Surprise expenses show up disguised as good news: a kid making the team, free tickets to a race, a last-minute concert invite. Jessica Moorhouse, author of Everything But Money, unpacks the real cost hiding behind these once-in-a-lifetime moments and the…
An American company runs the payment portal for an Ontario utility bill. Economist Moshe Lander uses that example to unpack how a business qualifies as Canadian in the first place, and why self-attestation with no audit trail leaves that definition…
Before diving into open relationships, the question on the table is simpler: if two people already struggle to make time for each other, how does adding a third person make anything easier? Anyone who has wondered how non-monogamy actually works…
Provinces claim they’re united against tariff threats, but columnist Andrew Caddell points out one premier who can’t even agree to loosen alcohol shipping rules without approval from an assembly that won’t sit until after the next election. Anyone who assumed…
Steve Stebbing makes the case that King of the Hill’s fifteenth season is not just a nostalgic return but genuinely one of the show’s best, thanks to real character growth rarely seen in animated sitcoms. Anyone deciding what to watch…
A New Brunswick MLA delivered a speech that still had the AI’s own commentary baked into it, proof that the copy button grabs everything, whether you meant to include it or not. Anyone who has ever pasted something without double-checking…
A husband spent years pressuring his wife into an open marriage, and the moment she finally agreed and found a boyfriend, he couldn’t cope, a real case clinical psychologist Dr. Laurie uses to explain why opening a relationship never solves…
Professor Timothy Caulfield argues that most viral online debates aren’t built to uncover truth at all, they’re built to produce a winner, a loser, and maximum shares. This one is for anyone who has watched a debate clip online and…
A government target aims for 60% AI adoption by 2030, and Mohit Rajhans admits the phrase itself is what keeps him up at night, because nobody has actually defined what counts. Anyone who has spent hours testing AI tools without…
A look back at how BeaverTails turned into one of Canada’s most recognisable food exports since its 1980 debut in Ottawa’s Byward Market kicks off a wider question: what actually is the best Canadian sweet treat? The seven-ten-ten call-in pulls…
Grocery stores sell the idea of fresh food, but Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois makes the case that most of what shoppers pay for is convenience dressed up as necessity. Anyone who has ever wondered why the bill keeps climbing…
GLP-1 drugs suppress appetite and the weight comes off, but registered dietitian Abby Sharp explains why the pill alone leaves people right back where they started the moment they stop taking it. Anyone who has ever white-knuckled a restrictive diet…
BeaverTails started on Sparks Street in Ottawa in 1980, and that single detail opens up a wider look back at a year that turns out to have set the stage for arguments still playing out in Canada today. Anyone curious…
Dr. Keith Warriner studies food safety for a living, and he still ended up hospitalized after one taco stand decision near the Mexican border, an experience he now uses to explain how Cyclospora actually spreads through produce like lettuce and…
New research suggests up to five cups of coffee a day may actually support heart health rather than work against it, and that’s just the starting point for a full round of coffee myth busting. Anyone who has ever been…
