Thursday morning news drop
Government of Canada promoting skilled trades Construction sector projections indicate that 700,000 skilled trades workers are expected to retire between 2019 and 2028. (On-Site)
Why It Could Be Years Until We See a Normal Housing Market We’re in a housing market where we have record high demand and record low supply. If you want to know why prices are 20% higher than they were a year ago this is the simplest explanation. But there’s more going on here… (Wealth of Common Sense)
t’s Been Rough for Stocks, but the Outlook Is Still OK The changing outlook for the Fed continues to spark volatility. (Morningstar)
How the Industry’s Fastest Growing Sector Is Pushing Managers To Change Their Behavior Wellington, Schroders and others are taking a more activist approach to managing their environmentally-sustainable funds. (Institutional Investor)
Robots to be bigger business than Tesla cars Musk told investors on a Tesla earnings call his nascent robot plans had “the potential to be more significant than the vehicle business, over time.” And they would be the most important things Tesla worked on this year. (BBC)
Car story: where will Canada’s electric vehicle batteries go when they die? Electric vehicles are booming in B.C. and that means the province has a unique opportunity to divert some of the world’s most sought-after clean-energy minerals from a potentially hazardous waste stream (Narwhal)
The science behind the omicron wave’s sharp peak and rapid decline Why do Covid-19 surges seem to end as suddenly as they begin? (Vox)
Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away The controversy is different, in many ways, from the other conflicts between online stars and the companies that give them a platform. (New York Times)
Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan vs. Spotify Spotify joins Facebook and Twitter in the misinformation wars. (Grid)
Tom Brady Vanquished Father Time Brady is retiring after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl wins. He’s ending his illustrious career at the peak of his powers.. (The Ringer)
How Tom Brady, the Person and the Process, Made Greatness Seem Routine Before many athletes and teams followed his lead, Tom Brady was redefining what it took to be the best, on and off the field. (Sports Illustrated)