The dude was on CBC this morning, saying that youth’s initial psychotic episodes correlate heavily with cannabis use.

Aren’t new mortgages still limited to a twenty five or thirty year amortization?

Seriously, who reads newspapers these days?

Agreed. I thought that was the goal of the OAS/GIS system. It sounds like the cost of living has outpaced the floor the system provides for poor seniors.

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To address the problem, the report recommends raising the amount seniors can earn before GIS benefits are clawed back to $30,000. That threshold was chosen because it’s around Statistics Canada’s poverty line for individuals in urban areas, Mr. Giguère said.

Alternatively, maybe they could reduce benefits to affluent seniors and increase benefits for folks who have less. 🤷‍♂️

Holy crap! 400 is wild. I’m glad the builder is covering the cost of the fan.

I always enjoy images projected onto the offenders buildings.

It seems like every Canadian housing story will quote Mike Moffat.

I kinda gave up and embraced the whole “acceptable amounts” thing. Like, we couldn’t even detect most of this stuff a couple of generations ago - levels probably are fairly acceptable (even if gross).

Lemmy is a better place when you don’t use ad hominem attacks.

Commoner here: this is accurate.

Soil, especially soil in urban settings, can be contaminated with heavy metals, etc.

I enjoyed Wreck-it Ralph. I thought they did a great job with the reveal.

I watch movies to escape reality.

That is a really interesting article. Thanks for posting.

What does that even mean?

• Believable and consistent characters. Their actions should make sense.
• A plot that doesn’t rely on lazy tropes like characters failing to communicate. I’m looking at you, romance movies.
• Character growth or change.
• An interesting and internally consistent plot.

I feel like Aliens is a great example of this. The Marines grow over the course of the mission. Everyone has a sensible motivation (to them), and works towards it. The plot is simple, but there’s clear risk because characters die.

I see. A nemesis who waits to strike from the shadowy future.

I won’t stand for it! I’ll stop you before you even start, Procrastinator!

I like the in-world solution.