Last First planning flips goal setting upside down. Shane walks through his four-step process: start with where you want to end up, strip away all the life circumstances you’re using as excuses, ask what has to be true today to…
The 80s nostalgia machine started the second the decade ended. Ed Conroy explains: January 1, 1990, Best of the 80s CDs were in stores. Every other decade waits 20 years for its revival. The 50s became cool in the 70s.…
Alberta oil sands and Venezuela produce the same heavy crude. Both export to American refineries. The US just took control of Venezuela’s supply. Shane’s immediate reaction: Canada became irrelevant. Is he right? Rob Breakenridge says not yet, but the clock’s…
Mickey Rourke GoFundMe: When Celebrity Money DisappearsMickey Rourke GoFundMe drama reveals how celebrity financial problems happen even to million-dollar actors. Richard Crouse explains the 73-year-old actor owes $60,000 in unpaid rent on a Los Angeles bungalow. His manager launched a…
Mood boosting foods start with one missing ingredient in most diets: leafy greens. Alyssa B says spinach, kale, broccoli, and watercress contain every vitamin and mineral your cells need. When you eat them consistently, something shifts. You stop craving sugar…
Ozempic food industry changes hit Canadian wallets in unexpected ways. Generic weight-loss drugs arrive January 4 at one-third the cost. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois explains why pet food now competes with Ozempic for household budgets. Seventeen million Canadian households own pets.…
Weird news stories pile up when you’re not paying attention. A Toronto sex shop gets a mysterious package back from the US government. Inside: returned products and a letter from officials saying they can’t deliver to Bahrain. Specifically, to a…
The Panama invasion of 1989 didn’t end the way anyone expected. Twenty-seven thousand American troops surrounded one dictator hiding in the Vatican embassy. It took weeks of blasting rock music and a military siege to force Manuel Noriega’s surrender. Craig…
Panama invasion 1989 ended with Manuel Noriega’s surrender in January 1990. Thirty-five years later, Venezuela headlines trigger the same questions. How similar are these moments? What playbook keeps repeating? Shane and Ryan examine the December 1989 invasion that forced Noriega…
Best compilation albums of the 90s became the definitive way to discover music. Your friend’s car had at least three. Your older sibling’s bedroom had a stack of them. But which one actually deserved the throne? Shane and Ryan compare…
AI influencers are making 46% of social media users uncomfortable, and marketing expert Tony Chapman says that discomfort is justified. Fake fitness ads promise six-packs in 28 days with AI-generated bodies. Seniors are losing money to voice-cloning scams that sound…
Canadian Oil Industry Relevance: Why Energy Discounts and Pipeline Delays Threaten Canada’s Future Canadian oil sells at a discount to American buyers, and pipeline delays keep pushing the country further behind. Lindsay Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton debate whether Canada is…
Toronto appointed a traffic czar to fix the worst traffic congestion in North America. Montreal and Vancouver are close behind. Automotive journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld questions whether this is real change or political theater—and why Doug Ford’s control over Toronto’s municipal…
You hate what you see in your feed. The outrage bait, the conspiracy theories, the content designed to make you angry enough to engage. But you keep scrolling. Welcome to 4chan—it just doesn’t call itself that anymore. Greg Fish, a…
Simulation theory went from ancient philosophy to viral social media conspiracy. Philosopher Nathan Radke explains why people post “glitches in the matrix” videos claiming our universe is a computer simulation—and how this 2,000-year-old thought experiment is creating dangerous real-world consequences…
