What makes a good concert is a question Kelly Alexander answers with a specific recent example. The show felt, she says, like being taken to church. Nothing about that had to do with the lighting cues. The artist was genuinely…
Star Wars trading cards were fun in 1977. One of them just sold at auction for $687,500. The seller did not have the Canadian bilingual version with nicks. Kris Abel has the Luke Skywalker card, the first in the 1977…
Butterfly population decline is measurable, documented, and connected to something most people eat every day. Federico Riva of Carleton University helped lead a global analysis to figure out how bad it actually is. The UK has been counting butterflies since…
FIFA World Cup 2026 is landing in Canada at a moment when ticket prices are disconnected from what fans are actually willing to pay. Bob Addison has been to Euro 2024. He knows the difference. Vancouver’s cheapest group stage ticket…
Stress and burnout start with a word. Dr. Sohan Mansingh says should is the word. It carries shame, it carries guilt, and it keeps people exactly where they don’t want to be. The deeper issue is the nervous system. Mansingh…
Generational trend names are everywhere, and the argument on the table is whether they reflect real experiences or just make it easier to stop trying. Life stretching. Quiet quitting. Bare minimum Mondays. At some point, the label becomes the permission…
AI home projects are changing how people tackle everything from clogged sinks to room redesigns. The question of who controls the technology making that possible is a lot more complicated. Your Wrench Now Has a Co-Pilot Gen Z and millennials…
Relationship expectations are being shaped by a TikTok trend that tells you your partner should anticipate everything, no asking required. Tony Tedesco calls it emotional mind reading dressed up as romance. Jen Kirsch says the problem is simpler: people just…
Buying a home Canada feels impossible until someone sits down and actually runs the numbers with you. Jessica Moorhouse starts with the wishlist, then the mortgage broker, then the reality check. The first trap she names is the forever home.…
Housing affordability has a policy blind spot, and second time home buyers are falling right through it. The assumption is that every young buyer is a first-time buyer. But that’s not who’s stuck. Mike Moffat points to people who bought…
Canadians living with parents in their 30s and 40s is now at generational highs, according to new Stats Canada data. The conversation digs into the numbers and whether giving it a name like life stretching is part of the problem.…
Foreign interference in Canada is more complicated than the legal definition suggests. The gap between what’s traceable and what’s actually happening may explain more than anyone wants to say out loud. The Habs, the PWHL, and Why Rome Is Worth…
Driverless cars are coming to Canada, and the safety numbers are making even longtime skeptics rethink their position. Lorraine Sommerfeld wrote the piece. She also used to tell autonomous cars to stay off her roads. Sommerfeld talked to a tech…
Toxic ex stories on a fourth date sound like a warning sign. Ryan O’Donnell says his became the most honest moment he had ever had with someone that early. He had one genuinely toxic relationship. When he and Laura were…
What to watch this weekend spans a video game brawler that earns its cheese, a sheep murder mystery with a cast nobody predicted, and a 2008 film making its case as the greatest sports movie ever made. Two conversations. One…
