Tax planning Canada requires one uncomfortable truth to land first: CRA operates on a reverse onus. You have to prove them wrong, not the other way around. Evelyn Jacks says most people miss that, and most people also miss that…
K economy Canada is not a prediction. Tony Chapman says it is the current state, and the middle is disappearing faster than most people are willing to acknowledge. The K is the shape of it: upper bar thriving, lower bar…
AI medicine comes in two versions and most people are using the wrong one when they are sick at midnight. Specialist AI in oncology, antibiotic resistance research, and pandemic prevention is genuinely promising. Greg Fish writes about all of it.…
Good News Tuesday has a theory behind it: talk about good news and you find more of it. Cinco de Mayo on a Taco Tuesday is already a good start. Three strangers walking past a house in Merrickville stopped, walked…
Canada’s trade surplus is real and Matt Gurney will take it. He just wants to be honest about what it is: a bounce from external conditions, not a sign that the structural problems are solved. The economy is showing resilience…
Mental health week lands in early May for a reason. Pete Bombacci says suicide rates are highest in the spring, not at Christmas, and the social pressure that comes with warming temperatures is one of the leading contributors most people…
Motorcycle fuel economy is not something most people think about. Ryan O’Donnell did, and the numbers surprised him. Motorcycles average between 30 and 60 miles per gallon. Some models reach 100 MPG. A Honda Civic from 2023 to 2026 sits…
NHL draft lottery day handed Toronto the number one pick and a decision to make, all on the same afternoon. The Maple Leafs are expected to select Gavin McKenna with the top pick. That news arrives alongside reports from The…
Greenwashing is not always deliberate. John Pabon says it ranges from fossil fuel companies outright lying to corporations that over-claim and governments and celebrities performing concern they do not actually have. The most effective example he offers is the carbon…
Costco date night did not start as a plan. It started at 8:27pm when it was too late to go home and cook dinner. Bob Addison and his wife got their smoked meat sandwich order in three minutes before the…
The education system has been optimizing for grades for a long time. Dr. Perry Adler says AI just made the shortcut obvious. His framework is clear: critical thinking is the ability to slow down, consider multiple angles, apply logic and…
Ask Jeeves shut down May 1st. Kris Abel says it was built around the same idea that AI is now executing, asking questions and getting answers, but it ran out of runway before the technology caught up to the concept.…
May the 4th landed on a Friday this year and Ryan O’Donnell spent it exactly the way you would expect: three films deep by the time the show aired, running them as background noise the way most people run music.…
Spring gardening has a temperature threshold Andy Baryer treats as non-negotiable: nighttime lows need to reach 10 degrees Celsius before tomatoes, peppers, or squash go in the ground. When to Plant and How to Harden Metro Vancouver hit 25 degrees…
Summer travel planning in 2026 requires a different checklist than it used to, and Barry Choi has gone through it. Flight cancellations tied to jet fuel concerns are real, but Barry Choi says airlines are cutting unprofitable domestic routes well…
