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…
AI search summaries are quietly replacing the second, third, and fourth sources you used to check before trusting an answer. Mohit Rajhans lays out how a single Gemini query can bury the truth of a story under one linked opinion…
Signs your partner is cheating rarely show up as one dramatic clue, and Dr. Laurie Betito spends this conversation drawing the line between suspicion and proof. A guarded phone or a sudden change in routine can mean betrayal, or it…
Drive-thru culture is getting a real-time reaction this summer, as Europeans in town for the World Cup post themselves discovering it for the first time. One video shows a woman getting out of her car at the window, certain a…
Some people still insist a CRT television shows colour that no flat screen can replicate, and tech expert Carmi Levy says it is the same instinct that keeps vinyl records and cassette mixtapes alive. He walks through exactly what made…
Bonnie Tyler has died at seventy five, and music commentator Eric Alper traces the accident that built her voice: a doctor’s order for six weeks of silence, and one scream of frustration that changed everything. What follows is the real…
