MONTREAL — Air Canada flight attendants start voting today on whether to give a strike mandate to their union.

The vote, running through to Aug. 5, comes after the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees concluded the conciliation process with no deal reached.

“This is where our strength lies and this is how we will show the company that we are united, serious, and will accept nothing less than the contract we deserve,” it said in a message to members.

It noted that a strike can’t take place until after a 21-day cooling-off period after the 60-day conciliation period has expired, and in the meantime continues to work toward a deal.

“Air Canada is committed to the bargaining process and remains fully available to continue negotiations towards a fair and equitable collective agreement with CUPE that recognizes the contributions of its Flight Attendants and supports the competitiveness and long-term growth of the company,” it said in a July 25 statement posted on its website.

Published Wednesday by the American Chemical Society (ACS), the study from Korean researchers developed a multicoloured temporary tattoo that reacts to the presence of GHB, a compound described as “commonly associated with drug-facilitated sexual assault.”

According to the study, the chemicals in the tattoo can detect concentrations of GHB in beer, liquor or coffee, changing colour from yellow to red in order to alert the wearer that their beverage may have been spiked.

“In practice, a wearer could dip a finger into a beverage, touch the drop to the sticker and see the result almost immediately,” the release reads.

The newly developed tattoos not only allow the users to test their drinks discreetly, but also act far faster than some older tests, delivering results in less than a second, rather than minutes.

Researchers also say the results last for up to a month, which can help preserve evidence of suspected tampering.

Also direct link to ACS

https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/july/this-temporary-tattoo-could-detect-an-unwanted-drug-in-your-drink.html

Αρχές Άυγουστου γυρίζω Ελλάδα μόνιμα, μετά 7-8 χρονιά στο εξωτερικό(βλέπε instance!). Ήρθα Ελλάδα πέρσι τα Χριστούγεννα για να τελειώσω των στρατό, και πρόσχημα ίσως να γυρίσω μόνιμα. Τα έβαλα κάτω και το λογάριασα, και τελικά γυρίζω πείρα το ρίσκο.

Ξέρω είναι τρελό, αλλά και εδώ που είμαι, η αγορά εργασίας δεν με ευνόησε. Κανένας άλλος εδώ που γύρισε Ελλάδα?

The agency in charge of Montreal's parking meters is warning of potentially fraudulent QR codes posted on its signs.

The Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal said in a media release on Tuesday that it was aware that some of its signs had been vandalized with a QR code that wasn't supposed to be there.

The agency hung the signs on parking metres across the city to encourage people to download their new parking app, Mobicité. The signs have no QR code, but some users have reported seeing one posted on them.

Do not scan the QR code, the agency said, it may direct you to a fraudulent or malicious website.

"Our team is working hard to identify and remove them as quickly as possible," the media release said. "Thank you for your vigilance and for reporting any suspicious signs to us."

The agency changed its parking app from P$ Service mobile, which allowed users to pay for parking, to the new app, Mobicité, to allow additional features in the coming years.

For now, the Mobicité app will allow users to only pay for parking, like the old app did. But down the line, Laurent Chevrot, the general manager of the agency, says the app will add other functionalities over the next few years, such as the ability to provide parking information and customer service.

"With the other application, that wasn't possible," he said.

Mobicité rolled out at the beginning of June. It cost $719,000 and took 10 months to produce.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32953509