[NEWS] Four culture links: Tim Horton's, Patuá in Macau, firebirds, humpback whales

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• Edward Keenan points out that the reluctance of Tim Horton's franchises to accommodate the new Ontario minimum wage is really hurting their all-Canadian branding, writing at the Toronto Star.


• Matthew Keegan at The Guardian examines the imminent demise of Patua, the Portuguese-based creole now spoken by only a very few people in Macau.


• Of course multiple species of birds in Australia have developed the cultural trait of active helping wildfires expand in their own interest. It is Australia, right? The National Post reports.


• Live Science suggests that the humpback whale that saved a diver from a shark attack may not have been planning to do just that. I wonder ...