[CAT] Shakespeare, looking back

[PHOTO] 1 Yorkville rising

The cladding of the new tower in the 1 Yorkville complex is still only partly applied, the upper half of the tower remaining exposed.

[NEWS] Five notes on language in French Canada

• Ostensibly bilingual New Brunswick is not having a French-language leaders' debate this election because of the weak language skills of the PC leader. Global News reports.


• A man from Québec was able to hitchhike across Canada, as far as Alberta even, using only his French. The Toronto Star ,a href="https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/08/22/quebec-man-hitchhikes-across-canada-speaking-only-french.html">reports.
  
• Québec Solidaire created a minor political storm over a tweet regarding the official languages of the province. The Montreal Gazette reports.


• Québec Solidaire also wants to give Quebec Sign Language official status. The Huffington Post reports.


• Amazon is working hard to give its Alexa Canadian French language support, making the device fluent in the local dialect. IT World Canada reports.

[URBAN NOTE] Five New York City links (#nyc): subways, global warming, Coney Island

• This CityLab explanation why new York City stopped building new subway lines is sad.


• The libertarian Manhattan Institute notes just how much the metropolis depends on its subway system, here.


• CityLab notes that temperatures on the subway system of New York City in summer are becoming dangerously high.


• The L Train shutdown is pushing down rents in parts of Brooklyn, VICE reports.


• JSTOR Daily notes how the amusement park of Coney Island once was a major showcase for babies receiving medical care in incubators, and why this was the case.

[NEWS] Five First Nations links: Mi'kmaq, Ojibway, Robert Lepage, Maya blue, Indigi-Con

• This canoe-building exercise using traditional Mi'kmaq techniques in Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik Park sounds fascinating. CBC reports.


• This beadwork drawing from the Ojibway tradition recently on display at a Montréal exhibit is beautiful. CBC reports.


• Rick Salutin at Rabble engages with the controversy surrounding two Robert Lepage theatrical shows recently cancelled due to cultural appropriation controversies, here.


• The pre-conquest Maya developed a particular shade of blue all their own, unrecognized until now by outsiders. BBC reports.


• Indigi-Con, a First Nations-themed comic con held by the Oneidas of the Thames River, was a success, with preliminary hopes to hold another one next year. Global News reports.