
Canada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...

The bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
The story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...

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Canada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...

The bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
The story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Tonight was a "housewarming" party for the residents of Junction House. It was hosted in the co-working space that I wrote about, here, which was a lot of fun to see in action.
As part of the event, we opened up the doors to our model suite and to the penthouse suite that sits under the Junction placemaking sign.
And in the penthouse, we set up a little gallery displaying historic photos of the Junction -- from the 80s -- taken by photographer Avard Woolaver.
They're awesome photos, and eventually they'll make their way down to the lobby. But for now, it's a penthouse gallery.
However, the most important component of the evening was that it was an opportunity for residents to meet each other. And that's why the question of the night quickly became, "so what floor do you live on?"
I sometimes hear people say that there can be a lack of community in multi-family buildings. But I can honestly tell you that I felt the exact opposite of that this evening.
It was nice to meet so many lovely people from the building.

Tonight was a "housewarming" party for the residents of Junction House. It was hosted in the co-working space that I wrote about, here, which was a lot of fun to see in action.
As part of the event, we opened up the doors to our model suite and to the penthouse suite that sits under the Junction placemaking sign.
And in the penthouse, we set up a little gallery displaying historic photos of the Junction -- from the 80s -- taken by photographer Avard Woolaver.
They're awesome photos, and eventually they'll make their way down to the lobby. But for now, it's a penthouse gallery.
However, the most important component of the evening was that it was an opportunity for residents to meet each other. And that's why the question of the night quickly became, "so what floor do you live on?"
I sometimes hear people say that there can be a lack of community in multi-family buildings. But I can honestly tell you that I felt the exact opposite of that this evening.
It was nice to meet so many lovely people from the building.
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