Good news stories do not always arrive as big announcements. Sometimes they begin when a stranger walks up in a community hall and remembers listening years ago. Shane tells the story of that encounter and why people taking a moment…
Good News Tuesday begins with a dream job question: what would you choose if you could spend your workday testing something you love? Ryan has an answer, and it involves a lot of building. An ice cream taste tester opportunity…
Alberta politics has a fresh result to interpret: a Calgary seat previously held by the UCP has gone to the NDP. Rob Breakenridge helps you judge what that change might mean without treating one by-election as a forecast. The referendum…
Churchill Manitoba has polar bears, belugas and a train ride that could take days. Would you still want to go if you could not count on Wi-Fi along the way? Shane wants the journey, but that one detail gives him…
Bob Addison is back on the ice, and this season’s soreness has shown up somewhere new, a detail that says a lot about what curling actually demands from the body. He also shares a story about a former teammate who,…
Diesel prices have pulled a dollar ahead of gasoline at the pump, and energy expert Dan McTeague breaks down exactly why that gap opened up and what’s actually driving it. He also points to a surprising piece of the supply…
AI radio stations can choose songs and introduce them. But what happens when each AI decides it knows exactly what the audience wants to hear? Kris Abel has audio from two stations whose introductions took peculiar turns. Would either one…
John Chew traces the letter Z back through French and Greek to explain how nearly every English-speaking country in the world settled on Zed, while one major country broke from that standard entirely. He also lays out how saying Zed…
Ryan told an American friend he needed to wear his toque all winter. His friend heard something very different. What everyday word have you used without realizing someone else might have no idea what you mean? Shane and Ryan put…
A Costco discount led to two hundred and sixty chocolate bars landing in one house five weeks before Halloween, and what happens next is the exact reason nobody should buy that early. Uncle Bob Addison pops in and shares he…
A break-in caught entirely on camera left one homeowner more unsettled than any theft could have, after a masked intruder defeated motion lights and AI tracking without so much as flinching. What happened once he got inside the shed raises…
Cybersecurity and tech analyst Ritesh Kotak shares a scenario that’s closer to reality than most people realize, where an AI could buy you something based on a single offhand comment you made in passing. He also lays out what actually…
If you’re about to vote in a municipal election, there’s an old line two former city hall insiders keep coming back to, and it explains exactly why so many local promises never get kept, no matter who wins. Former Montreal…
Ben Harrison walks through what nine days at the Toronto International Film Festival actually looks like when you’re chasing dozens of premieres, and how this year stacked up against his personal record from a decade ago. He also describes a…
Carmi Levy has noticed the same thing a lot of people have lately: scam calls used to trickle in every few weeks, and now they show up in clusters, sometimes minutes apart. He points to one specific shift in technology…
