February, 2021 • Troy Media Digital Solutions

Mazda CX-30 Turbo has plenty of punch

The little things may drive you crazy

Reading Time: 4 minutes Mazda recently added yet another compact SUV to its stable. The CX-30 represents good value for the money but the little things might drive you crazy

Digging deep into John Wayne’s western films to find gems

Reading Time: 4 minutes He made scads of westerns, ranging from mediocre to excellent. Count Red River, Rio Bravo, True Grit and The Shootist among his best

Ontario government must avoid fiscal mistakes of its predecessors

Reading Time: 3 minutes The government must craft a credible short-term plan to eliminate the budget deficit rather than continuing the bipartisan habit of kicking the can down the road

Only respect for diversity will defeat extremism

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Holocaust didn’t happen because people had no culture. It happened because people compromised their principles, like respect, love, honesty and truth

U of A neuroscientist Maria Ioannou receives Sloan Research Fellowship

U of A neuroscientist Maria Ioannou is among the newest recipients of the Sloan Research Fellowship, given annually to exceptional early career researchers in North America with the potential to make significant contributions to their field. (Photo: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Maria Ioannou’s research focuses on new approaches to lipid biology using powerful medical imaging techniques that could shed new light on a wide variety of diseases

Four practical ways to crush negativity and achieve success

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Reading Time: 3 minutes Speak kindly to yourself, reinvent your world, forget mastery and think commitment, and then replace negative thoughts with positive ones

Equalization referendum is crucial step in Alberta’s fight for fairness

Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s only one way for Albertans to get a fair deal in Canada: fight for it

Daily text message service helps with stress, depression during COVID-19

Reading Time: 3 minutes Studies show regular disruption of negative thoughts mimics cognitive behavioural therapy model

The hidden costs of feel-good stocks

Reading Time: 4 minutes While ESG corrupts business by entangling it with emotions and non-profit-related metrics, effective altruism applies economic theory and business analysis to charitable organizations

U of A satellite team pulls off space rescue mission in the nick of time

AlbertaSat team members complete maintenance on the ground station antenna on the roof of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Facility at the U of A. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 6 minutes Student-led AlbertaSat team comes to the aid of fellow cube satellite designers after communication failure threatens mission from International Space Station