Home: Today I Can Feel Africa
What makes you feel at home is the question that opened a conversation this week, and it started with a priest named Father Paul from Tanzania standing in a park with the sun on his face saying, today I can…
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SHIFTHEADS: How a Lego Set Became the Best Conversation About Science in Years
The NASA Artemis Lego set keeps selling out, and the conversation it opened is about something bigger than a model on a shelf. The hosts ask what happened to science as something you bring home and do yourself. The specific…
The Fake Canada Goose and What Online Shopping Fraud Actually Looks Like
Online shopping fraud in Canada hit approximately $640 million in 2024, and Bruce Winder says the vector is not always an obvious scam. Sometimes it is a website that looks exactly like the one you meant to visit. A convincing…
NEW – Dan McTeague on the Oil Supply Shock Canada Is Not Ready For
Diesel fuel prices are already painful for Canadian truck operators, and Dan McTeague says the number people are watching at the pump is not the number that tells the real story. The supply that kept prices stable is gone and…
Do We Still Need Car Dealers?
Car dealerships have survived a hundred years of disruption, but Lorraine Sommerfeld says their reputations have taken a serious hit since the pandemic and consumers are increasingly choosing to just stay away. The frustration is not really about the car.…
Alpine Divorce: When Leaving Is Not a Breakup, It Is Abandonment
Alpine divorce is the term circulating online for something that is not a divorce at all. Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch say it is abandonment with a trendy name, and the conversation it opens is about what a partner does…
NEW – Trust Us: Canada’s New Sovereign Fund and the Questions Nobody Is Answering
Canada’s new $25 billion sovereign wealth fund was announced today, and the panel’s first question is the one nobody in Ottawa is rushing to answer: who gets to the front of the line? The Investment Canada Needs and the History…
How Burglars Case Your Home Without Ever Sitting Outside It
Trail camera surveillance has become a break-and-enter tool, and the reason it works is the same reason it is hard to detect. Mark Mendelson says criminals are not parking on your street anymore. They are already in your tree. Camouflaged…
AI: The Third Voice in the Room Nobody Invited
AI in everyday life is no longer something you opt into. Mohit Rajhans makes the case that it arrived through your last app update, and most people have no idea it is already at the table. WhatsApp. Instagram. Facebook. The…
Before the Game Boy, There Was the Punch Buggy Game
The Game Boy turns 36 this year, and the throwback is not just about the hardware. It is about what changed the moment a screen showed up in the back seat of the family car. Before handheld gaming, road trips…
SHIFTHEADS: The Dairy Myth and What Canada Is Actually Giving Up at the Trade Table
Canada US trade negotiations are at a crossroads, and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says the messaging coming out of Ottawa is conflicting enough to be a problem on its own. Mexico has overtaken Canada as the top US trading partner in…
Technology Giveth and Technology Taketh Away
The Game Boy anniversary is a reason to ask what actually changed the moment handheld gaming arrived in the back seat of the family car. Carmi Levy has a clear answer: we gained peace, and we lost the window. Before…
Shiftheads – We Have the Oil, the Gas, and the Minerals. The Question Is Whether We Use Them
Canada trade talks with the United States are stuck in a holding pattern, and Rob Breakenridge says the bigger problem is that nobody has defined the end game. Trump is calling his own deal a ripoff. There is no clear…
1989: The Year the Game Boy Arrived and a Home Cost $125,000
Throwback Thursday lands in 1989, and the gap between then and now is either comforting or devastating depending on what you look at first. The Game Boy launched. The Canadian Space Agency was officially created. And the average Canadian home…
ICYMI – The Three Questions That Change How You See Spring Cleaning
Decluttering is not a weekend project. Megan Golightly says it is a mindset shift, and once it clicks, you cannot unlearn it. The hard part is not the stuff. It is the voice in your head that has been defending…