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- The Guardian reports on how selfie dysmorphia is prompting some people to seek plastic surgery.
- The Island Review shares D Niko Holmes' beautiful photos of Brtish Columbia's Salt Spring Island.
- The Island Review notes the volcanic photography of Joseph Wright on Lanzarote.
- Wired shares the work of photographer Ioana Cîrlig in the factory towns of Romania.
- The NYR Daily looks at the work of pioneering Turkish photographer Yıldız Moran.
- After years of renovations, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library is set to reopen to the public this weekend. Global News reports.
- McGill is taking care of the tens of thousands of ants in a colony displaced from the Insectarium in Montréal during renovations there. CBC reports.
- Russell Arben Fox writes about the politics and economics of funding a new baseball stadium in the Kansas city of Wichita.
- Where will the 4/20 marijuana celebration be held in Vancouver in 2020? Global News reports.
- This article at Slate explains how lower Manhattan can only be protected from rising sea levels by land reclamation.
- CBC Ottawa reports on the impressive scope of the new light rail mass transit planned for the wider city of Ottawa.
- Richard Florida, writing at CityLab, notes a study tracing the second of two clusters of skyscrapers in Manhattan, in Midtown, to a late 19th century specialty in shopping.
- The Tyee notes how activist Yuly Chan helped mobilize people to protect Chinatown in Vancouver from gentrification.
- JSTOR Daily looks at the history of the free people of colour of New Orleans, a group established under the French period but who faced increasing pressures following Americanization.
- At Open Democracy, Christophe Solioz considers what is to be done to help protect the peace in Derry, second city of Northern Ireland, in the era of Brexit.
- Japan Today notes that the Ainu, the indigenous people of the northern island of Hokkaido, are set to be recognized by the Japanese government as indigenous.
- Atlas Obscura looks at the decks of Mayan playing cards created by the Soviet Union.
- The Conversation reports on how Indigenous food cultures in Canada can be used to better understand the environment and its changes.
- Brielle Morgan at The Discourse reports on the Indigenous, political hip-hop of Diana Hellson.
- CBC reports on the experiences of Priscilla Bosun, official Cree-language translator in the House of Commons.
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- Sault Sainte-Marie hopes to recruit former GM workers from Oshawa to live in that less expensive city, Global News reports.
- Robert Vandenwinkel at HuffPost Quebec makes the case for Québec City not developing a tramway but rather a subway.
- Daily Hive notes that the British Columbia government has increased its funding into research into a high-speed rail link connecting Vancouver to points south.
- CityLab notes that Edinburgh is imposing a tourist tax.
- The Guardian shares images of some of the rejected designs for the famous Sydney Opera House.
- CBC Hamilton recently reported on a new Facebook group intended to help Torontonians find their footing in neighbouring Hamilton.
- Will the new designs of the Montreal Alouettes be enough to reverse the CFL team's dwindling fanbase? Global News considers.
- CityLab points to the overlooked architectural heritage of Queens, in New York City.
- Guardian Cities reports on plans to rehabilitate roadside grandstands in Berlin abandoned for nearly a century.
- Georgia Straight reports on a proposal for supposedly affordable rental housing in Vancouver that is no such thing. Below-market rates are not enough when prices are so high already.
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- CityLab notes what I think is a perfectly sensible plan in St. Louis, Missouri, to fuse city and county into one unit to allow for better regional governance.
- A project in Port Moody aiming to let people get condos through a rent-to-own scheme is massively oversubscribed. Global News reports.
- This essay in the Guardian notes the extent to which austerity in the United Kingdom has hit northern cities like Liverpool particularly badly.
- CityLab notes the influence of architect Oscar Niemeyer on the urban landscapes of Brazil, particularly but not only in Rio de Janeiro.
- Guardian Cities looks at the impressive scope of the plan to turn the Sichuan city of Chengdu into a garden city. What of the human cost of this transformation?
- Gilbert Ngabo writes about how Niagara Falls, New York, would love the GO Train to cross the border into his city, his article featuring in the Niagara Falls Review.
- Michelle Da Silva writes at NOW Toronto about how the Montréal Igloofest is such a great idea.
- The tax on empty homes in Vancouver may yet be increased, to discourage speculation. Global News reports.
- Guardian Cities notes how tensions between police and locals in the Bairro do Jamaico in Lisbon reveal problems of integration for African immigrants and their descendants.
- CityLab notes how the popular novels of Elena Ferrante may drive gentrification in the Naples neighbourhood of Rione Luzzatti.
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- With new translation facilities in place, MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette has delivered the first speech translated from the Cree delivered in the House of Commons. Global News reports.
- La Presse looks at the newly-lodged land claim of the Attikamekw to much of the Haute-Mauricie region.
- Brielle Morgan at The Discourse looks at the necessary, but neglected, role of "roots workers" in keeping indigenous children in care in British Columbia connected with their cultures.
- Tanya Talaga at the Toronto Star looks at the serious impact of climate change on many Indigenous communities, starting with the High Arctic.
- The New Yorker takes a look at the literary success of queer Greenlandic writer Niviaq Korneliussen.
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- CBC reports on the discovery of a substantial store of quinoa seeds in an Indigenous archeological site in Brantford, showing the existence of vast trade networks connecting the Andes to Canada.
- Oil exploration in the Gaspé peninsula, La Presse reports, upsets the Mi'gmag of the Listuguj there.
- National Observer reports on how the Dzawada'enuxw of British Columbia have filed suit against Canada over fish farm development.
- Angela DeMontigny is the first Indigenous fashion designer in residence at Ryerson University, CBC reports.
- Global News reports on how Sharon McIvor, founder of the first healing lodge in the Canadian correction system, says government interference has undermined its nearly completely.
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- Hazel McCallion, the nonagenarian former mayor of Mississauga, has been appointed an advisor to the Ford government in Ontario. Global News reports.
- A Simcoe County that faces a threat of amalgamation under the Ontario provincial government is already composed of communities feeling they lack adequate representation. The Toronto Star reports.
- CityLab notes how a history of racism complicated efforts to plant new trees in Detroit.
- Douglas Todd at the Vancouver Sun notes how ethnic tensions in multicultural South Burnaby surfaced in the former Liberal candidate's treatment of NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.
- The NYR Daily looks at what is going on in and around El Paso as the Mexican-American border facing further closing.
- The auditor of Ontario is investigating two proposed Metrolinx stations, one in Scarborough and one in Vaughan, that may have been placed for the benefit of political incumbents. CBC reports.
- CBC Hamilton reports that some Hamilton neighbourhoods continued to see strong interest and continued price rises despite a general slowdown.
- La Presse reports on the disruption to traffic and the environment that will be caused by the repair of a tunnel linking the island of Montréal to the South Shore.
- The annual ice castle in Edmonton seems to be doing well, what with cold weather locally. Global News reports.
- "Renovictions"--buyouts of tenants--are a growing trend in Vancouver that some local activists are warning against. The Toronto Star reports.
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- Kyle Cicerella at the Canadian Press reports on the close link in Oshawa between GM workers and their local OHL hockey team, the Oshawa Generals. The Global News hosts the article.
- This long feature at Global News about the impact of the fentanyl epidemic in Simcoe County is heart-rending.
- VICE reports on how the May Wah SRO hotel, an affordable haven for elderly Chinese-Canadians in downtown Toronto, managed to survive the threat of gentrification.
- Guardian Cities reports on how Dublin is facing a serious homelessness crisis despite there being more than thirty thousand empty homes, held by landlord investors.
- The English-language Dubrovnik Times reports that, apparently on the basis of thriving tourism, Dubrovnik stands out in Croatia as a place that has seen population growth.
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[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Nov. 28th, 2018 12:00 pm- Henry Farrell at Crooked Timber considers democracy as an information system.
- The Crux shares what we have learned from our studies of the tusks of the mammoths.
- D-Brief notes another landmark of the InSight mission: It brought two CubeSats with it to Mars.
- JSTOR Daily takes a look at the odaliques of Matisse, paintings of North African women in intimate positions, in the contexts of colonialism and #metoo. What untold stories are there with these images?
- Anakana Schofield writes at the LRB Blog about her problems finding CBD oil post-marijuana legalization in greater Vancouver.
- The Map Room Blog notes the support of Popular Mechanics for paper maps, even in the digital age.
- Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution praises Toby Green's new history of West Africa, A Fistful of Shells, a book that emphasizes the influence of West Africa in the Americas and the wider Atlantic world.
- The NYR Daily carries a Tim Parks essay questioning whether it is worthwhile for an author to consciously seek out literary glory.
- Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on the possibility that rocky planets might get large moons only if they suffer large impacts.
- Window on Eurasia reports on the insulting remarks of Russian liberal Oleg Kashin towards Ukrainians, and Tatars too, suggesting even liberal Russians might well be inclined to be anti-Ukrainian.
- Arnold Zwicky notes a remarkable word error in noting the 40th anniversary of the deaths of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, changing "assassination" into "assignation".
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- blogs,
- british columbia,
- canada,
- democracy,
- elephants,
- english language,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- globalization,
- imperialism,
- links,
- mars,
- national identity,
- north africa,
- oddities,
- politics,
- popular literature,
- russia,
- science,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- space science,
- space travel,
- tatarstan,
- technology,
- ukraine,
- vancouver,
- west africa,
- writing
- Forty students have graduated from a new program at McGill specializing in the promotion and revival of Indigenous languages. CBC reports.
- CBC reports on how newly-elected Winnipeg city councilor Sherri Rollins appropriates a "Huron-Wendat" identity, despite having only a single Huron ancestor who died at the end of the 18th century and lacking any membership in any Huron-Wendat polity.
- CBC reports on how survivors of a residential school that burned down in 1948 suspect the fire was set by a student.
- A new report suggests that the British Columbia government needs to do much more to live up to its promises to make a meaningful partnership between itself and indigenous groups. The Toronto Star reports.
- Wawmeesh Hamilton at The Discourse writes about how Indigenous identity and culture remains important for urban Indigenous people in Canada.
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- Le Devoir features an article pointing its readers to the many and verifiable attractions of the Ontario city of Hamilton.
- The closure of the GM plant in Oshawa hits employment across a frighteningly large chunk of the Canadian automotive sector. Global News reports.
- In Metro Vancouver, legislation aiming at preventing "monster home" construction on farmland is encountering opposition among farmers. Global News reports.
- Alex Carp at the NYR Daily takes a look at the new role of Ariel Palitz, effective mayor of nightlife in New York City.
- Le Devoir notes the impending closure of Saint Anne's Church, Église Sainte-Anne, in the New England town of Fall River, no longer a centerpiece of Franco-American community life.
- CBC Hamilton shares the arguments of local housing advocates that removing rent control will not encourage the construction of more affordable housing.
- La Presse notes that Québec City is moving towards construction of a tramway system.
- Christopher Hume writes in the Toronto Star about the new Aaniin Community Centre in Markham, here.
- CityLab looks at redlining in Cleveland, here.
- This pair of videos, taken 52 years apart, does a great job of showing the remarkable transformation of the skyline of Vancouver. Global News has it.
- Atlas Obscura takes a look at Malaga Island in Maine, an island brutally depopulated by state authorities a century ago because of its non-white population.
- Gizmodo notes the discovery of some of the oldest soil ever found, paleosoil, 3.7 billion years old, in Greenland.
- A fringe political candidate in British Columbia wants his Vancouver Island to become a separate province. The Province reports.
- The Gibraltar Chronicle has a feature on a journalist with a book exploring the historical connection between Gibraltar and the Balearic island of Menorca, at one time a British possession.
- The Guardian reports on how Palau dealt with a freeze on tourism from China over its continued recognition of Taiwan.
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- This CBC feature on the Indigenous martial art of Okichitaw, and of leading teacher George Lepine, is fascinating.
- Facing an intensified suicide crisis among its young, Nunavik is looking for a way forward. CBC reports.
- Chelsea Vowel at CBC writes about how giving her children Cree names is a profound act of reclamation.
- NOW Toronto takes a look at the emergent field of indigenous architecture.
- National Observer reports on what Justin Trudeau learned from a recent meeting of apology and reconciliation with the Tŝilhqot'in of British Columbia.
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- Hamilton City Centre, a large complex in the heart of downtown Hamilton housing shops and offices, is up for sale. Global News reports.
- CTV News reports on how some patients in Montréal can get free passes to local museums on the grounds of their positive health effects.
- There is ongoing controversy in Québec City regarding a proposal to build a 65-story tower in this old French colonial capital. Will it boost the city's development or detract from its prospects? Global News carries the article.
- The new Central Library in Calgary looks spectacular. Well done! CBC reports, with photos.
- The City of Vancouver, the mayor-elect notes, is not going to go to great lengths to close unlicensed marijuana shops. CBC reports.
