The spring fiscal update is being celebrated. Canada’s deficit is down $11 billion. Oil prices are up. The host is not celebrating. Growing up in Fort McMurray and working in the oil upgraders gives a specific lens on coverage that…
Tony Chapman joins Shane Hewitt to explain how Canada is evolving into two distinct economies, divided by wealth and consumer experience. He points to airlines and rising fees as examples of how affordability pressures are reshaping daily life for most…
Canada’s spring fiscal update shows a lower deficit. The revenue driving that improvement comes largely from higher energy prices. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead track the contradiction: a decade of policy aimed at limiting energy investment, followed by a fiscal…
Three stories. None of them necessary. All of them real. First: condom prices are up 30 percent. The Iran conflict has disrupted supply chains for Karex, the company behind Durex and Trojan, which sources materials across Asia and Europe from…
Conspiracy theories about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting spread faster than any verified facts. Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up podcast applies the same framework he uses on every case: look at the evidence before drawing the conclusion. Radke…
Twenty percent of Canadians hold nearly 70 percent of the wealth. Tony Chapman calls it the K economy and says Air Canada’s new seating layout is a direct response to it: personalization and comfort for the top, stripped pricing with…
CRA scams are not seasonal, and the information scammers need to make them convincing is sitting publicly on your social media profiles right now. Julie Matthews says most people do not realise how much they have already given away. Online…
Tax filing in Canada looks straightforward until CRA audits you in retrospect. Evelyn Jacks, President of the Knowledge Bureau, tracks where self-employed Canadians and small business owners get it wrong. Mixed use expenses are the most common miss: car, home…
The bot takeover of the web is not one thing. Greg Fish of Cyberpunk Survival Guide breaks it into parts. Scrapers steal content, fill it with ads, and send bots to click the ads. That is click fraud and it…
Good News Tuesday opens with Doug Bush, 62 years old, walking 70,000 steps at a gym in Edmonton. Ten thousand for every year of his life. Google says that’s 11 hours and 40 minutes of continuous walking. Then there is…
Instagram Plus is being tested now in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines. Three dollars a month buys you longer stories, priority placement, anonymous story viewing, and the ability to see who rewatched your content. Features that either didn’t exist or…
Good News Tuesday opens with a homeowner in a former church rectory circling the house waiting for a barbecue that may have been delivered next door. The address confusion dates back to a rezoning in 1904 that nobody has fully…
Calgary rental prices have dropped. Two months free rent, six months free parking, all utilities included. And it still is not enough because the average two-bedroom in Calgary runs between 700 and 830 square feet. A study by lighting brand…
F1 engineer Bernie Collins spent years on the Aston Martin pit wall making the calls that shape race outcomes. Her book, How to Win a Grand Prix, covers what actually happens before a driver ever gets credit for it. Also,…
Humanoid robots have arrived at Toyota Canada’s Woodstock, Ontario factory, one of the largest automotive facilities in North America. Toyota assessed every model available and chose Digit, a short purple robot with oversized lamp eyes made by Agility Robotics. The…
