Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.
Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief, vice-president of Glacier Media:
Quartz concludes that millennials are banking more on their education than on home ownership to generate wealth in their lifetimes, and on the basis of a new study, they may have the last laugh - Quartz
An NBA executive is in huge trouble following allegations he used “burner” Twitter accounts anonymously that actually criticized his own players and leaked sensitive team information. The team is investigating following this report from The Ringer, the sports site - The Ringer
Yes, there are plenty of people who believe the earth is flat. The New Yorker finds some of them and lets them explain themselves - The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/looking-for-life-on-a-flat-earth
Emma Crawford Hampel, online editor:
One Richmond graphic designer has released a t-shirt that lampoons the ALR house-size controversy in that city. The shirt says, “Respect Richmond farm vehicles,” and instead of a tractor, it has an image of a supercar - Richmond News
http://richmond-news.com/community/t-shirt-pokes-fun-at-richmond-farmhouse-controversy-1.23316364
Will Canada commercialize surrogacy? Surrogacy is legal in Canada, but paying for it is not - BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44243920
Glen Korstrom, reporter:
This downloadable PDF from Brazeau Seller Law partner Trina Fraser highlights 32 potential amendments to the Cannabis Act that senators will vote on, on June 7. She provides the legal wording as well as a plain-language explanation of what each amendment would mean - Brazeau Seller Law
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkgydgik0k87mgc/SOCI%20Proposed%20Amendments.pdf?dl=0
The paper Journalistic Homophily on Social Media focuses on an interesting concept for an academic study: determining how much of a bubble journalists live in when on social media. I think it misses the mark of understanding why journalists on a beat follow like-minded people on Twitter – they are looking for news and news leads. So, while I was shaking my head while reading parts of this, it is an interesting read - Taylor & Francis Online
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2018.1436977
Mark Falkenberg, deputy managing editor:
Helpful perspective on U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Canadian-built cars pose a threat to U.S. security. Business columnist Don Pittis suggests that the Trump administration’s wild flip-flopping on trade policy and belligerence toward U.S. trade partners may be the real security threat - CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-trade-chaos-nafta-1.4677667
Anna Liczmanska, editorial researcher:
Why do we still type with Qwerty? - BBC
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180521-why-we-cant-give-up-this-odd-way-of-typing
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor:
How Reader’s Digest is driving digital growth with its enlightened content strategy - Fipp
https://www.fipp.com/news/features/content-strategy-drives-readersdigest-growth
Main street America’s looming debt and finance crisis: 40% of Americans can’t cover a $400 emergency expense - CNN
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/pf/emergency-expenses-household-finances/
US Census Bureau’s list of the fastest growing cities in the United States - United States Census Bureau
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2018/estimates-cities.html?eml=gd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#table1
Hayley Woodin, multimedia reporter:
Where are they now? The Impact Centre at the University of Toronto analyzed more than 900 technology companies launched in 2008 to see how they scaled over the last decade. The Class of 2008 doesn’t scrutinize who was “most likely to succeed”, but it does show how Canadian companies have performed against counterparts in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany - The Impact Centre
https://www.impactcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Class-of-2008.pdf
Nelson Bennett, reporter:
Canada’s pipelines aren’t the problem, Mr. Gore - Washington Post
Startup from Google’s Moonshot factory makes ground-source energy more affordable - Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/40578291/dandelions-new-system-is-designed-to-popularize-geothermal-heat
Albert Van Santvoort, reporter:
On Friday, the British Columbian minimum wage will increase by $1.30. There is a lot of misinformation about the actual macroeconomic effects of increasing the minimum wage. Scotiabank has been carefully tracking the changes to employment, wages and hours worked in Ontario after the province increased its minimum wage by more than 20%, or $2.40. It found that net job losses were proportional to the rest of the country, hourly wages rose the second quickest in the country behind B.C. and hours worked stayed consistent. Read more below.
http://www.gbm.scotiabank.com/scpt/gbm/scotiaeconomics63/2018-05-24_I&V.pdf
