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India Today
15-05-2025
- Sport
- India Today
Neeraj Chopra at Doha Diamond League 2025: When and where to watch javelin event
Neeraj Chopra will begin his competitive season at the prestigious Doha Diamond League on Friday, 16 May. The two-time Olympic medallist will be joined by compatriot Kishore Jena in the men's javelin event, which boasts a star-studded line-up. While reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem will not be part of the event, the rest of the global javelin elite will be in action in field includes former world champion and Paris Olympics bronze medallist Anderson Peters, Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, young German sensation Max Dehning, and Rio Olympics silver and bronze medallists Julius Yego and Keshorn Walcott. Germany's ever-consistent Julian Weber will also be in the fray, making the competition even more Read: Arshad Nadeem and I were never really close friends, says Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra previously competed in an invitational tournament in Potchefstroom earlier this year, throwing 84.52m to clinch gold. However, the Doha meet will serve as his first major test of the 2025 season. The Indian star has begun working with legendary Czech coach Jan elezn, the world record holder in men's javelin, marking a new phase in his training on the eve of the Doha Diamond League, Neeraj revealed that he has been injury-free for the first time in several years heading into a new season. He also reflected on adapting to elezn's methods, after having previously shared a strong working relationship with former coach Klaus trained differently with Klaus - we would do throwing one day and lifting the next. But with Jan, we throw in the morning and lift in the afternoon. It was a new experience for me," Neeraj said."In the beginning it was difficult, but after a few weeks, I really started to enjoy it. Everything has been going well following some excellent sessions. We made a few small adjustments to my technique, and while I've had groin issues in the past, I haven't missed a single session this time around. So I'm feeling very good," he will now shift his focus towards breaching the elusive 90m mark as part of his preparations for the World Championships in attention will also be on Kishore Jena, who returns to international competition after a six-month lay-off following ankle surgery. Jena won silver at the 2023 Asian Games with a personal best throw of 87.54m but has since struggled to recreate his top AND WHERE TO WATCH DOHA DIAMOND LEAGUE There are no official broadcasters for the Doha Diamond League in India. Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel will offer live streaming of the men's javelin final will get underway at 10:15 pm WILL COMPETE WITH NEERAJ IN DOHA DIAMOND LEAGUE Neeraj Chopra – SB: 84.52 m, PB: 89.94 mAnderson Peters – SB: 74.90 m, PB: 93.07 mJakub Vadlejch – SB: –, PB: 90.88 mJulian Weber – SB: –, PB: 89.54 mJulius Yego – SB: –, PB: 92.72 mKeshorn Walcott – SB: –, PB: 90.16 mOliver Helander – SB: –, PB: 89.83 mRoderick Genki Dean – SB: –, PB: 84.28 mKishore Jena – SB: 77.82 m, PB: 87.54 mMax Dehning – SB: 79.61 m, PB: 90.20 mAhmed Sameh Mohamed Hussein – SB: –, PB: 73.86 m
7NEWS
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
This viral makeup case is sending Aussie shoppers wild: ‘Just like Chanel's $4,800 vanity case'
Have you ever dreamed of owning Chanel's iconic Quilted Vanity Case but couldn't quite justify the eye-watering $4,800 price tag? Well, you're not alone. And now, thanks to a viral Amazon Australia find, you don't have to. Meet The HOMEE by Estetika, the chic, award-winning cosmetic bag that's giving designer vibes at a much friendlier $199. With its luxe quilted exterior, bold gold zipper, and plush black finish, this vegan makeup case is turning heads for all the right reasons. Unlike its designer counterpart, it opens flat for full access, is easily collapsible for travel, and was designed with real women in mind. Aussie mum Wanda Szychowska and her daughter co-founded Estetika after a failed Mother's Day shopping trip left them empty-handed and uninspired. 'We wanted something stylish, practical and gift-worthy,' Wanda says. 'So we made it ourselves, with help from my mum too.' Three generations of women, one game-changing idea. That home-grown idea is now a global hit. Estetika's The HOMEE was awarded Editor's Choice at the 2025 Beauty Shortlist Awards across the UK, US and Australia. It also took out Silver at the 2024 Clean and Conscious Awards and is now stocked by Nordstrom in the US. Celebs are loving it too. Makeup artists, beauty influencers, and even Married At First Sight stars Lauren Dunn and Tahnee Cook have been spotted raving about the brand. Estetika just dropped a bigger, bolder version called The BIGEE, and it's just as gorgeous. Designed with the same signature quilted finish and wipe-clean exterior, The BIGEE blends high fashion with high function. It's 12'x9'x6', so you can pack everything from foundations and palettes to perfume and hair tools without it ever feeling bulky or clunky. Inside, you'll find clever compartments, elastic brush bands, and a structured base so it stands upright like a proper vanity case. The padded handle and smooth silver zips add that luxe touch you'd expect from a designer brand, minus the designer price. If you're still stuffing your serums and setting sprays into a canvas pouch from 2012, it might be time to upgrade.
The Market Online
09-05-2025
- Business
- The Market Online
Two micro-cap companies solving multi-billion-dollar problems
The only reason to leave the relative safety of index funds behind and pick individual stocks is the disciplined pursuit of market-beating returns. This pursuit, backed by often tedious due diligence, seeks to identify companies with potential strong enough to stay invested, no matter how volatile shares get, thanks to the high-conviction data you manage to uncover. This is no easy task, especially compared to owning a global stock ETF and calling it a day, requiring that your research process be sound from step one. While each investor will approach the stock market in their own special way, we'll go ahead and suppose that due diligence begins with finding companies whose products or services are differentiated from competitors, granting them at least the potential for long-term shareholder value creation. In the newest edition of Stockhouse's Weekly Market Movers, I'll go over two micro-cap tech stocks tracking companies in the early stages of disrupting multi-billion-dollar industries. Visionstate Our first micro-cap stock pick this week is Visionstate, a technology developer focused on solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and analytics. The company's flagship technology, Wanda, is a turnkey solution for facility cleaning management, allowing users to track frequency, duration and effectiveness and make more data-driven resource allocation decisions. Optional components to foster client and constituent trust include smart people counters, a public alert system and QR code functionality for customer feedback. The ability to monitor staff in real time, for as little as $250 per month, offers governments and businesses a way around the facility wear-and-tear, compliance violations and loss of reputation that can result from inefficient cleaning practices, granting Wanda a privileged position as a value optimizer in the growing US$415 billion cleaning services industry. Wanda is complemented by Visionstate's recent expansion into AI models and auditing and inspection management software, as well as the debut of WandaLITE, a simplified version of the company's flagship product to help the thousands of businesses affected by Ontario's newly introduced Bill 190 mandating easy public access to restroom cleaning records. Despite a growing list of potential clients, including multiple municipalities, a major Canadian university, a prominent health authority and a national janitorial service provider, investors have yet to recognize the company's value-added facility management technology. Visionstate stock (TSXV:VIS) has given back 66.67 per cent since 2020, las trading at C$0.02 per share. PlasCred Circular Innovations Our second micro-cap company worth your scrutiny is PlasCred, an emerging plastic waste recycler vying for industry leadership with the help of first-mover, patent-pending technology, which has been proven at pilot-plant stage to convert up to 80 per cent of unsorted waste plastic into renewable green condensate. This condensate can then be used to produce virgin plastic, transportation fuels or pipeline diluent, offering industry players a new catalyst towards minimizing a major source of global pollution, and offering the company multiple global industries to generate revenue streams, pursue growth, gain pricing power and progress on its path to profitability. To this end, PlasCred has secured strategic partnerships with CN Rail, Palantir Technologies and Fibreco Export to bolster operational intelligence and logistics support. The company estimates that it could go from nil to C$15 million in revenue as soon as 2026, with a plan in place to ramp up condensate production from an initial 500 to 10,000 barrels per day over subsequent years. PlasCred has already taken the first step in this direction, signing its first supply agreement with a global commodities company – fixed price of C$120 per barrel of condensate over five years – incentivizing ongoing engineering work towards its first production facility. Troy Lupul, PlasCred's president and chief executive officer, sat down with Lyndsay Malchuk to discuss the agreement. Watch the interview here. Sitting at a 90 per cent loss since inception in 2023, PlasCred stock (CSE:PLAS) has lost the thread when it comes to its underlying company's near-term cash flow and global appeal in a world drowning in plastic. Should revenue start to scale, look for a swift re-rating, as the company's potentially profound effects on the environment begin to take shape. Thanks for reading! I'll see you next week for a new edition of Stockhouse's Weekly Market Movers. Here's last week's article, in case you missed it. Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about these micro-cap companies with billion-dollar aspirations on the Visionstate Corp. and PlasCred Circular Innovations Inc. Bullboards and check out Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. This is sponsored content issued on behalf of Visionstate Corp. and PlasCred Circular Innovations Inc., please see full disclaimer here.
The Market Online
08-05-2025
- Business
- The Market Online
Visionstate set to prosper from Ontario Bill 190
Visionstate Corp. ( is a company focused on smart technology solutions that are transforming the way businesses manage facilities, operations, and sustainability efforts. Now their flagship product, Wanda is already making an impact in the facility management space and the company continues to expand its reach into new markets and technologies John Putters, CEO and Shannon Moore, President join Lyndsay Malchuk for the latest developments. The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity . Lyndsay: So Shannon, maybe we can actually start with you. I mean, you made a recent announcement about your sales pipeline and deployment, But first, let's talk about the latest technology update, especially around that Ontario Bill 190. Can you explain that Bill just a little bit and what challenges it presents? Shannon: Absolutely. So the legislative requirement, Ontario now with Bill 190 is to mandate employers to provide access to real time blogs and service records. This is really about emphasizing proper cleaning standards. At the core of it, we're talking about compliance, we're talking about a solid infrastructure, we're talking about clean staff rooms in an environment where maybe those logs were manual or maybe even inconsistent. So at the heart of it, you're talking about accurate, accessible and timestamped. And really the way to do that is you pull those requirements into electronics, to data, so that they're accessible for everybody. Lyndsay: Well, that's a smart move right out of the gate for sure. So how does Visionstate's technology help address those challenges then more so than just going into technology? Shannon:, When we first read the bill, we were all like, this is what Wanda does and this is what we are delivering to all of our customers. But Wanda does a whole lot more than that. We also have alert systems, we have work order systems, we have communication systems, so it's a really robust software. But the truth of the matter is not everybody needs a fully robust software, and we're aware of that, especially with entry level into data collection. So we really studied the bill and made sure that we answered exactly those requirements, hold those out of our Wanda system and created a 'Wanda Light'. The advantage to that is giving our customers a couple of really great things. First, that gives them an easy answer that's low cost, simple, not overwhelming, they can install it themselves, and answer the bill, but then they can also see if they like collecting this data and maybe do they want to expand on it and add some of our other functionality. Lyndsay: So let's move then over to the sales pipeline. Shannon, what can you tell investors about where things stand right now? Shannon: This is a really important piece of the puzzle. Ontario obviously with this legislation is giving us a lineup and it's starting strong in post-secondary. It's starting very strong in municipalities and it will expand from there. It's a requirement through all of Ontario and our sales partner bundle is bringing it to every single one of their customers as a requirement. I would hope that as that expands, we start looking into the whole country, not necessarily because it's a legislative requirement, but it's the right thing to do and to ensure that these standards are met in all of their stack washrooms. Lyndsay: So John, let's pull you into the conversation here. In terms of deployment, what progress has been made so far and what kind of feedback are you getting from clients? John:, I think we're very much at the beginning of the digitalization process of the facility management industry. Everybody's familiar with a piece of paper that's , always in the restroom and really it's reflective of where that was at. It was really a sign off. Well, we're in an age of AI and analytics so you can't really achieve your goals that way, so we're finding now that not only is it being legislated but it's a requirement in order to stay competitive in the industry. What we're seeing is a lot of our customers are leveraging this technology to get more business, in fact, because they're saying, look, we can provide historical information and analytics. and we're three quarters of the way through an extremely interesting AI project with Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, which is one of the leading institutes across the world, which will have a huge impact on facility management. So we're finding the adoption rate going up significantly. You know, it obviously helps when governments decide to legislate because that sets the direction for the future. So we're very excited about that. Lyndsay: So John, something investors might not be as familiar with is you have a potential 40% equity stake in s soul spaces, and they've been getting a lot of attention for their high tech greenhouses. So what can you tell us about the company and what they're working on? John: You're right, they have developed an expertise around high-tech greenhouses and that's done them very well, for example with First Nations communities. It's really all about food security, I think it was bad enough with climate change issues and supply chain disruptions, but now you have tariffs on top of it all, so there's more and more movement toward localization. But the fact of the matter is that old technology doesn't really work in extreme temperatures, so this is where the technology comes in. But I should also mention that's a stepping stone for them into really disrupting the construction industry, which I think is required in order to meet goals around sustainability and affordability. It just doesn't exist today. So, similar to the way Tesla took the combustion engine and introduced technology to produce the electric vehicle, they're taking the same approach to construction and we're starting to see the results of that because it's inevitable. So, we're really excited about their prospects and they just keep growing leaps and bounds. You can find Visionstate on the venture exchange under the ticker symbol VIS, and their website is Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying about this stock on the Visionstate Corp investor discussion forum, and check out the rest of Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. For full disclaimer information, please click here
Winnipeg Free Press
02-05-2025
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Healing northern nursing stations
NISICHAWAYASIHK CREE NATION — On a recent snowy April morning, Wanda and James Bunn packed up their ice-fishing gear and hit the road, never suspecting how much their lives would change within the next 48 hours. James was experiencing chest pain before they departed, but the couple — born and raised on the northern Manitoba First Nation, high-school sweethearts and now in their 40s and married for 19 years — dismissed it as heartburn. As the afternoon passed on the windswept ice of Footprint Lake, the frigid breeze did little to ease the pain. 'James wasn't fishing, so I should've known something was wrong then,' Wanda said in a recent interview. Worried about his health, she called Nisichawayasihk's nursing station to tell staff the couple were on their way in. BRETT NICHOLLS / FREE PRESS/ Free Press Only two to four nurses are on-call at a time at the nursing station on the Nisichawayasihk First Nation, which is west of Thompson and has 2,400 residents. BRETT NICHOLLS / FREE PRESS/ Free Press Only two to four nurses are on-call at a time at the nursing station on the Nisichawayasihk First Nation, which is west of Thompson and has 2,400 residents. At the health-care centre, nurses hooked James up to an EKG and consulted with a doctor over the phone. The diagnosis: a pulled muscle. Nurses gave him an anti-inflammatory shot before sending him away. Wanda wasn't convinced. Three years earlier, her mother went through a similar situation — despite experiencing chest pain, she was improperly assessed and sent home, Wanda said. Her mother later returned to the nursing station with chest pains, which, was diagnosed as a second heart attack. Unlike many residents in Nisichawayasihk (also known as Nelson House), the Bunns had a vehicle. They drove an hour east to the emergency department at Thompson General Hospital to get a second assessment. After a series of tests and blood work, doctors confirmed James had suffered a heart attack. He was airlifted the next day to St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, where a stent was inserted. Doctors told Wanda if James hadn't received treatment when he did, he likely would have suffered a fatal heart attack. 'The doctor told him that artery is called a 'widow-maker.' So, I would have been the widow,' Wanda said. The Bunns' story is common among northern First Nations. Throughout the North, health care is delivered primarily through community nursing stations — mostly small facilities with limited examination space and basic, often outdated equipment. Additional challenges, such as staffing shortages, inadequate housing for fly-in nurses and even a reliance on outdated paper medical charts can result in a substandard level of care. In Nisichawayasihk, two to four nurses are often on call at a time. When James Bunn sought treatment, three were on rotation. Residents have access to primary and emergency care, but the station lacks critical diagnostic equipment. While critics may argue over who is ultimately responsible for the crisis, they agree more must be done. 'If the government can't treat the First Nations people the way that they need to be treated, certainly, the staff and the nursing that goes in there is at a disadvantage already,' said Lorena Clace, co-president of consultation for Indigenous Services Canada, the federal department responsible for operating nursing stations in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Clace, an Indigenous nurse and member of Ontario's Lac Seul First Nation, has spent more than 20 years with the department. She has worked in multiple First Nations in Northern Ontario. Niki Ashton, longtime New Democrat MP for Manitoba's Churchill—Keewatinook Aski riding, argues Indigenous Services is part of the problem — a product of chronic underfunding. 'The reality is that a lot of these nursing stations are staffed directly by Indigenous Services Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada is failing First Nations when it comes to making sure that there's enough nurses and health-care staff to run the nursing stations,' she said. Ashton, who represented the riding from 2008 before losing the seat to Liberal candidate Rebecca Chartrand this week, is familiar with stories like the Bunns'. 'People say they don't go (to nursing stations) even if they're sick, because they feel that they're not sick enough. Or there are people that go and there's concern that they're not always getting the attention that they deserve,' Ashton said. BRETT NICHOLLS / FREE PRESS/ Free Press This hallway leads to the three clinical rooms in the facility. BRETT NICHOLLS / FREE PRESS/ Free Press This hallway leads to the three clinical rooms in the facility. Pam Spence, a longtime resident of Nisichawayasihk, said her husband waited for hours April 18 with symptoms of pneumonia before leaving the station due to lack of care. Though he is now OK, she wondered what would have happened if the situation was more dire. Spence, 54, and husband Morley, 68, grew up on the First Nation. They have faced these issues with the nursing station for years. 'The rule is you've got to call and make an appointment before anyone will see you, unless you're dying, bleeding out — whatever emergency,' Spence said. Spence doesn't drive, which means she doesn't have the option of taking her husband to Thompson for care. 'They always say 'elders first, children first,'' she said. 'It's just kind of concerning that the people that don't have resources get declined for basic health care.' Despite the limited capacity of the nursing station, Spence and the 2,400 residents of Nisichawayasihk have no other reliable alternative. The resulting high demand makes staff burnout inevitable. Nurses are often flown in to work on rotation in the North. Once they arrive, they face their own set of challenges. Nurses are housed in staff accommodations while working in the community, but Clace said the conditions are sometimes inadequate. 'The housing for the nurses is terrible,' she said. 'There's just no R&R for you, there's no respite from work.' Clace said nurses often have to share homes with their colleagues. Even with separate bedrooms, the tight quarters leave little room for privacy and no opportunity to disconnect after a long day of work. At a news conference in Winnipeg in July 2024, Nisichawayasihk Chief Angela Levasseur criticized the federal government's response to the community's health-care crisis. 'What we're most worried about with this crisis situation being ignored is that the two or three nurses that we have on a day-to-day basis are going to walk out,' she said. With inconsistent wait times and a rotating staff of nurses, residents like the Bunns who have access to a vehicle choose to travel for medical care. Either an hour east to Thompson or an eight-hour drive south to Winnipeg. Elders with limited mobility and no access to transportation have nowhere else to turn. They rely on community support to get them where they need to be, advocates said. Joel Spence, who works with the nursing station providing transport for patients to Thompson, manages multiple trips a day for dialysis patients. The day begins at 5 a.m., with the first group of patients. Their treatment takes four hours. After a short rest, he picks up a second, wheelchair-bound group at 10 a.m., takes them to lunch, then to dialysis. He brings the first group home, rests again, then goes back to take the afternoon group out for supper around 6 p.m. They return home between 7 and 9 p.m., depending on how busy the restaurant is. The driver may be off as late as 10 p.m. by the time each patient has been dropped off. 'Seventeen-hour shift,' he said with a chuckle. Tuesdays A weekly look at politics close to home and around the world. The time commitment is still the same even when patients need to travel for only brief, routine appointments. 'Telehealth would probably suffice,' Spence said, referring to appointments conducted over the phone. 'It would probably be a big help, rather than the patients just going for a five-minute appointment where the doctor doesn't need to physically touch them or assess them.' When it comes to infrastructure, there are signs of progress. In August 2024, a $157.9-million health centre opened in Norway House, complete with emergency, in-patient and palliative care and dialysis. A similar facility is slated for construction in Nisichawayasihk by 2028. The new NCN Health Centre aims to alleviate the burden on the nursing station and will include the same technologies as Norway House. Potentially, it could include electronic health-record systems. The nursing station still relies on paper records, which, according to Clace, is typical in northern First Nations. 'We just had a situation in Ontario where the nursing station burnt down to the ground. When that happens, you've just lost all your patient records.' Lost charts mean lost medical histories. When patients are often seeing a different nurse each visit, access to these charts are crucial for providing continuity of care. The system is so outdated that when nurses come from larger centres, they are completely unfamiliar with paper-based charting. Clace said that puts nurses at a disadvantage in an already high-pressure environment. Due to the ongoing nursing shortage, ISC is sometimes forced to hire staff from non-emergency backgrounds. Many become overwhelmed with the demands and leave, observers said. Marcel Moody, deputy chief of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, said the community needs to address the problem by training nurses locally. 'The demands, they're getting greater. So we need to train more people that want to stay up north. Doctors typically don't want to travel all the way to northern Manitoba or live in northern Manitoba,' Moody said. 'We need to maybe train our own people to fill those positions right now.' Changes are underway to address those concerns. In fall 2023, the NCN Family & Community Wellness Centre — a facility focused on improving community health — partnered with Brandon's Assiniboine Community College to launch a practical nursing diploma program. Currently, 27 local students are enrolled. The goal is to train young residents to become nurses, with the understanding they will return to contribute to the community. Though they may disagree on where blame rests, both Ashton and Clace maintain the nurses themselves are not at fault. 'Nurses that are working in communities across the region are doing their best,' Ashton said. 'What we've been pushing is for Indigenous Services Canada to live up to its obligations. It runs nursing stations across our region. It has contracts to provide nurses and they're not living up to those contracts.' Clace does not dispute that more needs to be done and emphasized how important the nurses are to the communities. '(The government needs) need to understand what a valuable service that the northern nurses provide, how different it is from many of the other nursing jobs that are out there. Nurses need to be respected, and they need to be valued for what they do,' she said. Ultimately, it's the people in these communities who are left to pick up the pieces — to bear the weight of a system that doesn't always work. 'In the North, I think that it's basically the luck of the draw what kind of care provider you get and how fast you can be assessed,' Wanda Bunn said. 'I'm just glad my husband's alive today.' fpcity@
