GLIMPSES: Testing, testing everywhere in the Olympic bubble

GLIMPSES: Testing, testing everywhere in the Olympic bubble

The Ocean SUV boasts a vegan interior and will be manufactured by a subsidiary of Canada’s Magna International, which bought a six per cent stake in Fisker’s new car company.

Winnipeg police body cams to feature AI translator

The Winnipeg Police Service will begin testing an artificial intelligence translation tool on Thursday, adding the feature to its body-worn camera pilot project.

The translation tool works with more than 50 languages and will initially be used by the 40 front-line officers who began testing the cameras in June.

When a button is pressed, the device will recognize the language being spoken and translate it into English. The officer can respond in English or French and have the device translate their words into the language spoken by the other person.

“What it effectively does is allow that immediate transfer of communication to occur, without having to find a translator,” said George Labossière, WPS deputy chief of operations.

Cryopreservation — now that’s playing the long game

They say you can’t cheat death, but what if you could?

What if the promise of some future scientific breakthrough offered the possibility that you could be revived many years after your demise? Would you be willing to pay your money and take your chances?

This is the premise behind Tomorrow.bio, the Berlin-based cryopreservation company that keeps sending me intriguing emails about lifespan extension, biostasis and dewars — the latter being the liquid nitrogen tanks where long-term “patients” are stored.

Maybe Tomorrow.bio found out about the pair of columns I wrote about death for the Free Press in April 2025, in which I confessed my profound fear of the end that comes to us all.

Top marks for River East’s Brown

He’s the best player on the No. 1-ranked varsity boys volleyball team in the province yet Matthew Brown is probably only scratching the surface of his potential.

The 6-3, 165-pound River East setter has been earning rave reviews from opponents and teammates alike while being honoured as the province’s No. 1 varsity boys player in the annual Free Press top-10 coaches’ poll.

Brown and his 42-0 Kodiaks are overwhelming favourites to advance along the path they hope will result in the school’s first AAAA varsity boys title in 41 years.

“We’re progressively getting better,” said the 17-year-old Brown earlier this week. “We were kind of raw as a group at the beginning and we’re definitely developing together, where you can see we have big transition plays, guys are making big digs and we’re able to set it out and get good kills.”

Childhood hardship inspires teen to success on and off the football field

Asun Ducharme is still afraid to walk alone.

The Winnipeg teen is a long way from his South Indian Lake home where he watched violence and addiction take several family members and cripple the community.

He can’t evade the images and sounds of grief that run rampant in his mind.

“It has a big impact on me. I’ve suffered a lot of PTSD type of symptoms… I always feel like someone’s trying to get me, you know?” Ducharme, 17, said.