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☆ Wildfire Roars Through a Canadian Town Popular with Tourists
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Ian Austen | Vjosa Isai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As much as half of a town at the heart of a jewel of Canada’s national park system has been destroyed by a pair of wildfires that roared in from two sides, an official said on Thursday. “We don’t know particularly which structures have been damaged and which ones have been destroyed, but that is going to be a significant rebuild,” Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, told a news conference. She struggled to avoid tears describing the beauty of Jasper National Park and the damage to the community that shares its name. Pierre Martel, the director of fire management for Parks Canada, the national parks agency, told a briefing on Thursday afternoon that the “aggressive and fast-moving fire” was still burning in the park. As the fires expanded on Monday evening, about 20,000 tourists and the 5,000 residents of Jasper were evacuated, mostly west to British Columbia.

Persons: “, ” Danielle Smith, Pierre Martel, ” Organizations: Jasper National, Parks Canada Locations: Alberta, Jasper, British Columbia

☆ Video showed a humpback whale smashing into and capsizing a boat. Biologists say the whale was likely just feeding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA fishing boat about a mile off the coast of New Hampshire capsized on Tuesday after a humpback whale came out of the water and smashed into it, according to video of the incident. "So no attack by the humpback whale, just an unfortunate accident for both the whale and fisherman," he said, adding the whale may not have even realized the boat was there. Smith, who studies humpback whale behavior, said lunging for fish is a very common behavior for the species. AdvertisementAs for the humpback in the video, the whale may have been injured when it crashed into the boat. Vessel collisions remain a threat to humpback whales, though typically, strikes by larger ships pose the greatest risk.

Persons: —, Andrew Trites, Trites, Melanie Smith, Smith, WCVB Organizations: Service, New Hampshire, Business, Marine Mammal Research, University of British, University of New Locations: New, University of British Columbia, University of New Hampshire

☆ My husband and I have been taking psychedelics together for 50 years. It's the secret to our long-lasting marriage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Louisa Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There could be risks involved with using psychedelics, and research is still being done to evaluate therapeutic uses. Barry, now my husband, was the person who introduced me to LSD almost 50 years ago when I was 23. Barry and I use psychedelics on average two or three times a year. For example, not long ago, we thought we'd take acid while camping in southern Oregon, but I got poison oak. They really are the key to the success of our long-lasting marriage.

Persons: Barry, Barry scribbled, Louisa, Sarah Louisa, Michael Pollan, Psychedelics, I've, —, it's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Manning, British, Oregon

☆ Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The bodies of two sailors who planned to sail from Nova Scotia to the Azores using green energy were found washed ashore at a Canadian national park this month, four weeks after they were last seen, the authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to calls on July 10 that a 10-foot inflatable lifeboat containing human remains had been discovered on Sable Island National Park Reserve, according to a news release from the agency. The authorities did not identify the remains, but said they believed they were those of a 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from British Columbia. A Facebook post by the man’s son, James Clibbery, later identified them as James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, who had left Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia on June 11 bound for the Azores. “The past few days have been very hard,” the younger Mr. Clibbery said in the post, adding that DNA tests would be carried out to confirm their identities.

Persons: James Clibbery, James Brett Clibbery, Sarah Justine Packwood, Clibbery, ” Organizations: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Reserve, Halifax Locations: Nova Scotia, Azores, Canadian, Sable, British Columbia

☆ Timeline: How the CrowdStrike outage unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington, DC, public transportation services — including trains and buses — begin experiencing delays, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. At 5:30 a.m., US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike tells customers that it was “aware of reports of crashes” of its software on Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to a company advisory viewed by CNN. Australian lenders ANZ and Westpac were also impacted, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks cyber outages. Other states also report impacts to their driving services, including Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. CrowdStrike would take steps “to prevent anything like this from happening again,” according to a statement on the company’s website.

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☆ I've been to all of the Canadian provinces. Forget Ontario — these are the 3 you really must visit.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Claire Bradbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

British Columbia is Canada's second-most-visited province for a reason. Johnstone Strait, a glacier-carved channel between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island, is especially beautiful — and you might even see a humpback whale in the water if you visit at the right time. One of my favorite experiences on the province's Vancouver Island is kayaking around the shores in the morning. I watched Steller sea lions glide through the water, and a river otter play on a nearby dock. Once you're done with the water, venture along to visit some of the nearby picturesque communities like Telegraph Cove and Hanson Islands.

Organizations: Getty Images Locations: British Columbia, British, Johnstone, Columbia, Vancouver, Hanson, Haddington, Tlowitsis

☆ Bold Experiment or Safety Risk? Canada Is Divided on How to Stop Drug Deaths.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Vjosa Isai | Alana Paterson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The mood was cautiously optimistic and the message was simple: Drug decriminalization saves lives. People who used or carried small quantities of illegal drugs in plain sight would no longer face arrest in British Columbia, the nexus of Canada’s opioid crisis, officials announced two years ago. So bold was the experiment, even in a province known for pioneering addiction policies, that its public health officer said she was in disbelief the day had actually come. But decriminalization, a policy introduced as a way of alleviating the opioid crisis, has instead been blamed for deepening it. “Our goal was to save lives,” British Columbia’s premier, David Eby, said at a recent news conference.

Persons: “, David Eby, ” Locations: British Columbia, British

☆ Opinion | James Carville’s Plan B for a Democratic Nominee
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Biden Won’t Win. Democrats Must Have a Plan. Lamont WiltseeCarmel Valley, Calif.To the Editor:James Carville makes one structural mistake in his piece calling for four town halls around the country. President Biden should be invited to be one of the participants and compete on an even footing with the other candidates. His proposed nominee plan is a waste of campaign time better used to hammer away at the defects and danger of a Donald Trump presidency.

Persons: Re “ Biden, Win, James Carville, Carville, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, ’, Lamont, Biden, Mr, Keith Liggett, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Donald Trump Organizations: Democratic Party Locations: Chicago, Carmel Valley, Calif, Keith Liggett Silverton, British Columbia

☆ Why the Price of Wood and Lumber Keeps Changing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And then there was lumber mania, when lumber prices soared to records. After peaking in spring 2021, lumber prices briefly collapsed before jumping back up to $1,400 in early 2022. Paul Jannke, a principal at Forest Economic Advisors, said this housing-market malaise is a big problem for the lumber industry. While those in the lumber industry may not be having a fantastic time, if you're in the market for lumber, it's a good time to buy. Jannke said that while the lower lumber prices hadn't resulted in lower housing costs, "homebuilder margins are at or near record levels."

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☆ Canada's bold plan to make housing more affordable is showing signs of working — and could be a model for the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Like the American federal government, Canada's national government doesn't have a lot of control over housing policy. Related storiesOverall, the federal push has already been quite successful in changing the housing policy landscape across the country, Moffat said. Over the last several years, an influx of new immigrants, rampant investor speculation, and rapidly rising construction costs have also sent prices up. It would also impose a fine on cities that tolerate "NIMBY" — the anti-development "Not in My Backyard" philosophy — opposition to housing construction. Some American fans of Canada's Housing Accelerator Fund suggest it could be a model for US efforts to incentivize denser and more abundant housing construction.

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☆ Shoplifters love Lego. The colorful plastic toy bricks are a gold mine for criminals
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

I went straight to the cameras and saw we were being robbed,” Zuniga told CNN. Hayes told CNN his team works with a majority of retailers that carry Lego products as well as Legoland theme parks. “Demand is always there.”As a result, there’s not only a market for stolen Lego products but also a burgeoning counterfeit market, especially online. When reached for comment, Lego directed CNN to online resources on its website to educate consumers how to spot fake online Lego stores and fake Lego products. He bought Lego sets that were on sale at the local Target to fill up empty shelves.

Persons: New York CNN —, Miguel Zuniga, “, ” Zuniga, Miguel Zuniga’s, Noble, Olay, ”, Read Hayes, Hayes, there’s, Michael Blackshire, Casey Slaughter, ” Slaughter, Indiana Jones, Lego, Calvin Mah, Zuniga Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Southern, KABC, LAPD, Barnes, Noble, Target, University of Florida, Prevention Research Council, Walmart, Los Angeles Times, “, Wichita Police, Star Wars, Los Locations: New York, Lumita, Los Angeles County, Lomita , California, California, Southern California, Philadelphia, Richmond , British Columbia, Pasadena , CA, Wichita , Kansas, “

☆ Flipping a famous fossil around reveals our earliest vertebrate ancestor, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord by using a topsy-turvy twist. In 2012, after decades of studying Pikaia fossils, researchers described its fossilized internal structures in great detail. However, recent analysis of Pikaia fossils by another team of scientists, published June 11 in the journal Current Biology, has upended this view and all other earlier studies about Pikaia. The presumed blood vessel was a nerve cord, a feature associated with the animal group known as chordates, in the phylum Chordata. While there are no living analogues for Pikaia, the fossil arthropod data gave the scientists a more detailed frame of reference for Pikaia’s nerve cord.

Persons: Charles Doolittle Wolcott, Giovanni Mussini, Pikaia, ”, Jon Mallatt, Mallatt, “ Pikaia’s, Jakob Vinther, Mussini, ” Mussini, we’ve, ” Mallatt, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian National Museum of, Royal Ontario Museum, University of Idaho, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, Scientific Locations: Burgess, British Columbia, macroevolution, United Kingdom, mudskippers, chordates

☆ Indian national extradited to U.S. to stand trial in alleged plot to kill Sikh activist in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Jonathan Dienst | Tom Winter | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An Indian national accused of helping plot to kill a U.S. citizen in New York City has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial. A U.S. District Court spokesman said Nikhil Gupta is scheduled to appear Monday in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges. That critic has been identified as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, whom Indian officials have labeled a terrorist, according to The Associated Press. Pannun — believed to be the target of the alleged plot — advocates for an independent Punjab region for India's Sikh population, officials said. In November, Justice Department officials announced charges against Gupta after he was arrested in June in the Czech Republic.

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☆ Here's an idea: a worldwide universal basic income paid for by a carbon tax. A study found that it could boost the global GDP by 130%.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSome might say a universal basic income is wishful thinking, but one study suggests it could have staggering impacts on the global economy. Basic income pilots gained popularity after the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused record-high unemployment — nearly 15% — in the United States in early 2020. A universal basic income program, or UBI, would provide regular cash payments to everyone. South Africa is on track to be the first country to adopt a universal basic income. "In theory, it is a beautiful idea to use basic income to help people, sustain nature, and boost the economy.

Persons: —, Rashid Sumaila, Sumaila Organizations: Service, Business, University of British Locations: United States, University of British Columbia, America, Iowa, South Africa

☆ We live in New York City but my kids go to summer camp in California. They connect with their cousins and my husband and I get time together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Alexandra Moss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For the last two years, we've sent our 10-year-old son to sleepaway camp in California — 3,000 miles and a six-hour flight from our home in New York. The East Coast isn't lacking for overnight camps: camp culture here is stronger than in any other part of the country. Our children are lucky to have first cousins the same ages as them — and unlucky to live a continent apart. An entire summer apart? But it's no less true for modern parents fortunate enough to ship their kids off to summer camp or for their kids.

Persons: we've, sleepaway, we're, Alexandra Moss Organizations: Service Locations: California, New York, sweltering, Sierra Nevada, Massachusetts , New Hampshire, Maine, San Diego, Roblox, Vancouver, British Columbia, alimoss.com

☆ Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone is and it's bad news for Washington
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewHidden off the US Western shore, beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The results will help scientists assess earthquake and tsunami risk for this region, including one particularly vulnerable state: Washington. How the Cascadia Subduction Zone causes earthquakesIn the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the Juan de Fuca plate is slowly subducting under North America. The Cascadia Subduction Zone can produce even larger, more dangerous quakes. Additionally, understanding that Cascadia is broken up into segments is key to assessing earthquake hazard, Watt said.

Persons: —, Suzanne Carbotte, Bruce, Lamont, Carbotte, Juan de Fuca, Juan, Fuca, de Fuca, it's, Chris McGrath, Janet Watt, Watt Organizations: Service, Business, Columbia University, US, Survey Santa Cruz Locations: Cascadia, Washington, US West Coast, North America, America, Japan, Gaziantep, Turkey, Oregon, British Columbia

☆ Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Ivan Penn | Ruth Fremson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years — the country sent more electricity to Canada than it received from its northern neighbor. Then, in March, U.S. electricity exports to Canada climbed even more, reaching their highest level since at least 2010. The increasing flow of power north is part of a worrying trend for North America: Demand for energy is growing robustly everywhere, but the supply of power — in Canada’s case from giant hydroelectric dams — and the ability to get the energy to where it’s needed are increasingly under strain. Many energy experts say Canadian hydroelectric plants, which have had to reduce electricity production because of a recent drop in rain and snow, will eventually bounce back. “We’ve all got to be humble in the face of more extreme weather,” said Chris O’Riley, president and chief executive of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, which operates hydroelectric dams in western Canada.

Persons: ”, Chris O’Riley, “ Organizations: North America, British Columbia Hydro, Power Authority Locations: United States, Canada, U.S, North

☆ Robert Pickton: Canadian serial killer dies aged 74 after prison assault
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton - who was convicted of killing six women and confessed to killing dozens more - died after being attacked earlier this month by another inmate, prison authorities said. Pickton is one of the most notorious serial killers in Canadian history, bringing his victims to his pig farm and feeding their remains to his animals. Pickton had been operating a pig farm in the nearby city of Port Coquitlam, where police found the remains of 33 women. However, Pickton confessed to murdering 49 women when talking to an undercover police officer in a jail cell. The case became the largest serial killer investigation in Canada’s history and Pickton’s pig farm became the largest crime scene in Canadian history, with investigators taking 200,000 DNA samples.

Persons: Robert Pickton, Pickton, Pickton’s, “, Cynthia Cardinal, Georgina Papin, Michele Pineault, Stephanie Lane, ” Organizations: CNN, Cartier, Correctional Service Canada, CSC, Canadian, Globe Locations: Canadian, Canada’s Quebec, Downtown Eastside, British Colombia, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

☆ A 12-Year-Old Wins Astonishing Spell-Off at Scripps National Spelling Bee
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Aimee Ortiz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

PinnedTing Shen for The New York TimesTing Shen for The New York TimesCredit... Ting Shen for The New York TimesBruhat Soma held his trophy high after winning the second-ever spell-off at the Scripps Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday came down to its second-ever spell-off, a fast-and-furious tiebreaking round that rewards speed as much as accuracy. Image Credit... Ting Shen for The New York TimesThe next competitor, Aditi Muthukumar, was asked to spell Lillooet, a Salishan people of the Fraser River valley in British Columbia. Immediately after Aditi came Bruhat, the night’s eventual champion, who correctly spelled “Okvik,” from an Alaskan geographical name. Image Credit... Ting Shen for The New York TimesFaizan, who is from the Dallas area, came in second place after spelling 20 words correctly in the spell-off.

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☆ Taking the Long Way Home From Alaska
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Elaine Glusac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Within months of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States, in cooperation with the Canadian authorities, set out to build a highway from British Columbia to Alaska, then a territory and viewed as vulnerable to attack by Japan. The original 1,685-mile road took more than 10,000 soldiers less than nine months to complete. An upgraded version opened in 1948 and has been continually resurfaced and rerouted; It now measures just shy of 1,400 miles from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction in Alaska, according to “The Milepost,” a guidebook to the drive. The highway formed the heart of a family road trip I took last September from Alaska to Idaho, passing through the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta, in Canada, along the way.

Locations: United States, British Columbia, Alaska, Japan, Dawson Creek, Idaho, Yukon, Alberta, Canada

☆ A 'cosmic glitch' in the universe is forcing astronomers to rethink Einstein's theory of relativity
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Einstein's general theory of relativity states that the curvature of space-time causes gravity. But zoom out to enormous scales like clusters of galaxies spanning billions of light years across, and the laws of Einstein's gravity theory appear to change. A 1% adjustment may not sound like a big deal, but it's enough to suggest that Einstein's theory may need a rethink. Now, with this cosmic glitch, there's a new explanation on the table. NASA/CXC/Univ of Missouri/M.Brodwin et al; NASA/STScI; JPL/CalTechThe fact that this cosmic glitch could potentially help astronomers resolve the Hubble tension is a good sign that it may truly exist.

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☆ Hunter hospitalized with ‘significant injuries’ after grizzly bear attack in British Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A 36-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital after sustaining multiple injuries in a grizzly bear attack in British Columbia, Canada, authorities said. The attack happened on a steep mountainside Thursday afternoon south of Elkford, British Columbia, which is in the Rocky Mountain range, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The man and his father were tracking a bear with dogs when an adult grizzly bear suddenly attacked him, police said in a news release Friday. The hunter suffered “significant injuries,” according to the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service, whose team of officers were among several agencies who responded to the attack. Conservation officers then searched for the wounded grizzly bear, and shortly after 9 p.m., found the animal dead near where the attack occurred, the Conservation Officer Service said.

Organizations: CNN, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Conservation, Service, Rescue, Conservation, British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment, Sunday Locations: British Columbia, Canada, Elkford, British, Calgary , Alberta

☆ MDMA therapy could be legalized by summer. Why are so many advocates sounding the alarm?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +52 min

Last summer, thousands of tie-dyed Burners and Patagonia-clad tech founders converged on the MAPS Psychedelic Science conference in Denver. The experience "broke the spell of this trauma, and she was able to rebuild her life," Doblin told The Guardian . The video team's job was to store recordings of every MDMA therapy session performed in the clinical trials. Grof believes in something called an "inner healing intelligence," an innate capacity for self-healing that psychedelic therapy helps unleash. Another time, a patient who had come to an MDMA therapy session later acknowledged they had been under the influence of LSD during treatment.

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About 2,800 residents from the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and about 450 residents from the Fort Nelson First Nation were asked to evacuate. Wildfire smoke has been linked to increases in certain cancers and heart-related issues, among other ailments. In 2023, 19 counties in 11 states had days with “very unhealthy” and “hazardous” air quality — given at least a “code purple” alert on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index. Light rain showers were expected overnight Sunday with more rain forecast Monday, “which will help lower fire activity,” a Sunday update from Alberta Wildfire said. Fire restrictions will remain in effect in the area until conditions improve, according to Alberta Wildfire.

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☆ Missed the dazzling northern lights show? You might get another chance Saturday night
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images The northern lights shine in the night sky above the Molenviergang in Aarlanderveen, the Netherlands, early May 11. Alexey Malgavko/Reuters The northern lights are seen in a rural area west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, May 10. Courtesy Luke Culver People photograph the northern lights from Whitley Bay, England, on May 10. Courtesy Jan Reed The northern lights glow in the night sky in Brandenburg, Germany, on May 10. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.

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