[NEWS] Fourteen links

[rfmcdonald]

• By at least one metric, New Brunswick now lags economically behind a more dynamic Prince Edward Island. CBC reports.


• NOW Toronto looks at toxic fandoms. ("Stanning" sounds really creepy to me.)


• This CityLab article looks at how the particular characteristics of Japan, including its high population density, helps keep alive there retail chains that have failed in the US.


• MacLean's looks at Kent Monkman, enjoying a new level of success with his diptych Mistikôsiwak at the Met in NYC.


• Can there be something that can be said for the idea of an Internet more strongly pillarized? Wired argues.


• I reject utterly the idea of meaningful similarities between Drake and Leonard Cohen. CBC did it.


• Toronto Life looks at the life of a Hamilton woman hurt badly by the cancellation of the basic income pilot, here.


• Inspired by the death of Gord Downie, Ontario now has the office of poet-laureate. CBC reports.


• Is Canada at risk, like Ireland, of experiencing two-tier health care? CBC considers.


• A French immigrant couple has brought the art of artisanal vinegar to ile d'Orléans. CBC reports.


• Shore erosion is complicating the lives of people along Lake Erie. CBC reports.


• MacLean's notes how Via Rail making it difficult for people without credit cards to buy anything on their trains, hurting many.


• Michelle Legro notes at Gen that the 2010s is the decade where conspiracy culture became mainstream.


• This essay by Robert Greene at his blog talking about what history, and historians, can do in our era is thought-provoking.