A look back at how BeaverTails turned into one of Canada’s most recognisable food exports since its 1980 debut in Ottawa’s Byward Market kicks off a wider question: what actually is the best Canadian sweet treat? The seven-ten-ten call-in pulls…
Grocery stores sell the idea of fresh food, but Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois makes the case that most of what shoppers pay for is convenience dressed up as necessity. Anyone who has ever wondered why the bill keeps climbing…
GLP-1 drugs suppress appetite and the weight comes off, but registered dietitian Abby Sharp explains why the pill alone leaves people right back where they started the moment they stop taking it. Anyone who has ever white-knuckled a restrictive diet…
BeaverTails started on Sparks Street in Ottawa in 1980, and that single detail opens up a wider look back at a year that turns out to have set the stage for arguments still playing out in Canada today. Anyone curious…
William Shatner is 95, and his Riot Fest rider reads like a dare, entertainment critic Richard Crouse breaks down what he actually got the festival to agree to. Anyone who has ever wondered what a legend can demand backstage will…
A&W turns out to be Canadian, not American, and that’s just the start of what historian Ed Conroy uncovers about the food brands people think they know. Anyone curious how a chicken chain and a maple treat became quiet Canadian…
Dr. Keith Warriner studies food safety for a living, and he still ended up hospitalized after one taco stand decision near the Mexican border, an experience he now uses to explain how Cyclospora actually spreads through produce like lettuce and…
New research suggests up to five cups of coffee a day may actually support heart health rather than work against it, and that’s just the starting point for a full round of coffee myth busting. Anyone who has ever been…
Rob Breakenridge breaks down why Canadians are growing tired of hearing that the government will do whatever it takes, while new Trump tariffs keep landing with no exemptions left under the existing trade agreement. This one is for anyone wondering…
Rate your summer out of ten sounds simple until the answer actually has to come out loud. One host lands on a four, citing a move and friends scattered out of town. Another goes lower, landing on a two. A…
Rating the summer out of ten turns into something heavier once the conversation shifts to whether Canadians have simply checked out. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead pick up on a lingering question about where Canada stands right now, not for…
Thrifting has lost its stigma, with new survey data showing three in five Canadians plan to shop secondhand this year. Bruce Winder connects the surge to affordability, environmental motivations, and a genuine treasure hunt appeal that’s turned thrifting into a…
The average wedding cost in Canada now sits between thirty and forty thousand dollars, double what it was in 2010, and climbing higher in cities like Toronto and Vancouver. One host lays out exactly what that number buys after touring…
Neanderthals and modern humans lived in the same caves, hunted the same animals, and made nearly identical tools, so why did only one species survive? April Nowell explains what new excavations in Turkey and Israel reveal about two species who…
Subscription costs keep climbing even after you already cut cable to save money. Tony Chapman lays out why the average household now pays for seven streaming platforms, still sees ads, and still doesn’t know where the savings went. Netflix’s ad…
