Canada right track is the question one year out from the election. Matt Gurney’s assessment is that we are more or less where he worried we would be. A poll showing almost half of Canadians think things are going well…
Tech news this week includes a digital Ozzy Osbourne available for commercial licensing, a Ferrari that looks like an Apple product, and a Canadian breakthrough in early skin cancer detection. HyperReal, the company behind the Tupac hologram, partnered with the…
Canadian innovation has a cost problem almost nobody talks about. Not the cost of building things, but the cost of giving them away after they work. Jim Balsillie’s argument is pointed: Canadian policy is captured by foreign corporate interests and…
The Sears catalog is having a moment online and it opened up something bigger. The difference between what shopping used to feel like and what it has become. Physical department stores had escalators and sandwich bars and crowds and something…
DIY and tech tips cover a lot of ground this week, from what to do with grass clippings to what is quietly running inside the AI toy your kid wants. The Spring Yard Tips Worth Knowing Before the Season Gets…
Sears nostalgia hit the internet this week and the hosts are not entirely buying the story being told. A viral post. A real set of numbers. And a question worth asking more carefully. The post says Sears paid enough to…
Divorce starts this conversation and doesn’t let go. A viral post about resting on a Saturday for the first time in eight years opens something much more uncomfortable: the question of when we actually decide to change. Jen Kirsch has…
Canadian farming costs don’t come with press releases or ribbon cuttings. Saskatchewan alone puts eleven billion dollars into the ground each spring on one chance to get it right. The Quiet Billion-Dollar Bet Saskatchewan Farmers Make Every SpringFamily farms across…
Canada’s automotive industry has been in decline for twenty-five years, and the first argument in this conversation is that the name itself is part of the problem. Canada does not own a car company. It holds about ten percent of…
Mental health in Canada carries a price tag most people have never heard. $180 billion every year, and the lead author of the report that produced that number says it is an underestimate because the data gaps make the full…
Divorce finances start with a separation agreement and end somewhere much more expensive. The legal framework splits assets fairly. Fair and affordable turn out to be two different things. The family home is where this lands hardest. One parent keeps…
Canadian expressions are invisible until someone from outside names them. With F1 weekend pulling visitors into Montreal from around the world, the hosts asked the question: what do we say that sounds completely normal to us and completely baffling to…
Alberta’s separation talk is getting louder, and a man who organized Quebec’s 1980 referendum is watching closely. Andrew Caddell has seen this before. The phrases are familiar. The math is not. He organized on the ground and found the people…
Three weird news stories make up this episode, and each one gets worse the more you think about it. A Texas man drove a Cybertruck into a lake. His citation was for not having a boat licence. A Michigan couple’s…
What to watch this weekend covers six picks and a real argument: whether audiences have been permanently conditioned out of blockbuster excitement, with a new Star Wars in theatres as the test case. Horror on the Highway and a Heist…
