UBC students move into new micro units as waitlist grows for on-campus living | CBC News
UBC students move into new micro units as waitlist grows for on-campus living | CBC News: The 140-square-foot apartments have a small kitchen, bathroom and a Murphy bed that turns into a desk. UBC says the units have been "incredibly popular."
It Looks Like the Storm Area 51 Festivals Are Going to Happen: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - VICE
It Looks Like the Storm Area 51 Festivals Are Going to Happen: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - VICE: Thousands of people plan to show up in the middle of the desert for festivals that were quickly organized and inspired by a viral Facebook event.
Thousands of spiders, scorpions, turtles seized from Surrey, B.C., home | CBC News
Thousands of spiders, scorpions, turtles seized from Surrey, B.C., home | CBC News: Charges are pending after thousands of spiders, scorpions, snakes and turtles were found in a vacant Surrey home that is believed to have been involved in trading exotic wild animals.
Parents of unvaccinated B.C. children must speak to health staff under new reporting program: ministry | CBC News
Parents of unvaccinated B.C. children must speak to health staff under new reporting program: ministry | CBC News: Parents who choose not to vaccinate their school-age children in B.C. or who don't provide children's health records will be required to speak with public health staff as part of a new, mandatory immunization reporting program beginning this fall, according to the education ministry.
Border Patrol, Israel’s Elbit Put Reservation Under Surveillance
Border Patrol, Israel’s Elbit Put Reservation Under Surveillance: Elbit Systems, which touts its products as “field-proven” on Palestinians, was contracted to build a high-tech surveillance system on Tohono O’odham land.
‘Totally not suspicious’: DARPA freaks people out with urgent request for underground complex — RT USA News
‘Totally not suspicious’: DARPA freaks people out with urgent request for underground complex — RT USA News: DARPA has prompted panic and mockery for its bizarre Twitter shout out urgently seeking complex urban tunnel systems for unspecified “research and experimentation” at very short notice.
Richard Linklater and Beanie Feldstein Are Spending 20 Years on a Movie - VICE
Richard Linklater and Beanie Feldstein Are Spending 20 Years on a Movie - VICE: We'll see it in 2039, if the world still exists by then.
Ex-NYPD detectives to get probation for having sex with young woman in custody - CNN
Ex-NYPD detectives to get probation for having sex with young woman in custody - CNN: Two former New York detectives will serve no prison time after pleading guilty to bribe taking and official misconduct for having sex in a police van with a young woman they arrested and released, prosecutors said Thursday.
Frozen shipwreck reveals new details of John Franklin's tragic 1845 Arctic voyage | CNN Travel
Frozen shipwreck reveals new details of John Franklin's tragic 1845 Arctic voyage | CNN Travel: Researchers in Canada have released new images of a remarkably well-preserved shipwreck that will shed new light on the ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition in which famed British explorer John Franklin died.
'It's looking positive': Ahousaht First Nation still searching for missing man | CBC News
'It's looking positive': Ahousaht First Nation still searching for missing man | CBC News: Travis Damon Thomas went missing after being sent to Bartlett Island, off the coast of Tofino, B.C., as part of an Indigenous tradition to help him heal from addiction and other ailments. Thirteen months later, the Ahousaht First Nation is still trying to bring him home.
Dominic Cardy Says Anti-Vaxxers Are 'Far, Far Fringe' | HuffPost Canada
Dominic Cardy Says Anti-Vaxxers Are 'Far, Far Fringe' | HuffPost Canada: The province wants to pass a law that makes vaccines mandatory for kids in schools unless they have medical exemptions.
Mental Health Is for Rich People - VICE
Mental Health Is for Rich People - VICE: Canada loves being The One With Universal Health Care. But if your illness is in your brain, that universality is a lie.
Cheetahs are being bought by the ultra-rich illegally - CNN
Cheetahs are being bought by the ultra-rich illegally - CNN: Hundreds of cheetahs are smuggled from the Horn of Africa to Gulf countries each year, where they're sold to the ultra-rich as pets. At the current rates of trafficking, the cheetah population in the region could soon be wiped out.
B.C. man who fed Timbits to bear along Alaska Highway fined $2,000 | CBC News
B.C. man who fed Timbits to bear along Alaska Highway fined $2,000 | CBC News: A B.C. man who posted photos of himself feeding Timbits and hot dogs to bears along the Alaska Highway in northern B.C. has been fined $2,000 and ordered to stay 50 metres away from bears for six months.
ONLY in Canada LOL and he has to stay 50m away from bears LOL
ONLY in Canada LOL and he has to stay 50m away from bears LOL
Newly discovered exoplanet is contender for human colonization — RT World News
Newly discovered exoplanet is contender for human colonization — RT World News: Three new rocky Earth-sized planets, one of which has a high probability of being able to support human life, have been discovered orbiting a star just 12 light-years away.
CNN host under fire after guest says Trump may cause more deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Mao — RT USA News
CNN host under fire after guest says Trump may cause more deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Mao — RT USA News: Trump-bashing is nothing unusual at CNN, but when a guest told Brian Stelter that the president “may be responsible for many more million deaths” than the worst dictators of the 20th Century, even the host was left red-faced.
Cannabis use highest in Halifax, while Edmonton had highest use of meth, wastewater samples show | CBC News
Cannabis use highest in Halifax, while Edmonton had highest use of meth, wastewater samples show | CBC News: Statistics Canada tested wastewater samples from five urban centres for illicit drugs and cannabis, and the results are a snapshot of what substances are more common in those Canadian cities.
Researchers Created AI That Hides Your Emotions From Other AI - VICE
Researchers Created AI That Hides Your Emotions From Other AI - VICE: As smart speaker makers such as Amazon improve emotion-detecting AI, researchers are coming up with ways to protect our privacy.
#ArtDept: Our Queer Saint, Sebastian
#ArtDept: Our Queer Saint, Sebastian: Detail of Saint Sebastian by Gerrit van Honthorst Sebastian is a saint and martyr who died in the third century. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree and shot with a…
NUKE them? ‘Not bad!’ Trump reportedly startled advisers with hurricane prevention strategy — RT USA News
NUKE them? ‘Not bad!’ Trump reportedly startled advisers with hurricane prevention strategy — RT USA News: Hurricanes regularly devastate the American homeland, so maybe we should just nuke the suckers before they reach the coast? This is the astute suggestion that has reportedly been put forward by US President Donald Trump.
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