Thanksgiving dinner costs can rise without every item on the table becoming more expensive. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois helps identify where the pressure is coming from before the holiday grocery shop. Which ingredients deserve a closer look, and which familiar favourites…
Home heating costs and holiday driving meet in a fuel market where relief can be uneven. Dan McTeague of Canadians for Affordable Energy helps you distinguish his gasoline outlook from his diesel forecast. Why might the same weekend bring welcome…
1987 vs today gets wonderfully awkward when every explanation requires another explanation. Shane turns an imaginary Thanksgiving road trip into a way to rediscover how extraordinary ordinary technology has become. How do you explain a map on a phone to…
Canadian political priorities take a sharp turn when Alberta separatists seek support outside the country. Rob Breakenridge helps you assess the strategy behind approaching Washington and the risks it creates at home. What could American involvement deliver that these groups…
Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Eric Alper takes you inside that year and the business habit almost nobody in the audience ever noticed. On stage, she looked like…
Showing up for others gets complicated when the person you’re counting on stops answering. Jen Kirsch and Tony Tedesco offer practical ways to respond to silence, ask for help and recognise support that actually meets someone’s needs. Is being available…
1987 television looks different when you remember which shows you wouldn’t admit watching. Writer Ed Conroy gives you a fresh way to revisit the favourites that followed you home from school, starting with the gap between enjoying Star Trek and…
Moviegoing offers something a familiar story alone might not explain. Richard Crouse brings firsthand theatre experiences and a new review to help weigh what makes a film worth a night out. The conversation moves from a room laughing together to…
Community connection should not make someone wonder whether a greeting was meant for them. Tony Chapman helps put words to what a simple hello can offer: the feeling of being acknowledged. Why does something so ordinary sometimes catch people off…
Canadian public policy can promise help while leaving difficult questions at the edges. Lindsay Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton offer ways to test the headlines against everyday circumstances. From grocery bills to MAID, who gets recognised by the rules, and who…
MAID and mental illness raise questions that cannot be settled by the word “choice” alone. Bioethicist Kerry Bowman helps distinguish concerns about decision-making capacity from the experience of prolonged suffering. How should protection and autonomy be weighed when someone has…
A parents’ night out can get a couple away from the house without getting them out of parenting mode. Alyson Schafer helps identify what makes that break an investment in the relationship. When dinner becomes another conversation about the children’s…
Evidence contamination can turn a sincerely repeated story into something its teller never intended. Nathan Radke offers a way to question extraordinary UFO claims without assuming the person making them is lying. What changes when belief rests on stories someone…
AI hype often sells a future free from the supposed weakness of human emotion. Greg Fish offers a reason to question that premise before accepting the next promise of a machine that thinks like us. What happens when a person’s…
AI marketing can make a small business look polished while leaving its personality out of the picture. Tony Chapman helps identify what deserves attention before another poster or email goes out. When creating content becomes effortless, what keeps a business…
