Columbia House recently shut down, and Ed Conroy finally explains the business model that kept it running for decades after everyone assumed it should have collapsed. It came to Canada in 1979, and the reason it worked has nothing to…
Small business taxes get treated like an abstract line item until Corinne Pohlmann of CFIB puts real numbers on what businesses pay just to keep an employee on payroll, whether or not the business turns a profit that year. She…
Your tax bill outweighs every other expense Canadians complain about, and new research backs that up. Shane and Ryan break down why the conversation around cost of living keeps missing the actual number one line item. Ryan expected a return…
A stalled trade deal with the United States gets reframed here as something other than a loss. Jamie Ellerton argues Canadians have been treating a shrinking relationship with the US as the new ceiling on what’s possible, when it might…
A few years ago Nike could do no wrong, landing every collaboration and dominating sneaker culture. Shane and Ryan explain how quickly that changed, and just how steep the fall has actually been. Part of it traces back to a…
Tony Chapman breaks down why Canadian sports stars keep signing with American teams once free agency hits, and it isn’t only about the paycheque. He walks through how currency, cross-border taxes, and something harder to quantify, the pull toward playing…
Dr. Lee Kuhnle calls himself a skeptic, but a night spent stargazing with his young son left him with an experience he couldn’t fully explain. That moment sent him looking for actual math behind the question of alien life, and…
Tax fairness gets personal when Jared A. Walker explains why someone who inherits five million dollars can pay less tax than someone earning it paycheque by paycheque. He calls it a rigged structure, and the reason has nothing to do…
A phone notification during a work meeting nearly brought someone to tears tonight, over a video game that’s been sitting untouched for more than a decade suddenly getting a second life out of nowhere. That reaction leads into a real…
Musk ox spotted from the air over the Arctic. Decades of obscure adventures already lived. At seventy-eight, one bucket list is down to a single item left, and it’s not what you’d expect. That admission opens up a wider list…
Dr. Mitch Shulman does radio, television, and writing on top of working the emergency room, and he explains the specific reason behind all of it, one that has nothing to do with recognition and everything to do with keeping people…
Canada’s investment summit is dangling a trillion dollars in front of the world, and journalist Matt Gurney says the real problem isn’t the money, it’s execution, the same kind you’d notice trying to book a contractor for a small job.…
Youth unemployment keeps trending the wrong way, and career development leader Candy Ho points to something specific that used to give young workers structure and discipline that’s harder to find now. A first job at a fast food chain once…
Taxes edge out housing and food as the real cost of living most Canadians never add up. Franco Terrazano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation breaks down just how much of a family’s paycheque disappears before it ever hits the bank…
Tech expert and journalist Kris Abel joins us to share his thoughts on the new iPhone duo. And questions the path that Apple is on not only from the name, not following typical conventions, but the price point and how…
