Artemis 2 launched today and for one person watching, the last time a space launch was watched all the way through was 1986. Crisscross applesauce on a library floor in grade six. The angles looked familiar tonight and the breath held the same way at booster separation. Nothing bad happened. That took a minute to…
Artemis 2 launch reaction is the kind of thing that surprises you. Lindsay Broadhead did not expect what she felt watching it. Jamie Ellerton remembered a vague imprecise memory from the late nineties and a Canadian connection that may or may not have been real. Both agreed that Canada having someone on a rocket heading…
Jeremy Hansen space launch is something Kris Abel has been waiting for since he met Hansen years before the mission existed. They did simulations together. Kris Abel planted a thought in his head about the 1965 Gemini astronaut who snuck a corned beef sandwich on board and triggered a permanent NASA ban on sandwiches in…
Alien conspiracy theories in 2025 are moving fast and Nathan Radke, who teaches this for a living, has been tracking all of it. The US government registered alien.gov. An Air Force general with Wright-Patterson ties went missing six days after Trump announced a full UFO file release. Steven Spielberg has a film called Disclosure Day…
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is going around the moon on Artemis 2 and Rachel Ward-Maxwell, who studies space for a living, is nervous. The astronauts are not. They have spent years preparing for this, they understand what they are flying into, and at this point they are simply ready to go. That gap tells you…
Trump Iran war speech ran tonight and Matt Gurney’s first observation was this: when a president goes on national television in primetime to reassure his own base that gas prices will come down and this is not going to be another Iraq, that is not a sign that things are going the way they had…
Shane Hewitt discusses whether recent fines totalling about $47,000 are meaningful penalties for billion‑dollar grocery chains. While the amount is small compared to corporate revenues, Hewitt argues the real value lies in forcing public attention, transparency and accountability. The segment explores how even modest fines can spark important conversations about pricing, enforcement and consumer expectations.…
International Whiskey Day lands on a Friday this year and World Theatre Day is today too, which means you can go to the theatre and drink whisky and technically be celebrating two things at once. Ryan O’Donnell would like it noted that International Smashburger Day is also a real calendar entry and that smashburgers are…
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau’s English-only statement after two pilots died had a problem that had nothing to do with language. It had to do with order. The names should have come first. Andrew Caddell says the criticism of Rousseau is fair and the timing of the politicians who piled on was tasteless. Both things…
Canadian whisky has been reaching past its reputation and most people have not noticed yet. Stephen Beaumont says Canada is currently the most exciting whisky market on the planet, beating Ireland for that title, and the evidence runs from Crown Royal’s new single malt to Lot 40’s cherry wood and dark oak finishes to a…
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