The Online News Act passed last Thursday and would force platforms like Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, to strike deals with Canadian media publishers for sharing, previewing and directing users to online Canadian news content.
We need to make our cities and towns more family friendly. This is called the “missing middle” in housing, and it’s why in north america all we see are either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems. Which exacerbate out dependency on cars....
Up untill a week ago Nofrills carried these “three packs” of salmon for $10. Now the same pack contains two for the same $10. I thought it felt light when I bought it yesterday....
We need to make our cities and towns more family friendly. This is called the “missing middle” in housing, and it’s why in north america all we see are either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems....
The largest gold heist in Canadian history was carried out with remarkable ease: A fraudulent shipping document for a load of farm-raised Scottish salmon was used to brazenly snatch $14.5 million in gold bars and nearly $2 million in bank notes
Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode....
I agree with your first statement, police are not therapists. They are not trained for this. They are basically a “sledge hammer” and everything is a “nail” per their training.
But, blambing the parents for calling for help should not be something that should be stigmatised in this way. Sure, maybe calling the police may not have been the best option, but the system is really failing us in general when people ask for help.
Calling a help line should really direct you to more appropriate service. Though this may not exist.
Edit: thanks for everyone that read the article (doing the lords work). The parents called a help line and the help line forwarded it to the police. So the systems for help failed the people they are designed to help in a way.
Very interesting, this even more so highlights how the system is somewhat failing or overburden in a way.
Even calling for assistance or help down the right channels can lead you down some unwanted or unseen directions.
I suppose that this same reason is why homelessness is as big of a issue, people don’t ask for help because it usually ends up being more of a burden then the situation they may already be in.
Make them pay! Use the money to make cities less car dependent and more livable. Make public transits accessible and implement trams/subways/trains.
Increase neighbourhood densification at the same time, by taking space back from car infrastructure. ie. massive car parking lots that are impossible to walk across.
I have tested both lingding and linkwarden. Lingding was easy to use and did the basics in bookmark management. Though I settled on linkwarden for its saving of webpages in different formats with folder and subfolder organisation in the UI.
Both are good options, but linkwarden seem to be more power user focused.
Months after cancelling the construction contract for a new downtown pedestrian bridge in the face of “unforeseen challenges,” city officials have called off the project altogether....
But when people walk across a pedestrian bridge society profits. Healthier population both physically and mentally. Greater happiness and less stress. Less pollution, pretty much all these benefits put less “burden” on peoples pockets financially, either both directly and indirectly through taxs.
Unfortunately probably all hard to quantify though.
Campaigners have called for “mini Holland” walking and cycling schemes to be introduced in towns across Britain after the first London pilot scheme produced dramatic results....
It’s because in north america zoning laws only allow developers to build single family homes or large condo/apartments.
To build an apartment that is allowed by zoning and building codes, developers first need to find 5 or 6 parcels of land that may have a home on them already. These 5 or 6 owners then need to agree to sell all at the same time. The developers then need to consult the city for a variance to join the multiple parcels into one parcel. All this together has the effect of raising the costs on the development and the final cost of each unit.
Single family homes on the other hand are built for a family of 4 or more, and are usually not in the budget or not desired by younger individuals, or in some cases our older aging generation.
The answer is what is being called the “missing middle” in housing. These are things like duplexes, laneway housing, and low rise complexes. All of these are currently made illegal to build in neighborhoods. So developers do not build them, but they also don’t propose to build them as they are not approved by the city in the first place. There is a cost associated with even a proposal for a potential build.
These missing middle homes are more affordable and provide more options in types of places to live for individuals and families. They are also in most cases cheaper to build as a developer would only need to buy one parcel of land and could potentially fit 4 or 5 units of various sizes on that parcel.
The added benefit of this densification of housing is that with more individuals in an area transit becomes more viable such as trams/trains/bus routes/subways right into the center of a suburb.
You can solve the housing shortage, and the transportation issues, as well as make communities more engaging all starting with a shift in zoning laws.
YSK: Google to Block Access to Canadian News for Anyone Living in Canada (www.thestar.com)
The Online News Act passed last Thursday and would force platforms like Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, to strike deals with Canadian media publishers for sharing, previewing and directing users to online Canadian news content.
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found (www.theguardian.com)
Why North America zoning and building codes mean developers can't build nice family friendly "missing middle" housing/apartments
We need to make our cities and towns more family friendly. This is called the “missing middle” in housing, and it’s why in north america all we see are either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems. Which exacerbate out dependency on cars....
This Lawmaker Wants to Jail People for Watching Porn (www.rollingstone.com)
Shrinkflation is out of control (lemmy.world)
Up untill a week ago Nofrills carried these “three packs” of salmon for $10. Now the same pack contains two for the same $10. I thought it felt light when I bought it yesterday....
Ontario will not compensate Greenbelt developers, housing minister says (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Former chemical engineer in the coal industry, urging B.C. municipalities to change the term natural gas to "fossil gas" (www.cbc.ca)
“The term natural gas does not explicitly convey the fossil origins of such gas, leading to potential misunderstandings and hampering policy-making,”
[Article] If I’m at a crosswalk, do drivers have to stop even if the lights aren’t flashing? (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Link with no paywall:...
Why North America zoning and building codes mean developers can't build nice family friendly "missing middle" housing/apartments (www.youtube.com)
We need to make our cities and towns more family friendly. This is called the “missing middle” in housing, and it’s why in north america all we see are either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems....
France vs. 'Shrinkflation': Starting July 1, All 'Shrinked' Products Must Be Labelled For Consumers (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Canada’s gold heist: Inside one of the biggest thefts in the annals of crime | CNN (amp.cnn.com)
The largest gold heist in Canadian history was carried out with remarkable ease: A fraudulent shipping document for a load of farm-raised Scottish salmon was used to brazenly snatch $14.5 million in gold bars and nearly $2 million in bank notes
Parents called for mental health help. Police arrived and fatally shot their son. (www.nbcnews.com)
Less than 10 seconds after officers opened the door, police shot Yong Yang in his parents’ Koreatown home while he was holding a knife during a bipolar episode....
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
Windows 10 is EOL in October 2025 (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15988326...
Staples new plan is to recycle nearly everything — and pay their customers for it (www.thecooldown.com)
Check out the full list of what staples accepts now part of their expanded recycling programs....
Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part. (grist.org)
Looking for Self-hosted Bookmark Manager
Does anyone know if there is a self-hosted bookmark manager that has integration with Firefox/Chrome/Brave where I can import all my bookmarks?
City scraps downtown pedestrian bridge project in Guelph Ontario. (www.guelphtoday.com)
Months after cancelling the construction contract for a new downtown pedestrian bridge in the face of “unforeseen challenges,” city officials have called off the project altogether....
New addition, not sure on name yet... (lemmy.world)
Neighbor across the street has a litter to re-home so we’re doing our part!...
‘Mini Holland’ scheme in Walthamstow hailed as major success as traffic falls by half, cycling and walking scheme is model for other cities (www.standard.co.uk)
Campaigners have called for “mini Holland” walking and cycling schemes to be introduced in towns across Britain after the first London pilot scheme produced dramatic results....
Good estate (jlai.lu)
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