Canada pulled out of trade talks with the United States this weekend rather than accept a bad deal, and Lesley Kelly and Jimmy Zoubris reacted from opposite directions before landing somewhere unexpected. Lesley admits she felt punked reading the headlines…
Trade headlines and tariff threats have a way of making everyone want to check their bank balance at 2am, and Anita Bruinsma explains why this particular wave of uncertainty feels a lot like one Canadians already lived through and got…
A prime minister stood up this weekend and said Canada had done nothing wrong in these trade talks. That claim gets tested against the same government’s own record on military spending and energy investment, and the gap between the talking…
Ryan O’Donnell tries to convince Shane that his excitement for Christmas and Ryan’s love of Magic the Gathering are basically the same nerdy habit, and Shane is not having it, kicking off a debate that somehow lands on a much…
A power deal signed in the 1960s looked reasonable to both sides at the time. Then oil prices moved, and one province found a way to multiply its profits tenfold while the other kept collecting the exact same twenty million…
If you have ever sat on hold trying to cancel something you no longer want, this one is going to make your blood boil in a way you did not expect. It starts small, a gym that will not let…
Steve Stebbing has a theory he tests twice this week, once on a low budget thriller and again on a big budget superhero series. The verdict might surprise you. Three New Releases and the Film That Proves the PointA sixth…
Single motherhood by choice looks nothing like the stereotype, and the fertility numbers behind it are more urgent than most people think. Dr. Ashley Guttman lays out why so many Canadian families now start with one parent by design, and…
Math skills are quietly changing now that AI can prove research-level problems that professional mathematicians spent decades trying to solve on their own. Trefor Bazett looks at what’s gained, and what quietly gets lost, when a calculation that used to…
The AI communication problem starts long before you open the app, according to Mohit Rajhans. Most organizations are handing employees tools without any real plan, and by the end of this conversation you’ll know why so many of those tools…
Small moments carry more weight than most people realize, according to Dr. Laurie Betito, and missing them is easier than it sounds. A slightly different phrase, a slightly different response, and a connection either lands or disappears without either person…
A new system promises reserved concert tickets to a band’s biggest fans, and on paper it sounds like a fix for years of ticket buying frustration. Then you start asking how “biggest fan” actually gets measured, and the whole thing…
Only a fraction of the American dairy products Canada agreed to let in under a major trade deal ever actually crossed the border, and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois has the numbers to prove it, numbers that reframe who’s really responsible for…
Imagine buying a brand new car, sitting in that fresh leather smell, turning the key, and getting a commercial before the engine even starts. Tony Chapman lays out exactly why that scenario is closer to reality than anyone would like…
Ten years should feel like ten years. This one doesn’t. A concert that brought an entire country to a stop gets remembered here in specific, personal detail, right down to the moment everyone realized Gord Downie was performing through an…
