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NOW Toronto looks at the Pickering nuclear plant and its role in providing fuel for space travel.

In some places like California, traffic is so bad that airlines actually play a role for high-end commuters. CBC reports.

Goldfish released into the wild are a major issue for the environment in Québec, too. CTV News reports.

China's investments in Jamaica have good sides and bad sides. CBC reports.

A potato museum in Peru might help solve world hunger. The Guardian reports.

Is the Alberta-Saskatchewan alliance going to be a lasting one? Maclean's considers.

Is the fossil fuel industry collapsing? The Tyee makes the case.

Should Japan and Europe co-finance a EUrasia trade initiative to rival China's? Bloomberg argues.

Should websites receive protection as historically significant? VICE reports.

Food tourism in the Maritimes is a very good idea. Global News reports.

Atlantic Canada lobster exports to China thrive as New England gets hit by the trade war. CBC reports.

The Bloc Québécois experienced its revival by drawing on the same demographics as the provincial CAQ. Maclean's reports.

Population density is a factor that, in Canada, determines political issues, splitting urban and rural voters. The National Observer observes.

US border policies aimed against migration from Mexico have been harming businesses on the border with Canada. The National Post reports.

The warming of the ocean is changing the relationship of coastal communities with their seas. The Conversation looks.

Archival research in the digital age differs from what occurred in previous eras. The Conversation explains.

The Persian-language Wikipedia is an actively contested space. Open Democracy reports.

Vox notes how the US labour shortage has been driven partly by workers quitting the labour force, here.

Laurie Penny at WIRED has a stirring essay about hope, about the belief in some sort of future.

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.

La Presse carries the concern of a Québec journalist that the decline of daily papers could have a catastrophic impact on the province's culture.

The Québec government would like financially-stressed newspaper group to form a coop. CTV News reports.

That the Toronto Star shut down its free Metro affiliates across Canada made the news in Halifax. CBC reports.

The closure of the Transcontinental Media printing plant in Borden-Carleton means that PEI no longer has a local printer for its media. CBC reports.

Sabrina Wilkinson writes at The Conversation about the increasingly tenuous nature of journalism in Canada, not least as an employer.

This Alex Migdal piece looks at how Guelph, Ontario, has fared since the closure of the Guelph Mercury daily.

Apparently upwards of 95% of dolphins are right-handed. Global News reports.

A dead sperm whale has been found in Scotland, choked on a hundred kilograms of plastic waste. CBC reports.

Tracking the heart rate of a blue whale is something that we can do. CBC reports.

Nearly a hundred cetaceans held in a Russian facility seem to be doing well after being released to their ocean home. CBC reports.

The policies of Elizabeth Warren could, if she was elected, impact the seafood industry of Atlantic Canada. (As, I think, they should.) CBC reports.

Whale populations can, if we treat them well, help save the climate from catastrophe. VICE makes the case.

The Ottawa Citizen suggests a recent audit of OC Transpo should have offered warnings of the Confederation Line problems to come.

A project office has been set up for the extension of the Yellow Line in Longueuil and elsewhere on the south shore. CTV News reports.

La Presse looks at the concerns of some artists in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie that they might be forced out by gentrification.

That the Bay Building in downtown Winnipeg has been evaluated as being of little value offers an opening to Heritage Winnipeg. Global News reports.

The New Brunswick government is forcing suburbs of Saint John to pay for city facilities that they also used. Global News reports.

Short-term rentals are having a negative effect on real estate markets in Halifax. Global News reports.

Downtown Lethbridge faces struggles to attract business. Global News reports.

The mayor of Ottawa is suggesting freezing Confederation Line fare increases in light of the system's problems. Global News reports.

La Presse looks at the problems faced by the Marché Jean-Talon, here.

Greater Moncton, arguably the leading metropolis of New Brunswick, wants to double its intake of immigrants. Global News reports.

Jamie Bradburn looks at Lafayette Park in Detroit, designed by Mies van der Rohe.

Will Vancouver be connected to Washington State by a high-speed train route? Global News reports.

CBC looks at the internal splits within British Columbia, between the Liberal-leaning coast and the Alberta-leaning interior, here.

The legal departure of oil company EnCana from its Alberta headquarters is the cause of great upset. CBC reports.

Will Andrew Scheer survive as leader of the Conservative Party, with challengers like Peter MacKay? The National Observer reports.

People in Lloydminister, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, reflect the frustrations of the populations of the two provinces. CBC reports.

Philippe Fournier at MacLean's writes about the sharp rural-urban political split in Canada.

Green Party Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin is interviewed by the National Observer about her goals, here.

The Treaty 8 chiefs have united in opposition to the separation of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Global News reports.

CBC reported on the multiple MP candidates who, genealogist Darryl Leroux found, falsely claimed indigenous ancestry.

Jessica Deer reported for CBC about the near-universal boycott by the Haudenosaunee of #elxn43, and the reasons for this boycott.

Scott Gilmore recently a href="https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-u-s-is-sinking-maybe-its-time-for-canada-to-jump-ship/">suggested at MacLean's that, noting American instability, Canada might do well to secure itself and promote its multilateralism by seeking to join the EU.

MacLean's looks at how Justin Trudeau and the Liberals survived #elxn43, here.

Ajay Parasram at The Conversation looks at the new complications faced by Justin Trudeau.

Daily Xtra looks at the record of the Liberals on LGBTQ2 issues, here.

Daily Xtra looks at the four out LGBTQ2 MPs elected to Parliament, here.

Philippe Fournier at MacLean's argues that 338Canada stands vindicated in its predictions, with some 90% of the people it predicted would be elected being elected.

What will become of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer? The National Post considers.

Strategic voting and Doug Ford, Mark Gollom notes, kept the Conservatives from making a breakthrough in Ontario.

Robyn Urback at CBC notes that the narrow conservatism of Scheer kept the Conservatives from victory in a wary Canada.

Stephen Maher at MacLean's questions if the Bloc Québécois victory has much to do with separatism, per se.

Voters in Québec seem to be fine with election results, with a strong Bloc presence to keep the Liberals on notice. CBC has it.

Talk of separatism has taken off in Alberta following the #elxn43 results. Global News has it.

The premier of Saskatchewan has also talked of his province's alienation after #elxn43, here in the National Post.

CBC's As It Happens carries an interview with former Conservative MP Jay Hill, now an advocate for western Canadian separatism.

Atlantic Canada may provide new members for the cabinet of Justin Trudeau. The Toronto Star reports.

Jaime Battiste, Liberal, has been elected as the first Mi'kmaq MP from Nova Scotia. Global News has it.

The Green Party did not make its hoped-for breakthrough on Vancouver Island, but it will struggle on. Global News has it.

Did, as Politico suggested, Canada sleepwalk into the future with #elxn43?

We should be glad, Scott Gilmore argues in MacLean's, that given the global challenges to democracy #elxn43 in Canada was relatively boring.

The Greens took Fredericton on the grounds of their strong work there.

RM Vaughan, meanwhile, notes for Daily Xtra how LGBTQ voters in New Brunswick are gravitating towards the Greens.

Jason Kirby at MacLean's wonders how determinative Google Trends data suggesting a surge of positive interest for Jagmeet Singh will be for NDP results.

The robocalling intending to confuse people as to the date of the election in eastern Canada should meet with criminal prosecution. CBC reports.

The only non-Liberal elected in Newfoundland and Labrador is the NDP candidate Jack Harris, for St. John's East. Global News has it.

Chris Selley at the National Post blames the Conservative failure on the poor platform of Andrew Scheer, here.

Canada has a Liberal government again, this time a minority. Global News reports.

CBC notes that, despite Liberal weaknesses, the Conservatives simply did not break through into the 905.

Michel Auger at Radio-Canada looks at the challenges of the Liberals in Québec and in the West.

Greater Montréal is divided between Liberals on the island of Montréal and the Bloc on the mainland. Radio-Canada has it.

The Calgary Herald looks at reaction in Alberta to the Liberal minority government, here.

The results from British Columbia are interesti0ng. Was there much change at all? Global News reports.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, kicked out of the Liberal caucus, was re-elected as an independent for her riding of Vancouver Granville. Global News reports.

Fatima Syed at the National Observer looks at how indigenous voters are looking to the NDP for representation in the new government.

Jeremy Wildeman at The Conversation explains the disenchantment of progressives with Justin Trudeau.

The affordability of rent was an election issue in British Columbia. CBC reports.

Philippe Fournier notes at Maclean's that the sheer solidity of the Conservative vote in Alberta means that province will not get that much attention.

The Bloc Québécois has good reason to be exacerbating the clash between Québec and Alberta in the federal campaign. The National Post reports.

CBC reports on the growing unpopularity of the Liberals in Québec outside of Montréal, here.

That the Liberals had a campaign song that was initially translated very badly into French is a big gaffe. CTV News reports.

Philippe Fournier at Maclean's noted the legendary volatility of Québec politics, here.

Will the Orange Line extension in Montréal be guaranteed funding, no matter who gets elected? CBC reports.

The fate of NDP Berthier-Maskonge MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, elected in the 2011 Orange Wave, may determine the fate of the NDP in Québec. CTV News reports.

Atlantic Canada is likely to see substantial losses for the Liberals, as reported here.

Stu Neatby reports that advance poll turnout on PEI rose by 13% compared to 2015.

Will the PEI riding of Egmont go Conservative? CBC considers.

Oh, why not a fashion show organized around the theme of Cheetos? VICE reports.

A farmer in the Gaspé peninsula is trying to retrieve all of his missing yaks. CBC Montreal has it.

A Newfoundland researcher and artist is examining the relationship of the island with Atlantic slavery. Global News reports.

Atlas Obscura takes a look at the alternative comics scene in the Middle East, centered on Lebanon.

Vanity Fair shares an account of how Netflix tried to sell itself, and its model, to Blockbuster and failed.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that mysterious Boyajian's Star has nearly two dozen identified analogues, like HD 139139.

James Bow reports from his con trip to Portland.

Caitlin Kelly at the Broadside Blog notes the particular pleasure of having old friends, people with long baselines on us.

Centauri Dreams describes a proposed mission to interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov).

The Crux notes how feeding cows seaweed could sharply reduce their methane production.

D-Brief notes that comet C/2019 Q4 is decidedly red.

Bruce Dorminey notes a claim that water-rich exoplanet K2-18b might well have more water than Earth.

Gizmodo reports on a claim that Loki, biggest volcano on Io, is set to explode in a massive eruption.

io9 notes that Warner Brothers is planning a Funko Pop movie.

Joe. My. God. notes the claim of Donald Trump that he is ready for war with Iran.

JSTOR Daily looks at how people in early modern Europe thought they could treat wounds with magic.

Language Hat considers how "I tip my hat" might, translated, sound funny to a speaker of Canadian French.

Language Log considers how speakers of Korean, and other languages, can find word spacing a challenge.

Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the partisan politics of the US Supreme Court.

At the NYR Daily, Naomi Klein makes a case for the political and environmental necessity of a Green New Deal.

Peter Watts takes apart a recent argument proclaiming the existence of free will.

Peter Rukavina tells how travelling by rail or air from Prince Edward Island to points of the mainland can not only be terribly inconvenient, but environmentally worse than car travel. PEI does need better rail connections.

The Russian Demographics Blog examines how different countries in Europe will conduct their census in 2020.

Window on Eurasia shares the arguments of a geographer who makes the point that China has a larger effective territory than Russia (or Canada).

Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell looks at a 1971 prediction by J.G. Ballard about demagoguery and guilt, something that now looks reasonably accurate.

Arnold Zwicky considers models of segregation of cartoon characters from normal ones in comics.

Universe Today looks at the impressive Internet speed of the ISS, 600 megabits a second, here.

The National Observer reports on how the infrastructure of the Maritimes will need to be able to handle climate change, here.

Wired reports on the partially successful effort in China to use CRISPR to cure HIV, here.

Technology Review looks at how machine learning can be used to translate lost languages and unknown scripts, like Linear A, here.

Atlas Obscura reports on how the Trabant car of East Germany keeps its fanbase, here.

The Prince Edward Island National Park, unsurprisingly, was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Global News reports.

The Mi'kmaq community of Lennox Island lost large amounts of frozen lobster after Hurricane Dorian. CBC PEI reports.

Peter Rukavina has mapped the busiest and sleeping roads on PEI, here.

Growth in ridership on Trius Transit in Charlottetown continues to outpace expectations, CBC PEI reports.

The work that the Charlottetown suburb of Cornwall is doing, diverting the Trans-Canada Highway to build a Main Street, is authentically exciting urbanism. CBC PEI reports.

Tracey Lindeman writes at CityLab about how Montréal is trying to keep the redevelopment of the Molson-Coors Brewery site from killing the Centre-Sud.

In the Montréal neighbourhood of Park-Extension, evictions--renovictions, even--are on the rise. Global News reports.

Lac-Mégantic now has a train depot that bypasses the heart of this traumatized community. CBC Montreal reports.

Halifax is now celebrating the Mosaic Festival, celebrating its diversity. Global News reports.

Jill Croteau reports for Global News about Club Carousel, an underground club in Calgary that played a vital role in that city's LGBTQ history.

This business plan, aiming to bypass long lineups at the Edmonton outpost of the Jollibee chain, is ingenious. Global News reports.

The Iowa town of Pacific Junction, already staggering, may never recover from a recent bout of devastating flooding. VICE reports.

Avery Gregurich writes for CityLab about the Illinois town of Atlas, a crossroads seemingly on the verge of disappearing from Google Maps.

The proposal for Metropica, a new sort of suburb in Florida, certainly looks interesting. VICE reports.

Guardian Cities shares a cartoon looking affectionately at Lisbon.

Joshua Clipperton writes, here at CTV News, about how tennis like the Rogers Cup is much more popular in Montréal than in Toronto for a variety of reasons.

The CFL's Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts are set to play another exhibition game in Moncton, as Touchdown Atlantic tries to gather support for an Atlantic Canadian franchise.

Guardian Cities considers, with interviews, how Brexit might impact the town twinning that united British communities with those of wider Europe.

Guardian Cities notes how churches and other houses of worship are starting to market themselves as spaces for coworking.

I think it entirely possible that space settlements may end up evoking the company towns of Earth. Slate has it.

The BBC takes a look at Pontic Greek, a Greek dialect that survives precariously in exile from its homeland in Anatolia.

Klaus Meyer writes at The Conversation about how Hitler, in his rise to power, became a German citizen.

Low-income families in the Toronto area face serious challenges in getting affordable Internet access. CBC reports.

Jeremy Keefe at Global News takes a look at Steve Skafte, an explorer of abandoned roads in Nova Scotia.

In some communities in British Columbia, middle-class people have joined criminal gangs for social reasons. CBC reports.

Maclean's reports on how, a century after Shoal Lake 40 First Nation was made an island to provide drinking water for Winnipeg, it finally was connected to the mainland by a road.

CityLab reports on how the pressures of the tourist season make it difficult for many permanent residents of Martha's Vineyard to maintain homes.

Fogo Island, Newfoundland, recently celebrated its first Pride Walk. CBC reports.

Yvette D'Entremont writes at the Toronto Star about how the diaspora of the Newfoundland fishing island of Ramea have gathered together for regular reunions.

J.M. Opal writes at The Conversation about the origins of white Anglo-American racism in 17th century Barbados.

The federal and provincial governments on PEI are investing millions in Charlottetown transit, substantially in vehicles. Global News reports.
Kevin Yarr at CBC PEI reports on how housing prices in Charlottetown are rising to worryingly high levels, here.

The Founders' Hall food market in Charlottetown looks interesting. CBC PEI reports.

Establishing a national park reserve on the Hog Island Sandhills off northwestern PEI sounds like a good idea to me. CBC PEI reports.

CBC PEI reports on how what was intended to be a light-hearted joke on the chalkboard of Terre Rouge in Charlottetown ended up striking a media frenzy.

CBC Prince Edward Island looks at the famous lupins of Prince Edward Island, here.

There were mixed emotions, CBC Prince Edward Island reports, as non-residents of the Abegweit First Nation at Scotchfort were allowed to vote in band elections for the first time.

Politicians report that, notwithstanding the lack of a formal agreement, right now it looks as if the minority Conservative government could last until 2023. CBC PEI has it.

The raising of the pride flag in Charlottetown follows reports of homophobia outside of the capital, as small towns like Alberton refused requests. The Guardian reports.

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[NEWS] Twenty news links

[NEWS] Fourteen links

[NEWS] Six links on journalism in Canada: Québec, Halifax, PEI, Guelph ...

[NEWS] Six cetacean links

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Ottawa, Longueuil, Montréal, Winnipeg, Saint John, Halifax, Lethbridg

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: ottawa, Montréal, Moncton, Detroit, Vancouver

[NEWS] Ten #cdnpoli links

NEWS] Eighteen #cdnpoli and #exln43 links

[NEWS] Five #cdnpoli and #elxn43 links from last night, ten from now

[NEWS] #cdnpoli and #elxn41 items from across Canada: BC, Alberta, Québec, PEI

[NEWS] News from around the world: Cheetos fashion, Gaspé yaks, NL slavery, Lebanon comics, Netflix

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[NEWS] Five sci-tech links: ISS internet, Maritimes, CRISPR, machine translation, Trabants

[ISL] Five #PEI links: National Park, Lennox Island, traffic, Charlottetown mass transit, Cornwall

[URBAN NOTE] Ten city links: Montréal, Lac-Mégantic, Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton ...

[URBAN NOTE] Five links about cities: tennis, CFL, twin towns, coworking, space company towns

[NEWS] Five cultural links: Hitler, Internet, Nova Scotia roads, BC gangs, Pontic Greek

[ISL] Five #islands links: Shoal Lake 40, Martha's Vineyard, Fogo, Ramea, Barbados

[ISL] Five #PEI links: transit, housing, Founders' Hall, Hog Island Sandhills, Terre Rouge

[ISL] Four #PEI links: Lupins, politics, elections, Pride

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