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…
AI generated clips of Robin Williams have been flooding the internet for years, and his own children just decided they’ve had enough, reviving an Instagram account that sat untouched for over a decade. Richard Crouse explains what they’re trying to…
Ten years ago, a band said goodbye and actually meant it, and Ed Conroy explains why that almost never happens in music. Most farewell tours are a marketing device. This one wasn’t, and the reason why cuts right to the…
Ten years on, Gord Sinclair still remembers exactly what was going through his mind as that final tour began in Victoria, before anyone knew if the band could finish what they’d set out to do. He talks about it now,…
A man enters the wrong pin at checkout, gets declined, tries again, and on the third failed attempt the terminal lets him through anyway, just sign here. Ritesh Kotak explains exactly how that happens and why most people have no…
A pipeline gets announced as a big win in trade talks. Except it might already have been built, under a different name, months before anyone in Washington started taking credit for it. Rob Breakenridge sorts out what’s real here and…
There is a specific, researched reason your body laughs at a joke that just bombed in front of you, and it has almost nothing to do with whether the joke was actually funny. Once you hear the explanation, you will…
