great Cosmic Journey (runtime: 50 minutes, also recommended for those 5 years and older), or What Is In the Sky? (runtime: 25 minutes, aimed at the toddler set). The spaceship that attendees board will be an inflatable dome shaped like a turtle's shell, as shown below. Astronomy in Action has been an entry point into outer space for nine years. Creator and organizer Ryan Marciniak, who goes by the fitting alias 'The Travelling Planetarian,' regularly journeys across the province of Ontario accompanied by his two trusty inflatable planetarium domes, which serve as an accessible gateway into outer space. Marciniak has a vast background in the field of interactive and entertaining public astronomy and has agreed to discuss how Astronomy in Action came about as a touring program. He is also happy to inform readers on what they can expect from the full Astronomy in Action experience. Answers have been lightly edited for flow. How did Astronomy in Action get started as a program? It was about fourteen years ago now. I finished a master's degree in astrophysics, and I had done a lot of science communication for events at Science Rendezvous [a charitable organization that organizes STEM shows and demonstrations]. At the University of Western Ontario in London, I actually helped run their observatory. I got to talk to a lot of kids who came into the observatory and gave them talks on astronomy. I really fell in love with live presenting and science communication to the public, and bringing them the challenging, difficult, and advanced knowledge that scientists and astronomers are still figuring out. It's about understanding the universe and trying to bring that down to a level that anybody can understand. It started with schools, Scouts, and Guides. I personally worked at the Ontario Science Centre for about six years, doing everything from camps and birthday parties to designing exhibits and being on the floor staff. All that experience in working with people and sharing the wonders of science with them, I've brought into Astronomy in Action. I've taught some of our new presenters, who we've added to our program in the past few years, the style of really connecting with people and connecting them to the content that we're seeing in the domes. The beautiful thing about having a planetarium is that we actually feel like we're venturing out into the cosmos. We can use our imagination and go anywhere we want without actually being there. It feels like we're riding in a spaceship. It feels like we're surfing on the rings of Saturn. It feels like we're venturing close to a black hole without any danger. It started out as this big dream, and it's growing and growing over time. We're serving more people every year, and we hope to continue to grow and serve more people and more communities. Can you describe how your portable planetarium works? We unroll it like a cinnamon bun. It opens up, and we plug in a couple of fans that are specifically tailored to the shape of it to blow air into the structure. It inflates and becomes this giant, thirty-foot-wide, twenty-foot-tallstructure. And then the seats are actually a separate piece. They're custom-made for the domes we have. People sit on these comfy seats, and in the centre is a projection system with what's called a fisheye lens. The fisheyes spreads light over the entire surface of the dome, kind of like a movie theatre in a way. The special lens projects light evenly across the dome, and then the computer that we have creates imagery made to fit that space. If you have ever tried to view planetarium imagery on a flat screen, it looks really weird. But in the dome, it looks the way it's supposed to. You feel immersed in the space everywhere you look. There's something to see, whether it's the background stars as we fly past the planet Earth, or collisions as we talk about how the moon formed, or even shooting stars flying over our heads. It's a really beautiful experience, and you really feel like you're part of it without ever having to stay up late or brave the cold Canadian winter temperatures by going outside. I'd also like to mention that we at Astronomy in Action pride ourselves on leaving spaces exactly the way we found them. We have good relationships with all the churches and schools we work with. We treat their spaces and their people with respect, and they do the same for us. What will children and their parents take away from an Astronomy in Action experience? I think sparking interest is the key phrase here. We want everyone to reconnect with the universe. We're all part of the universe. We all have a connection to space and the planets and the stars at night, not to mention the Milky Way that we can see in the sky. We live in a time where we have a much better understanding of what's really happening up there than many humans in history, and that's a wonderful thing. So we want every person who comes through the planetarium to be engaged with what they're seeing, and to feel like they've done something fun, exciting, and interesting. They're also going to learn something new. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
The Market Online
2 days ago
- Business
- The Market Online
A growth pick and a value play for the junior mining investor
With Trump's tariff rampage reinforcing the ongoing trend towards deglobalization, the economic environment is the most prospective it's been for junior mining investors since the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when gold, silver and copper hit all-time-highs as major financial institutions crumbled with their hands out for a bailout. As economic superpowers across the world seek to secure domestic supplies of critical materials, they will be looking to allied countries to fill in shortfalls, making projects across the mining life-cycle key considerations for your next investment. In the latest edition of Stockhouse's Weekly Market Movers, I'll weigh in on the prospects of two junior mining stocks – one positioned for growth, the other for a value-based re-rating – with multi-commodity exposure tied to markets in long-term tailwinds. Green Bridge Metals, market capitalization C$18.81 million, is a Canadian-based exploration company acquiring and developing critical mineral projects. The company's flagship asset, the 8,460-hectare South Contact Zone (SCZ) north of Duluth, Minnesota, houses bulk-tonnage copper–nickel and titanium-vanadium across four properties, with numerous exploration targets including platinum group elements (PGEs) yet to be fully exploited. SCZ currently hosts an inferred titanium dioxide (TiO2) resource of 46.6 million tons grading 15 per cent TiO2, in addition to 13.3 million tons of ilmenite valued at $350 per ton, with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) (a likely market catalyst) expected by Q4 2025. Green Bridge's 1,450-hectare Chrome Puddy project in Ontario complements the SCZ with a past-producing chromite mine, bulk-tonnage nickeliferous magnetite mineralization (historical resource of 30 million tons at 0.25-0.28 per cent nickel) and multiple untested conductors and channel sample-based targets. Investors have been getting behind the company's upside since adopting the Green Bridge name in November 2023, elevating Green Bridge stock (CSE:GRBM) by 125 per cent to date. Drilling, sampling and metallurgical studies planned for 2025, in addition to the PEA, offer the company a runway to add to share-price momentum and tap capital markets more opportunistically, responding rather than reacting to commodity demand. David Suda, Green Bridge Metals' chief executive officer (CEO), spoke with Stockhouse's Lyndsay Malchuk about the company's letter of intent to option another large bulk-tonnage copper-nickel-PGE project in Minnesota, this one hosting historical indicated and inferred resources. Watch the interview here. AJN Resources Our second junior mining stock pick, this time on the value side of the spectrum, is AJN Resources, market capitalization C$5.69 million, which explores for lithium and gold in Africa backed by a management team with over 75 years of experience, including exploring, financing and developing major mines across the world. AJN's Manono Northeast project in the Congo, optioned in 2023, generated grab samples up to 400 parts per million (ppm) lithium and 1,815 ppm tin only 7 km northeast of the Manono pegmatites, which yielded AVZ Minerals' 669 million tons at 1.61 per cent Li 2 O on its flagship Manono project. AJN's drill-ready Kabunda South project, 120 km to the northeast, also optioned in 2023, features visually identified spodumene across an 11-km strike extent, including priority pegmatites measuring 1.5 km and 1.2 km in length, respectively. Recently, AJN expanded its target commodities with gold, coinciding with the metal's ascent to all-time-highs, signing deals to acquire a majority stake in the 672-square-km Dabel project in Kenya and the 42.8-square-km Okote project in Ethiopia. The projects are located 250 km and 100 km, respectively, from the producing 4.5-million-ounce Lega Dembi mine in Ethiopia, the country's largest gold operation. Despite management's over 20 years of experience in the Congo and a portfolio with solid leads for exploration upside, AJN stock (CSE:AJN) has given back over 70 per cent since optioning the first of these projects, Kabunda South, in January 2023, suggesting that investors today may benefit from a contrarian opportunity as positive news flow leads to market recognition and a potential re-rating. Green Bridge's 11 per cent insider ownership and 18 per cent institutional ownership wholeheartedly agree. Klaus Eckhof, AJN Resources' president and CEO, joined Lyndsay Malchuk to discuss the company's investment in the Okote gold project. Watch the interview here. Thanks for reading! I'll see you next week for a new edition of Stockhouse's Weekly Market Movers. Here's the most recent article, in case you missed it. Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about these junior mining growth and value stocks on the Green Bridge Metals Corp. and AJN Resources Inc. Bullboards and check out Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. This is sponsored content issued on behalf of Green Bridge Metals Corp. and AJN Resources Inc., please see full disclaimer here.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
First of two new agriculture transloading facilities breaks ground in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Leaders from The DeLong Company were joined by federal, state and local leaders to break ground Thursday on a $26 million project that'll take grains and feedstuffs from across the country and prepare them for international shipment. The Portsmouth Agricultural Intermodal Export Facility will sit on the former CSX Intermodal Yard at Pinners Point. The Wisconsin-based company is leasing the property from the railroad and using a $750,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia to upgrade the railyard. It'll be the first facility of its type not only for Portsmouth, but also the East Coast. Unlike other transload terminals that receive agriculture products after trains drop off other cargo at rail yards, unit trains carrying exclusively grain will be able to pull in to the Pinners Point facility. Portsmouth to become 'international hub' for shipping of agriculture products, mayor says 'You achieve higher efficiency, better rates, so that's the big difference,' said Brandon Bickham, vice president of exports at The DeLong Company. Bickham said it was in 2023 when DeLong, CSX and the city of Portsmouth Economic Development Department began negotiations to locate in Hampton Roads. However, Bickham said DeLong has been working with the Port of Virginia for several years. 'There's a great local supply of grain, and we really wanted to tie a local supply with the Midwest origination area,' Bickham said. 'And this site, this port, allowed us to do that. We've had a great working relationship with the Port of Virginia.' Part of the development will include a 15,000-metric-ton storage silo and a 'grain leg' that'll rise to roughly 150 feet above ground. When a truck or train comes into the terminal, the soybeans, corn, wheat, DDGs or soybean meal will be transferred into shipping containers bound for Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and China. The facility is expected to handle 15,000 to 20,000 containers annually and help cut down on empty containers being placed on ships. Bickham said it's also expected to aid local farmers. Soybeans are the top agricultural export in Virginia, accounting for $1.4 billion in exports in 2023, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 'It should actually, improve [local farmers'] revenue,' Bickham said. 'So they'll have another grain bid. We should add value to the current price of grain.' Bickham said roughly 15 to 20 new jobs will be created by the export facility. This is the the first of two proposed facilities focusing on agribusiness in the city. Less than a mile away in Port Norfolk, Canadian-based Ray-Mont Logistics plans to do just the same at the Norfolk Portsmouth Beltline Railroad. Portsmouth to become 'international hub' for shipping of agriculture products, mayor says The pair of companies will join Perdue Agribusiness in Chesapeake in the exporting of grain. 'In Hampton Roads, we have a strong farming community in many of our cities,' Mayor Shannon Glover said. 'And so what this facility will enable them to do is to participate in moving their products to different markets. I think that's incredible. And I think it's something that shows collaboration, regionalism with a focus on helping our businesses to grow and prosper.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Major gold find near Spearfish, South Dakota reported
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– A high-grade gold discovery has been reported near Spearfish, SD. The results come from Lion Rock Resource's gold assay results from its recent surface sampling program at the Volney Project, South Dakota. Massage therapist gives up license forever, pays $400 Lion Rock Resources is a Canadian-based mineral exploration firm focused on high-grade gold and lithium projects across North America. They acquired the Volney Project on October 7, 2024. The results include 189.5 grams per ton of from float material and 14.0 grams per ton from bedrock, which are among the highest grades reported in the region in recent years. The Volney Project covers roughly 351 acres of private land, with Lion Rock Resources holding both surface and mineral rights, enabling them to execute the rapid drill program and accelerated permitting from exploration through production. According to the report, the sampling confirms the presence of multiple distinct gold target zones and strong potential for further discoveries across underexplored areas of the property. It's located roughly 12 miles southwest of Spearfish. Sampling at the Volney Project target outlined a 260 m shear trend open along strike, where a total of 20 bedrock samples returned values over 0.5 gram per ton of gold. 41 float samples exceeded 1.0 gram per ton, with seven samples topping 10 grams per ton. These high-grade finds were typically associated with quartz veins and sheared greenstone units, both known hosts for gold in the Black Hills. The Volney property is a multi-commodity project strategically located in South Dakota's Black Hills, a historically rich and active mining region. The Black Hills have produced over 62 million ounces of gold, including from the prolific Homestake Mine, one of the most significant gold producers in North American history. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
