[PHOTO] Province House behind barriers, Charlottetown

One would have thought that Province House would have been repaired long before Canada 150 hit, but no, the entire building has been sealed off so as to let workers prevent its collapse.

[PHOTO] Prince Voldymyr the Great, St. Vladimir Institute

This painting of the prince of Kievan Rus whose conversion to Orthodox Christianity in 988 changed eastern Europe adorns this wall in the St. Vladimir Institute, a Ukrainian cultural centre on Spadina.

[BLOG] Some Friday links

• Caitlin Kelly notes how the story of Kim Wall shows the danger that journalists can face.


• Centauri Dreams notes how the storm patterns of brown dwarfs different from those of stars and gas giants both.


• D-Brief reveals how the Confederate submarine Hunley met its sad fate.


• Language Hat reports on BBC's introduction of a new Pidgin-language service.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers some of the many ways in which the 2016 election could have gone differently.


• The LRB Blog looks at the subversive power of Steinbeck's Of Mine and Men, dropped from the British curriculum.


• Marginal Revolution notes a book, The Dawn of Eurasia, that claims great things are afoot for this wider region.


• The NYR Daily looks at the life and the music of Alice Coltrane.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer <>u>looks at the ways Mexico City's subway system does not connect it to its airport well.


• Peter Rukavina reflects on the United Church of Canada's rejection of the Discovery Doctrine re: First Nations.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on an exciting report that LIGO may have detected the collision of two neutron stars.


• Unicorn Booty notes the remarkable pre-AIDS Fire Island polaroid photos of Tom Bianchi.


• Window on Eurasia notes one Russian's proposal to avoid overcentralization in Moscow by moving the capital to Asia.

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links, from mistaken city fears to Brunswick House to the Islands' tents

• In the National Post, John Hauer reports</ on how biases have led Canadians to name big cities like Toronto as the least safe in Canada.</li>
  
• In the Toronto Star, Scott Wheeler notes how friends of Andrew Kinsman have continued the search for the missing man in the Don Valley.


• Also in the Star, Francine Kopun notes how, despite long hours, workers at Uniqlo in the Eaton Centre have voted against a union.


• In The Globe and Mail, Susan Lightstone reflects on the legacy of the Annex's Brunswick House, critical in her life. What will follow it?


• Kathleen McDonnell at Torontoist notes how settlement on Ward's Island began in a tent city a century ago.