Andy Baryer starts with the fire extinguisher most people forget the moment it’s mounted on the wall, explaining exactly how it can quietly stop working without anyone realizing until it’s too late. From there he shares a handful of genuinely…
Most people use wildfire, forest fire, and wildland fire interchangeably. They’re not the same thing, and the distinction matters more than the media ever explains. This one breaks down what actually separates them, then tracks a much bigger shift happening…
Two days before Trump’s tariff deadline, Jimmy Zoubris and Lesley Kelly dig into why so few Canadians want to give an inch, and who actually pays the price if nobody does. The conversation starts with something smaller but just as…
Author Cam Gordon spent seven years writing Track Changes, a book about how the internet rewired Canadian music between 1990 and 2010. But the real story isn’t about the artists, it’s about the people building websites, running blogs, and shaping…
Jessica Moorhouse, certified financial counsellor and author of Everything But Money, asks one question to everyone who tells her they want to retire early, and the answer usually isn’t about money at all. The conversation works through a specific number…
AI search results feel authoritative right up until someone pushes back. Tech analyst Carmi Levy breaks down why so much of what AI serves up is quietly shaped by listicles, sales tactics, and content that was never meant to be…
Eric Alper, music industry analyst, unpacks why a newly filed court case has reignited the decades-old question of who was really responsible for Tupac Shakur’s death. The investigation itself has been shaky for years, built on contradicting detective reports and…
A drive out to buy a used couch turns into something nobody plans for, a ninety minute conversation with total strangers that ends up feeling more like an old friendship than a furniture pickup. It starts with a gut feeling…
Andrew Caddell starts with some of Canada’s most underrated places, including a mountain hut demolished four years ago that once straddled the BC Alberta border at over three thousand meters, then moves into what’s actually happening behind closed doors in…
Cycling’s biggest race has seen doping scandals before, but this year’s cheating concern is different entirely, riders being checked for padded clothing designed to shave time through aerodynamics. It is one of three stories in this week’s roundup built for…
Steve Stebbing brings his weekend watch guide back with new movie releases and returning streaming shows, from a family thriller set in the Jurassic period to a biopic he ranks among the year’s best. His picks are built to cut…
Canada’s booze ban was supposed to be leverage in the trade war with the United States. Economist Moshe Lander explains why it may have done the opposite, and why Canadians drinking Oregon whites and Californian reds were never really the…
USA Government UFO file dumps keep landing, five tranches deep now, and writer Chrissy Newton breaks down why most people still aren’t paying attention. Some of it is distraction. Some of it is real. Both, she argues, can be true…
Big Hollywood is back, with 70 millimetre releases selling out theatres weeks ahead of opening weekend. Mohit Rajhans of connects that comeback to something happening at the exact same time, a wave of first-time filmmakers using AI and new…
The five love languages sound simple, until you realize you and your partner might not speak the same one. Dr. Laurie Betito breaks down what gifts, quality time, and words of affirmation reveal about how people give and receive love.…
