San Francisco, CA New in town: Metro Vancouver still draws newcomers, despite high cost of housingcbc.ca - CBC News · Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world's least affordable housing markets, but that hasn't stopped people from moving to the …
Vancouver, BC Mama orca and sons spotted in Vancouver harbour frequently in area hunting for sealscbc.ca - Clare Hennig The pod of orcas spotted swimming under a Vancouver bridge on Tuesday, deep in the inner harbour, are no strangers to the area. The family of …
Caribou West Moberly First Nations chief denounces 'fear mongering' over caribou protection plancbc.ca - Andrew Kurjata Over the past several weeks, a controversy has been brewing in B.C.'s northeast over a draft plan aimed at preventing the region's caribou herds from …
Edmonton, AB Environment charities may benefit from new Alberta premier's vow to fight themcbc.ca - Canadian Press Logo Alberta's incoming premier plans to take on environmental charities that he says are blocking exports of the province's oil, but those groups may be …
Beer Doug Ford's beer promise could create hundreds of millions of dollars in penaltiescbc.ca - Mike Crawley Ontario taxpayers face footing the bill for hundred of millions of dollars in penalties if Premier Doug Ford forges ahead with his plan to allow …
24 hours in Stockholm: the perfect day in the Swedish capitalgaystarnews.com - GSN Contributor Stockholm is one of those destinations we can never get enough of – new stores, restaurants and exhibitions pop up like daisies all year …
UK News Irvine Welsh leads tributes to T2 star Bradley Welsh shot dead in EdinburghThe Guardian - Patrick Greenfield and Libby BrooksThe author Irvine Welsh has led tributes to the Trainspotting 2 actor Bradley Welsh, who has been shot dead in Edinburgh. Police Scotland confirmed on Thursday lunchtime that the killing was being treated
Canada Can Canada protect firms from U.S. lawsuits over Cuba? Not really: expertsglobalnews.ca - By Amanda Connolly The Canadian government is not ruling out launching a challenge at the World Trade Organization, after the U.S. gave the green light to lawsuits that …
Babylon 'Beach Blanket Babylon' shocker: Show set to close after 45 yearsThe Mercury News - Jim Harrington “Beach Blanket Babylon,” viewed by many as San Francisco landmark in the same league as Lombard Street and the Golden Gate Bridgte, is set to close …
Palmyra Funerary Relief from Palmyra of a Man and his Sonancient.eu Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to …
University of Chicago Chicago area drops population for fourth straight year, census data show; Cook, DuPage and Lake counties also declineChicago Tribune - Cecilia Reyes and Angie Leventis LourgosNew census data show the Chicago area lost population for the fourth consecutive year, continuing a statewide trend of decline that could threaten future federal funding, economic prosperity and political
News Greek parliament demands Berlin pays WWII reparationsDW News - DW English Greek lawmakers have officially endorsed a diplomatic offensive to have Germany pay reparations over the WWII occupation of Greece. Athens is due to …
Emperor Akihito Emperor performs ritual to report abdication to Shinto godsAssociated Press - By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated PressTOKYO (AP) — Emperor Akihito prayed at a Japanese shrine Thursday in a ritual to report his upcoming abdication to the Shinto gods. The 85-year-old emperor will retire on April 30 in the first abdication
Ketamine New ketamine-like drug offers antidepressant benefits without psychedelic side effectsnewatlas.com - Rich Haridy A new study led by scientists at Yale University has described the promising early-stage results of a new drug designed to mimic the rapid …
Taliban Once destroyed by the Taliban, the Buddha statues live againbbc.co.ukWhen the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 1996, they imposed an extremist version of Islamic law across the country. They tried to erase all traces of a rich pre-Islamic past and ordered the destruction
Archaeology Who Was Buried in Megalithic Tombs?archaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni UPPSALA, SWEDEN—Paleogenomicist Federico Sánchez-Quinto of Uppsala University and his colleagues suggest European megalithic societies may have …
Australia Norfolk Island Pine: Meet the New Darling of the Houseplant Squadapartmenttherapy.com - Molly Williams If you’re in the market for something unique, check out the Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla). READ MORE...
Japan Was Japan’s first emperor an ancient Chinese alchemist? Like many legends, flashes of truth penetrate foggy detailsscmp.com - Wee Kek Koon On a recent trip to the island of Jeju, a popular holiday destination off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula, I visited Jeongbang waterfall, …
Chicago Theatre Nearly 30 arrested when fights break out as hundreds of young people descend on downtown ChicagoChicago Tribune - Morgan GreeneNearly 30 young people were arrested in downtown Chicago Wednesday night when fights broke out as hundreds of students and about 200 officers wound through bustling streets. The large groups of young many
Scottish Highlands Britain's biggest private landowner says re-wilding Scotland is a 'labour of love'The Telegraph - By Auslan CrambBritain’s biggest private landowner has admitted in an open letter, setting out his ambitions for the 220,000 acres he owns, that he will not live to see the “re-wilding” of his 12 Scottish estates. Anders
Poland 'A whole generation has gone': Ukrainians seek better life in PolandThe Guardian - Shaun Walker in LublinWhen the small business run by Kristina Melnytska’s father began to struggle in 2014 he did what hundreds of thousands of other Ukrainians were doing and moved his family to Poland. Melnytska, then 19,
World News A Bulgarian vulture's odyssey into Yemeni war zonebbc.co.uk - By Jeremy Bowen Nelson was in a tight corner, tied up and imprisoned by men who believed he was a spy. It didn't look good.
Rabbits Evidence of rabbits in UK in Roman times, say academicsbbc.co.uk Rabbits have been hopping around the UK since Roman times, experts have been able to prove for the first time.
When everything falls awayBBC Travel - By Pico IyerWhen writer Pico Iyer is unexpectedly called back home to Japan, he contemplates life, death and how to hold on to the things we love. “I’m sorry.” Hiroko’s voice, made for singing, sounds flat, provisional.
World News 'Giant lion' fossil found in Kenya museum drawerbbc.co.uk A new species of giant mammal has been identified after researchers investigated bones that had been kept for decades in a Kenyan museum drawer.
Transgender With a Rapidly Growing Market, the Trans-Masculine Community Is Forging Its Own Path in Fashionfashionista.com - Evan Ross Katz "We want to support trans designers and entrepreneurs. We want to use our resources to uplift our community. And we want to represent …
San Francisco, CA Marin school district changes ‘Dixie’ name tied to ConfederacyCurbed - Adam BrinklowNew name for 155-year old school yet to be decided The five-person board of Marin County’s Dixie School District voted Tuesday to a ceasefire in the longstanding public argument about its contentious declaring
Science Ancient goat urine reveals how Anatolian farmers began domesticating their herdssciencemag.org - Angus Chen Buried within the ruins of an ancient village in central Turkey, alongside tools and trash, are the bodily wastes of the people—and goats—who lived …
LGBTQI Netflix Is Making a 'Boys in the Band' Film With Broadway Castadvocate.com - Daniel Reynolds The Boys in the Band are coming back! The Broadway play — a revival of the 1968 gay classic about a queer dinner party that goes off the rails — is …
Japan Japan April manufacturing contraction slows but export slump deepens - Flash PMIReuters - Reuters EditorialTOKYO, Reuters - Japanese manufacturing activity contracted at a slightly slower pace in April thanks to a pick up in hiring, but new export orders fell at the fastest pace in almost three years in a slow
