Weekly News Recap: March 25, 2022

March 24, 2022 Vincent Duckworth

Weekly News Recap: March 25, 2022

Habitat for Humanity International volunteers in Nashville in 2019. MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to the organization and 84 of its U.S. affiliates.

Nobody likes loneliness. But I’m not interested in making friends at any price. -- Haruki Murakami.

SOME GOOD NEWS

Horseback-riding goat a hit on B.C. farm (CBC) KRESTOVA STORY Goats are wonderful. "Aimee Kootnikoff was surprised to look out on her West Kootenay farm one day and see a goat riding on a horse. Kootnikoff runs the family farm Kootenay Acres in Krestova, about 26 kilometres west of Nelson, B.C. She says about two months ago, she discovered her goat, Arret, standing on the back of one of her horses, Bouge."
Rescue team unites baby born to surrogate in Kyiv with Canadian parents (CBC) CANADIAN CONTENT Watch the video. So moving. "Combat veterans with Florida-based Project Dynamo rescued a baby born to a surrogate in Kyiv and united him with his Canadian parents in Poland."
After 16 years without teeth, a stranger's donation changed Jane's smile | ABC News (YouTube) Dental care should be like medical care. "Getting a new set of teeth has been life changing for Jane Bridges. She is now calling for Medicare to be extended to cover dental procedures, saying poor oral health is holding people back from work and enjoying their lives."
How I learned to love my middle-aged body as a ballerina (CBC) TORONTO STORY I ❤ this woman. "By my early 40s, I had exhausted all the hobbies that were supposed to make me feel better about entering middle age. I had taken an improv class, started learning a new language, launched myself into an unsuccessful pursuit of a craft only to amass a collection of unevenly stitched handmade books and given yoga a second chance. I'd even bought a recliner to help alleviate the malaise. And then, at the height of my low-grade desperation, I decided to sign up for a ballet class."

TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK

Thunderhead design chosen for LGBTQ2+ National Monument in Ottawa (CBC) CANADIAN STORY #NicelyDone "A plant-filled park with a gleaming thunderhead sculpture at its centre is the winning design for a new monument in Ottawa to honour victims of its LGBTQ2+ purge. The LGBTQ2+ National Monument is a partnership between the federal government and the LGBT Purge Fund, which was created from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the government."
Smartwatches are less effective at tracking the health of people with dark skin, study finds (Daily Mail) CANADIAN CONTENT Um, tech companies? You need to get this fixed. "Joggers and other fitness fans are increasingly turning to smartwatches to measure their heart rate during exercise and for overall health monitoring. But a new study by the University of Alberta in Canada has found that the trendy gadgets are less effective at tracking the health of people with darker skin tones. The study suggests this may be because the signalling process, which uses beams of light to detect heart rate and rhythm, might not work as well on darker skin that contains more melanin, as it absorbs more light."
This Ontario couple tried to adopt a dog. The rescue group said no because their son has autism (CBC) LISTOWEL STORY #Ugh "Mike and Erin Doan of Listowel, Ont., began inquiring about adopting a dog this week after their nine-year-old son Henry communicated to them that he wanted one. Henry is non-verbal and only recently began speaking with the help of special software installed on an iPad. "He said, 'Want a dog now,'" said Erin. 'It makes us very happy because we've always been dog people, and we were holding off for a bit until we were sure that Henry was ready.'"
Rom-coms return with A-list celebs after long drought for the genre (CBC) "Rom-com lovers rejoice: bigger-budget, A-list led romantic comedies are making a comeback. [The] Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum (with at least a cameo from Brad Pitt) [has landed] in theatres across Canada. Bullock plays Loretta Sage, an author who writes romantic novels featuring a Fabio-esque Tatum. She ends up being kidnapped by a billionaire and has to help find a literal lost city (a nice nod to 1984's Romancing the Stone)."
This is why youth say they're leaving Alberta (CBC) ALBERTA STORY #ValuesNotShared "A new report says despite rising job vacancies, more young Albertans are choosing to live outside of the province. Youth in Alberta, Vancouver and Toronto were surveyed to find out why they were moving and what they were looking for in a new community for a report by the Canada West Foundation (CWF). 'They are leaving Alberta. Some are very interested in leaving Alberta, and perhaps just as difficult to hear is that youth aren't as attracted to coming to Alberta as they used to be,' Janet Lane with CWF, who co-authored the report, told the Calgary Eyeopener."
Mask down, romance up: Post-pandemic dating comes to a coffee shop or gym near you (CBC) CALGARY STORY No kidding. This is two years of pent-up frustration. "What's the one thing you've been craving but perhaps abstaining from during a more than two-year global pandemic? Some Calgary businesses along 17th Avenue S.W. hope to lure you away from the dating apps and get you fixed up in ways you may not have considered. 'Late January, we sold out for all of February. That's Friday, Saturday and Sunday, every single weekend,' Hooman Hodaie told CBC News in an interview. Hodaie is a co-owner of Element Café and he's talking about the various date nights they have recently put on."
Recognizing ammolite as the official gemstone of Alberta (Government of Alberat) ALBERTA STORY "On March 17, 2022, [Bill 6 was tabled], the Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act in the provincial legislature. Once passed, this amendment will recognize ammolite as the official gemstone of Alberta. A beautiful gem, ammolite is as unique as Alberta’s identity and a part of our shared heritage."
Calgary's tech and innovation industry gets $22.3 million federal funding boost (CTV) CALGARY STORY Nice. Keep it up. "The federal government made another funding announcement in Calgary on Thursday, this time benefiting the city's tech and innovation sector."
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she and the Queen discussed reconciliation, Canada's 'real history' (CBC) CANADIAN STORY "Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she told Queen Elizabeth this week that Canada's history books should be rewritten to reflect the facts about the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous people. 'I was talking to her about the various situations like in Canada,' Simon told CBC's Adrienne Arsenault after meeting the Queen on Tuesday. 'The historical wrongs of the past and how we needed to change Canada's history books so that young people could learn what the real history is, without necessarily pointing fingers.'"
Brampton pizza: Why ordering 'Indian-style' might become a bigger thing in Canada (CBC) BRAMPTON STORY #SoundsDelicious "If pineapple as a topping is Canada's claim to pizza fame — or, to some, infamy — then the city of Brampton is home to what's next: Pizza made Indian-style. That's pizza topped with garlic, coriander, ginger and green chilies. For decades, Brampton's South Asian community has been calling up local chains and ordering 'Indian-style' pizza, and that success has led to even more Indian toppings (hello, butter chicken) being thrown on."

SEVEN LIFE AND CAREER HACKS

the “snowball effect” for building muscle after 50 (Fotis Chatzinicolaou) As someone over 50 who likes to build muscle, this article and approach makes a lot of sense.
10 Must-Watch YouTube Channels for Productivity and Self-Improvement (Jonathan Wylie) These look great. Now, the question is...where to start?
How I Effortlessly Quit Drinking with One Simple (and Crazy) Rule (Matt Gangloff) This is a great concept for any bad habit.
Read Less but Read Better (Better Humans) I have been struggling with what to read. So many classics (and so many of them so very unreadable).
10 inspiring illustration styles (UX Design) I am an #IllustrationJunkie as well. Enjoy.
Eight Very Short Quotes by Haruki Murakami That Will Change Your Outlook On Life (The Philosophical Inn) Haruki Murakami is a 73-year-old Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside Japan. Also, he is #TheBomb.
The Top 10 Healthiest Foods as Identified by 10 Nutritionists (In Fitness And In Health) Avocado, eggs, and oats are all on my list but, recently, so has #5 (and my biome has never been happier).

TOP THREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

MacKenzie Scott announces more than [$3.9] billion in donations (Sidney Morning Herald) "MacKenzie Scott donated almost $US3.9 billion in the past nine months to 465 organisations, including the largest-ever gift from one person to Planned Parenthood. [...] Included in the total was $US436 million for Habitat for Humanity affiliates that was disclosed on Tuesday by the home-building nonprofit’s San Francisco area chapter." **RELATED: MacKenzie Scott donates $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs.**
Fortnite owner Epic Games raises $36M to support Ukraine (CBC) "The creators of the popular online video game Fortnite have raised more than $36 million US in a single day, after promising to send all the money raised from sales of a new version of the game to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine."
Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher hit $30 million donation target for Ukraine, ‘overwhelmed’ (Geo TV) "Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are expressing their gratitude to fans and followers for helping them achieve a milestone. The couple has successfully risen more than $30 million donation for the Ukrainian refugees amid the Russian invasion."

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