BC banned Airbnb from non-primary residences. Then the rents came down.
On October 16, 2023, the day BC announced it would restrict short-term rentals to principal residences, Tamara Stone, a Kelowna realtor, received six calls from panicked property owners before noon. Within days, 250 new houses and 392 new condos appeared
The junior developer pipeline is broken, and nobody has a plan to fix it
By Rohana Rezel Schools don’t create senior software engineers. Scars do. Every senior engineer you’ve ever relied on was once mass-applying to entry-level jobs, writing bad code, and learning the hard way why you don’t store passwords in plaintext. The
New apartment buildings raise rents for low-income neighbours, study finds
A widely cited argument in housing policy holds that building more market-rate apartments will, over time, reduce rents for everyone. A new peer-reviewed study challenges that premise — at least at the neighbourhood level — finding that new construction raises
Researchers used brain MRIs to build an AI that thinks like a human brain — and it is more resilient than standard deep learning
A team of researchers in Beijing has built an artificial neural network modelled directly on the primate brain’s visual system — and the result is an AI that makes decisions more like a human and holds up far better under
New wearable sweat sensor uses pH to accurately track blood sugar during exercise
Researchers have developed a wearable sweat sensor that can continuously track blood glucose levels during exercise — a breakthrough that could transform how people with diabetes manage their condition while staying active. The device, described in a study published today
BC’s clocks are staying put. Are your computers?
By Rohana Rezel British Columbia has sprung forward for the last time. On March 2, 2026, the provincial government confirmed that the twice-yearly clock change is over. The final spring-forward happened on March 8, and when November 1 arrives, BC
The NOlympics Anywhere movement: how local anti-Olympic resistance went global
A new academic chapter traces how scattered local resistance to Olympic Games hosting evolved into a coordinated transnational movement — and examines what it would take to turn protest into structural change at the IOC. The chapter, “NOlympics Anywhere: Building
How Canadian media covers renoviction — and what it misses
A new study published in Housing Studies has examined how Canada’s mainstream print media frames renovictions — the practice of evicting tenants under the guise of renovation — finding that coverage has grown alongside the housing crisis but often stops
B.C. Ends Clock Changes, Adopts Permanent Daylight Saving Time
British Columbia is done with the twice-yearly ritual of clock-changing. After the spring-forward on March 8, the province will never fall back again. The B.C. government announced Monday that the province will permanently adopt daylight saving time — effectively locking
Even Tiny Amounts of Altruism Can Stop Epidemics, Game Theory Study Finds
A new mathematical study has found that people don’t need to be saints to justify staying home when they’re sick. In fact, caring about others even a tiny amount — valuing your own life as roughly equivalent to 100,000 strangers
