The five second rule feels like something everyone has just always known, but Dr. Keith Warriner, microbiologist, traces its actual origin back centuries, through a Mongol emperor, a 1960s TV cook, and a decades-old novel, before it ever touched a…
1988 was the year CDs officially overtook vinyl records in sales, and a CBC report from that exact era laid out why listeners were making the switch, citing everything from surface noise to frequency range. The debate over which format…
Rob Breakenridge breaks down why Canadians keep learning about their own trade negotiations from American officials before their own prime minister says a word. A recent round of comments from a US cabinet member has become the dominant story in…
Richard Crouse rounds up three unexpected entertainment stories this week, starting with an actor best known for period drama who’s now dropping rap albums under a stage name most people have never heard. Matthew Crawley Is Now a RapperTom Hardy…
Ed Conroy, founder of Retro Ontario, makes the case for cassette tapes over CDs for one very specific reason that still holds up among certain music fans today. It is a small detail that says a lot about why physical…
Something about a needle in a groove still beats digital, at least according to Carmi Levy, who breaks down why vinyl sales have grown by double digits every single year despite streaming’s total dominance over the market. What gets lost…
Victoria Matiash traces the current wave of NHL player movement back to a single moment in 2022, when one star told his general manager exactly what he wasn’t willing to wait for anymore. She explains why that conversation reshaped how…
American fast food chains are expanding into Canada faster than almost anyone expected, and Shane and Ryan dig into how far it’s actually gone. Some of these brands are not just testing the waters, they are planning dozens of new…
Lindsay Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton take on the double standard hiding inside a lot of government spending outrage, using a very specific and very Canadian example to make the point. It’s a conversation about a sign, but it’s really about…
Good News Tuesday opens with a question worth sitting with: is gratitude something that only shows up after the hard part is over, or can it exist while you’re still in it? Shane digs into what changed his own definition…
Some nights the news is heavy enough that finding the good in it takes real effort. Tonight is built around doing exactly that, starting with a group of twelve-year-olds from Vancouver who just delivered Canada’s best Little League World Series…
Calgary’s Thunder Run water slide is gone after decades of freezing walkups, flashing green lights, and a climb that always felt endless. Before its final closure, the city gave it a proper send-off, with the mayor himself showing up to…
Tony Chapman built and sold two marketing agencies before deciding, fourteen years ago, that he was done with that chapter entirely. Then AI showed up, and he tells the story of what pulled him back in and away from the…
Mark Carney’s Liberals just won three by-elections while he was overseas addressing the European Parliament, and Matt Gurney, journalist and columnist at Read The Line, questions why the Prime Minister wasn’t in Canada’s own instead. Matt explains why the United…
Thirty years after Tupac was shot on the Las Vegas strip, a conviction has finally landed, and Eric Alper, former Death Row Records publicist, walks through why it took this long despite the shooter’s own repeated public confessions. Alper unpacks…
