Kessler syndrome is the risk hiding behind the race to launch satellites, and it has very little to do with giving you better internet. Greg Fish traces the satellite boom back to social media and search companies running out of…
What if the classic grey alien everyone describes is not an alien at all, but a human from thousands of years in the future? This conversation walks through a theory that reframes decades of UFO sightings, then digs into one…
Norway’s soccer team lost to England, then went viral days later for something that had nothing to do with the match: a stuffed drunk raccoon somebody actually brought home from the trip. It raises the real question. Postcards, magnets, shot…
Every invasive weed trick you’ve tried has probably failed, and Andy Barrar has the reason bindweed and mint keep winning. From there he turns to the AI chip now deciding which laptop is worth buying and a satellite company testing…
Competitors in power slapping get hit hard enough to lose consciousness, and a Kitchener woman just became the sport’s first women’s flyweight champion. From there, a goat that helped fight a Colorado wildfire gets its own merchandise line, and Regina…
The Gordie Howe Bridge is set to open July 27th, more than a decade after the deal was signed, and Mike Kakuk explains exactly what changes the day trucks and cars start crossing. Half of all truck traffic is expected…
Duane D.O. Gibson’s great uncle, Isaac Phills, was the first Black Canadian to receive the Order of Canada. Decades later, Duane received the same honour himself, and still cannot find out who nominated him, a mystery he says fits the…
Bob Addison got laid off from radio in 2015 and canceled a family trip to Oregon the same day, certain everything was falling apart. A decade later, watching two Vancouver stations and two in Calgary go dark last week, that’s…
Canada financed the Gordie Howe Bridge, and under the new deal with the US, half the profits now go to an American development fund. Journalist Matt Gurney breaks down why that sounds worse than it is: Canada still recovers every…
Before a single grade eight student in Ontario touches a lathe, they’re putting on a VR headset and learning a machine shop that isn’t real yet. Kris Abel walks through the first school in the country to try it, plus…
The hometown road trip game only has one rule: pick a single spot to show a first-time visitor, no backup answer allowed. The hosts turn it into a cross-country dare, comparing what actually represents Calgary, Merrickville, and Toronto when there’s…
A political term limits debate usually stops at the slogan, but Andrew Caddell has covered Parliament Hill long enough to push past it and ask who really benefits. He names his one spot for a first-time visitor in Kamouraska, Montreal,…
Some stories you didn’t need to know today start with a parking ticket and end up somewhere nobody expects. A Toronto driver who knew she’d stopped at the sign went looking for proof instead of just paying the fine, and…
Weekend streaming picks from Steve Stebbing start with a question he can’t shake: why remake Moana shot for shot with the same lead singing the same songs, only a decade later and with worse reviews. He counters with two picks…
A Meta data center Alberta project worth thirteen billion dollars sounds like a win for Canadian business, but Emily Osborne makes the case for why the price tag is the least important number in the story. Osborne breaks down the…
