Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.
Glen Korstrom, reporter:
A downdraft in the Canadian housing market has started, as higher interest rates push up mortgage rates. For the first time since 2010, five-year fixed mortgage rates are all above four per cent. – National Post
Consolidation could come to streaming platforms. One analyst is urging Disney to buy Netflix. – Barron’s
https://www.barrons.com/articles/affirm-j-p-morgan-starts-coverage-neutral-rating-51652289029
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor:
Interesting data on the multibillion-dollar value of energy trading between Canada and the United States. U.S. Energy Information Administration
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52338
And while we are on the subject of resources worth multibillions, consider the value of all that plastic in North American landfills. – Science Alert
Ending with a bang: the loudest sound ever recorded on Earth, and it was not the Ted Nugent Band's December 1974 performance at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom. – Discover Music
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/loudest-recorded-sound-krakatoa-volcano/
Mark Falkenberg, deputy managing editor:
Interesting if unsettling look at the psychology of disaster preparation – or lack thereof – in North America. – The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/next-major-earthquake-north-america/
Astronomers have long known there’s a supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. Now there’s a pretty clear photo of it, courtesy of the Event Horizon Telescope. – Scientific American
