The birth control pill does a lot more than most people realize, according to Dr. Mitch Shulman. Beyond preventing pregnancy, he explains how it can control periods entirely, ease acne, and even lower the risk of certain cancers, benefits that…
A new program from Lululemon lets shoppers trade in gently used gear for a payout, but the fine print reveals exactly what the company is hoping people choose. Tony Chapman lays out why one option is worth more than the…
Greg Fish has a test for separating what AI is actually good at from what it’s being sold as, and it comes down to one sharp question he keeps asking companies that make the biggest claims: if it can really…
A tweet ranking the greatest dogs of all time set off a debate once it became clear some of the most obvious picks weren’t included, and the argument over who got snubbed took over most of the show. Storm damage…
A race car driver with no arms held speeds past 100 miles an hour at one of motorsport’s most demanding endurance races, and the method behind it says something about what limits actually mean once you decide to ignore them.…
A company most people assumed was long gone just became an unlikely symbol of resistance. Vass Bednar, managing director of the Canadian Shield Institute, explains why MapQuest’s refusal to rename Lake Ontario turned into a genuine online moment, one that…
Alberta is one of the richest fossil regions on the planet, but there is a catch that surprises almost everyone who finds one, tied to a law most Canadians have never heard explained clearly before. Inside one of the country’s…
An ordinary walk to school turned into a bigger realization for Deb Hutton, one tied to a countdown she didn’t expect to be thinking about yet, and it shapes the rest of this honest conversation about raising kids. Deb names…
The whiteboard next to Antonietta Nobile’s desk in a hospital’s heart investigative unit had exactly one job: track the date and which doctor a patient was seeing that day. She started using the empty space for something the schedule never…
A viral ranking of famous TV and movie dogs sorts every legendary pup into five tiers, from certified greats to outright failures, and Bob Addison isn’t buying half the placements. Listeners get a rapid-fire argument over which beloved dogs got…
Matt Gurney has a theory that doesn’t sit well with most people: Canada’s problems mostly aren’t about the United States at all. He and Shane dig into the idea that whoever is in the White House can only exploit weaknesses…
Imagine you’re trapped under rubble after an earthquake, injured, and the first thing that reaches you is a cockroach wearing a tiny electronic backpack, followed by a second one carrying a hypodermic needle loaded with medicine, all part of a…
Most stress isn’t the workload. It’s the story a person tells about the workload, and a researcher who studies wellbeing explains why the exact same amount of “too much” can either feel exciting or feel like drowning, depending entirely on…
Flight searches, hotel bookings, and car rentals are all spiking this long weekend, and one Canadian airport alone is moving tens of thousands of people a day. The data paints a clear picture of exactly when not to travel. There…
A jobs report that was supposed to show growth instead wiped out tens of thousands of positions in a single month, and Andrew Caddell says the real story isn’t the headline number, it’s what’s actually being measured underneath it. Trade…
