Canada submarine defence spending just became real, with a deal that won’t deliver a single vessel for eight to ten years. The Monday study panel breaks down why the government went with a German partner over South Korea or Japan,…
Some jobs stick with you long enough to become writing a book of essays about. Alex Boyd worked a bookshop in the 1990s, the same kind of job George Orwell once described in the 1930s, and found that almost nothing…
Canadian car buying tariffs are reshaping which vehicles are actually worth the money this year, and the answer isn’t always the one buyers expect. Automotive journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld lays out which cars are genuinely built here, how to check a…
Canada submarine deal analysis from a military expert lands on an uncomfortable question: why did Canada pass on the faster, cheaper option? Richard Shimooka breaks down how South Korea offered quicker delivery, more production capacity, and a stronger partnership pitch,…
Canada Day landed on a Wednesday and somehow half the country took the whole week off. Shane and Ryan are both at their desks, mildly annoyed, and very much in the mood to talk about summer grievances. The conversation starts…
Human movement bias is more consistent than almost anyone expects, and Samantha Yammine is here to explain why the research is harder to dismiss than it looks. Studies in Spain and Japan, with children, adults, individuals, and crowds, all point…
It’s Canada Day weekend, give or take, and Shane and Ryan have three stories that will improve nothing about your life and yet somehow feel essential. First: the banana car. Twenty-three feet long, Ford F-150 engine, open top, eighty-five miles…
AI evaluation in business sounds straightforward until you try to do it. Mohit Rajhans says most companies are realizing the math doesn’t work the way they thought it would. Mohit runs and tracks where technology meets business reality. This…
Steve Stebbing, film and entertainment critic, splits this week into two rounds. First, Canadian titles built for a long weekend at home. Then, what’s actually worth the theatre seat right now. Three Canadian Films Worth Your Canada DayUndertone is the…
Vacation budgeting is something Jessica Moorhouse thinks about professionally. She still went to Italy for three weeks, blew past her carefully built spreadsheet, and came home with zero regrets and a slightly rejigged budget. Jessica is a personal finance expert…
Dungeons and Dragons started in 1974 with no budget and a simple idea, and Ryan O’Donnell makes the case that it has been saving lives ever since. If you’ve never rolled a die, this is the episode that explains why…
Wealth Simple is expanding fast and Vincent Gregoire, Canada Research Chair in Finance and Technology at HEC Montreal, is paying close attention. Lower fees and less friction are good for investors. The new ability to borrow against your portfolio, including…
Canada Day 1974 means a federal election, a sitting prime minister fighting for his majority, and a American president about to become the first to resign the office. The past has a way of arriving right on time. This Throwback…
Holistic nutritionist Alyssa B of nourished.ca makes the case that protein isn’t a fitness trend — it’s the foundation everything else depends on. Muscle protects bone. Bone protects you from the fall that changes everything. Getting enough protein is how…
Canadian politics commentator Rob Breakenridge joins the Canada Day long weekend to make a distinction most people skip: the country is not the same thing as the people running it, and one can be worth celebrating while the other deserves…
