2017 Could Shape Mississauga for Decades to Come: Here’s What We’re Reading Today

The Daily 5 is Sharp’s essential reading list for what’s happening in the world today. Make sure to follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the Sharp Insider newsletter to stay up to date.

Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. In 2017, Mississauga will have to decide how it grows up

“Mississauga’s recent booming growth will continue, but will growth be sustainable and will it be what residents want?”

Toronto Star

2. Republicans back down on gutting ethics office

“House Republicans, facing a storm of bipartisan criticism, including from President-elect Donald J. Trump, moved early Tuesday afternoon to reverse their plan to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics. It was an embarrassing turnabout on the first day of business for the new Congress, a day when party leaders were hoping for a show of force to reverse policies of the Obama administration.”

New York Times

+1: Obama to transfer more Gitmo detainees despite Trump’s objection – CNN

3. There’s a massive restaurant industry bubble, and it’s about to burst

“As soon as he walked through the door, Matt Semmelhack knew it was over. He’d been away from his San Francisco restaurant AQ for less than a week, but when he got back, it just felt different. It went beyond the usual concerns of the modern restaurateur. ‘I wasn’t worried the lights were properly dim, or the regulars were in the right booths,’ he says.

“Instead, Semmelhack was just looking at his staff — people he hangs out with on weekends, people whose livelihoods he supplies, some of his closest friends – and all he could see was the money each one of them was costing him, flashing in front of him like a video-game score. ‘I knew right then,’ he says, ‘we had to shut it all down.'”

Thrillist

4. The golden age of reality TV is here

“Like The Bachelor’s Nick Viall, reality television has evolved in the shadows of its own notoriety. After 15 years and change, the form has achieved some self-awareness, and on occasion it produces unscripted moments not merely comparable to the best of scripted television, but transcendent in the way art is — the kind of art film-crit professors present in dark rooms to hungover BFA students.”

The Verge

5. Why Gen X is so pissed at Millennials

“Between workplace ageism and an ongoing shortage of well-paid jobs, it’s every generation for itself.”

MEL Magazine