Rural Ontarians Are Getting Hammered by Hydro Delivery Fees: Here’s What We’re Reading Today
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Rural Ontario hydro users hoping for deliverance from high bills
“Delivery costs are higher in northern and rural Ontario because there are fewer customers served by the lines in a situation he describes as ‘more hydro poles than people.’ In Toronto, there are almost 1,200 customers per square kilometre to share the costs.”
2. Trump and staff rethink tactics after stumbles
“During his first two dizzying weeks in office, Mr. Trump, an outsider president working with a surprisingly small crew of no more than a half-dozen empowered aides with virtually no familiarity with the workings of the White House or federal government, sent shock waves at home and overseas with a succession of executive orders designed to fulfill campaign promises and taunt foreign leaders.”
+1: PMO’s new, unprecedented, Canada-U.S. relations ‘war room.’ – The Hill Times
3. The Brazillian army has been called in to help stop a massive wave of violence
“Sixty-two people have already been killed since Friday in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, where the military police are on strike after having their pay frozen for three years.”
4. Billionaires say they’ll end disease: evolution says otherwise
“Comparing the body to a machine, complete with bugs to be fixed by means of gene modification tools such as Crispr-Cas9, conflicts with Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution: machines and computers do not evolve, but organisms do.”
– Aeon
5. How they pulled off Lady Gaga’s drone show
“It’s probably the first time you’ve seen 300 drones flying in formation, but it’s almost certainly not the last. The technology underpinning the Intel Shooting Star drone system is fascinating in and of itself, but its potential applications are even more so. The same drones that accompanied Lady Gaga will one day revolutionize search-and-rescue, agriculture, halftime shows, and more.”
– Wired
