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# Shane Hewitt

Radio Speaker Entrepreneur

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- [NEW - Four Pieces of IKEA. Still Engaged. It's Good News.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-four-pieces-of-ikea-still-engaged-its-good-news/) - Good News Tuesday opens with a genuine relationship milestone: assembling four pieces of IKEA furniture in a single afternoon and coming out the other side still engaged. The research backs up why that counts. Psychologists have found that picture-only instructions force constant compromise, trigger questions of trust and competence, and surface exactly how differently two
- [Good News Is There. Artemis 3 and More Good News Tuesday.](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-is-there-artemis-3-and-more-good-news-tuesday/) - Good News Tuesday is built on a simple idea: when you can't find the good, sometimes hearing it from someone else is enough to turn you around. This one brings the next NASA moon crew, a child in Nanaimo doing something remarkable at three in the morning, a stolen car with a very large dog
- [SHIFTHEADS: A Good Friend to Remember and One Line To Never Forget](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-a-good-friend-to-remember-and-one-line-to-never-forget/) - Vancouver police Sergeant Craig Reynolds was forty-eight when he died. Bob Addison was at the funeral, and one moment at the very end, a single line from the MC, stopped him cold. This is a Good News Tuesday that earns the name the hard way: through loss, through eight hundred people in a church, and
- [NEW - Robots in Your iPhone -  Robots Climbing Mountains](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-robots-in-your-iphone-robots-climbing-mountains/) - Tech journalist Kris Abel joins Good News Tuesday with three stories that land differently depending on how optimistic you are about the future. Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference revealed a new Siri built on Google's Gemini technology, with longer conversations, better task planning, and customisable voice and pacing. Apple Intelligence is also reaching back to support
- [Half of Canadian Couples Fight About This Nightly](https://shanehewitt.ca/half-of-canadian-couples-fight-about-this-nightly/) - Couples and food decisions have a numbers problem: research cited by relationship writer Jen Kirsch puts decision paralysis over dinner at about half of all Canadian couples, and Tony Tedesco says the question underneath the question is almost always about who is carrying the load. Date night gets into the mechanics of why this keeps
- [ICYMI - Your Memory Is Lying to you. One Word Might Have Done It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-your-memory-is-lying-to-you-one-word-might-have-done-it/) - Cognitive bias researcher and author Davis Carbo joins to unpack one of the most unsettling findings in psychology: changing a single word in how an event is described can make people remember things that never happened. The Loftus and Palmer car crash study from the seventies proved it, and the implications reach into every conversation,
- [NEW - What’s On Your Mind: Aaron Rand CJAD 800 Montreal](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-whats-on-your-mind-aaron-rand-cjad-800-montreal/) - Aaron Rand, host at CJAD Montreal, joins to break down the political moment Quebec finds itself in heading toward an October election. The Parti Québécois, whose signature issue is separation, is pushing a referendum that almost nobody in Quebec wants, and their latest move is asking Ottawa for forty billion dollars to opt out of
- [Shiftheads: Alberta's Wins That Separatists Forgot They Had](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-albertas-wins-that-separatists-forgot-they-had/) - Alberta separatists have a long memory for grievances and a short one for results. Matt Gurney, editor at Read the Line, brings a new piece arguing that Alberta conservatives have been one of the most effective political forces in Canadian history, and that the case for separatism ignores twenty years of real, documented wins. Then
- [Canada's Prisons Are Testing AI. Experts Aren't Sold.](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-prisons-are-testing-ai-experts-arent-sold/) - AI in Canadian prisons is no longer hypothetical. Correctional Service Canada has handed $123,000 to Accenture to pilot the use of artificial intelligence in writing criminal profile reports, the foundational documents that shape how inmates are managed, what programs they access, and how parole decisions get made. Technology analyst Carmi Levy breaks down what that
- [Canada's Comfortable Bubble Nobody Wants to Question](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-comfortable-bubble-nobody-wants-to-question/) - Canadian consumer choices rarely get challenged from the inside, and that is exactly the problem. This conversation starts with recycling bags in Merrickville and ends up somewhere much bigger: why do Canadians keep accepting the options they are handed instead of asking for better ones? From the cars that keep getting larger while European streets
- [NEW - DIY Fixed for your Hot Water Tank and an Apple Siri Fix too?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-diy-fixed-for-your-hot-water-tank-and-an-apple-siri-fix-too/) - Home maintenance tips don't get more overlooked than this one: draining your hot water tank once or twice a year could add years to its life, and almost nobody does it. Andy Baryer from HandyAndyMedia.com learned this the hard way when his tank failed a year past its six-year warranty, and his plumber confirmed the
- [Ryan Hated Beach Vacations… Then He Actually Went on One](https://shanehewitt.ca/ryan-hated-beach-vacations-then-he-actually-went-on-one/) - First time travel to a tropical destination has a way of dismantling opinions held for years, and Ryan O'Donnell arrived in Cabo San Lucas with a full set of them. He wanted experiences, not a beach chair. He wanted castles and roller coasters and history, not chips and a pool. He was wrong, and he
- [NEW - Federal Policy Forced Streamers to Invest More In Canadian Content. Spotify Raised Prices. Funny how that works.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-federal-policy-forced-streamers-to-invest-more-in-canadian-content-spotify-raised-prices-funny-how-that-works/) - Canadian content streaming funding has been a fight Canadian broadcasters have been losing for years, and the Monday panel digs into exactly what just happened: the CRTC ordered foreign streaming services to contribute to the Canada Media Fund, the government backed off citing trade irritants, and Spotify sent out a price increase notice for 15%.
- [Why Can't Canadians Buy the Cars They Actually Want?](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-cant-canadians-buy-the-cars-they-actually-want/) - Canadian car market selection has never really been a choice, and automotive journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld from http://driving.ca lays out exactly why: Canada represents roughly ten percent of the US market, which means whatever America wants, Canada gets. The conversation starts with Monaco yacht videos and ends somewhere much closer to home. Sommerfeld traces how the
- [ICYMI - When Co-Parenting Gets Expensive and Nobody Agreed to It](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-when-co-parenting-gets-expensive-and-nobody-agreed-to-it/) - Divorce and child expenses are supposed to be settled in the separation agreement, but financial planner Anita Bruinsma says that document only takes you so far. What it cannot anticipate is the horseback riding hobby, the $300 hockey stick, or the braces one parent books before the other has signed off. http://ClarityOnYourMoney.com contributor Bruinsma maps
- [NEW - Darkness for days: What Will You Find at a Cave Retreat?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-darkness-for-days-what-will-you-find-at-a-cave-retreat/) - If you've ever wondered what you'd actually find if you stopped running from yourself, a darkness retreat is the most direct answer available. No light. No sound. No scroll. No signal that you're doing it right. Just you, and whatever you've been carrying without knowing it. Scott Berman has guided over seven hundred people through
- [AI sovereignty: Is Canada falling behind?](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-sovereignty-is-canada-falling-behind/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Vass Bednar about Canada’s approach to AI sovereignty, regulation, and the risks of moving too fast on adoption. They explore gaps in governance, global competition, and emerging concerns like “surveillance pricing” in the digital economy. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us
- [Clip culture: Are we losing focus?](https://shanehewitt.ca/clip-culture-are-we-losing-focus/) - Mohit Rajhans joins Shane Hewitt to discuss the rise of “clip culture” and its impact on attention spans and learning. He warns that short-form content may be changing how people process news, education, and long-form thinking. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4
- [NEW: AI Will Answer Anything. Nobody Is Teaching You What to Ask](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ai-will-answer-anything-nobody-is-teaching-you-what-to-ask/) - The middleman is gone. The manager who mentored the new hire, the salesperson with the Rolodex, the person who connected the question to the right answer. That role has been cut from business, from retail, and now from the conversation about AI. The problem is not that AI gives wrong answers. The problem is that
- [ICYMI - Trump Keeps Losing in Court. The Forced Labour Tariff Is the Workaround](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-trump-keeps-losing-in-court-the-forced-labour-tariff-is-the-workaround/) - Trump has faced legal setbacks on tariffs. Forced labour as a justification for new trade measures has never appeared before in Canada-US negotiations. Andrew Caddell says it is a backdoor: a way to keep pressure on Canada and limit trade with China while bypassing the courts that have blocked previous moves. The CUSMA review is
- [Most Jobs Are Filled Before They're Posted. Here's What to Do About It](https://shanehewitt.ca/most-jobs-are-filled-before-theyre-posted-heres-what-to-do-about-it/) - AI can draft a resume. It can help translate one career into the language of another. What it cannot do, according to career development leader Candy Ho, is connect the dots of a life and help someone talk about themselves effectively in a room with another human being. The more overlooked problem is on the
- [SHIFTHEADS: Five Movies and Shows Worth Your Weekend. One Not Worth It](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-five-movies-and-shows-worth-your-weekend-one-not-worth-it/) - Six things are competing for your weekend. Three in theatres. Three on streaming. Steve Stebbing has seen all of them and has a clear order of priority. The Wayans Brothers, He-Man, and a Paul Rudd Music Drama Walk Into a Theatre Scary Movie 6 marks the first time the Wayans brothers have touched the franchise
- [NEW - Your Relationship Expectations Aren't Yours. Here's Where They Came From](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-relationship-expectations-arent-yours-heres-where-they-came-from/) - Social media does not show relationship conflicts, insecurity, ordinary bodies, or real intimacy. It shows curated vacations, idealized bodies, and romantic gestures. Dr. Laurie Betito calls it the comparison trap: measuring your actual relationship against someone else's highly edited reality, then wondering why yours falls short. The Highlight Reel Affecting Your Expectations Social media shapes
- [ICYMI - Your Kid Thinks They're Informed. They Watched Three Clips](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-your-kid-thinks-theyre-informed-they-watched-three-clips/) - The clip economy is not just about shorter videos. It is about a generation forming opinions, making arguments, and consuming news from content that has been stripped of everything that makes it accurate. Mohit Rajhans calls it the clip economy: a media environment where a four-minute subway hot take and a 45-minute expert interview compete
- [Canada's AI Strategy Arrived Late and Skipped the Governance Part](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-ai-strategy-arrived-late-and-skipped-the-governance-part/) - Canada's national AI strategy is optimistic, overdue, and built on a premise Vass Bednar says is materially incorrect: that low public trust in AI is a literacy problem that more access will fix. Bednar argues trust is low because the product came to market too early, makes promises it cannot keep, and operates without the
- [One Dollar Off: Canada's Most Famous Price Is Right Moment](https://shanehewitt.ca/one-dollar-off-canadas-most-famous-price-is-right-moment/) - The Price is Right changed hosts in 2007 for the first time in over thirty years, and a man from Grand Prairie, Alberta made it memorable for Canadians before the year was out. Patrice Massa missed his showcase bid by one dollar. The Throwback Thursday conversation digs into what that means, what he walked away
- [Dairy exports under fire as U.S. accuses Canada of cheating](https://shanehewitt.ca/dairy-exports-under-fire-as-u-s-accuses-canada-of-cheating/) - Food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois joins Shane Hewitt to discuss U.S. accusations that Canada is exploiting a loophole to export surplus dairy south of the border. The debate raises new questions about transparency, supply management, and Canada’s dairy rules. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us
- [NEW - Protein Is Everywhere. Most of It Is Noise](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-protein-is-everywhere-most-of-it-is-noise/) - Protein added to chips. Protein added to milk that already has protein. A Costco chocolate milk that flies off the shelves. The marketing is working, but the nutrition math is messier than the labels suggest. Alyssa B from http://Nourished.ca cuts through the noise with a number: one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Chinese-Owned Plant Making Canada's Baby Formula and a Secret Export Operation](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-chinese-owned-plant-making-canadas-baby-formula-and-a-secret-export-operation/) - Canadian baby formula prices are up 70% in five years. There are still shortages. And the only plant producing baby formula in Canada ships most of what it makes to China and the United States. That plant cost $380 million to build. Canadian taxpayers confirmed at least $48 million of that. The company that owns
- [NEW - Canada in 2007: The Year the World Changed and Nobody Noticed](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-in-2007-the-year-the-world-changed-and-nobody-noticed/) - In 2007, Stephen Harper was leading a conservative minority government, George W. Bush was in his second term, and Afghanistan was dominating the news. Politicians were speaking about Arctic sovereignty without calling each other names. Nothing was done about it then either. The average Canadian home cost $300,000. Weekly groceries ran $140 to $170. Gas
- [ICYMI - Alberta's Separation Bill Starts at $170 Billion](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-albertas-separation-bill-starts-at-170-billion/) - Alberta's Premier put a number on separation this week: $170 billion in federal debt as Alberta's opening share, before accounting for everything the federal government currently handles. Rob Breakenridge says a new poll shows more Canadians now view Alberta leaving as more damaging to the economy than Quebec leaving. The math is starting to land.
- [ICYMI - The Price is Right: Cliffhangers Has a Secret and Loyal Viewers Already Know It](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-price-is-right-cliffhangers-has-a-secret-and-loyal-viewers-already-know-it/) - The Price is Right is the definition of game show in most people's heads, and according to BuzzerBlog's Cory Anotado, that didn't happen by accident. Hidden inside Cliffhangers, one of the show's most dramatic pricing games, is a trick Bob Barker built in specifically for loyal viewers. The first item runs around $25, the second
- [NEW - Bob Dylan Is 85 and Back on the Road. So Is Everyone Else](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-bob-dylan-is-85-and-back-on-the-road-so-is-everyone-else/) - Bob Dylan is 85 and just announced more tour dates. The Beach Boys are out with Mike Love at 85. Paul Simon is 84, Randy Bachman is 82, Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton are both 80. They are all on the road this summer, and concert ticket prices for all of them keep climbing. Music
- [Before Memes Had a Name, There Was a Cat](https://shanehewitt.ca/before-memes-had-a-name-there-was-a-cat/) - Internet memes turned 2007 into year zero — and the evidence starts with a cat, a cheeseburger, and intentionally terrible spelling. Ed Conroy connects the cultural nostalgia of Bob Barker's final Price Is Right era to the moment the internet stopped being a place you explored and became a place four corporations manage. Something Awful,
- [Hollywood Spent Billions. Gen Z Picked the $750,000 Movie](https://shanehewitt.ca/hollywood-spent-billions-gen-z-picked-the-750000-movie/) - Canadian films are landing at the box office, and the question nobody expected to be asking is whether this country is ready to actually celebrate the people who made them. The Knight Who Should Be LutherKing Charles tapped Idris Elba on the shoulders with a ceremonial sword this week, making him Sir Idris — recognized
- [Your Feed Thinks You Need Fixing](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-feed-thinks-you-need-fixing/) - The optimization industry needs one thing before it can sell you anything: your belief that you are not enough. Tony Tedesco has decided not to provide it. Tony talks through what actually earns his attention in a feed built to amplify inadequacy, and it is not the cabbage diet or the step counter. It is
- [NEW - Zellers Is Back and Canada Might Be in a Recession. Coincidence?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-zellers-is-back-and-canada-might-be-in-a-recession-coincidence/) - Canada economy recession talk is landing at the same moment a beloved discount chain is rising from the ashes of Hudson's Bay. The hosts are not sure that is a coincidence. Zellers, Loyalty Points, and the Nostalgia Economy A Quebec retail group has acquired the Zellers name, logo, and Zeddy the bear, and plans to
- [SHIFTHEADS: Three Stores, No Diner, and a Lot of Competition. Can Zellers Pull It Off?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-three-stores-no-diner-and-a-lot-of-competition-can-zellers-pull-it-off/) - Zellers relaunch Canada has two new Ontario locations and a plan to go national slowly. Bruce Winder has questions about whether slowly is fast enough. Bruce traces the structural challenges facing the new Zellers: limited buying power at three locations, a retail landscape where every major competitor has already absorbed the categories Zellers is re-entering,
- [NEW -  Why Gas Prices Make No Sense Right Now (And When They Will)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-gas-prices-make-no-sense-right-now-and-when-they-will/) - Oil inventories are at historic lows. Demand is strong. The price keeps dropping. Dan McTeague says the futures market is being driven by headlines, not reality, and the pain at the pump is far from over. Dan breaks down why a litre of diesel costs forty cents more in Ontario than Alberta, why the weak
- [Shiftheads - Skinwalker Ranch Has Cameras Everywhere and Still Nothing Conclusive](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-skinwalker-ranch-has-cameras-everywhere-and-still-nothing-conclusive/) - Skinwalker Ranch is one of the most surveilled properties on earth. Dr. Lee Kuhnle wants to know why the footage never quite delivers. Lee walks through decades of ownership, research, and television production, including the defence-funded program that quietly paid for cryptid hunting while telling Congress it was doing something else. He also names the
- [ICYMI - Black Holes: Like Eighty-Eight Billion Suns in One Place. We’re Gonna Need Sunscreen](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-black-holes-like-eighty-eight-billion-suns-in-one-place-were-gonna-need-sunscreen/) - Black hole TON 618 looks beautiful in the viral image. Greg Fish wants to talk about what it would actually do to the clouds, the oceans, and everything in between. Greg breaks down why a black hole produces more light than the sun, how an accretion disc accelerates matter to near light speed before obliterating
- [NEW - The Optimization Trap Nobody Wants to Admit They're In](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-optimization-trap-nobody-wants-to-admit-theyre-in/) - Optimization culture sold itself as a tool. Tony Chapman says it became a weapon, and the target is your sense of worth. Tony draws a direct line from fear-based marketing to the anxiety that now runs through everyday decisions about steps, macros, posting schedules, and productivity. The promise is always the same: follow the playbook
- [When familiar places start to disappear](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-familiar-places-start-to-disappear/) - CTV Ottawa’s Stefan Keyes joins Shane Hewitt to reflect on nostalgia, memory and the demolition of Ottawa’s historic Westgate Shopping Centre. The conversation explores how changing city landscapes can feel like losing pieces of childhood and human connection. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on
- [Good News Tuesday - The Tickle Trunk Was Doing More Than You Knew](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-the-tickle-trunk-was-doing-more-than-you-knew/) - Children laughter and play turn out to be building something permanent. The Saturday morning forts, the trunk full of random props that turned into a pirate ship, the Roadrunner that never got caught. None of it was wasted time. Tony has an Oscar the Grouch tattoo and a theory about reply-all emails. He still calls
- [NEW - The Simplest Thing You Can Do to Help Your Kid Learn Better](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-simplest-thing-you-can-do-to-help-your-kid-learn-better/) - Six-year-olds who could not tell time. A baseline test confirming it. Then two sessions with performance visual artists teaching through play and joy. Every child could tell the time. Every child moved up an attainment bracket. Dr. Jacqueline Harding ran that experiment, and the result is not a curiosity. It is a blueprint. When children
- [How laughter helps kids learn](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-laughter-helps-kids-learn/) - Jacqueline Harding tells Shane Hewitt that classrooms built on joy, creativity, and laughter are more effective than fear-based teaching models. She argues that hopeful learning environments benefit both teachers and students and are key to long-term success in schools. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us
- [SHIFTHEADS: West End Ottawa Born and Raised. What’s On Your Mind Stefan Keyes?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-west-end-ottawa-born-and-raised-whats-on-your-mind-stefan-keyes/) - Ottawa nostalgia and urban development collide when the place that held your childhood firsts starts coming down by machine. Stefan Keyes grew up in Ottawa's West End, close enough to walk to Westgate Shopping Centre. He watched his first movie there. He got his first passport photo there. He has not been inside in years
- [Good News Tuesday: She Fixed Bikes for 14 Years and Gave Every One Away](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-she-fixed-bikes-for-14-years-and-gave-every-one-away/) - Good news Tuesday Canada brings Krista Richard out of Moncton, New Brunswick, where her Bikes and Trikes for Everyone program has put wheels under thousands of kids over 14 years. She collects them, fixes them, and sends them out the door. That is the whole program. The phones and texts fill in the rest. Arthur
- [NEW - New Fiction Book: The Peacekeeper Who Couldn't Keep His Own Peace](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-new-fiction-book-the-peacekeeper-who-couldnt-keep-his-own-peace/) - A Canadian peacekeeper deploys to Croatia in 1993 to separate armies that want nothing to do with peace. He comes home carrying wounds nobody can see. Decades later, a daughter he never knew existed makes her way across the country to find him. The Peace Thieves is Brent Van Staalduinen's sixth novel, built around a
- [Someone 3D Printed a Horse and It Might Be the Best Tech Story of the Year](https://shanehewitt.ca/someone-3d-printed-a-horse-and-it-might-be-the-best-tech-story-of-the-year/) - Three robots walked into the show tonight - all of them fun. One is in a university cafeteria doing something 2.5 million times that humans have never quite managed to do consistently. One is in a litter box, quietly learning things. And one was built in someone's garage from plans posted online, for a reason
- [ICYMI - Canada's Been in a Recession for a Decade. Immigration Hid It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-canadas-been-in-a-recession-for-a-decade-immigration-hid-it/) - Canada is technically in a recession and the prime minister won't say the word. Matt Gurney thinks the more important conversation is the one hiding underneath it. For years, the answer to flat economic productivity was simple: put more people in the country. More people at Tim Hortons, more people at Canadian Tire, more dollars
- [NEW - Fifty Bucks for a Canada Day Flag. The Pole Is From China.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-fifty-bucks-for-a-canada-day-flag-the-pole-is-from-china/) - Bob Addison went back to read the label on a six-foot Canada Day flag at Costco. Made in Canada, imported fabric, pole and bracket from China. Fifty dollars. The irony runs deeper when you consider Canada probably sold them the coal that fired the furnace that made the pole. That observation opens into something the
- [NEW: The Fake Jersey Debate Nobody Wants to Have Honestly](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-fake-jersey-debate-nobody-wants-to-have-honestly/) - Counterfeit sports jerseys are everywhere, and the reasons people buy them are more complicated than the law makes room for. The conversation draws a hard line between two kinds of fakes. A counterfeit Rolex or a fake designer bag is about passing yourself off as something you're not. A fake jersey is about wanting to
- [FIFA’s grip on Toronto: money, roads and jerseys](https://shanehewitt.ca/fifas-grip-on-toronto-money-roads-and-jerseys/) - Mark Mendleson argues FIFA effectively takes control of host cities, dictating everything from road closures to branding, all in pursuit of profit. He joins Shane Hewitt to discuss the organization’s business model. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [SHIFTHEADS - The Gardening Trend Where Doing Nothing Is the Strategy](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-gardening-trend-where-doing-nothing-is-the-strategy/) - From wildflower yards to self-cleaning robot vacuums, this week's DIY conversation goes places you won't expect. The neighbours want a perfect lawn. The bees want you to stop. Chaos gardening is the TikTok trend where you scatter wildflower seeds and let mother nature take over — no mowing, no maintenance, full pollinator habitat. Andy Baryer
- [ICYMI: Stress Doesn't Just Make You Forget. It Changes How You Remember.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-stress-doesnt-just-make-you-forget-it-changes-how-you-remember/) - A new study on stress and memory just landed — and it reframes what's actually happening in your brain when you blank at the worst possible time. The research shows that acute stress doesn't just make recall harder. It limits how the brain forms associations between new memories as they're being built. Dr. Samantha Yammine
- [NEW - The Debate Canada Needs to Have and Keeps Not Having](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-debate-canada-needs-to-have-and-keeps-not-having/) - A technical recession, a denied emergency debate, and a prime minister who promised less red tape. The Monday panel takes stock of where things actually stand. Showing up is not the same as delivering. Mark Carney visited a Toronto synagogue to speak directly to the Jewish community after protests in Montreal included nooses and effigies
- [Shiftheads - Three and a Half Million in Fake Jerseys. But Who Really is Getting Ripped Off?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-three-and-a-half-million-in-fake-jerseys-but-who-really-is-getting-ripped-off/) - Toronto Police just pulled three and a half million dollars worth of counterfeit jerseys out of a west-end warehouse, and the story of how it happened says more about who runs this city right now than the bust itself. It was not a tip from a concerned citizen. A lawyer retained by a legitimate sports
- [ICYMI - Dating: When Agreeing to Disagree Stops Working](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-dating-when-agreeing-to-disagree-stops-working/) - Swiping past someone because their profile opens with a political slogan is now a dating strategy — and it might be the rational one. Tony Tedesco does it. Not because he disagrees, but because leading with that energy is a preview of every conversation to come. He's seen what happens when political differences stop being
- [NEW - Condom Prices Are Up. Youth Testing Rates Are Down. Here Is What That Means.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-condom-prices-are-up-youth-testing-rates-are-down-here-is-what-that-means/) - Before the price increase, young Canadians were already skipping condoms. Now the math gets harder. Let's Stop AIDS surveys young people across Canada every year. The numbers from the most recent Sex Lives Report are not what most people expect: roughly half of sexually active youth did not use a condom the last time they
- [The Thrift Store Summer Nobody Planned but Everyone Needed](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-thrift-store-summer-nobody-planned-but-everyone-needed/) - Thrift store summer is not a trend. It is a rational response to the cost of everything right now. Eighty-three percent of Albertans say thrifting makes economic sense given current conditions, and Habitat for Humanity Restore locations in Calgary are seeing ten percent more foot traffic than last year. The secondhand orbit has expanded well
- [NEW: Claude Lemieux, the Playoffs, and the Canada That Can't Pick a Lane](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-claude-lemieux-the-playoffs-and-the-canada-that-cant-pick-a-lane/) - Claude Lemieux death hit Quebec like a loss in the family. Because for francophones across the province, that is exactly what it was. Andrew Caddell was in Kamaraska when the news landed. He describes watching Lemieux carry the torch into the rink during game three, the cheer that followed, and what it meant to see
- [ICYMI: No Wheels, No Brakes, No Problem: Friday's Wildest Stories](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-no-wheels-no-brakes-no-problem-fridays-wildest-stories/) - Friday night news that earns its place at the table: a truck driver hauled a trailer from Embrun to Ottawa missing ten of its twelve wheels, with no brakes and an unsecured fastener on the two that remained. He was headed to a scrapyard. Police found him first. Elsewhere, a man launched a speedboat off
- [UFO over Lake Huron?](https://shanehewitt.ca/ufo-over-lake-huron/) - Nathan Radke says widely shared footage of a so-called UFO shot down over Lake Huron in 2023 likely shows a balloon. Speaking with Shane Hewitt, Radke explains how wind movement and known aerial phenomena could account for the incident and similar sightings. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website:
- [3 Movies and 3 Streaming Shows Worth Your Weekend](https://shanehewitt.ca/3-movies-and-3-streaming-shows-worth-your-weekend/) - What to watch this weekend starts with a nineteen-year-old YouTuber who turned an internet horror phenomenon into a feature film for A24. Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, drops a furniture store owner into an infinite maze of yellow rooms and builds from there. Then Tuner makes the case for one of the year's best performances,
- [NEW - Love Is Not a Feeling. It Is What You Do Every Day](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-love-is-not-a-feeling-it-is-what-you-do-every-day/) - Love as a verb is not a metaphor. According to Dr. Laurie Betito, it is the only definition that actually sustains a relationship. Saying I love you is easy. The actions behind it, reliability, consistency, listening, showing up during the hard moments, are what create emotional safety and trust over time. When Feeling In Love
- [ICYMI Canada: Building AI Ambition or Better Press Releases?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-canada-building-ai-ambition-or-better-press-releases/) - Canada AI policy has a tell. The country boasts about what it is going to do. It does not yet have victories to boast about. Mohit Rajhans lays out what is actually missing: no unified national framework, no track record of nurturing technology at pace with even smaller European nations, and a governance model still
- [NEW - The Skill AI Is Quietly Taking From Your Kids](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-skill-ai-is-quietly-taking-from-your-kids/) - Critical thinking is not a soft skill. It is the skill. And right now, something is eroding it in a generation that never learned to live without AI. Dr. Perry Adler has spent decades working with teenagers. What he is seeing now is different. Kids arriving despondent about their futures, convinced AI will take their
- [NEW - Trailer Park Boys Started Hard. It Became a Canadian Institution. Throwback Thursday Is 2001](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-trailer-park-boys-started-hard-it-became-a-canadian-institution-throwback-thursday-is-2001/) - Canadian comedy shows anchor Throwback Thursday 2001, and the hosts want to know which ones belong on the list. Trailer Park Boys, Shoresy, Kids in the Hall, Red Green, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes are all in the conversation. Trailer Park Boys started as a gritty pilot with hard drugs and handguns before becoming
- [NEW: The Pizza Pops Are Cooked. The Microwave Left the E. Coli Alive](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-pizza-pops-are-cooked-the-microwave-left-the-e-coli-alive/) - Food safety is the subject and it starts with pizza pops. Two outbreaks in three years: one E. coli, one salmonella. Dr. Keith Warriner explains how something most people assume is safe to cook at home went wrong twice. The microwave is the common thread in the E. coli case. Microwaves heat unevenly, leaving cold
- [Canada Has a Chicken Quota. It Has Missed It 12 Times Out of 14. Prices Are Up 30 Percent](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-has-a-chicken-quota-it-has-missed-it-12-times-out-of-14-prices-are-up-30-percent/) - Chicken prices in Canada are about to get worse. Sylvain Charlebois visited a processing plant today and had lunch with the CEO. They ate chicken. Two hundred and fifty chickens are harvested per minute at this facility. Canada's supply management system missed its production quota twelve times out of the last fourteen cycles. Whole chicken
- [Throwback Thursday: Trailer Park Boys, Drake and Political Things Happening this Week with Echos of 2001](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-trailer-park-boys-drake-and-political-things-happening-this-week-with-echos-of-2001/) - Throwback Thursday 2001 and the best Canadian comedy shows debate is louder than it sounds. Corner Gas has a case. So does SCTV. So does something from Calgary that only rock radio people from that era fully understand. There is a speech from 2001 about a small Canadian town and a lot of strangers that
- [ICYMI: Carney Said Canada Doesn't Need America. Then He Flew to New York to Sell Canada to America](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-carney-said-canada-doesnt-need-america-then-he-flew-to-new-york-to-sell-canada-to-america/) - Alberta separatism is the subject and the Premiers' Conference in Manitoba just gave it a flashpoint. Danielle Smith and Wab Kinew had an exchange that nobody in the room expected. The court ruling that killed the separatist petition hinges on the constitutional duty to consult First Nations. Alberta is challenging that ruling in court. Kinew's
- [Nobody Predicted the Habs To Go This Far. Victor Findlay Explains How They Got Here](https://shanehewitt.ca/nobody-predicted-the-habs-to-go-this-far-victor-findlay-explains-how-they-got-here/) - Montreal Canadiens playoffs took an unexpected turn before anyone predicted them happening at all. Victor Findlay has called every game of this run in English on TSN Radio Montreal and still finds it hard to believe. In December 2024 the Habs were at the bottom of the conference. By spring 2026 they are in the
- [NEW - Trailer Park Boys: Randy Gets Recognized in Airports. Pat Roach Is a Lot Harder to Pick Out of a Crowd](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-trailer-park-boys-randy-gets-recognized-in-airports-pat-roach-is-a-lot-harder-to-pick-out-of-a-crowd/) - Trailer Park Boys reaches 182 countries on Netflix. Randy's Cheeseburger Picnic Comedy Tour reaches 14 cities across Ontario and Quebec this summer. Pat Roach is driving between them in an RV. The show includes TPB trivia, cheeseburger picnic contests, songs, and audience participation. Hecklers are welcomed. A woman who had never seen Trailer Park Boys
- [SHIFTHEADS: Canadian Comedy Built Two Traditions Since 1970. Trailer Park Boys Was the End of One of Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canadian-comedy-built-two-traditions-since-1970-trailer-park-boys-was-the-end-of-one-of-them/) - Canadian comedy history runs deeper than most people realise. Ed Conroy has a working theory about two parallel traditions running since 1970, and Trailer Park Boys sits at the end of one of them. The first tradition is hoser comedy, which started not with the McKenzie Brothers but with a 1970 film called Goin Down
- [Richard Crouse: The Movies Are Back. James Bond Might Be Heading the Wrong Direction](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-the-movies-are-back-james-bond-might-be-heading-the-wrong-direction/) - Entertainment news covers a boffo return to movie theatres, the first James Bond video game in over a decade, and a new Dustin Hoffman film about a piano tuner who becomes a safe cracker. Bond Has a New Video Game. The Concern Is What Amazon Does With Him Next.Richard Crouse makes the case that 2026
- [NEW - She Got Sent the Wrong Jeans. The Store Agreed. She Sued for $330 Anyway](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-she-got-sent-the-wrong-jeans-the-store-agreed-she-sued-for-330-anyway/) - Online shopping returns take a strange turn in tonight's opener. A woman ordered five-hundred-dollar jeans from Holt Renfrew. The store sent the wrong pair. She sued for three hundred and thirty dollars in compensation for the inconvenience of completing the return. The conversation moves to return habits generally and how cheap online platforms changed the
- [The Return Policy Is Fine. The Part Where Nobody Listens Is the Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-return-policy-is-fine-the-part-where-nobody-listens-is-the-problem/) - Online shopping returns open the conversation and land somewhere unexpected. The Holt Renfrew jeans story, five hundred dollars, wrong pair sent, three hundred and thirty dollars in compensation sought in court, is the starting point. The real argument underneath it is about being heard. Jamie Ellerton has not eaten a Domino's pizza since the day
- [NEW - He Thought He Was Too Old to Start a Band in 1980. New It’s BeenForty-Six Years and 3,000 Shows Later](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-he-thought-he-was-too-old-to-start-a-band-in-1980-new-its-beenforty-six-years-and-3000-shows-later/) - Punk rock and its community are the subject, and the perspective comes from someone who has been in it for forty-six years. Paul Gott started the Montreal band the Ripcordz in 1980 thinking he was already too old for it. Seventeen albums, three thousand shows, and a view of punk that starts with the crowd.
- [SHIFTHEADS: The AI That Was Going to Save You Money Just Got More Expensive](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-ai-that-was-going-to-save-you-money-just-got-more-expensive/) - AI subscription costs are changing and not in the direction anyone hoped. The pay-by-workload model is replacing the all-you-can-eat subscription, and it looks a lot like the early internet. Carmi Levy maps the problem precisely. You replace a fifty-thousand-dollar human assistant with AI at fifteen thousand. The AI company doubles the price. Features move behind
- [An Orange Orb That Split in Two and Outran a Fighter Jet: A 2025 Intelligence Report](https://shanehewitt.ca/an-orange-orb-that-split-in-two-and-outran-a-fighter-jet-a-2025-intelligence-report/) - UFO orbs are the subject and the newly released US government files go back further than most people realize. The phenomenon predates flying saucers by years. WWII Allied pilots called them Foo Fighters: strange lights and orbs following aircraft over Europe and the Pacific. The Air Force took the reports seriously and launched investigations that
- [ICYMI: Silicon Valley Is Building a God-Level AI. Its Backup Plan Is Genetically Engineered Children](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-silicon-valley-is-building-a-god-level-ai-its-backup-plan-is-genetically-engineered-children/) - Artificial general intelligence is what AI companies say they are building. Engineered super children are Silicon Valley's plan for when that AI takes over. Greg Fish explains why both ideas have the same problem. CRISPR can edit one gene at a time. Human eyes are controlled by around six hundred genes. The immune system blocks
- [NEW - Canada Is Buying a Surveillance Plane. It May Not Plug Into the System It Needs to Use](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-is-buying-a-surveillance-plane-it-may-not-plug-into-the-system-it-needs-to-use/) - Canada military procurement made a move this week. Canada is looking to buy a surveillance plane built on a Bombardier airframe with Saab technology. Richard Shimooka says the purchase could be scrapped. The US asked Canada to stop borrowing American assets for northern defence. But the integrated North American aerospace defence network runs at a
- [NEW - Celebrating Small Wins: What Seven Hip Replacements and a Breakup Reveal](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-title-celebrating-small-wins-what-seven-hip-replacements-and-a-breakup-reveal/) - Celebrating small wins starts with one painful truth. You're 40 years old, looking in the mirror after an 11-year relationship ended. You were at your heaviest then. Today, for the first time in your life, you have cheekbones. The breakup was devastating. The weight loss is real. Which one is the good news? Both. That's
- [ICYMI - The AI Debate Your Industry Is Having Isn't the Right One](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-title-the-ai-debate-your-industry-is-having-isnt-the-right-one/) - AI and film jobs in Canada are the conversation happening in your industry whether the industry is ready to have it or not. You might expect the threat to look like a robot replacing a director. But a $600 million deal built around making production cheaper is harder to see and harder to fight. By
- [Shiftheads - WAR and OIL: The Background Is Now the Foreground](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-war-and-oil-title-the-background-is-now-the-foreground/) - Alberta referendum votes on October 19th are drawing a line that will be hard to ignore once it is drawn. Immigration. Constitutional reform. Separation on the table. Rob Breakenridge interviewed Danielle Smith this week and the question sitting underneath all of it was whether Alberta's allies in this conversation exist in other provinces, and whether
- [SHIFTHEADS: No Sandwiches in Space. That Rule Has Been There Since 1965 for Good Reason](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-title-no-sandwiches-in-space-that-rule-has-been-there-since-1965-for-good-reason/) - Jeremy Hansen space launch is something Kris Abel has been waiting for since he met Hansen years before the mission existed. They did simulations together. Kris Abel planted a thought in his head about the 1965 Gemini astronaut who snuck a corned beef sandwich on board and triggered a permanent NASA ban on sandwiches in
- [NEW - Heavy Metal Has a Reputation for Danger. The Mosh Pit Has Different Rules.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-heavy-metal-has-a-reputation-for-danger-the-mosh-pit-has-different-rules/) - Heavy metal community is the subject and the argument is simple. The music sounds aggressive. The culture is not. Ryan O'Donnell has been to hundreds of shows and never seen a mosh pit that did not stop when someone fell. At all-ages shows, fifteen-year-olds already know to do it. It is not something you learn
- [Good News Tuesday: A Thousand People Showed Up for a Six-Year-Old Who Could Not Have a Birthday Party](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-a-thousand-people-showed-up-for-a-six-year-old-who-could-not-have-a-birthday-party/) - Good News Tuesday lands on one story that earns the name more than most. A six-year-old named Levi has leukemia and could not be surrounded by people for his birthday. His family posted about it on TikTok. A thousand people showed up for a birthday parade: the National Guard, neighboring police, the local fire department,
- [SHIFTHEADS:What’s On Your Mind: Jerry Agar Edition - Running Out of Time to Delay the Things You Actually Want](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheadswhats-on-your-mind-jerry-agar-edition-running-out-of-time-to-delay-the-things-you-actually-want/) - Parenting adult kids is the subject and it starts with a phone call. Your daughter says she might come visit. The answer to might is just tell me when. Jerry Agar's daughter is an athletic therapist touring North America with theater productions, fixing circus performers and dancers between show runs and dropping in when the
- [The Schoolyard Has More Asphalt. The Kids Have More Anxiety.](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-schoolyard-has-more-asphalt-the-kids-have-more-anxiety/) - Kids recess in Canada has no legal protection. No legislation. Some schools have it. Some do not. A researcher who has been in this field for twenty-five years says that matters more right now than it ever has. The mental health case is direct: anxiety, isolation, lack of movement, and screen time are already pulling
- [ICYMI: Nobody Told These Kids Metal Wasn't for Them. Now They're Obsessed.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-nobody-told-these-kids-metal-wasnt-for-them-now-theyre-obsessed/) - Kids metal music has a home and it is called Howdytoons. Mike Whitla started writing heavy songs about dinosaurs for his young children in 2010, realised the words brachiosaurus were basically already a song, and kept going until there were seasons of animated content on YouTube and a growing international fanbase of kids who arrived
- [Coming Soon: You Can Hire Digital Ozzy for Your Commercial. He Will Do Whatever You Want.](https://shanehewitt.ca/coming-soon-you-can-hire-digital-ozzy-for-your-commercial-he-will-do-whatever-you-want/) - Tech news this week includes a digital Ozzy Osbourne available for commercial licensing, a Ferrari that looks like an Apple product, and a Canadian breakthrough in early skin cancer detection. HyperReal, the company behind the Tupac hologram, partnered with the Osbourne family to build an AI Ozzy that replicates his voice, mannerisms, and speech patterns.
- [Canada Is Fixing Its Cities for the World Cup. Not for the People Who Live There.](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-is-fixing-its-cities-for-the-world-cup-not-for-the-people-who-live-there/) - Canada right track is the question one year out from the election. Matt Gurney's assessment is that we are more or less where he worried we would be. A poll showing almost half of Canadians think things are going well is being presented as an optimism surge. Matt Gurney's read is that the case for
- [Dad Stuff: The Expensive Bass Clarinet His Son Picked is Now Awesome Somehow](https://shanehewitt.ca/dad-stuff-the-expensive-bass-clarinet-his-son-picked-is-now-awesome-somehow/) - Kids learning music rarely goes the way anyone plans. Bob Addison's son had never touched an instrument until September. It was mandatory. None of that matters now. The bass clarinet was not the cheapest option. He picked it, practiced until it filled the house, chose it as next year's elective, and turned a Kendrick-to-Pink-Floyd musical
- [NEW - Canada Funded the Research. Someone Else Owns the Patent.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-funded-the-research-someone-else-owns-the-patent/) - Canadian innovation has a cost problem almost nobody talks about. Not the cost of building things, but the cost of giving them away after they work. Jim Balsillie's argument is pointed: Canadian policy is captured by foreign corporate interests and still built on a 1970s production economy model. The result is that Canada funds the
- [Jerry Agar on delayed gratification](https://shanehewitt.ca/jerry-agar-on-delayed-gratification/) - Jerry Agar reflects on purchasing a brand-new motorcycle and the idea of delayed gratification later in life. Speaking with host Shane Hewitt, Agar explains why the decision felt irresponsible and why it also made sense. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [NEW - The Sears Catalog Told You What to Buy. Social Media Tells You Who to Be.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-sears-catalog-told-you-what-to-buy-social-media-tells-you-who-to-be/) - The Sears catalog is having a moment online and it opened up something bigger. The difference between what shopping used to feel like and what it has become. Physical department stores had escalators and sandwich bars and crowds and something to discover. The catalog let you circle what you wanted, dog-ear the page, and hand
- [ICYMI: Andy Baryer: AI Toys Are Designed for Kids. They Are Not Safe for Kids.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-andy-baryer-ai-toys-are-designed-for-kids-they-are-not-safe-for-kids/) - DIY and tech tips cover a lot of ground this week, from what to do with grass clippings to what is quietly running inside the AI toy your kid wants. The Spring Yard Tips Worth Knowing Before the Season Gets AwayPressure washing nozzle selection, grass clippings repurposed as mulch and DIY fertilizer tea, and a
- [SHIFTHEADS: A Post About Sears Went Viral. It Really Hits Home.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-a-post-about-sears-went-viral-it-really-hits-home/) - Sears nostalgia hit the internet this week and the hosts are not entirely buying the story being told. A viral post. A real set of numbers. And a question worth asking more carefully. The post says Sears paid enough to live with dignity and then corporations took it all. The problem: Sears went bankrupt. Twelve
- [NEW - Eleven Billion Dollars Into Saskatchewan's Fields. Nobody Cut a Ribbon.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-eleven-billion-dollars-into-saskatchewans-fields-nobody-cut-a-ribbon/) - Canadian farming costs don't come with press releases or ribbon cuttings. Saskatchewan alone puts eleven billion dollars into the ground each spring on one chance to get it right. The Quiet Billion-Dollar Bet Saskatchewan Farmers Make Every SpringFamily farms across Saskatchewan are investing well over a million dollars per operation before a single crop comes
- [Divorce Solution: Work on Yourself Before the Breakup, not After](https://shanehewitt.ca/divorce-solution-work-on-yourself-before-the-breakup-not-after/) - Divorce starts this conversation and doesn't let go. A viral post about resting on a Saturday for the first time in eight years opens something much more uncomfortable: the question of when we actually decide to change. Jen Kirsch has been covering relationships for years and is navigating her own split. Her honest take on
- [Your Separation Agreement Is Fair. That Doesn't Mean You Can Afford It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-separation-agreement-is-fair-that-doesnt-mean-you-can-afford-it/) - Divorce finances start with a separation agreement and end somewhere much more expensive. The legal framework splits assets fairly. Fair and affordable turn out to be two different things. The family home is where this lands hardest. One parent keeps the house for the kids' stability, the other takes the savings. Both walk away with
- [Mental Health Is Costing Canada $180 Billion a Year. That's the Low Estimate.](https://shanehewitt.ca/mental-health-is-costing-canada-180-billion-a-year-thats-the-low-estimate/) - Mental health in Canada carries a price tag most people have never heard. $180 billion every year, and the lead author of the report that produced that number says it is an underestimate because the data gaps make the full picture impossible to capture. $110 billion of that cost lands directly on employers through lost
- [Canada Has an Automotive Workforce. It Does Not Have an Automotive Industry.](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-has-an-automotive-workforce-it-does-not-have-an-automotive-industry/) - Canada's automotive industry has been in decline for twenty-five years, and the first argument in this conversation is that the name itself is part of the problem. Canada does not own a car company. It holds about ten percent of North American auto sales, gets told what to build and when, and sits in what
- [Airport security warning: Who’s accessing your bags?](https://shanehewitt.ca/airport-security-warning-whos-accessing-your-bags/) - W5's Avery Haines joins Shane Hewitt to detail troubling findings about security screening failures at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Why AI needs humans](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-ai-needs-humans/) - Mohit Rajhans joins Shane Hewitt to explain why AI isn’t a “set it and forget it” solution and why humans must stay in the loop. He argues that context, intent, and individual use cases will ultimately determine how effective AI is in business and everyday life. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA:
- [NEW - Things Only Canadians Say: Yeah, No. It Means No… yeah?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-things-only-canadians-say-yeah-no-it-means-no-yeah/) - Canadian expressions are invisible until someone from outside names them. With F1 weekend pulling visitors into Montreal from around the world, the hosts asked the question: what do we say that sounds completely normal to us and completely baffling to everyone else? "Yeah, no" came up first. It sounds like disagreement. It is agreement. One
- [ICYMI: What Does Quebec Know About Separation That Alberta Doesn't?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-does-quebec-know-about-separation-that-alberta-doesnt/) - Alberta's separation talk is getting louder, and a man who organized Quebec's 1980 referendum is watching closely. Andrew Caddell has seen this before. The phrases are familiar. The math is not. He organized on the ground and found the people running the movement were nothing like the people in the legislature. That gap mattered in
- [SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy - The Cybertruck That Got a Boating Ticket](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-copy-the-cybertruck-that-got-a-boating-ticket/) - Three weird news stories make up this episode, and each one gets worse the more you think about it. A Texas man drove a Cybertruck into a lake. His citation was for not having a boat licence. A Michigan couple's interior security camera caught their landlord in their home doing something several prosecutors and defense
- [Steve Stebbing on Why Star Wars Stopped Being a Cultural Event](https://shanehewitt.ca/steve-stebbing-on-why-star-wars-stopped-being-a-cultural-event/) - What to watch this weekend covers six picks and a real argument: whether audiences have been permanently conditioned out of blockbuster excitement, with a new Star Wars in theatres as the test case. Horror on the Highway and a Heist That Starts With Demi MoorePassenger follows a van life couple who stop at a gruesome
- [NEW - AI and Humans in the Loop: Who's Actually Watching?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ai-and-humans-in-the-loop-whos-actually-watching/) - Humans in the loop only works as a safeguard if the humans know they are in one. Right now, across industries, most of them do not. Mohit Rajhans points to a coffee chain that pulled its AI automation entirely after customers got wrong information because no one was checking the inventory. That is not a
- [SCAMS: The Message Came From Apple. Apple Didn't Send It](https://shanehewitt.ca/scams-the-message-came-from-apple-apple-didnt-send-it/) - iCloud phishing scams are targeting Canadians with messages so convincing they fooled a cybersecurity analyst's own mother. The pitch is simple: your storage is full, pay four dollars or lose your photos. One click hands scammers your account, your contacts, your messages, and your credit card. There is no storage. There is no Apple on
- [The Inside Job: Organized Crime, Airport Workers, and Your Luggage](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-inside-job-organized-crime-airport-workers-and-your-luggage/) - Canada has an airport drug smuggling problem, and it starts with the people loading your bags. Avery Haines found that corrupt employees have been switching bag tags, routing narcotics through the luggage of ordinary travelers who have no idea. Sixteen of 17 bag tag switching cases traced back to Pearson. Hells Angels, Mexican cartels, and
- [Pac-Man Was Not 1983. Mario Was. A Trivia Game Goes Sideways](https://shanehewitt.ca/pac-man-was-not-1983-mario-was-a-trivia-game-goes-sideways/) - 1983 brought Mario, the chicken nugget, and the Swatch Watch. A trivia game on air reveals all of them and gets one answer spectacularly wrong. The clues come one at a time: shoulder pads as the worst fashion trend, Ford Escort as the best-selling car, the chicken nugget as the food debut of the year.
- [Is AI blocking you from getting a job interview?](https://shanehewitt.ca/is-ai-blocking-you-from-getting-a-job-interview/) - As job seekers report applying for hundreds of roles without a response, experts examine whether artificial intelligence is filtering candidates out too early. Shane Hewitt speaks with Shelley Billinghurst of Hire Value Inc. and Kim Wilkinson of Verve Recruitment Group on Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA:
- [ICYMI: How to Know if a Watch Is Worth the Money, With the Horological Society of Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-how-to-know-if-a-watch-is-worth-the-money-with-the-horological-society-of-canada/) - Swatch watch saved the Swiss watch industry in 1983. Forty-plus years later, a Swatch collaboration just made an Audemars Piguet accessible to mere mortals. A Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet starts at $35,000 Canadian and you cannot just walk into a store and buy one. The Swatch collaboration changes that. Colin Potts, Executive Director of
- [Hidden food costs at the grocery store](https://shanehewitt.ca/hidden-food-costs-at-the-grocery-store/) - Food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois explains how extended producer responsibility fees are adding hidden costs to grocery prices. He speaks with Shane Hewitt on Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift about how these fees are passed on to consumers. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on
- [SHIFTHEADS: Ontario Charged Food Manufacturers a Billion Dollars. You Are Paying for It](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-ontario-charged-food-manufacturers-a-billion-dollars-you-are-paying-for-it/) - Food inflation in Canada has a hidden driver nobody is talking about. Ontario just charged food manufacturers a billion dollars through it. You are paying that bill. The Extended Producer Responsibility fee was designed to push the food industry toward greener packaging. Instead, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says it created a patchwork of uncoordinated provincial systems
- [Can you pass this 1983 throwback quiz?](https://shanehewitt.ca/can-you-pass-this-1983-throwback-quiz/) - A 'Throwback Thursday' quiz revisits 1983, testing knowledge of the era’s biggest toy craze and most questionable fashion trends. Shane Hewitt puts guest Colin Potts on the spot during Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [People Lined Up at 5am for a $560 Swatch That Is Not Limited](https://shanehewitt.ca/people-lined-up-at-5am-for-a-560-swatch-that-is-not-limited/) - Swatch watch was born in 1983. In 2026, people are lining up at 5am at malls across Canada to buy one they could just wait for. The Swatch collaboration with Audemars Piguet produced a $560 Canadian pocket watch. It is not limited. More are coming. On eBay, someone listed one for 3,000 British pounds. At
- [The Alberta Separation Question Is No Longer Hypothetical](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-alberta-separation-question-is-no-longer-hypothetical/) - Alberta separation is no longer just a whisper. A court-blocked petition, a rushed committee meeting, and a premier's televised address are all arriving at once. Rob Breakenridge says the court stepped in last week and killed the separatist petition, leaving the premier with a decision: walk away or escalate. The Forever Canadian anti-separatist petition had
- [NEW - Gambling on Wars: What Is Polymarket and Why Is a US Soldier Being Prosecuted Over It](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-gambling-on-wars-what-is-polymarket-and-why-is-a-us-soldier-being-prosecuted-over-it/) - Polymarket lets you bet on wars, missile strikes, and how many soldiers will die. A finance professor says it is gambling, not a market, and the difference matters. Vincent Grégoire, Canada Research Chair in Finance and Technology at HEC Montréal, says Polymarket is structured like a market but functions like gambling. You buy yes or
- [Swatch Watches, the Gray Hoodie, and What Happened to 80s Fashion](https://shanehewitt.ca/swatch-watches-the-gray-hoodie-and-what-happened-to-80s-fashion/) - Swatch watches turned a timekeeping device into a fashion statement. Ed Conroy had three or four lined up on his desk in grade three and felt like a high roller. Post-COVID, every kid at a high school exit looks the same: gray sweatpants, black hoodie. Ed Conroy calls it invasion of the body snatchers. The
- [Richard Crouse: Colbert's Exit, Billy Joel's Fight, and Baby Yoda's Big Weekend](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-colberts-exit-billy-joels-fight-and-baby-yodas-big-weekend/) - Star Wars is back on the big screen, and so is a fight over who gets to tell your story when you're famous. Nobody Told Billy Joel the Movie Was HappeningStephen Colbert is leaving with class, according to Richard Crouse, but the format itself isn't going anywhere. Billy Joel has been warning filmmakers since 2021
- [NEW - A Million Dollars and What It Actually Buys](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-a-million-dollars-and-what-it-actually-buys/) - A million dollars used to change everything. One Survivor winner turned theirs into $50,000 of debt. A CTV News piece tracking what Survivor winners did with their prize money put the question on air. Audience texts came fast: pay off the mortgage, clear the family debt, buy a house. On air, the answers split. One
- [Ozempic and big pharma: Shortcut or health risk?](https://shanehewitt.ca/ozempic-and-big-pharma-shortcut-or-health-risk/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Tony Chapman about the growing use of Ozempic beyond diabetes treatment. Chapman questions whether pharmaceutical marketing is pushing prescription shortcuts over long-term lifestyle changes, and warns about potential health consequences. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI: Bag Tag Swapping, RCMP Arrests, and the W5 Airport Investigation](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-bag-tag-swapping-rcmp-arrests-and-the-w5-airport-investigation/) - Airport security workers were arrested by the RCMP for swapping bag tags with drug shipments. The W5 investigation is only the beginning of the conversation. What a Million Dollars Actually Buys You The million-dollar question gets specific answers on air. Lindsay Broadhead would save, travel, and buy killer shoes. Jamie Ellerton would pay off the
- [Canada’s defence weakness is a fair criticism](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-defence-weakness-is-a-fair-criticism/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with commentator Matt Gurney about long‑standing concerns over Canada’s defence posture. The discussion focuses on why criticism of Canada’s military readiness is difficult to accept, even when it reflects widely acknowledged realities within government and defence circles. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Spy in the Gift Bag: A Former CSIS Officer on China, Coins, and Carved Eagles](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-spy-in-the-gift-bag-a-former-csis-officer-on-china-coins-and-carved-eagles/) - Spy gifts aren't a conspiracy theory. A coin, a carved eagle, or a lanyard can all carry tracking devices. The White House delegation to China reportedly kept all received gifts separate rather than bringing them home. Michel Juneau-Katsuya, a former CSIS senior intelligence officer, calls it a good counterintelligence reflex. His preference: examine the gifts
- [He Won a Million Dollars on Survivor and Spent It on His Dog's Hip](https://shanehewitt.ca/he-won-a-million-dollars-on-survivor-and-spent-it-on-his-dogs-hip/) - A million dollars won on Survivor, and Danny Boatwright spent $10,000 of it on a new hip for his dog. He calls it the best money he ever spent. Season 3 winner Ethan Zohn co-founded Grassroot Soccer after two former teammates from a Zimbabwean football club approached him post-win. The charity has spent two decades
- [Shiftheads - They Were Just Ordinary People. They Broke Into the FBI](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-they-were-just-ordinary-people-they-broke-into-the-fbi/) - COINTELPRO is one of the largest government surveillance programs in American history. A group of ordinary people found the proof by picking the locks. The Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI spent months preparing a break-in at a Pennsylvania field office in 1971. One member learned lock picking through a mail-order course. Another spent weeks
- [Nietzsche, the Ubermensch, and Why Bad People Aren't Nihilists](https://shanehewitt.ca/nietzsche-the-ubermensch-and-why-bad-people-arent-nihilists/) - Nihilism says nothing is special. Greg Fish says that is the most freeing idea in philosophy, and the most misunderstood. Greg Fish argues that the real source of depression and anxiety is not nihilism but the opposite: the belief that you have a special purpose and the crushing weight of never finding it. If there
- [NEW: It's Not AI Blocking Your Job Application. Here's What Is](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-its-not-ai-blocking-your-job-application-heres-what-is/) - AI resume screening is not the reason your application disappeared. But what's actually blocking you is almost worse. Shelley Billinghurst surveyed Canadian employers and found over 80% are not using AI to filter candidates at the front end. Kim Wilkinson asked nearly 2,000 job seekers the same question from the other direction. Almost 100% believe
- [Ozempic, Peptides, and the Shortcut That Might Cost You More Than the Weight](https://shanehewitt.ca/ozempic-peptides-and-the-shortcut-that-might-cost-you-more-than-the-weight/) - Ozempic side effects are starting to tell a story that the billions of dollars in prescriptions written haven't caught up to yet. Tony Chapman has been paying attention. The drug eats into bone mass and muscle mass, Chapman says, and when you stop, the weight returns without the skeleton to support it. His view is
- [NEW - The Scammiest Email Was Real: Your Bread Settlement Cheque Has Arrived](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-scammiest-email-was-real-your-bread-settlement-cheque-has-arrived/) - Good News Tuesday delivers rare validation that the suspicious-looking settlement email was actually legitimate, and $50 in bread money just landed in a co-host's account. The Canadian bread price-fixing class action against major grocery chains has started paying out, and a co-host reports his $50 arrived via direct deposit. The team recalls the signup process
- [Do boys really mature later than girls?](https://shanehewitt.ca/do-boys-really-mature-later-than-girls/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Calissa Ngozi about research showing differences in brain development between boys and girls. They explore why many boys mature later, how that affects behaviour, and why understanding the science matters. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Smart Glasses? How About Smart Contact Lenses - Handy Andy](https://shanehewitt.ca/smart-glasses-how-about-smart-contact-lenses-handy-andy/) - Smart contact lenses are in prototype, gardening pros have a trick nobody ever taught you, and the term glass holes is back. A tech and DIY expert connects all of it. **He Started Playing Guitar Because of Ritchie Valens. His Favourite Cars Are From That Same Era.** Andy says his love of 1950s cars and
- [Quebec’s new appliance warranty law could raise prices](https://shanehewitt.ca/quebecs-new-appliance-warranty-law-could-raise-prices/) - Shane Hewitt discusses Quebec’s new consumer protection law mandating longer appliance and cellphone warranties with Elias Makos. Retailers warn the rules could raise prices by up to 30 percent, reigniting debate over consumer choice versus government regulation. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook:
- [Good News Tuesday: Joel’s Dog, Tony’s Bird and Bobette](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-joels-dog-tonys-bird-and-bobette/) - Good News Tuesday reaches into the remarkable with a dog missing for two years, a wild bird that found its human, and a host who cannot wait for the visit months in the making. Joel bought a bulldog at 19 after saving up for years and it became part of the family. Two and a
- [SHIFTHEADS: Canada's Military Reality: A Defence Analyst Says We're a Complete Non-Player](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canadas-military-reality-a-defence-analyst-says-were-a-complete-non-player/) - Canada military spending has been inadequate for so long that a defence analyst says the country won't have meaningful new capability until 2035. Richard Shimooka says the US pause on the Permanent Joint Board of Defense is less alarming than it looks, and points out the board has been declining in relevance for decades while
- [Shiftheads - Go See the Snowbirds: A Pilot on What's About to Change Forever](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-go-see-the-snowbirds-a-pilot-on-whats-about-to-change-forever/) - Snowbirds Tutor jets have one season of flying left after this one, and a pilot says the years between the last Tutor flight and the replacement arriving could stretch well into the next decade. John Tory Jr. says the world's top air show teams are all jets, and the Snowbirds' Tutors were iconic for what
- [Show and Shine: Why the Old Muscle Cars Still Have Something the New Ones Don't](https://shanehewitt.ca/show-and-shine-why-the-old-muscle-cars-still-have-something-the-new-ones-dont/) - Classic cars are about more than chrome and horsepower, and an automotive journalist says the ones that make people pull over are the ones attached to a memory. Lorraine Sommerfeld says a Gremlin club and a Nova club both exist, not because those were great cars by any standard, but because someone's mom drove one.
- [ChatGPT Wants Your Bank Account. Kris Abel on Whether You Should Let it in.](https://shanehewitt.ca/chatgpt-wants-your-bank-account-kris-abel-on-whether-you-should-let-it-in/) - ChatGPT bank account access is rolling out to select US users, and a tech journalist says Canada is next. His breaking news on next-gen Google Glass is the other story to watch this week. Kris Abel covers OpenAI's move to let ChatGPT connect to your bank account for conversational financial advice. He frames the question
- [ICYMI: Trump Is Right About Canada's Military. Matt Gurney Says We've Known It for Decades.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-trump-is-right-about-canadas-military-matt-gurney-says-weve-known-it-for-decades/) - Canada defence spending has been a broken promise for decades, and a political journalist says the US pausing a joint defence board is just the beginning of what's coming. Matt Gurney says the Permanent Joint Board of Defense, a Canada-US committee dating back to 1940, has been paused explicitly because of Canada's failure to meet
- [Prairie Bound: A Summer Drive to Meet the Family He Never Knew He Had](https://shanehewitt.ca/prairie-bound-a-summer-drive-to-meet-the-family-he-never-knew-he-had/) - Birth family connections don't always start with a meeting, and a radio contributor says the phone call that changed his life happened almost twenty years ago. Bob Addison says he is adopted and found out about his birth family only when his birth mother was already dying. He never met her, but they spoke by
- [NEW - The 18% Default: How the Payment Screen Changed the Tipping Conversation](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-18-default-how-the-payment-screen-changed-the-tipping-conversation/) - Tipping culture has a word problem. The receipt says gratuity. The machine says 18. Somewhere between those two things, the meaning changed. The hosts dig into what it means when muscle memory sends you to 18% because that's where 15% used to be. Canadians are pushing back, and the team says the reason isn't stinginess.
- [What’s On Your Mind, Elias Makso? Quebec Tried to Fix Tipping and broke it](https://shanehewitt.ca/whats-on-your-mind-elias-makso-quebec-tried-to-fix-tipping-and-broke-it/) - Tipping in Quebec had a problem, so the government passed a law. The first tip option is now higher than it was before the law existed. The old system calculated tips on top of Quebec's 15% sales tax, pushing a stated 15% tip to roughly 17.5% in practice. The law banned that and required the
- [SHIFTHEADS: What a Hospitality Professor Actually Thinks About Your 20% Tip](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-what-a-hospitality-professor-actually-thinks-about-your-20-tip/) - Tipping culture is being redesigned, and a hospitality professor says the first real test is already happening at restaurants near you. Wayne Smith says tipping and non-tipping sections are being beta tested now, giving customers a choice that changes the nature of the transaction entirely. Pick the tipping section and you get full table service.
- [ICYMI What to Watch This Weekend: The Movie That Could Change Awards Season for Horror](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-to-watch-this-weekend-the-movie-that-could-change-awards-season-for-horror/) - What to watch this weekend just got a lot more specific, and a film critic from Penticton has already done the scrolling for you. The Movie That Could Make Awards History for Horror Obsession is a Blumhouse debut that Stebbing calls wildly unpredictable, built around a man whose wish for his coworker's love comes true
- [Shiftheads - Secrets, Privacy, and White Lies: A Clinical Psychologist on What's Killing Your Relationship](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-secrets-privacy-and-white-lies-a-clinical-psychologist-on-whats-killing-your-relationship/) - Secrets in relationships aren't always what they look like, and a clinical psychologist says the distinction between privacy and secrecy could be the most important conversation a couple never has. Deleting Messages Is Not Privacy. A Psychologist Draws the Line Dr. Laurie Betito says privacy protects individuality and is necessary even in close relationships, while
- [ICYMI - The Rogue Tool Problem: What Happens When Employees Go Off-Script With AI](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-rogue-tool-problem-what-happens-when-employees-go-off-script-with-ai/) - Shadow AI is a one-click liability, and a tech consultant says most employers have no idea how deep it already goes inside their own organizations. Mohit Rajhans says employees are uploading pricing structures, proprietary documents, and competitive bid information to unvetted AI tools without understanding the security implications. Some of those tools have already shut
- [Are We Leaving Boys Behind? A Mental Health Educator on What's Going Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/are-we-leaving-boys-behind-a-mental-health-educator-on-whats-going-wrong/) - Boys falling behind in school often starts before anyone thinks to look, and a mental health professor says the gap begins in kindergarten. Calissa Ngozi says girls' brains develop faster, giving them social and emotional reasoning that boys need significantly more time to build. She confirms that full brain development doesn't complete until around 25.
- [Peptides Are Real. The Science Behind Most of What's Online Isn't](https://shanehewitt.ca/peptides-are-real-the-science-behind-most-of-whats-online-isnt/) - Peptide supplements are flooding the internet with promises about weight loss and joint repair. A physician says the science behind almost all of them stops at a Petri dish. Dr. Mitch Shulman says the gold standard for knowing whether anything works is a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial, and none of the substances being touted online
- [The Art of Screwing Up a Good Barbecue](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-art-of-screwing-up-a-good-barbecue/) - Barbecue season is officially open, and the question on the table is whether convenience has taken the soul out of lighting one up. The team is at a crossroads on this. One host has switched from natural gas to a wood pellet grill and discovered that a Wi-Fi attachment can control temperature from the couch
- [Did UFO files prove aliens? The Aztec hoax](https://shanehewitt.ca/did-ufo-files-prove-aliens-the-aztec-hoax/) - Newly released UFO files are sparking claims of alien crashes—but the truth may be far less sensational. Nathan Radke joins Shane Hewitt to break down the infamous Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax and how misinformation spread into modern lore. The discussion highlights how context is often missing from headline-grabbing documents. Connect with 580 CFRA Online:
- [Too Much Smoke Is the Enemy: Ted Reader's Barbecue Fundamentals](https://shanehewitt.ca/too-much-smoke-is-the-enemy-ted-readers-barbecue-fundamentals/) - Pellet smoker season is here, and whether you're new to the grill or years in, there are fundamentals most people skip. Ted Reader has been cooking over live fire his whole life. He's got the tips that change everything. The smoke mistake almost everyone makes: too much wood, too long. Reader says all your flavour
- [SHIFTHEADS: Shake Shack Is Leaking. Dunkin' Thinks Now Is the Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-shake-shack-is-leaking-dunkin-thinks-now-is-the-time/) - Dunkin' Donuts expanding into Canada is not just a brand story. It is a bet that Tim Hortons is more vulnerable than it looks. Tim Hortons has been slowing financially and leaning on celebrity marketing at exactly the moment consumers are walking away from the $20 fast food burger in favour of fast casual dining
- [NEW - Vancouver, Vancouver, This Is It: The Mount St. Helens Story](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-vancouver-vancouver-this-is-it-the-mount-st-helens-story/) - Mount St. Helens erupted 46 years ago this weekend, and the mountain did not blow its top. It blew its side, and people as far away as Lethbridge, Alberta felt what that meant. Harry R. Truman was 83 years old and refused to leave Spirit Lake Lodge. He believed the volcano would blow straight up,
- [Shiftheads - One Year Later: The Alberta Pipeline Promise and the Referendum That Just Hit a Wall](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-one-year-later-the-alberta-pipeline-promise-and-the-referendum-that-just-hit-a-wall/) - Alberta pipeline talks are coming to a head, with a major announcement expected that will test whether what has been promised has anything behind it. The Prime Minister is arriving in Alberta to stand alongside Premier Danielle Smith and announce the next phase of their energy agreement, including a pipeline proposal the federal government has
- [ICYMI - Canada Is on the Ring of Fire. Here's Why the Silence Is Misleading](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-canada-is-on-the-ring-of-fire-heres-why-the-silence-is-misleading/) - Volcanoes in Canada last erupted 150 years ago. That fact should not be as reassuring as it sounds. George Kourounis makes his living inside craters and has thoughts on the difference between dormant and quiet. He has been on ropes 400 meters down inside active craters, dodging lava in the air, working with scientists in
- [Should Canada ban gambling ads? Expert breaks it down](https://shanehewitt.ca/should-canada-ban-gambling-ads-expert-breaks-it-down/) - A University of Toronto psychologist says aggressive gambling ads are shaping youth behaviour and increasing addiction risk. Steve Joordans joins Shane Hewitt to explain how marketing tactics exploit developing brains and why new legislation aims to curb exposure. The conversation highlights growing concern over online betting and its impact on young Canadians. Connect with 580
- [ICYMI - Fox Steals Hot Dogs, Montreal Strippers Strike, and You Can Legally Own a Cannon](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-fox-steals-hot-dogs-montreal-strippers-strike-and-you-can-legally-own-a-cannon/) - Montreal Grand Prix weekend is coming, and one particular group of workers is planning not to show up for it. According to the Montreal Gazette, exotic dancers in the city are planning to walk off the job on one of their busiest weekends of the year, demanding to be recognized as employees with the same
- [Mount St. Helens, Bigfoot, and the Miners Who Were Never the Same](https://shanehewitt.ca/mount-st-helens-bigfoot-and-the-miners-who-were-never-the-same/) - Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, and it did not blow its top. It blew its side, and the wall of water and debris that followed changed everything for everyone below it. In Canada, ash fell on cars in Kamloops and the cloud reached Lethbridge. Victoria and Vancouver felt a shockwave through their
- [NEW: Stephen Colbert Is Leaving + Booze and Reviews of Obsession Movie](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-stephen-colbert-is-leaving-booze-and-reviews-of-obsession-movie/) - Stephen Colbert is leaving CBS on May 21st, comedy is under a microscope, and there is a horror movie in theaters right now that arrives from a completely unexpected direction. Comedy's Hardest SecretThe Kevin Hart roast is the entry point, but the real question is whether audiences now need to be shocked to laugh. The
- [NEW: The Old Farts Had a Seat Open & Shane Sat Down](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-old-farts-had-a-seat-open-shane-sat-down/) - Canadian community does not always look the way you expect it to. Sometimes it is 21 men eating eggs at seven in the morning on garbage day, no agenda, no minutes, just life. The group has been running for 17 years in a village where strangers stop to introduce themselves on the street. The newest
- [SMART SPEAKERS - Canadian Life Satisfaction, the Alberta Data Breach, and the Small Things That Change Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/smart-speakers-canadian-life-satisfaction-the-alberta-data-breach-and-the-small-things-that-change-everything/) - Canadian life satisfaction is measuring something real and its provincial variation tells a more complicated story than any single headline can carry. The Astronauts Came Back. The Panel Asks Who Should Be Doing the Listening.The Artemis astronauts met Canada's Prime Minister this week and the panel pushes on the moment. Broadhead says real leadership cascades
- [NEW Target Kids: Gambling Advertising, and Brain Development](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-target-kids-gambling-advertising-and-brain-development/) - Gambling advertising in Canada is targeting the demographic least equipped to resist it. Steve Joordens explains exactly why, and what two bills in Parliament are trying to do about it. The brain science matters here. The limbic system, which chases rewards and makes gambling feel exciting, develops early. The frontal lobes, which apply judgment and
- [Dr. Mansingh on stress, joy and burnout risk](https://shanehewitt.ca/dr-mansingh-on-stress-joy-and-burnout-risk/) - Dr. Sohan Mansingh joins Shane Hewitt to break down how stress works and why trying to be healthier can sometimes lead to burnout. They explore perception, mindset, and how small shifts can help people experience joy without added pressure. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us
- [Butterflies signal climate change warning](https://shanehewitt.ca/butterflies-signal-climate-change-warning/) - Federico Riva joins Shane Hewitt to explain how butterflies and bumblebees act as early warning signs for environmental change. They discuss how these species reflect ecosystem health and what long-term data reveals about climate and human impact. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook:
- [SHIFTHEADS: 162 Declassified UFO Files: What's Real, What's a Hoax, and What Nobody Can Explain](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-162-declassified-ufo-files-whats-real-whats-a-hoax-and-what-nobody-can-explain/) - Declassified UFO files released by the Pentagon on May 8th look explosive on the surface. Nathan Radke spent the better part of his weekend reading through them and came back with something more complicated. The 162 files from the FBI, Air Force, and CIA include official memos and genuinely strange material, but also newspaper clippings,
- [Sports Betting Is Just the New (less scary) Word for Gambling](https://shanehewitt.ca/sports-betting-is-just-the-new-less-scary-word-for-gambling/) - Sports betting did not arrive to replace gambling. It arrived to replace the word. One listener's text put a fine point on it: kids watching sports with their parents should be picking up lessons about teamwork, not learning what a parlay means. That text is the door into something much bigger: how gambling got rebranded,
- [When Quantum Computers Break Everything Including Your Money](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-quantum-computers-break-everything-including-your-money/) - Quantum computers could break the encryption protecting every cryptocurrency on the planet. That is not a distant theory. It is an active scramble. Blockchains link transactions through cryptographic algorithms built on large prime numbers. A quantum computer does not brute force those numbers the way a classical machine does. It runs every probability at once
- [NEW - Why Is Yawning Contagious? Dr. Samantha Yammine on the Study That Made Things Weirder](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-is-yawning-contagious-dr-samantha-yammine-on-the-study-that-made-things-weirder/) - Contagious yawning remains one of the most studied and least understood reflexes in human biology. A new finding about yawning in the womb just made the mystery harder to explain. Thirty-eight pregnant women at 28 to 32 weeks watched videos and images designed to trigger a yawn. Within 90 seconds of the mother yawning, the
- [ICYMI - Dunkin' Donuts Canada: Tony Chapman Makes the Case Against the 200-Location Bet](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-dunkin-donuts-canada-tony-chapman-makes-the-case-against-the-200-location-bet/) - Dunkin' Donuts Canada is happening: a master franchise has been secured with plans to open one location per week up to 200. Tony Chapman has questions. The operator already owns Second Cup and Milestones. Chapman's read: look at how Second Cup has performed against Starbucks and Tim Hortons and ask whether the same team is
- [NEW: Good News Tuesday: How Finding the Good Is Itself the Good News](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-good-news-tuesday-how-finding-the-good-is-itself-the-good-news/) - Good news Tuesday comes from a simple observation: the bad is loud and the good needs to be found. Two stories this week prove the finding is worth the effort. The first: a pair of adult kids, 19 and 21, drove to Edmonton out of the blue to see their grandfather, who has not been
- [Finding the Good, Even Inside the Bad + Tulips](https://shanehewitt.ca/finding-the-good-even-inside-the-bad-tulips/) - Dunkin' Donuts is coming back to Canada, a Canadian chain is bringing it in, and the team has thoughts on what this does to the Starbucks and Tim Hortons of the world. The opening question is what actually makes a great concert. The answer has less to do with the headliner than most people assume.
- [SHIFTHEADS: It's Not The Same as a Phone Book: Matt Gurney on the Alberta Voter Data Leak](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-its-not-the-same-as-a-phone-book-matt-gurney-on-the-alberta-voter-data-leak/) - Alberta voter data leak is the story Matt Gurney says everyone is trying to minimize. The fake names baked into the voter list have already identified who did it. What happened next is the problem. The "it's just a phone book" argument is the one Gurney refuses to let stand. Phone books had an opt-out
- [Blue Dot Fever: Why Concert Tickets Are Priced for a Market That No Longer Exists](https://shanehewitt.ca/blue-dot-fever-why-concert-tickets-are-priced-for-a-market-that-no-longer-exists/) - Blue dot fever is the new term for half-empty arenas and cancelled concerts. The data behind it is specific and the team has the numbers. Concert ticket prices for the top 100 global tours went up 37.2 percent between 2019 and 2025. Inflation over the same period was 21 percent. The prices never came back
- [NEW - Take Me to Church: Kelly Alexander on What Actually Makes a Concert Worth Attending](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-take-me-to-church-kelly-alexander-on-what-actually-makes-a-concert-worth-attending/) - What makes a good concert is a question Kelly Alexander answers with a specific recent example. The show felt, she says, like being taken to church. Nothing about that had to do with the lighting cues. The artist was genuinely present, talked to the crowd, chose an intimate venue over a larger arena, and made
- [ICYMI - Bob Addison on the FIFA World Cup: Great Sport, Ugly Business](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-bob-addison-on-the-fifa-world-cup-great-sport-ugly-business/) - FIFA World Cup 2026 is landing in Canada at a moment when ticket prices are disconnected from what fans are actually willing to pay. Bob Addison has been to Euro 2024. He knows the difference. Vancouver's cheapest group stage ticket opened at $777. Knockout games are $800 a seat in Seattle. Prices have gone up
- [Federico Riva on Why Butterfly Decline Is a Canary in Canada's Coal Mine](https://shanehewitt.ca/federico-riva-on-why-butterfly-decline-is-a-canary-in-canadas-coal-mine/) - Butterfly population decline is measurable, documented, and connected to something most people eat every day. Federico Riva of Carleton University helped lead a global analysis to figure out how bad it actually is. The UK has been counting butterflies since 1976. North America and Europe show clear declining trends. The tropical world is largely unmapped.
- [The Luke Skywalker Card Worth $687,000 and the Week in Tech With Kris Abel](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-luke-skywalker-card-worth-687000-and-the-week-in-tech-with-kris-abel/) - Star Wars trading cards were fun in 1977. One of them just sold at auction for $687,500. The seller did not have the Canadian bilingual version with nicks. Kris Abel has the Luke Skywalker card, the first in the 1977 Topps series. His is the Canadian edition, printed with both English and French text, and
- [Joy Is Not Something You Find: Dr. Sohan Mansingh on Stress and the Nervous System](https://shanehewitt.ca/joy-is-not-something-you-find-dr-sohan-mansingh-on-stress-and-the-nervous-system/) - Stress and burnout start with a word. Dr. Sohan Mansingh says should is the word. It carries shame, it carries guilt, and it keeps people exactly where they don't want to be. The deeper issue is the nervous system. Mansingh points to hormesis, the kind of stress that produces positive health outcomes, things like exercise,
- [NEW: Life Stretching, Quiet Quitting, and Why We Keep Naming Things Instead of Fixing Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-life-stretching-quiet-quitting-and-why-we-keep-naming-things-instead-of-fixing-them/) - Generational trend names are everywhere, and the argument on the table is whether they reflect real experiences or just make it easier to stop trying. Life stretching. Quiet quitting. Bare minimum Mondays. At some point, the label becomes the permission slip. The team digs into which ones hold up and which ones are just participation
- [ICYMI - AI at Home, AI in Ottawa: What Works and What's Missing](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-ai-at-home-ai-in-ottawa-what-works-and-whats-missing/) - AI home projects are changing how people tackle everything from clogged sinks to room redesigns. The question of who controls the technology making that possible is a lot more complicated. Your Wrench Now Has a Co-Pilot Gen Z and millennials are leading a shift away from YouTube tutorials and toward ChatGPT for home fixes. Baryer
- [SHIFTHEADS: Life Stretching, the McMansion, and the Numbers Nobody Wants to Talk About](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-life-stretching-the-mcmansion-and-the-numbers-nobody-wants-to-talk-about/) - Canadians living with parents in their 30s and 40s is now at generational highs, according to new Stats Canada data. The conversation digs into the numbers and whether giving it a name like life stretching is part of the problem. Three reasons surface: student loan debt averaging $30,000 per millennial, entry-level salaries that make saving
- [The Second Time Home Buyers No Policy Reaches](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-second-time-home-buyers-no-policy-reaches/) - Housing affordability has a policy blind spot, and second time home buyers are falling right through it. The assumption is that every young buyer is a first-time buyer. But that's not who's stuck. Mike Moffat points to people who bought a condo near the top of the market and can't make the jump to a
- [The Forever Home Is a Myth. Here's How to Actually Buy One.](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-forever-home-is-a-myth-heres-how-to-actually-buy-one/) - Buying a home Canada feels impossible until someone sits down and actually runs the numbers with you. Jessica Moorhouse starts with the wishlist, then the mortgage broker, then the reality check. The first trap she names is the forever home. The belief that the first place has to be permanent and perfect, Moorhouse says, puts
- [ICYMI - Never Having to Ask: The Hidden Test Nobody Announced](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-never-having-to-ask-the-hidden-test-nobody-announced/) - Relationship expectations are being shaped by a TikTok trend that tells you your partner should anticipate everything, no asking required. Tony Tedesco calls it emotional mind reading dressed up as romance. Jen Kirsch says the problem is simpler: people just want to feel seen. Tedesco's argument is that the expectation almost always falls on one
- [NEW - The Legal Definition of Foreign Interference Is Not What You Think](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-legal-definition-of-foreign-interference-is-not-what-you-think/) - Foreign interference in Canada is more complicated than the legal definition suggests. The gap between what's traceable and what's actually happening may explain more than anyone wants to say out loud. The Habs, the PWHL, and Why Rome Is Worth the Chaos Jimmy Zoubris returned from Rome calling it beautifully chaotic. The Montreal Canadiens, built
- [Driverless Cars Are Closer to Canada Than You Think](https://shanehewitt.ca/driverless-cars-are-closer-to-canada-than-you-think/) - Driverless cars are coming to Canada, and the safety numbers are making even longtime skeptics rethink their position. Lorraine Sommerfeld wrote the piece. She also used to tell autonomous cars to stay off her roads. Sommerfeld talked to a tech analyst who put it plainly: you eventually have to leave the lab. Waymo is already
- [Why the Canadian War Museum Matters So Much](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-the-canadian-war-museum-matters-so-much/) - As part of a Throwback Thursday, Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Andrew Birch, Acting Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum, about the museum’s 2005 reopening and why it continues to leave such a lasting impact on visitors. From its striking architecture to deeply personal stories of war and sacrifice, the discussion explores how
- [Did OpenAI Break Canadian Privacy Laws?](https://shanehewitt.ca/did-openai-break-canadian-privacy-laws/) - Tech expert Carmi Levy joins Shane Hewitt to explain why OpenAI has been found in violation of Canadian privacy laws and what it means for everyday users. From ChatGPT to Claude, AI platforms aggressively harvest personal data—often without meaningful consent. The conversation explores how data is collected, why it’s valuable, and what Canadians can do
- [Cards on the Table: The Toxic Ex Conversation and When Sharing Horror Stories Actually Helps](https://shanehewitt.ca/cards-on-the-table-the-toxic-ex-conversation-and-when-sharing-horror-stories-actually-helps/) - Toxic ex stories on a fourth date sound like a warning sign. Ryan O'Donnell says his became the most honest moment he had ever had with someone that early. He had one genuinely toxic relationship. When he and Laura were a few dates in and the subject came up, what emerged was not just shared
- [Built, Paid For, and Not Open: Patty Handysides on the Gordie Howe Bridge](https://shanehewitt.ca/built-paid-for-and-not-open-patty-handysides-on-the-gordie-howe-bridge/) - Gordie Howe Bridge is ready. It has been under construction for eight years, funded entirely by Canada, and co-owned by Canada and Michigan. Patty Handysides says most people in Windsor believe what is holding up the opening has something to do with Donald Trump. The Ambassador Bridge, built in the 1920s and privately owned by
- [Sheep Solve a Murder, Speed Racer Gets Its Due, and More to Watch This Weekend](https://shanehewitt.ca/sheep-solve-a-murder-speed-racer-gets-its-due-and-more-to-watch-this-weekend/) - What to watch this weekend spans a video game brawler that earns its cheese, a sheep murder mystery with a cast nobody predicted, and a 2008 film making its case as the greatest sports movie ever made. Two conversations. One list. When the Sheep Start Asking Questions Carl Urban steps into Mortal Kombat 2 as
- [NEW - Your Friends Are a Health Behaviour: Dr. Theresa Pauly on Toxic Relationships and Aging](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-friends-are-a-health-behaviour-dr-theresa-pauly-on-toxic-relationships-and-aging/) - Toxic relationships and aging are directly connected, and Dr. Theresa Pauly says the mechanism is measurable in your saliva. The quality of your relationships is almost as important to your physical health as smoking, exercise, or body weight. Most people do not think about who they spend time with as a health behavior. Dr. Theresa
- [Major life events come with tax consequences](https://shanehewitt.ca/major-life-events-come-with-tax-consequences/) - Evelyn Jacks joins Shane Hewitt to explain why major life events—from marriage and divorce to job loss, disability, or inflation—often come with tax consequences. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [NEW: Toxic Exes: What the Patterns Mean, How to Co-Parent Through It, and What They Left Behind](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-toxic-exes-what-the-patterns-mean-how-to-co-parent-through-it-and-what-they-left-behind/) - Your toxic ex may be gone, but a clinical psychologist says the damage does not leave with them. Two segments. One conversation that gets into the questions most people are afraid to ask. What "Toxic" Actually Means and Whether You Are the Problem "Toxic" is not a clinical label, but a clinical psychologist says it
- [ICYMI - Saturday Meme to Monday Shelf: Mohit Rajhans on AI in the Shopping Mall](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-saturday-meme-to-monday-shelf-mohit-rajhans-on-ai-in-the-shopping-mall/) - AI retail technology is not a kiosk in the corner of the food court. Mohit Rajhans says it is the entire operating system of the store you are standing in. Something trends on a meme on Saturday and retailers can have it in stores by Monday. Employees inside stores are working with gamified systems that
- [Someone Could Turn It Off: Vass Bednar on Digital Sovereignty and What Canada Is Missing](https://shanehewitt.ca/someone-could-turn-it-off-vass-bednar-on-digital-sovereignty-and-what-canada-is-missing/) - Digital sovereignty Canada does not fully have, and Vass Bednar says the Trump administration has made the vulnerabilities harder to ignore. The question she keeps returning to is simple: can you govern the economy you have? For a significant portion of Canada's digital infrastructure, the answer is no. The US Cloud Act reaches into Canadian
- [A Blog Post Is Not Enough: Carmi Levy on OpenAI and Canadian Privacy Law](https://shanehewitt.ca/a-blog-post-is-not-enough-carmi-levy-on-openai-and-canadian-privacy-law/) - OpenAI privacy violations in Canada have been confirmed by federal and provincial privacy commissioners in BC, Alberta, and Quebec. Carmi Levy says the response was a blog post and that is not going to change much. The findings are specific. OpenAI collected health information, political views, and data on children from the open internet without
- [SHIFTHEADS - WarMuseum.ca: Twenty Years, One Museum, and a Cross-Country List Worth Making](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-warmuseum-ca-twenty-years-one-museum-and-a-cross-country-list-worth-making/) - The Canada War Museum marks 20 years in its purpose-built home this week, and if you haven't walked through the hall with the jet and the tanks, it's time to change that. From a working Lancaster bomber in Hamilton to an entire museum dedicated to gophers in Torrington, Alberta, the country is packed with places
- [NEW - Ten Minutes on Sunday: Alyssa B on Meal Planning, Budget Shopping, and the Frozen Aisle](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ten-minutes-on-sunday-alyssa-b-on-meal-planning-budget-shopping-and-the-frozen-aisle/) - Meal planning does not require a full day. Alyssa B says 10 minutes of planning at the start of the week, knowing what you are making and who is eating, is enough to change how you eat from Monday to Friday. The alternative is what most people already know: it is 5:30, dinner is at
- [Canada pays more but gets less: A Tax Reality Check](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-pays-more-but-gets-less-a-tax-reality-check/) - Political commentator Matt Gurney speaks with Shane Hewitt about Canada’s high taxes, underinvestment in defence, and the growing gap between what Canadians pay and what they receive. Gurney argues the country is facing a reckoning on infrastructure, fiscal priorities, and national security. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website:
- [4,000 Fewer Restaurants: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois on Canada's Food Service Divide](https://shanehewitt.ca/4000-fewer-restaurants-dr-sylvain-charlebois-on-canadas-food-service-divide/) - Restaurant closures in Canada are happening faster than forecast. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois projected a drop from 89,000 to 85,000 restaurants in 2026 and says the numbers coming from the sector confirm it is already underway. The shift is driven by price sensitivity. A burger and fries at a quick service restaurant now runs around $20.
- [Throwback Thursday 2005: Paul Martin, a Harry Potter Leak, and Internet That Felt Fast](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-2005-paul-martin-a-harry-potter-leak-and-internet-that-felt-fast/) - Canada in 2005 looked familiar in ways that are hard to ignore: a minority government, a floor crossing, and a prime minister under real pressure. George W. Bush was in the White House with a war on. Harry Potter was everywhere, including in the hands of people who bought it weeks too early from a
- [Shiftheads - Alberta Separatism's Biggest Problem Right Now Is Alberta’s Voter List](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-alberta-separatisms-biggest-problem-right-now-is-albertas-voter-list/) - Alberta voters list data on 2.9 million people was allegedly obtained by a separatist-linked group, and the cleanup is far from finished. The Centurion Project built an app using the list. Elections Alberta traces leaks by seeding fake names into every copy it distributes. That system has now produced nearly 600 cease-and-desist letters, exposed a
- [Fast fashion’s hidden price](https://shanehewitt.ca/fast-fashions-hidden-price/) - Sustainability expert John Pabon joins Shane Hewitt to discuss fast fashion, consumer responsibility, and the hidden costs behind low prices. Pabon explains why informed purchasing decisions can influence corporate behaviour and drive environmental change Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI - Dr. Andrew Burtch on Why Canada Needed a Building Worthy of Its Military History](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-dr-andrew-burtch-on-why-canada-needed-a-building-worthy-of-its-military-history/) - The Canadian War Museum spent most of its existence in borrowed spaces. Dr. Andrew Burtch says the collection deserved better long before it got it. Before the 2005 building at LeBreton Flats, the museum occupied a run-down building where the National Gallery now stands, then moved to the old Dominion Archives on Sussex Drive while
- [WKRP Is Real Now, a Man Lost His Car Over a Burger, and Tomatoes Are Fraudulent](https://shanehewitt.ca/wkrp-is-real-now-a-man-lost-his-car-over-a-burger-and-tomatoes-are-fraudulent/) - WKRP in Cincinnati, the fictional radio station from the classic CBS sitcom, is now a real station in Cincinnati, playing the same adult hits format the show's characters once pretended to broadcast. Also real: a 38-year-old man from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, who drove 35 minutes to Red Deer for a burger, called 911 when a
- [You Logged On. You Logged Off. Then 2005 Changed Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/you-logged-on-you-logged-off-then-2005-changed-everything/) - In 2005 pop culture, you logged on, checked your email, and turned the computer off at the end of the day. Ed Conroy knows exactly when that era ended, and what ended it. YouTube launched that year, and before it, video on the internet was postage-stamp-sized and buffering constantly. The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
- [Tragically Chip, Talking Sheep, and the Science of Haunted Houses: Richard Crouse](https://shanehewitt.ca/tragically-chip-talking-sheep-and-the-science-of-haunted-houses-richard-crouse/) - Tragically Chip ice cream is real, it is maple whiskey with dark chocolate chunks and black cherry ripple, and it comes from a Tragically Hip collaboration with Kawartha Dairy landing June 22nd with proceeds going to the Breakfast Club of Canada. WKRP Is Back, Your Old House Is Haunting You, and the Hip Have Ice
- [Brady's Monster Truck and the Self-Checkout Code: A Conversation About Honesty](https://shanehewitt.ca/bradys-monster-truck-and-the-self-checkout-code-a-conversation-about-honesty/) - Self-checkout ethics are more complicated than most people admit, and the conversation starts with a twenty-year-old monster truck confession. Ryan O'Donnell took a toy called Flash Fire from his friend Brady's birthday party at approximately age six. He felt immediately guilty, never played with it, moved it from Calgary to Ontario and back to Calgary,
- [NEW - Manufactured or Real: Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead on Alberta Separatism and Foreign Interference](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-manufactured-or-real-jamie-ellerton-and-lindsay-broadhead-on-alberta-separatism-and-foreign-interference/) - Alberta separatism is in the news. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead both question how much of it is Albertans and how much of it is being fed from outside the country. Lindsay Broadhead puts a number on baseline opposition: eight to thirteen percent of the population will be against something regardless of what it is.
- [The Mouth of the South: Bill Brioux on Ted Turner at 87](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-mouth-of-the-south-bill-brioux-on-ted-turner-at-87/) - Ted Turner passed away at 87. Bill Brioux says he was a yachtsman who won the America's Cup, a broadcaster who turned small TV stations into a media empire, and a conservationist who ended up owning more than two million acres and 45,000 bison. The MGM library purchase in the eighties was the move that
- [NEW - God Sees Everything and Value Village Charges $15 for a Donated T-Shirt: The Stealing Texts](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-god-sees-everything-and-value-village-charges-15-for-a-donated-t-shirt-the-stealing-texts/) - Self-checkout theft is not one conversation. The listener texts make that clear. A Brampton man allegedly swapped $97 baby formula for items priced under a dollar at four stores within an hour. Nearly $1,000 in product. Seven fraud charges. That is one version of the story. Another listener types that they enter the non-organic produce
- [Shiftheads - The Conspiracy You Think Is New Has Been Around for 140 Years: Dr. Lee Kuhnle](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-conspiracy-you-think-is-new-has-been-around-for-140-years-dr-lee-kuhnle/) - Conspiracy theories feel new because we encounter them in the moment. Dr. Lee Kuhnle says most of them are not new at all. The COVID and 5G network conspiracy had a near-identical version with H1N1 and 4G, and before that SARS and 3G. Vaccine protest signs from 1880s Lester, England, documented in Heidi J. Larson's
- [ICYMI - The Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and Your Medical Diagnosis: Greg Fish on AI Medicine](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-professor-sideshow-bob-foundation-and-your-medical-diagnosis-greg-fish-on-ai-medicine/) - AI medicine comes in two versions and most people are using the wrong one when they are sick at midnight. Specialist AI in oncology, antibiotic resistance research, and pandemic prevention is genuinely promising. Greg Fish writes about all of it. The problem is that general chatbot AI, the kind you open on your phone when
- [NEW - Upper K, Lower K, and the Middle That Is Disappearing: Tony Chapman on Canada's Two Economies](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-upper-k-lower-k-and-the-middle-that-is-disappearing-tony-chapman-on-canadas-two-economies/) - K economy Canada is not a prediction. Tony Chapman says it is the current state, and the middle is disappearing faster than most people are willing to acknowledge. The K is the shape of it: upper bar thriving, lower bar surviving, the centre pulling apart. Tony Chapman puts numbers behind it: twenty percent of Canadians
- [You're Guilty Until You Can Prove Otherwise: Evelyn Jacks on CRA, Audits, and Year-Round Tax Awareness](https://shanehewitt.ca/youre-guilty-until-you-can-prove-otherwise-evelyn-jacks-on-cra-audits-and-year-round-tax-awareness/) - Tax planning Canada requires one uncomfortable truth to land first: CRA operates on a reverse onus. You have to prove them wrong, not the other way around. Evelyn Jacks says most people miss that, and most people also miss that when CRA comes, they typically audit two to three years at once. The neighbour who
- [The More Good News You Talk About: Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift's Cinco de Mayo Edition](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-more-good-news-you-talk-about-shane-hewitt-and-the-night-shifts-cinco-de-mayo-edition/) - Good News Tuesday has a theory behind it: talk about good news and you find more of it. Cinco de Mayo on a Taco Tuesday is already a good start. Three strangers walking past a house in Merrickville stopped, walked up the driveway, introduced themselves, and welcomed a new neighbor before continuing on their way.
- [ICYMI - Send the Invite Anyway: Pete Bombacci on Mental Health Week and the Human Connection Movement](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-send-the-invite-anyway-pete-bombacci-on-mental-health-week-and-the-human-connection-movement/) - Mental health week lands in early May for a reason. Pete Bombacci says suicide rates are highest in the spring, not at Christmas, and the social pressure that comes with warming temperatures is one of the leading contributors most people do not know about. The fix Pete Bombacci keeps coming back to is the invite.
- [NEW: High Tax, Low Return: Matt Gurney on What Canada Is Actually Getting for Its Money](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-high-tax-low-return-matt-gurney-on-what-canada-is-actually-getting-for-its-money/) - Canada's trade surplus is real and Matt Gurney will take it. He just wants to be honest about what it is: a bounce from external conditions, not a sign that the structural problems are solved. The economy is showing resilience where it could be shrinking. By international standards, Canadians pay a significant amount of tax.
- [The real cost of a Disney World trip](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-real-cost-of-a-disney-world-trip/) - Disney theme park costs are climbing, with families now paying roughly $150 USD per person per day just to enter the parks. On Shane Hewitt & the Nightshift, travel expert Barry Choi explains Canadian‑only discounts, why Disney trips are often once‑in‑a‑lifetime experiences, and the importance of budgeting realistically. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to
- [Good News Tuesday! Number One Pick and a Maybe: The Maple Leafs, Matthews, and McDavid on Draft Lottery Day](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-number-one-pick-and-a-maybe-the-maple-leafs-matthews-and-mcdavid-on-draft-lottery-day/) - NHL draft lottery day handed Toronto the number one pick and a decision to make, all on the same afternoon. The Maple Leafs are expected to select Gavin McKenna with the top pick. That news arrives alongside reports from The Score that Auston Matthews is not sure he will return to Toronto and wants to
- [Shiftheads - 100 Miles Per Gallon and a $5 Scooter Trip: Ryan O'Donnell Does the Transportation Math](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-100-miles-per-gallon-and-a-5-scooter-trip-ryan-odonnell-does-the-transportation-math/) - Motorcycle fuel economy is not something most people think about. Ryan O'Donnell did, and the numbers surprised him. Motorcycles average between 30 and 60 miles per gallon. Some models reach 100 MPG. A Honda Civic from 2023 to 2026 sits between 30 and 40 MPG. A Harley Davidson on Reddit data runs roughly 120 miles
- [Dating advice: Own your freak flag](https://shanehewitt.ca/dating-advice-own-your-freak-flag/) - Jen Kirsch joins Shane Hewitt to explain why being open about your quirks can actually make dating better. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI - BP Invented Your Guilt: John Pabon on Greenwashing and the Carbon Footprint Lie](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-bp-invented-your-guilt-john-pabon-on-greenwashing-and-the-carbon-footprint-lie/) - Greenwashing is not always deliberate. John Pabon says it ranges from fossil fuel companies outright lying to corporations that over-claim and governments and celebrities performing concern they do not actually have. The most effective example he offers is the carbon footprint calculator. British Petroleum, working with a PR firm around 2002 or 2003, popularized it
- [Met Gala, Southwest Airlines, and the End of Ask Jeeves: Kris Abel's Week in Tech](https://shanehewitt.ca/met-gala-southwest-airlines-and-the-end-of-ask-jeeves-kris-abels-week-in-tech/) - Ask Jeeves shut down May 1st. Kris Abel says it was built around the same idea that AI is now executing, asking questions and getting answers, but it ran out of runway before the technology caught up to the concept. That is the context for the rest of the week's tech news, which involved humanoid
- [Performance Over Process: Dr. Perry Adler on What AI Is Doing to How We Think](https://shanehewitt.ca/performance-over-process-dr-perry-adler-on-what-ai-is-doing-to-how-we-think/) - The education system has been optimizing for grades for a long time. Dr. Perry Adler says AI just made the shortcut obvious. His framework is clear: critical thinking is the ability to slow down, consider multiple angles, apply logic and reasoning, and work through a problem rather than around it. Social media and AI both
- [SHIFTHEADS: Two Sandwiches, One Drink, Under $20: Bob Addison on the Best Date Night in Surrey](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-two-sandwiches-one-drink-under-20-bob-addison-on-the-best-date-night-in-surrey/) - Costco date night did not start as a plan. It started at 8:27pm when it was too late to go home and cook dinner. Bob Addison and his wife got their smoked meat sandwich order in three minutes before the food court closed. Two sandwiches, one refillable drink shared between them, employee lockers along the
- [11 Lego Sets on the Mantle: Ryan O'Donnell on May the 4th and 20 Years of Star Wars](https://shanehewitt.ca/11-lego-sets-on-the-mantle-ryan-odonnell-on-may-the-4th-and-20-years-of-star-wars/) - May the 4th landed on a Friday this year and Ryan O'Donnell spent it exactly the way you would expect: three films deep by the time the show aired, running them as background noise the way most people run music. Writing a Star Wars segment, Ryan O'Donnell put down the number 20 and paused. Twenty
- [Dr. Janet McMordie: It’s OK to not be OK](https://shanehewitt.ca/dr-janet-mcmordie-its-ok-to-not-be-ok/) - Dr. Janet McMordie joins Shane Hewitt to discuss why it’s normal to struggle and why asking for help matters, especially for caregivers and health professionals. She reflects on the importance of giving yourself permission to feel uncertain and reminds listeners that caring for others starts with caring for yourself. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe
- [NEW -  Handy Andy Baryer on Spring Planting, the Sugar Shack Man Cave, and World Password Day](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andy-baryer-on-spring-planting-the-sugar-shack-man-cave-and-world-password-day/) - Spring gardening has a temperature threshold Andy Baryer treats as non-negotiable: nighttime lows need to reach 10 degrees Celsius before tomatoes, peppers, or squash go in the ground. When to Plant and How to Harden Metro Vancouver hit 25 degrees and Andy Baryer transplanted everything, knowing it was a stretch. He explains hardening off, the
- [Can a heartbeat block cancer growth?](https://shanehewitt.ca/can-a-heartbeat-block-cancer-growth/) - Dr. Samantha Yammine joins Shane Hewitt to explain new research suggesting a beating heart may inhibit cancer growth. The discussion explores mouse and lab-cell studies examining how heart motion and calcium signalling affect cancer cells. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Is AI literacy the new media literacy?](https://shanehewitt.ca/is-ai-literacy-the-new-media-literacy/) - Concerns over artificial intelligence and data security are growing as tools like ChatGPT become more widely used. Shane Hewitt speaks with Mohit Rajhans about why AI literacy should be treated as a core part of digital and media education Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us
- [SHIFTHEADS: Barry Choi on Flight Cancellations, Disney Prices, and How to Travel Smart Right Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-barry-choi-on-flight-cancellations-disney-prices-and-how-to-travel-smart-right-now/) - Summer travel planning in 2026 requires a different checklist than it used to, and Barry Choi has gone through it. Flight cancellations tied to jet fuel concerns are real, but Barry Choi says airlines are cutting unprofitable domestic routes well in advance, not scrambling. Any disruption that affects your booking will come with a refund.
- [Your Phone Can Be Hijacked From a Car: Rob Beggs on SMS Blasters and Scam Texts](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-phone-can-be-hijacked-from-a-car-rob-beggs-on-sms-blasters-and-scam-texts/) - SMS blasters are industrial-grade cybercrime tools manufactured and sold specifically to compromise phones at scale. Rob Beggs says one is enough to take out the real cell towers in a parking lot and replace them without anyone noticing. The text that arrives on your phone looks legitimate because to your phone it is legitimate. The
- [Shiftheads - When to Let Your Freak Flag Fly: The Date Night Conversation](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-when-to-let-your-freak-flag-fly-the-date-night-conversation/) - Everyone has a thing. The question is when to show it to someone new, and Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch do not entirely agree on the answer. Tony Tedesco's framework is signal, not data: hint at the thing without diving into every detail, and let emotional safety build before the full reveal. He makes the
- [The Peanut Butter Theory Explains Star Wars (sort of)](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-peanut-butter-theory-explains-star-wars-sort-of/) - Star Wars Day lands on a Friday and Ryan O'Donnell has a theory he has been sitting with since he was a kid. The best peanut butter and jelly sandwich is your recipe. You could have an objectively better sandwich with fancier ingredients and it still would not be your favorite. Ryan O'Donnell applies the
- [NEW - Insulting or Realistic: Andrew Caddell and Lesley Kelly on Federal Wages and the Cost of Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-insulting-or-realistic-andrew-caddell-and-lesley-kelly-on-federal-wages-and-the-cost-of-everything/) - Federal public servant wages are at the centre of a fight that Andrew Caddell says tells you something about where the government's priorities actually are. A New Governor General and a Wage War Mark Carney is expected to announce a new Governor General, and Andrew Caddell, a former foreign affairs official, runs through the names
- [Your Tax Refund, Frugality Fatigue, and the 10% Rule: Jessica Moorhouse](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-tax-refund-frugality-fatigue-and-the-10-rule-jessica-moorhouse/) - Tax refund season has a predictable problem: the money gets spent mentally before it ever arrives. Jessica Moorhouse says writing it down before it lands changes the outcome. Her ratio is 80 to 90 percent toward something responsible and 10 to 20 percent toward something just for you. Jessica Moorhouse calls the alternative frugality fatigue:
- [Pester Power and Processed Corn: Tony Chapman on the Rise and Fall of Breakfast Cereal](https://shanehewitt.ca/pester-power-and-processed-corn-tony-chapman-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-breakfast-cereal/) - The corn flake was an accident. Tony Chapman says what Kellogg's built from that accident was one of the most effective kid marketing systems ever put on a grocery store shelf. Cereal was shelved at grocery cart height on purpose. The toy inside was more exciting than the cereal itself. Tony Chapman says pester power,
- [NEW - $2.12 a Litre and a Soccer Team That Might Leave: Ryan Price on BC This Week](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-2-12-a-litre-and-a-soccer-team-that-might-leave-ryan-price-on-bc-this-week/) - BC gas prices have been above $2 a litre for a long time. Ryan Price says watching Ontario treat $1.75 as a crisis has been an experience. Victoria sits at $2.12 for regular gasoline, a number Ryan Price says reflects federal, provincial, and regional government taxes stacked on top of each other. When the federal
- [SHIFTHEADS: The 50-Kilometre Choke Point Holding the World Hostage: Ian Wereley on the Strait of Hormuz](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-50-kilometre-choke-point-holding-the-world-hostage-ian-wereley-on-the-strait-of-hormuz/) - The Strait of Hormuz carried 20 million barrels of oil per day before the war. Ian Wereley says that number is down 95%, and the knock-on effects are landing everywhere from hospital supply rooms to farm fields. The strait moves more than crude oil. Ian Wereley tracks the full picture: natural gas, refined petrochemicals, a
- [NEW - Miranda Priestly Is Back and Someone Peed at the Hocum Screening: Steve Stebbing's Weekend Guide](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-miranda-priestly-is-back-and-someone-peed-at-the-hocum-screening-steve-stebbings-weekend-guide/) - May 1st is the start of summer movie season and Steve Stebbing says the lineup is already delivering. Three Movies, One Very Strong Warning Devil Wears Prada 2 reunites Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci and Steve Stebbing says it justifies every year of the wait. The Miranda Priestly character has more
- [Shiftheads - Is It Love or Is It Love Bombing: Dr. Laurie Betito on the Line Between Affection and Manipulation](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-is-it-love-or-is-it-love-bombing-dr-laurie-betito-on-the-line-between-affection-and-manipulation/) - Love bombing is not about the gifts or the attention. Dr. Laurie Betito says it is about the motive and the pattern behind them. Someone coming on fast with intense affection, constant praise, promises, and grand gestures early in a relationship can feel like exactly what you wanted. Dr. Laurie Betito says that is the
- [ICYMI - The Wrong Conversation: Mohit Rajhans on Youth, AI, and the Trust Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-wrong-conversation-mohit-rajhans-on-youth-ai-and-the-trust-problem/) - A McGill University study on young people aged 17 to 23 and their relationship with AI stopped Mohit Rajhans cold. He says the adults in the room have been having the wrong conversation. The study is not showing a generation eager to take AI as far as it can go. Mohit Rajhans says what is
- [NEW - Why Your Heart Almost Never Gets Cancer: Dr. Samantha Yammine on a Stunning New Study](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-your-heart-almost-never-gets-cancer-dr-samantha-yammine-on-a-stunning-new-study/) - Heart cancer is so rare it shows up in less than 1% of autopsies. Cancer cells pass through the heart constantly. Dr. Samantha Yammine says scientists have finally found a clue about why it almost never takes hold there. A study published in Science compared mouse hearts that could beat with hearts that could not.
- [Who Cares for the Caregivers: Dr. Janet McMordie on Vitals and Frontline Families Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/who-cares-for-the-caregivers-dr-janet-mcmordie-on-vitals-and-frontline-families-canada/) - Vitals is a solo show running May 2 to 10 at Factory Theatre in Toronto, and Dr. Janet McMordie says the question at the centre of it is one medicine does not answer well enough. The show follows Anna, a paramedic whose life reaches a breaking point, and what happens when someone finally offers her
- [The Warm Hug Movie and Why You Keep Watching Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-warm-hug-movie-and-why-you-keep-watching-them/) - Comfort movies are not about quality. They are about the feeling you already know is coming before you press play. The hosts break down what actually makes a movie feel like a warm hug: the director who casts the same people every time, the duo that shows up together so often they feel like old
- [NEW - Throwback 1980: The Year Terry Fox Started Running and Canada Changed](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-throwback-1980-the-year-terry-fox-started-running-and-canada-changed/) - Terry Fox dipped his prosthetic leg into the Atlantic Ocean in St. John's on April 12, 1980, and started running. What followed changed Canada in ways that are still being measured. The hosts put that moment inside a year that looked a lot like this one: global inflation, fuel shortages, Iran in the news, a
- [The Informed Shopper: What Grocery Prices Taught Canadians](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-informed-shopper-what-grocery-prices-taught-canadians/) - Grocery prices have not dropped. But Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says Canadians have stopped being caught off guard by them, and that shift matters. The panic that defined grocery shopping four years ago has given way to something different. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says new numbers from his team show consumers are adapting. They arrive at the
- [NEW - Is It Actually Allergies? Moshe Ben-Shoshan on What Canadians Get Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-is-it-actually-allergies-moshe-ben-shoshan-on-what-canadians-get-wrong/) - Seasonal allergies affect up to 20% of the population. Moshe Ben-Shoshan says a lot of people who think they have them do not, and the difference between an allergy and an intolerance changes everything about how you treat it. True allergies are immune system reactions to proteins, typically pollens that shift through the seasons: birch
- [Are Canada’s deficits the new normal?](https://shanehewitt.ca/are-canadas-deficits-the-new-normal/) - Rob Breakenridge joins Shane Hewitt to assess Ottawa’s latest economic update, warning it offers little change as deficits continue to balloon. The discussion examines missed opportunities in oil and gas development and questions the logic behind borrowing to launch a sovereign wealth fund. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the
- [Shiftheads - Rob Breakenridge on the Alberta Voter Database, the Fiscal Update, and Who Is Watching](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-rob-breakenridge-on-the-alberta-voter-database-the-fiscal-update-and-who-is-watching/) - Alberta's voter registry data for 2.9 million people has reportedly been accessed by a separatist organization, and the RCMP has opened an investigation. Rob Breakenridge says it shows what groups are willing to do as a potential separation vote approaches. The data was used to build a targeting app aimed at specific voters and demographics.
- [Seasonal allergies… Or is it something else?](https://shanehewitt.ca/seasonal-allergies-or-is-it-something-else/) - Is it always allergies, or are other conditions being misdiagnosed? Shane Hewitt speaks with allergist Moshe Ben‑Shoshan about seasonal allergy triggers, common misconceptions, and how pollen cycles affect symptoms across spring, summer, and fall. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI - Fred Fox on the Letter, the Run, and What Terry Said to Their Mom](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-fred-fox-on-the-letter-the-run-and-what-terry-said-to-their-mom/) - Terry Fox was 21 years old when he wrote the letter that started the Marathon of Hope. Fred Fox says cancer had already changed his brother completely by then. Before his diagnosis at 18, Fred Fox says he would not have described Terry the way the letter reads. Chemo and watching others go through it
- [Why Borrowing to Invest Makes Anita Bruinsma's Blood Pressure Spike](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-borrowing-to-invest-makes-anita-bruinsmas-blood-pressure-spike/) - Borrowing to invest sounds smart until the market drops and the bank wants its money back immediately. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma draws a hard line on margin investing: borrow against your portfolio to buy more investments, and a sudden market decline triggers a margin call that can force you to sell stocks that are already
- [ICYMI - Before & After Terry Fox: What 1980 Taught Canada About Itself](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-before-after-terry-fox-what-1980-taught-canada-about-itself/) - Terry Fox is still in Canadian classrooms, still in the currency debate, still the name that comes up when Canada talks about who it actually is. Ed Conroy anchors the moment in time: 1980, a Canada punch-drunk from the 1970s, facing a real chance of losing Quebec, and then one young man with cancer who
- [Richard Crouse Reviews Devil Wears Prada 2 (Plus Three Drinks to Go With It)](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-reviews-devil-wears-prada-2-plus-three-drinks-to-go-with-it/) - Devil Wears Prada 2 opens the summer season at theatres this weekend, and the timing is not an accident. Why the Michael Jackson Estate Is Just Getting StartedThe Jackson biopic made $97 million at the North American box office, then triggered a 95% spike in his catalogue streams the same weekend. Richard Crouse connects the
- [Fort McMurray to Ottawa: Canada's Energy Hypocrisy](https://shanehewitt.ca/fort-mcmurray-to-ottawa-canadas-energy-hypocrisy/) - 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 credits an oil-driven windfall while avoiding the word oil. The same media landscape that spent
- [Canada’s 'K economy': Airlines, fees and hidden pricing](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-k-economy-airlines-fees-and-hidden-pricing/) - 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 Canadians. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/
- [Energy profits prop up Canada’s fiscal update](https://shanehewitt.ca/energy-profits-prop-up-canadas-fiscal-update/) - Canada’s spring fiscal update shows a smaller deficit, driven largely by higher energy revenues, despite years of policy aimed at limiting energy investment. Shane Hewitt speaks with Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead about the proposed sovereign wealth fund, P3 risks to taxpayers, and the contradictions shaping federal fiscal policy. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe
- [NEW - Canada’s Reduced Deficit: The Oil Money Nobody Wants to Credit](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canadas-reduced-deficit-the-oil-money-nobody-wants-to-credit/) - 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 win nobody wants to attribute to energy. The sovereign wealth fund announcement lands in that
- [SHIFTHEADS: INSIDE COPY -  Bees, a Latrine, and a 30 Percent Price Hike](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-copy-bees-a-latrine-and-a-30-percent-price-hike/) - 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 factories in Malaysia and Thailand. Second: a woman in the Australian outback fell into a
- [NEW - Clear Your Cache: What Airlines Know That You Don't](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-clear-your-cache-what-airlines-know-that-you-dont/) - 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 fees for everything else on the bottom. Dynamic pricing runs the same logic. Airlines track
- [NEW: False Flag or Incompetence: Nathan Radke on the Correspondents' Dinner](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-false-flag-or-incompetence-nathan-radke-on-the-correspondents-dinner/) - 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 tracks the specific claims. Vice President Vance was evacuated before the president. A press secretary
- [ICYMI - Click Fraud, Crypto Miners, and Rage Bait: The Bot Economy](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-click-fraud-crypto-miners-and-rage-bait-the-bot-economy/) - 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 funds a significant slice of what looks like web traffic. North Korea runs distributed crypto
- [NEW - Can You Actually Write That Off?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-can-you-actually-write-that-off/) - 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 office, client entertainment. Entertainment is capped at 50 percent. Conferences are limited to two per
- [The Scam That Starts With Your Aunt's Obituary](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-scam-that-starts-with-your-aunts-obituary/) - 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 obituaries have become a targeting tool. Julie Matthews explains how a surviving spouse can receive
- [NEW - Good News Tuesday: Package Anxiety and a LEGO Griswold House](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-good-news-tuesday-package-anxiety-and-a-lego-griswold-house/) - 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 corrected since. Ryan O'Donnell brings a legitimate win: the Griswold Family Christmas has been approved
- [Instagram Plus: You're Paying for What Used to Be Free](https://shanehewitt.ca/instagram-plus-youre-paying-for-what-used-to-be-free/) - 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 didn't cost anything before. Tech analyst Carmi Levy calls it the annoyance ratchet. The free
- [SHIFTHEADS - Good News Tuesday: 70,000 Steps and a Letter That Worked](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-good-news-tuesday-70000-steps-and-a-letter-that-worked/) - 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 Ben. Ben lost his younger brother Sam and built Reason to Stay Calm, a website
- [Shiftheads - The Price Is Fine. The Size Is the Problem.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-price-is-fine-the-size-is-the-problem/) - 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 SoFairy found couples need a minimum of 1,800 square feet to avoid chronic stress. The
- [NEW - The Pit Wall Decides: Inside F1 with Bernie Collins](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-pit-wall-decides-inside-f1-with-bernie-collins/) - 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, why do fans and drivers love the Montreal Grand Prix in Canada. Collins tracks how
- [Why investors aren’t betting on Canada right now](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-investors-arent-betting-on-canada-right-now/) - Commentator Matt Gurney questions why Canada is failing to attract massive private investment flowing into AI data centres and infrastructure. Speaking with Shane Hewitt, he argues governments keep creating new institutions instead of addressing why investors see Canada as a risky bet. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website:
- [ICYMI - The Cute Robot Got the Job & an AI Run Cafe](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-cute-robot-got-the-job-an-ai-run-cafe/) - 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 reason: Digit's AI adapts on the spot to whatever container or configuration it encounters on
- [NEW - Canada We Need to Fix What We Have - Before We Build Anything New](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-we-need-to-fix-what-we-have-before-we-build-anything-new/) - Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in Montreal, a bridge sustaining the Port of Vancouver collapsed because no one had maintained it. Matt Gurney tracks the gap: hundreds of billions owed on infrastructure Canada already owns, before a
- [Remembering Cheech: A Hockey Voice Gone Too Soon](https://shanehewitt.ca/remembering-cheech-a-hockey-voice-gone-too-soon/) - John Garrett was the broadcaster who answered a desperate call with 20 minutes to airtime and asked no questions. He passed away suddenly this week. Bob Addison tells it straight. It was 8:45, the show started at 9:06, and Addison had no guest. He called Garrett at home, admitted he was desperate, and Garrett picked
- [Home: Today I Can Feel Africa](https://shanehewitt.ca/home-today-i-can-feel-africa/) - What makes you feel at home is the question that opened a conversation this week, and it started with a priest named Father Paul from Tanzania standing in a park with the sun on his face saying, today I can feel Africa. He has lived in Canada since 2018. He is about 70 years old.
- [NEW - Orange Peels, Grey Hat Hackers, and the Bounty That Pays You to Snitch](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-orange-peels-grey-hat-hackers-and-the-bounty-that-pays-you-to-snitch/) - Spring yard tips and a cybercrime bounty program make for an unlikely pairing, but both come down to the same idea: things you already have access to are more useful than you think. Your Orange Peel Is Working Harder Than You Are Dried and ground into powder, orange peel repels ants through a compound insects
- [SHIFTHEADS: How a Lego Set Became the Best Conversation About Science in Years](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-a-lego-set-became-the-best-conversation-about-science-in-years/) - The NASA Artemis Lego set keeps selling out, and the conversation it opened is about something bigger than a model on a shelf. The hosts ask what happened to science as something you bring home and do yourself. The specific model is the Lego Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System, $80 Canadian, with a hand-cranked
- [The Fake Canada Goose and What Online Shopping Fraud Actually Looks Like](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-fake-canada-goose-and-what-online-shopping-fraud-actually-looks-like/) - Online shopping fraud in Canada hit approximately $640 million in 2024, and Bruce Winder says the vector is not always an obvious scam. Sometimes it is a website that looks exactly like the one you meant to visit. A convincing Canada Goose lookalike site, a clothing return routed to a random address, a product that
- [NEW - Dan McTeague on the Oil Supply Shock Canada Is Not Ready For](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-dan-mcteague-on-the-oil-supply-shock-canada-is-not-ready-for/) - Diesel fuel prices are already painful for Canadian truck operators, and Dan McTeague says the number people are watching at the pump is not the number that tells the real story. The supply that kept prices stable is gone and the replacement is not coming quickly. Emergency reserves globally are nearly exhausted. The floating oil
- [Do We Still Need Car Dealers?](https://shanehewitt.ca/do-we-still-need-car-dealers/) - Car dealerships have survived a hundred years of disruption, but Lorraine Sommerfeld says their reputations have taken a serious hit since the pandemic and consumers are increasingly choosing to just stay away. The frustration is not really about the car. It is about the small office after you have already decided to buy it. Lorraine
- [NEW - Trust Us: Canada's New Sovereign Fund and the Questions Nobody Is Answering](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-trust-us-canadas-new-sovereign-fund-and-the-questions-nobody-is-answering/) - Canada's new $25 billion sovereign wealth fund was announced today, and the panel's first question is the one nobody in Ottawa is rushing to answer: who gets to the front of the line? The Investment Canada Needs and the History It Cannot Escape Andrew Caddell points to the infrastructure bank and the business bank as
- [Alpine Divorce: When Leaving Is Not a Breakup, It Is Abandonment](https://shanehewitt.ca/alpine-divorce-when-leaving-is-not-a-breakup-it-is-abandonment/) - Alpine divorce is the term circulating online for something that is not a divorce at all. Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch say it is abandonment with a trendy name, and the conversation it opens is about what a partner does when things get genuinely hard. The term comes from a climber in Austria who left
- [How Burglars Case Your Home Without Ever Sitting Outside It](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-burglars-case-your-home-without-ever-sitting-outside-it/) - Trail camera surveillance has become a break-and-enter tool, and the reason it works is the same reason it is hard to detect. Mark Mendelson says criminals are not parking on your street anymore. They are already in your tree. Camouflaged trail cameras mounted at eye level give burglars everything the old stakeout provided with almost
- [AI: The Third Voice in the Room Nobody Invited](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-the-third-voice-in-the-room-nobody-invited/) - AI in everyday life is no longer something you opt into. Mohit Rajhans makes the case that it arrived through your last app update, and most people have no idea it is already at the table. WhatsApp. Instagram. Facebook. The tools families use every day have added AI layers that shape what you see, what
- [Before the Game Boy, There Was the Punch Buggy Game](https://shanehewitt.ca/before-the-game-boy-there-was-the-punch-buggy-game/) - The Game Boy turns 36 this year, and the throwback is not just about the hardware. It is about what changed the moment a screen showed up in the back seat of the family car. Before handheld gaming, road trips ran on whoever could spot the most cows, finish the alphabet off road signs, or
- [Technology Giveth and Technology Taketh Away](https://shanehewitt.ca/technology-giveth-and-technology-taketh-away/) - The Game Boy anniversary is a reason to ask what actually changed the moment handheld gaming arrived in the back seat of the family car. Carmi Levy has a clear answer: we gained peace, and we lost the window. Before the Game Boy, kids on long road trips counted cows, played magnetic Battleship, and read
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Dairy Myth and What Canada Is Actually Giving Up at the Trade Table](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-dairy-myth-and-what-canada-is-actually-giving-up-at-the-trade-table/) - Canada US trade negotiations are at a crossroads, and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says the messaging coming out of Ottawa is conflicting enough to be a problem on its own. Mexico has overtaken Canada as the top US trading partner in the last six months. A deal there could dictate the terms Canada ends up with.
- [Carney Wants New Markets, But Do We Have the Will?](https://shanehewitt.ca/carney-wants-new-markets-but-do-we-have-the-will/) - Shane Hewitt questions whether Canada is truly prepared to diversify its trade relationships beyond the United States. As Prime Minister Mark Carney urges broader global engagement, Hewitt examines how pipeline debates expose a gap between political rhetoric and follow‑through. The segment challenges whether Canada is choosing the easy path instead of committing to long‑term strategic
- [1989: The Year the Game Boy Arrived and a Home Cost $125,000](https://shanehewitt.ca/1989-the-year-the-game-boy-arrived-and-a-home-cost-125000/) - Throwback Thursday lands in 1989, and the gap between then and now is either comforting or devastating depending on what you look at first. The Game Boy launched. The Canadian Space Agency was officially created. And the average Canadian home cost $125,000. Brian Mulroney was at a NATO summit in 1989. H.W. Bush was in
- [Shiftheads - We Have the Oil, the Gas, and the Minerals. The Question Is Whether We Use Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-we-have-the-oil-the-gas-and-the-minerals-the-question-is-whether-we-use-them/) - Canada trade talks with the United States are stuck in a holding pattern, and Rob Breakenridge says the bigger problem is that nobody has defined the end game. Trump is calling his own deal a ripoff. There is no clear signal on whether the Americans want to negotiate or walk. Breakenridge names supply management as
- [ICYMI - The Three Questions That Change How You See Spring Cleaning](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-three-questions-that-change-how-you-see-spring-cleaning/) - Decluttering is not a weekend project. Megan Golightly says it is a mindset shift, and once it clicks, you cannot unlearn it. The hard part is not the stuff. It is the voice in your head that has been defending it for years. Most people say they want to get organized when what they actually
- [Great Concerts, Thin Biography: The Michael Jackson Movie Reviewed](https://shanehewitt.ca/great-concerts-thin-biography-the-michael-jackson-movie-reviewed/) - Michael Jackson's biopic is in theatres now, and whether it deserves the praise depends entirely on what you want from it. Meanwhile, a UK judge just called Amy Winehouse's father an unreliable witness, and two names got cut from a film before anyone could stop them. Nobody Told Him He Got CutA UK High Court
- [NEW - No Save Button, No Shortcuts: What the Original Game Boy Actually Built](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-no-save-button-no-shortcuts-what-the-original-game-boy-actually-built/) - The Game Boy anniversary is a reason to talk about something that keeps coming up in conversations about 1989: the things you had to earn before anyone handed them to you. Ed Conroy argues that generation didn't just play differently, they learned differently. Winning a game you had spent three months on felt different than
- [How fake conspiracies become “real” beliefs](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-fake-conspiracies-become-real-beliefs/) - Cultural theorist Lee Kuhnle explains how jokes and metaphors can slowly evolve into sincerely held conspiracy beliefs through repetition and lost context. Speaking with Shane Hewitt, he outlines how social media and click-driven content accelerate this phenomenon. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook:
- [Why bar fight videos don’t lead to charges](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-bar-fight-videos-dont-lead-to-charges/) - Criminal lawyer Tyler Hatch explains why video evidence of violent altercations does not always result in assault charges. Speaking with Shane Hewitt, Hatch outlines how courts assess self-defence, proportionality, and whether force continued after a threat was neutralized. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on
- [Same Mall. Same Moment. Two Completely Different Experiences](https://shanehewitt.ca/same-mall-same-moment-two-completely-different-experiences/) - Perception and storytelling are the same mechanism, and both of them drift. Shane Hewitt makes the case that the game of telephone is not just a party game. It is the operating system running underneath every conversation, every memory, and every story you have ever told about yourself. Ryan O'Donnell and a friend recently discovered
- [Canada–U.S. trade deal stalls as U.S. demands escalate](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-u-s-trade-deal-stalls-as-u-s-demands-escalate/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with political strategists Lindsey Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton about rising tensions in Canada–U.S. trade talks, including pressure on Canada’s dairy sector and new access fees. Brodhead argues U.S. domestic politics are driving negotiations and assesses whether Canada is positioned to benefit as talks stall. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580
- [NEW - One Optimist, One Realist, One Very Big Week for Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-one-optimist-one-realist-one-very-big-week-for-canada/) - Canada-US trade is being negotiated against a backdrop of a premier's private jet controversy, airline consolidations, and a summer travel season that is starting to feel less certain by the week. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead have different reads on all of it. What is the actual cost of a political flip-flop when trust is
- [SHIFTHEADS: Romance Doesn't Die Dramatically. It Dies in Sweatpants on the Couch](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-romance-doesnt-die-dramatically-it-dies-in-sweatpants-on-the-couch/) - Relationship drift does not announce itself. Jen Kirsch and Tony Tedesco have a name for where it ends up: roommates. Not a blowup, not a betrayal. Just two people sharing a couch, sharing Wi-Fi, sharing a show neither of them picked, slowly stopping showing up for each other. What does it feel like to mistake
- [INSIDE COPY: Drake Put Ice in a Parking Lot and Toronto Had to Call the Fire Department](https://shanehewitt.ca/inside-copy-drake-put-ice-in-a-parking-lot-and-toronto-had-to-call-the-fire-department/) - Weird news stories today do not get much better than a rapper placing a massive block of ice in downtown Toronto for an album launch and the city spending 16 hours melting it. Toronto Fire was called. The mayor backed the decision. A fan arrived with a sledgehammer. Drake's album drops May 15th and everyone
- [Shiftheads - How a Joke About Birds Became Something People Actually Believe](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-a-joke-about-birds-became-something-people-actually-believe/) - How conspiracy theories spread is the question Dr. Lee Kuhnle has been building a career around, and the answer is less about deception than about distance from the original idea. He calls it metaphor drift: the gap that opens up between what an expert meant and what a headline says they proved. A string theory
- [ICYMI - Being Professionally Awful Online Now Pays. That Is the Actual Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-being-professionally-awful-online-now-pays-that-is-the-actual-problem/) - Why people are meaner online has a cleaner answer than most people want to admit. Greg Fish ran the experiment himself: three months of deliberately aggressive posts on social media, taking bait, going for the gut punch. A million views on Threads. Follows, likes, subscriptions. The reward structure is not broken. It is working exactly
- [More Cameras. More Evidence. Not More Justice](https://shanehewitt.ca/more-cameras-more-evidence-not-more-justice/) - Digital evidence and justice have a complicated relationship, and Tyler Hatch has spent a career inside that gap. The footage exists. The screenshot exists. The court sees something completely different from what everyone else sees, and that disconnect is not a bug in the system. What does it feel like to watch a video that
- [Ten Cents a Can and Strong Opinions About Your Blue Bin](https://shanehewitt.ca/ten-cents-a-can-and-strong-opinions-about-your-blue-bin/) - Recycling habits in Canada are not a national conversation. They are twelve separate provincial arguments, and Bob Addison from Surrey is ready to have all of them. BC gives you a deposit back on cans, milk jugs, and wine bottles. Ontario gives you nothing. Alberta throws it all in one bin and sorts it somewhere
- [Small Moments, Real Feeling: Good News Tuesday](https://shanehewitt.ca/small-moments-real-feeling-good-news-tuesday/) - Good news stories in Canada live in the spaces most people aren't looking. Ryan O'Donnell found his in an IMAX seat, watching a film from 2008 that somehow hit harder in 2026 than it ever did before. Shane found his on a ten-minute walk with his dog, in a village where today, for whatever reason,
- [Good News Tuesday Stories: The Sweater, the Stranger, and the Backyard Full of People](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-stories-the-sweater-the-stranger-and-the-backyard-full-of-people/) - Uplifting news stories Canada doesn't always look like headlines. Sometimes it looks like a Vancouver man sitting across from the mother of the stranger whose liver kept him alive. Sometimes it's a sweater knitted one playoff game at a time for years, now behind glass at the Canadian Museum of History. And sometimes a hot
- [The Antidote to Loneliness Has Been There the Whole Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-antidote-to-loneliness-has-been-there-the-whole-time/) - Volunteering in Canada powers things most people take entirely for granted. Community events, sports leagues, hospital visits, search and rescue. Dr. Megan Conway says 24 million Canadians are part of that in some form. She also says the habit is slipping, down nearly 10% over the last five years, quietly and without much notice. What
- [SHIFTHEADS: Canada Has a Drone Advantage Nobody Is Talking About](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canada-has-a-drone-advantage-nobody-is-talking-about/) - Canadian drone industry experts will tell you Canada is behind. Richard Shimooka will tell you exactly how far, and it is not a comfortable number. There is a version of Canada that orders parts and figures it out as it goes. There is also the version where you need trained personnel, supply chains, doctrine, and
- [Why Using Less Power Doesn’t Cut Your Bill](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-using-less-power-doesnt-cut-your-bill/) - Shane Hewitt explores why electricity bills don’t drop as much as expected when households use less power. Experts explain how fixed costs—such as transmission lines, poles and infrastructure—make up a large share of every bill, regardless of consumption. The discussion also examines regulation, natural monopolies and whether self‑generation like solar power could introduce real competition.
- [NEW-  AN Epiphany: What You're Actually Blocking Out With Your Headphones](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-an-epiphany-what-youre-actually-blocking-out-with-your-headphones/) - Headphones and human connection turn out to be in direct competition, and most people have already picked a side without realizing it. Ryan O'Donnell took his off at a medical clinic and ended up in two conversations he never expected, with people he would have walked straight past. What does it feel like to pass
- [Control Is an Illusion — And We’re Being Sold Certainty](https://shanehewitt.ca/control-is-an-illusion-and-were-being-sold-certainty/) - Shane Hewitt reflects on why control and certainty are often illusions—and why people are increasingly being sold a feeling rather than reality. Drawing on themes from politics, business and personal life, he explains how expectations shape anxiety, decision‑making and frustration. The commentary argues that unmet expectations, not uncertainty itself, may be the real problem. #uncertainty
- [Shiftheads - Why Saving Energy Doesn't Always Save You Money](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-why-saving-energy-doesnt-always-save-you-money/) - Canadian electricity rates are among the lowest in the world. That does not mean your bill is easy to understand or easy to reduce. Pierre-Olivier Pineau has a specific reason for that: the poles and the wires that deliver electricity to your door are a fixed cost, and those costs do not shrink when you
- [Our Expectations Are the Problem. Canada's Too.](https://shanehewitt.ca/our-expectations-are-the-problem-canadas-too/) - Canadian certainty expectations are at the centre of every political conversation right now, and Matt Gurney says that's exactly the problem. Not the uncertainty itself. The expectation that certainty was ever something you could count on. What does it feel like to look at a dashboard of warning lights and keep expecting them to turn
- [Ten Minutes. One Link. A Measurable Drop in Depression.](https://shanehewitt.ca/ten-minutes-one-link-a-measurable-drop-in-depression/) - Depression intervention tools that take ten minutes and live at a free link are not a silver bullet. Benji Kaveladze will tell you that clearly. A 4% average reduction in depression a month after a single session is also not nothing, especially when the barrier to access is a URL. What does it feel like
- [ICYMI - The Robot Beat the Human. Robot Marathons?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-robot-beat-the-human-robot-marathons/) - Humanoid robots in 2026 just ran a half marathon faster than the human world record for the same distance. Last year one robot finished in two hours and forty minutes. This year Lightning, built by a smartphone company, did it in fifty minutes. The human record was fifty-two. Forty percent of the three hundred robots
- [Making Friends After 50 Has Two Approaches, and You've Probably Only Tried One](https://shanehewitt.ca/making-friends-after-50-has-two-approaches-and-youve-probably-only-tried-one/) - Making friends after 50 sounds like something that quietly stops being possible. Then Shane moved to a small town, started going out on weekends, and keeps meeting people he actually likes. Turns out the barrier was never the age. What does it feel like to realize the headphones were the wall the whole time? Ryan
- [Why the Strait of Hormuz Is a Global Choke Point](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-a-global-choke-point/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Carleton University professor Ian Warley about the Strait of Hormuz and why it remains one of the most critical and vulnerable shipping routes in the world. Warley explains how geography, narrow shipping lanes and decades of geopolitical tension make the strait a constant flashpoint for global oil markets. The discussion also
- [Your Attic Has a Streaming TV in It. You Just Don't Know Yet.](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-attic-has-a-streaming-tv-in-it-you-just-dont-know-yet/) - DIY home upgrades have a way of starting with something you forgot you owned. Andy Baryer found a monitor so old it had no HDMI port. It's now a streaming TV. The garden runs on a timer. The front door has a panic button. None of it required a contractor. May Long Weekend Can Wait
- [Unexpected Conversations in Awkward Places](https://shanehewitt.ca/unexpected-conversations-in-awkward-places/) - Shane Hewitt reflects on an unexpected conversation at an urgent care clinic and how a brief moment led to an ongoing connection. The segment explores why some people are ready to talk to strangers—especially in stressful places like medical waiting rooms—while others are not. Hewitt examines social readiness, vulnerability and how small interactions can shift
- [Pilot Jokes on Open Frequency: Funny or Dangerous?](https://shanehewitt.ca/pilot-jokes-on-open-frequency-funny-or-dangerous/) - Shane Hewitt explains why pilots occasionally joke or share updates on shared aircraft radio frequencies—and why it often spirals into chaos. What starts as harmless humour or sports updates can quickly turn into mockery when someone hits the wrong switch. Hewitt breaks down how air traffic control and military authorities eventually shut it down. #aviation
- [SHIFTHEADS: Four Hours. Eighty-Two Minutes of Wrestling.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-four-hours-eighty-two-minutes-of-wrestling/) - Ad creep in sports has officially eaten the event. Four hours of WrestleMania. Eighty-two minutes of wrestling. If you paid $500 for a seat in Las Vegas this weekend, the ads ran on the Jumbotron above you anyway. Imagine paying for the sport and getting the commercial break instead. That is not a hypothetical. One
- [Carney vs Trump: Why Stability Matters for Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/carney-vs-trump-why-stability-matters-for-canada/) - Shane Hewitt breaks down why economic uncertainty—especially threats of U.S. tariffs—can hurt Canada more than tariffs themselves. He explains how investment stalls when businesses can’t plan ahead and why Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to diversify trade and stabilize markets beyond the United States. The commentary examines how Carney’s leadership differs from the Trudeau
- [NEW - Strait of Hormuz: The 53-Kilometre Threat Nobody Took Seriously](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-strait-of-hormuz-the-53-kilometre-threat-nobody-took-seriously/) - The Strait of Hormuz crisis has turned a 53-kilometre waterway into the most consequential question in global energy. One to three ships are transiting it daily. It used to be 130. Imagine the gap between knowing something can happen and watching it happen in real time. Western governments have war-gamed the Strait closing for 125
- [Shiftheads - Inside the Pilot Frequency: Why “Meowing” on the Radio Is a Real Aviation Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-the-pilot-frequency-why-meowing-on-the-radio-is-a-real-aviation-problem/) - High above the ground, communication isn’t optional—it’s survival. So why are pilots sometimes joking on the very frequency designed for emergencies? John Tory Jr. breaks down what’s actually happening on aviation’s “guard frequency,” the channel monitored by pilots, air traffic control, and search and rescue. While it’s meant for urgent distress calls and critical coordination,
- [ICYMI - Playoffs, Politics, and the Awkward Truth About Making Friends After 40](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-playoffs-politics-and-the-awkward-truth-about-making-friends-after-40/) - Hockey loyalties collide, but that’s just the warm-up. This conversation moves from playoff passion to something far more personal—why making friends as an adult feels unexpectedly hard. Jimmy Zubris and Lesley Kelly bring sharp perspective and lived experience, balancing rivalry with real talk. From the energy of Montreal during a Canadiens run to the surprising
- [NEW - The 50 Cents That Bothers You and the $40 That Doesn't](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-50-cents-that-bothers-you-and-the-40-that-doesnt/) - Financial anxiety hits different when every headline feels like evidence that it's all out of your hands. But the part that's actually in your hands is bigger than the market right now, and it's got nothing to do with what happens in Washington or on Wall Street. There's a version of this where the stock
- [PDA: How much is too much?](https://shanehewitt.ca/pda-how-much-is-too-much/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Laurie Betito about navigating comfort levels around public displays of affection in relationships. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Kids, AI and cheating: Are the rules already broken?](https://shanehewitt.ca/kids-ai-and-cheating-are-the-rules-already-broken/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with tech analyst Mohit Rajhans about how generative AI is reshaping learning and blurring the line between innovation and cheating in schools. They discuss outdated rules, student ingenuity, and whether the education system is keeping pace with rapid technological change. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the
- [Happy Friday! Have You Ever Cheated on a Test?](https://shanehewitt.ca/happy-friday-have-you-ever-cheated-on-a-test/) - Cheating on tests used to have a clear definition. A binder on the floor in fourth grade, pages turned with two feet, and Dorothy across the aisle who saw the whole thing. That one had an obvious answer. The pandemic version is harder. What does it feel like to watch someone in a waiting room
- [NEW - Happy Friday Round Up: Good Politics, Bad Economics](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-happy-friday-round-up-good-politics-bad-economics/) - The Canadian grocery rebate hits accounts this week and the gas tax comes off the pump. September is when one of those reverses, and the gap between now and then is exactly the size of a summer road trip. Good politics and maybe not the best economics can describe the same decision at the same
- [NEW - The Screen Disney Invented Because It Couldn't Have the One It Wanted](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-screen-disney-invented-because-it-couldnt-have-the-one-it-wanted/) - Disney Infinity Vision is the new premium format launching the same weekend as Avengers Doomsday. The full announcement is laser projection and premium audio. No other specifications have been confirmed. Dune Part III has the IMAX contract. What does it feel like to be the biggest franchise in the world and show up to the
- [SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy - 91 Year Old Gamer Goes Missing Due to Brain Rot](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-copy-91-year-old-gamer-goes-missing-due-to-brain-rot/) - Welfare check calls go unanswered for a lot of reasons. In Ohio, the reason was a 91-year-old in her bedroom trying to beat her record. Police radioed it in. Nobody thought to ask which game. In Toronto, Drake filed the permits, got the approvals, sent 48 hours of notice to residents, and detonated something large
- [Shiftheads - Relationship Gaps - PDA What the Couple at the Bar Did for Everyone](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-relationship-gaps-pda-what-the-couple-at-the-bar-did-for-everyone/) - PDA in relationships is where two completely different upbringings end up in the same parking lot. One person reaches. The other one doesn't. And somehow that ten seconds does more damage than anything else that happened that day. What does it mean when a couple making everyone around them uncomfortable is doing it on purpose?
- [ICYMI - We Called It Cheating. They Called It Figuring It Out](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-we-called-it-cheating-they-called-it-figuring-it-out/) - Kids using AI to get answers at school. Cheating, or just faster at figuring it out than the adults who wrote the rules? The guardrails are gone, and nobody agrees on who puts them back. There's a thing about the encyclopedia Britannica. Some kids had one at home. Some had to go to the library.
- [NEW - Earth Destroyed Its Own Origin Story. The Moon Kept It](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-earth-destroyed-its-own-origin-story-the-moon-kept-it/) - What the moon can teach us is the part of our own story we cannot find anywhere down here, because this planet erased it. Every earthquake, every ocean, every million years of weather. The very forces keeping us alive have been destroying the oldest rocks on the surface since before life existed. The first 500
- [When Did Car Shopping Start Feeling Like Buying a Washing Machine?](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-did-car-shopping-start-feeling-like-buying-a-washing-machine/) - New car prices in Canada are up almost 60% in six years, and Lorraine Sommerfeld says that number didn't just change what people can afford. It changed how they feel about cars. Walking through a lot used to mean dreaming. Now it mostly means calculating. What does it feel like when something you used to
- [Pokemon Pocket Man-sters. Twenty-Seven Years of Getting It Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/pokemon-pocket-man-sters-twenty-seven-years-of-getting-it-wrong/) - Pokemon throwback Thursday 1998 starts with a confession. The spelling on the show document said P-O-K-E-M-A-N. It has said that since 1998. Pokemon means pocket monsters. Mon means monster. For twenty-seven years, the pronunciation has been pocket dudes. Just guys chilling. What does it feel like to find out that the thing you ignored for
- [The Much Music Corner on Queen Street Still Feels Like Something](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-much-music-corner-on-queen-street-still-feels-like-something/) - MuchMusic is gone long enough now that people are finally understanding what it was. That is Bill Welychka's theory and ten years of book signings have confirmed it. You need distance from something before you can really feel the weight of it. The distance is here. So are the people lining up to say so.
- [SHIFTHEADS: Two People. Same Banana. Different Price](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-two-people-same-banana-different-price/) - Surveillance pricing grocery stores are not a future problem. Tests in the United States put 20 people in the same room buying the same product at the same time and found they paid different prices. Not because of a sale. Because of who they were digitally. What does it feel like to realize the price
- [THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Last Year Before Everything Changed](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-the-last-year-before-everything-changed/) - 1998 throwback Thursday lands on a year that felt safe and new at the exact same time. The Discman was still in your bag. Blockbuster still had a line on Friday night. Gas was 50 cents a litre. And Google went from being called BackRub to Google and quietly started changing everything before anyone noticed.
- [Rob Breakenridge: One Point. Worst Team in the League. Rob Is Nervous for his Team](https://shanehewitt.ca/rob-breakenridge-one-point-worst-team-in-the-league-rob-is-nervous-for-his-team/) - Canadian NHL playoffs are here and the Oilers have been handed the simplest possible test going in. One point. Against the worst team in the entire league. The fact that Rob Breakenridge is nervous about it is either a bad sign or an honest one. Possibly both. What does it feel like to watch a
- [Pokemon: Poker Meets Chess. Also, There Are Dragons](https://shanehewitt.ca/pokemon-poker-meets-chess-also-there-are-dragons/) - Pokemon card game competitive play has a world championship, a global tournament circuit, and kids making tens of thousands of dollars. Most adults still think it is a cartoon with some stuffies attached. Both of those things are true at the same time. What is it like to grow up being the kid at the
- [NEW - Teenage Clothing Choices: Grey Is a Personality Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-teenage-clothing-choices-grey-is-a-personality-now/) - Fashion labels teenagers claim as identity had to arrive from somewhere, and Bob Addison watched it happen in real time. One kid in Trail, BC came back from Portland in 1976 with the first Nikes anyone in that schoolyard had ever seen. They got the name wrong for seven years. They got everything else right.
- [Throwback Thursday 1998: The Year Before Everything Got Complicated](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-1998-the-year-before-everything-got-complicated/) - 1998 nostalgia hits differently once someone points out that it was actually the last safe year. Google arrived. Email became something everyone had. Cell phones showed up in pockets that had never held one before. And none of the bad stuff had taken hold yet. Every website looked different. Loading one felt like going somewhere.
- [You Are My God. She Said to the Drummer?](https://shanehewitt.ca/you-are-my-god-she-said-to-the-drummer/) - New album release day driving deaths tracked in a Harvard study are linked to the ten biggest album drops between 2017 and 2022. Traffic fatalities rose nearly 15 percent on those days. The culprit was not weather. Not alcohol. Unlocking the phone. Scrolling the tracklist. Finding the song. A researcher drove into oncoming traffic reading
- [Booze and Reviews: Little Lorraine - They Were Not Moving Lobsters](https://shanehewitt.ca/booze-and-reviews-little-lorraine-they-were-not-moving-lobsters/) - Little Lorraine is a real place. Sixty people. A mine that exploded. A fishery that dried up. And then a man called Uncle Huey came back to town with a lobster boat and an offer of work for anyone who needed it. What happened next is a matter of public record. Richard says don't look
- [When ChatGPT advice turns illegal](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-chatgpt-advice-turns-illegal/) - Shane Hewitt and Greg Fish examine a court case where a CEO tried to use ChatGPT to avoid paying bonuses after an AI-driven game success, only to have a judge rule the actions illegal. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Successful People: The Power of a Good Team or Partner](https://shanehewitt.ca/successful-people-the-power-of-a-good-team-or-partner/) - Yes people leadership is what happens when the person in charge stopped needing to be challenged a long time ago. Nobody is going to stop you. That is exactly the problem. What does genuine help look like when the person receiving it does not realize it is happening? Victoria Calverley had one move: hear the
- [Old plastic containers: Are you still using these?](https://shanehewitt.ca/old-plastic-containers-are-you-still-using-these/) - Shane Hewitt explains why reusing plastic food containers and bags may increase health risks, even when they look fine. Shane breaks down what microbiologists say about scratches, bacteria, and why “microwave safe” doesn’t always mean food safe. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook:
- [NEW - Smart Speakers: The Gas Tax Gamble](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-the-gas-tax-gamble/) - Liberal majority government is new enough that the cabinet has barely unpacked, and it has already put a gas tax cut on the board and a Conservative caucus that cannot stop bleeding members. Mark Carney called it a new government. The people in this conversation are still deciding whether that framing holds. The Quiet Question
- [SHIFTHEADS: I Got Rid of Everything. Then I Did It Again](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-i-got-rid-of-everything-then-i-did-it-again/) - Too much stuff is a cycle, and the embarrassing part is how fast it closes. Five truckloads to the dump. An online auction. Everything gone. Moved from Calgary to Ottawa with a bed, some clothes, and a computer. Two years later in a two-bedroom apartment: too much stuff again. Now in a 139-year-old house in
- [NEW - How Old (and safe) Are Your Plastic Containers?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-how-old-and-safe-are-your-plastic-containers/) - Plastic container safety gets worse every time you do the responsible thing. Every wash. Every microwave cycle. Every time you rinse it out and put it back in the cupboard because it still looks fine. There is a man with multiple houses who reuses his Ziploc bags to save money. He rinses them and dries
- [Shiftheads - When Treason Was the Backup Plan To Save Humanity](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-when-treason-was-the-backup-plan-to-save-humanity/) - Nuclear weapons control rests, constitutionally, with one person. In 1969 that person was drunk, incensed, and on the phone to the Joint Chiefs ordering a strike on North Korea. Is a patriot someone who follows the law or someone who breaks it to protect the country? That question is not rhetorical. It is the specific
- [ICYMI - The Cold Objective Machine That Just Agrees With You](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-cold-objective-machine-that-just-agrees-with-you/) - AI love bombing feels different from a friend agreeing with you. A friend you can discount. They like you. They are on your side. A machine has no side. And when it tells you that you are right, it feels like evidence. That is the trap. We already know we are the heroes of our
- [Artemis ReCap - Eat Cookies, Name a Crater and Then Back to Work](https://shanehewitt.ca/artemis-recap-eat-cookies-name-a-crater-and-then-back-to-work/) - Artemis mission photographs showed the far side of the moon with Earth in the background. They looked like a science fiction film. The astronauts said exactly that. A neuroscientist had the livestream running for ten straight days and barely slept and would do it again without hesitation. What is it like to watch four people
- [Wrongful convictions: Kelly Lauzon explains life after exoneration](https://shanehewitt.ca/wrongful-convictions-kelly-lauzon-explains-life-after-exoneration/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Kelly Lauzon about her podcast focused on people impacted by wrongful convictions. Lauzon explains how she sources stories through the Innocence Network and why she is careful not to create false hope while amplifying the voices of exonerees and advocates. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit
- [Vassy Kapelos: The Envelope She Almost Never Opened](https://shanehewitt.ca/vassy-kapelos-the-envelope-she-almost-never-opened/) - A random act of kindness arrived in a hot pink envelope at a CTV newsroom during a federal by-election special. It sat unopened all day. She assumed it was hate mail. Her producer finally cracked it open at eleven at night just in case there was anthrax in it. Inside was a photo. A baby
- [GOOD NEWS TUESDAY - The 90-Year-Old Who Chose Kettlebells for Her Birthday](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-the-90-year-old-who-chose-kettlebells-for-her-birthday/) - Good News Tuesday lands on a week that opened with a 3.9 earthquake near Ottawa and somehow still found four stories worth stopping for. A 90-year-old Ottawa woman celebrated her birthday with a CrossFit workout. Not a walk. Not a party. CrossFit. What does it feel like to watch someone make a choice that most
- [Cancer Was in Dinosaurs. Dr. Chris Hillis on How Far We’ve Come](https://shanehewitt.ca/cancer-was-in-dinosaurs-dr-chris-hillis-on-how-far-weve-come/) - Cancer treatment advances have changed what a diagnosis means, and most of us haven't updated our mental model for it. Cancer was in dinosaur bones. It is as old as life itself, and it will not be fixed with a simple switch. But what has changed in one generation of medicine is worth understanding before
- [Iran’s oil history: The 1901 concession that changed everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/irans-oil-history-the-1901-concession-that-changed-everything/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with historian Ian Wereley about how Iran’s modern conflicts over oil trace back to a sweeping 1901 concession that handed control to Western interests. They explore who owns oil, who profits from it, and why producer–consumer tensions repeat globally. The discussion draws parallels to Canada and other resource-rich regions. Connect with 580
- [NEW - The Accountability Question Nobody Could Answer](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-accountability-question-nobody-could-answer/) - Canadian government accountability is the question underneath a majority nobody seems to be celebrating. Mark Carney got his sweep, two floor crossers pushed him over the line, and the Prime Minister can now take a day off without bringing everything down. But the sweep does not answer what was already there before the votes were
- [Shiftheads - Buffalo Sabres: Almost Canadian But They Kept the Receipts for 14 Years](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-buffalo-sabres-almost-canadian-but-they-kept-the-receipts-for-14-years/) - Buffalo Sabres playoffs are back, and they came prepared. The last time Buffalo made the postseason, Stephen Harper was Prime Minister, Minecraft had just launched, and homes cost $365,000. Fourteen years is a long time to wait. It is also apparently a long time to keep a list. What does it feel like to watch
- [ICYMI - The 125-Year Reason Iran Won't Let Go](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-125-year-reason-iran-wont-let-go/) - The Strait of Hormuz is thirty kilometres wide and it has held the world hostage before. Not since 1979. Since 1901, when a foreign company was handed three quarters of Iran's land and told to take whatever oil it could find. What does it feel like when the same argument arrives in a different decade
- [The Feature That Is Off By Default For a Reason](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-feature-that-is-off-by-default-for-a-reason/) - Google Gemini personal intelligence is available in Canada starting today, and the thing it knows about you when switched on is genuinely surprising. It reads Gmail. It scans photos. It tracks YouTube and search history. It found a licence plate number in someone's camera roll and used it to answer a question about tires. It
- [Wrongfully Convicted Affects the Victims Too](https://shanehewitt.ca/wrongfully-convicted-affects-the-victims-too/) - Wrongful conviction in Canada is still new information to most people who hear it, even after documentaries, headlines, and high-profile cases. Kelly Lauzon has been teaching it for over a decade and says it never stops being the first time someone in the room has really heard it. There is a specific kind of fear
- [Gamified Banking: Helpful Nudge or Risky Trap?](https://shanehewitt.ca/gamified-banking-helpful-nudge-or-risky-trap/) - Financial planner Anita Bruinsma joins Shane Hewitt to examine the growing trend of gamification in banking and investing apps. From confetti celebrations to progress badges, these digital tools aim to motivate users—but critics warn they may encourage excessive trading and risky behaviour. The discussion explores where the line sits between helpful financial nudges and turning
- [How the Conservatives Lost It All in One Year](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-the-conservatives-lost-it-all-in-one-year/) - Shane Hewitt breaks down why this moment is especially frustrating for Conservatives as Prime Minister Mark Carney settles into a majority government. Just a year ago, Pierre Poilievre was projected to win a historic landslide, but shifting political realities have dramatically altered the landscape. The commentary explores how quickly fortunes can change in federal politics.
- [SHIFTHEADS: You Know It When You See It. Ryan O'Donnell on Where PDA Crosses the Line.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-you-know-it-when-you-see-it-ryan-odonnell-on-where-pda-crosses-the-line/) - Public displays of affection have an unspoken line that nobody can define until someone crosses it in front of them. Handholding is fine. One good airport kiss is fine. What happened at the Montreal airport was apparently not fine and Ryan O'Donnell has the story. The line, according to Ryan: a muah muah, maybe one
- [NEW: Your Gutters Are Fine. Your Roof Might Not Be. Handy Andy on What Spring Is Hiding.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-gutters-are-fine-your-roof-might-not-be-handy-andy-on-what-spring-is-hiding/) - Spring home maintenance has a way of starting small and getting expensive fast. Handy Andy Baryer went up to clean his parents' gutters and came back down with news nobody wanted: the roof is soft, a roofer is coming, and the bill is looking like twenty thousand dollars. Winter hides things well. The Soft Spot
- [15 Months Ago Conservatives Were Was Looking at 280 Seats. Tonight John Moore on What Changed.](https://shanehewitt.ca/15-months-ago-conservatives-were-was-looking-at-280-seats-tonight-john-moore-on-what-changed/) - A Canadian majority government was already taking shape before anyone voted tonight. John Moore from Newstalk 1010 is one of the people who has been watching it happen in real time and he is not surprised by any of it. What is surprising is who is still waiting. John has sources telling him there are
- [NEW -  PDA: Blue Monday. Ryan Felt Uncomfortable](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-pda-blue-monday-ryan-felt-uncomfortable/) - Public displays of affection have a line nobody can draw until someone crosses it right next to them. That happened on a dance floor in Calgary. Blue Monday was playing. The couple in question were at least in their late fifties and had completely stopped caring who was watching, possibly decades ago. What does it
- [Liberal majority: Why Conservatives feel boxed out](https://shanehewitt.ca/liberal-majority-why-conservatives-feel-boxed-out/) - Shane Hewitt and John Moore analyze the growing frustration among Conservatives as the Liberals secure a majority government under Mark Carney. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI - Trash Panda Puzzles? Raccoon Science to Save Your Garbage](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-trash-panda-puzzles-raccoon-science-to-save-your-garbage/) - Raccoon intelligence is one of the most colloquially accepted ideas in North American wildlife, and one of the least formally studied. There are 167 known types of blood cancer. There is almost no peer-reviewed research on how raccoons think. One PhD candidate at UBC is trying to change that. The puzzle box had three problems
- [Post-Political Period. Bill Carroll Has Two Words for That.](https://shanehewitt.ca/post-political-period-bill-carroll-has-two-words-for-that/) - A Liberal majority government was already a foregone conclusion before the polls closed tonight and Bill Carroll from CFRA had been sitting with that feeling for days. The floor crossings drained the drama out of what was supposed to feel like something. He stayed up anyway. What does it feel like when a government decides
- [The Confetti Is for the Bank. Not for You.](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-confetti-is-for-the-bank-not-for-you/) - Gamification of banking feels like your financial institution finally started rooting for you. The stars when you hit a savings goal. The confetti when you place a trade. It feels like winning. That feeling is the product. What does it actually cost to get that dopamine hit every time you open the app? Robinhood built
- [Ryan Price on What a Liberal Majority Means from the West Coast.](https://shanehewitt.ca/ryan-price-on-what-a-liberal-majority-means-from-the-west-coast/) - A Liberal majority government is landing tonight and Ryan Price from CFAX in Victoria has been waiting for the moment the honeymoon breaks. He has been watching for it. It has not happened yet. He is genuinely unsure what to do with that information. What does it feel like to watch a government accumulate power
- [NEW - What Does the Liberal Party Stand For Now? Nobody on This Panel Is Quite Sure.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-does-the-liberal-party-stand-for-now-nobody-on-this-panel-is-quite-sure/) - A Liberal majority government is arriving tonight and the question nobody is answering clearly is what it actually believes. Jimmy Zoubris is in Montreal. Lesley Kelly is in Saskatchewan. They are watching the same result from completely different distances and neither of them feels settled about what comes next. The West Is Asking a Different
- [Living with chronic pain: "You don't get a day off"](https://shanehewitt.ca/living-with-chronic-pain-you-dont-get-a-day-off/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Kathleen Rice and Desmond Williams, about what it truly means to live with chronic pain. The discussion explores why pain is often under‑recognized, how lived experience is reshaping research, and why Canada’s health data fails to capture daily realities. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the
- [The one thing partners need most](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-one-thing-partners-need-most/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with relationship expert Dr. Laurie Betito about why listening is the most overlooked skill in partnerships. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [How is AI redefining work?](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-is-ai-redefining-work/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Mohit Rajhans about how artificial intelligence and workplace tools are quietly reshaping jobs and skills. Mohit warns the future of work is being redesigned in real time, without workers or employers fully realizing it. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on
- [Fake maple syrup in Canada: How grocers got fooled](https://shanehewitt.ca/fake-maple-syrup-in-canada-how-grocers-got-fooled/) - Food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois joins Shane Hewitt to break down the fake maple syrup scandal uncovered in Quebec and how diluted syrup made it to store shelves. The discussion examines food fraud, the role of grocers, and why the CBC investigation was key to exposing the issue. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to
- [Tonight We're Gathering Around the Radio. When Did We Stop Doing That?](https://shanehewitt.ca/tonight-were-gathering-around-the-radio-when-did-we-stop-doing-that/) - Artemis splashdown tonight is at 8:07 Eastern and there is something about that specific time being locked in for days that makes it feel like an appointment worth keeping. Parachutes open first. Then the capsule hits the water. The math behind all of it has been done and checked and trusted by people who know
- [NEW - Justin Trudeau Got Three Minutes and Deathly Applause at His Own Party's Convention](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-justin-trudeau-got-three-minutes-and-deathly-applause-at-his-own-partys-convention/) - Federal by-election Monday has three ridings up and Terrebonne is the one nobody is calling easy. Supporting Liberals there has historically been like wearing a Leafs jersey at the Bell Centre. Andrew Caddell is on the ground in Montreal at the Liberal policy convention and says the ground is telling him 10 to 1000 votes.
- [SHIFTHEADS: New York Is Losing Its Mind Over a Grapefruit-Sized Bird. We Need to Talk About This](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-new-york-is-losing-its-mind-over-a-grapefruit-sized-bird-we-need-to-talk-about-this/) - Stories you absolutely did not need to know are arriving twenty minutes before Artemis splashdown and they are exactly the right warm-up. A small bird with a giant needle beak is filling Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan every single day. New Yorkers are showing up on purpose. The bird meeps. The North American Woodcock is
- [NEW - What the Hell Should I Watch This Weekend: Malcolm Returned, and Darth Maul Built an Army](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-the-hell-should-i-watch-this-weekend-malcolm-returned-and-darth-maul-built-an-army/) - Your weekend streaming options just got a verdict. The Boys is going out swinging. Malcolm in the Middle came back. Darth Maul has eight episodes and a cliffhanger, and Steve Stebbing is not here to tell you they're all worth watching. Three shows, three very different verdicts. One is ending everything it built and doing
- [Shiftheads - The Relief Test: Dr. Laurie Betito on Knowing When You're Done](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-relief-test-dr-laurie-betito-on-knowing-when-youre-done/) - Relationship breakup signs are rarely obvious, and the moment most people act on them is far later than they think. The average couple lives in distress for five to seven years before doing anything about it. By then, Dr. Laurie says, half of them are past the point of repair. The Seven-Year Trap Hope keeps
- [Was 2011 the last “normal” year?](https://shanehewitt.ca/was-2011-the-last-normal-year/) - Shane Hewitt reflects on why 2011 is often remembered as “the last normal year,” sharing a story tied to Charlie Sheen’s viral moment and early Facebook culture. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [ICYMI - Your Job: Do You Even Know What You're Being Measured On?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-your-job-do-you-even-know-what-youre-being-measured-on/) - AI workplace redesign has a specific problem nobody is talking about clearly. Employees are using the tools. Managers are getting data. Those two things are not producing the same picture and the person in between has no idea the gap exists. Picture a folder labelled Christmas in a workplace archive containing files it has no
- [NEW - Most People With Chronic Pain Are Waiting for a Moment Like This](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-most-people-with-chronic-pain-are-waiting-for-a-moment-like-this/) - Living with chronic pain is something most people are doing quietly and calling something else. Nagging. Stiff. Just how it is. Desmond Williams did that for twelve years. He knew his condition was hereditary. His mother had already been diagnosed. He kept going to work at the warehouse anyway. The morning he couldn't get down
- [NEW: Atlantis Landed. Then Nobody Went for Twelve Years](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-atlantis-landed-then-nobody-went-for-twelve-years/) - Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on July 21 2011 and the shuttle program ended with it. By that point the machine was irreplaceable, not because it was precious but because it had been repaired and adapted so many times that every component was one of a kind. The only thing left to do was glide
- [A Canadian Telescope Caught a Canadian Astronaut Flying Past the Moon at 4 a.m](https://shanehewitt.ca/a-canadian-telescope-caught-a-canadian-astronaut-flying-past-the-moon-at-4-a-m/) - Artemis II splashdown is scheduled for 8:07 Eastern, and the Orion capsule is cooking toward Earth fast enough that reentry is expected to produce a significant fireball through the atmosphere. Everything on NASA's tracker is showing green. Nobody wants to jinx it. On April 8th at 4 a.m., the Alan I. Carswell Observatory at York
- [SHIFTHEADS: Canada Has a Syrup Reserve But No Oil Reserve. Priorities](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canada-has-a-syrup-reserve-but-no-oil-reserve-priorities/) - Maple syrup fraud just became the most Canadian scandal possible. Quebec has a strategic reserve, a single desk authentication system, and wholesale testing on every batch. Someone still managed to swap sugar cane syrup into maple syrup cans, put stickers over the logos, and sell them to grocers across the province at a discount. The
- [NEW - The Year the Shuttle Stopped and Everything Else Started](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-year-the-shuttle-stopped-and-everything-else-started/) - Throwback Thursday 2011 is the year everything was normal right up until it wasn't. The Space Shuttle Atlantis glided home in July with no engines and one shot at the runway and human spaceflight went quiet. The Arab Spring started reshaping the world. Houses cost $250,000. Harry Potter was in theatres. Stephen Harper and Barack
- [Shiftheads - She Was Denouncing Floor Crossers Last Week. This Week She Is One](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-she-was-denouncing-floor-crossers-last-week-this-week-she-is-one/) - Marilyn Gladue floor crossing to the Liberals is the kind of news that made Rob Breakenridge wonder if he was thinking of the wrong person. Then wonder if it was a late April Fools joke. Then confirm it was real and sit with the fact that she had been denouncing other floor crossers just days
- [To Be or Not to Be. Also, What Are We Drinking?](https://shanehewitt.ca/to-be-or-not-to-be-also-what-are-we-drinking/) - Riz Ahmed's Hamlet sets Shakespeare's tragedy inside London's South Asian community, keeps the original language almost entirely intact, and puts the most famous soliloquy in theatre history inside a car cutting through London traffic. That choice alone earns two hours of your time. The story tracks the original closely. Uncle kills father, takes the business,
- [We Know the Photo. We Never Knew His Name. Not This Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/we-know-the-photo-we-never-knew-his-name-not-this-time/) - Artemis crew splashdown is at 8:07 Eastern tomorrow and before they come home there is one thing worth sitting with. The Earthrise photograph from Apollo 8 in 1968 is probably one of the most important images ever taken. The astronaut who took it was Bill Anders. He died in 2024. Most people still couldn't tell
- [Athletes Can't Leave the Arena Anymore. It Follows Them Home](https://shanehewitt.ca/athletes-cant-leave-the-arena-anymore-it-follows-them-home/) - Athlete social media pressure has changed what it means to be a professional. It used to stop at the rink doors. Now there are dedicated accounts tracking every NHL player's follows and likes in real time, and Nazem Kadri's liked posts are being reported on. The game never ends. Brenley Shapiro has worked with athletes
- [The Last Year Nobody Had Their Phone Out at a Concert](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-last-year-nobody-had-their-phone-out-at-a-concert/) - 2011 was the last normal year. That's not nostalgia. That's what historians who study decades for a living actually call it. Go find concert footage from that year. Everyone is holding up a drink or a lighter. Nobody has a phone out. It looks like a different planet. By 2012 the majority of the world's
- [You're Not Imagining It. Movies Have Gotten Longer](https://shanehewitt.ca/youre-not-imagining-it-movies-have-gotten-longer/) - Movies getting longer is not a feeling. A researcher named Steven Follows checked the runtimes of 36,000 theatrically released films from 1980 to 2025. Average wide release length went from 106 minutes in the 1990s to 114 minutes today. Films with budgets over a hundred million dollars run even longer. Then add 20 to 30
- [NEW - Nobody Expects Much Anymore. That's Exactly the Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-nobody-expects-much-anymore-thats-exactly-the-problem/) - Above and beyond customer service has gotten so rare that when it happens, people put it on the internet and send a stranger a hundred thousand dollars. A pizza delivery driver. A missing Diet Coke. Twenty-six days to retirement. That's the whole story and it went everywhere. Here's what the data actually says: three out
- [NEW - Smart Speakers: The MP Who Said Never. Then Did It Anyway](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-the-mp-who-said-never-then-did-it-anyway/) - Customer service above and beyond has a hundred-thousand-dollar price tag on it tonight, and so does crossing a conservative floor to the Liberals. Both decisions landed this week. Neither one is easy to explain. The Hundred Thousand Dollar Diet Coke Chris White at 20 Victoria in Toronto makes an evening feel like the most special
- [Why space exploration still matters](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-space-exploration-still-matters/) - Tony Chapman, host of the Chatter That Matters podcast, joins Shane Hewitt for a wide‑ranging conversation on space exploration, childhood wonder, and why big human achievements still inspire hope. Chapman reflects on the Apollo era, modern space missions, and the power of optimism. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the
- [Trump’s “art of the deal” or global extortion?](https://shanehewitt.ca/trumps-art-of-the-deal-or-global-extortion/) - Host Shane Hewitt questions whether Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach amounts to extortion rather than negotiation. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [SHIFTHEADS: Dan McTeague Has Never Seen Diesel Fall This Far This Fast](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-dan-mcteague-has-never-seen-diesel-fall-this-far-this-fast/) - Gas prices dropping thirteen cents a liter in one day is news. Diesel falling twenty-eight cents a liter is something Dan McTeague says he has genuinely never seen before. Friday is the day to fill up. The reason it's happening is also the reason it won't last. A two-week Strait of Hormuz ceasefire knocked eighteen
- [NEW - Over and Above Service: The Guy Who Picks Up His Own Phone](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-over-and-above-service-the-guy-who-picks-up-his-own-phone/) - Customer service at a small business hits different when the number on the bottle goes straight to the guy who makes the product. No hold music. No chatbot. No ticket number. Just a person who picks up and knows the answer. The sauce is Life's a Peach by Stoke the Fire out of British Columbia.
- [The World Is Getting Better by Every Measure. So Why Do We All Feel Like This?](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-world-is-getting-better-by-every-measure-so-why-do-we-all-feel-like-this/) - Conspiracy theories don't start with a villain. They start with a feeling, the specific uncomfortable feeling that somebody must be in charge of how bad this all looks, because the alternative is that nobody is. Lee Kuhnle has spent over a decade on this and came in without an answer for once. Just a question.
- [ICYMI - What Happens to Your Brain When You Start Talking Nonsense](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-start-talking-nonsense/) - Corporate jargon sounds like communication. Researchers built a test to find out if it actually is. Real mission statements went up against randomly generated business nonsense, assembled specifically to mean nothing, and participants had to rate the earnestness of each. Some people could not tell them apart. Those same people scored lower on reasoning, flexibility,
- [NEW - The Moon: Why Go Back? (And Why It Matters More This Time)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-moon-why-go-back-and-why-it-matters-more-this-time/) - Artemis mission engineers call the moon a stepping stone. Not a destination. A rehearsal for Mars, for Titan, for whatever comes after that. The question was never why go back. The question was always what you miss if you don't. There's a version of this story that ends with astronauts and photographs. There's another that
- [The Cure for Doom Scrolling Is 400,000 Kilometres Away](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-cure-for-doom-scrolling-is-400000-kilometres-away/) - Space inspiration and doom scrolling are fighting for the same fifteen seconds of attention. One of them is winning right now, and it isn't the rocket. Tony Chapman noticed that and decided it was worth his time to do something about it. In Costa Rica, where Tony lives, there's almost no light pollution. Last year
- [Two Weeks Ceasefire. Naming a Crater. The Toilet Is Broken. Good News Tuesday Is On.](https://shanehewitt.ca/two-weeks-ceasefire-naming-a-crater-the-toilet-is-broken-good-news-tuesday-is-on/) - Good News Tuesday Trump Iran ceasefire landed about twenty minutes before showtime. Trump agrees to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks, pending the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier in the day he said a civilization would end tonight. The CTV News headline arrived at 6:45 Eastern and the show took it
- [Artemis mission makes space history](https://shanehewitt.ca/artemis-mission-makes-space-history/) - The Artemis II crew made history this week, traveling further from earth than any humans before. Shane Hewitt and Kris Abel highlight the uniquely Canadian moment. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [How KitKat won after a chocolate heist](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-kitkat-won-after-a-chocolate-heist/) - Marketing expert Tony Chapman joins Shane Hewitt to explain how KitKat turned a truck theft into a viral branding win by leaning into humour and cultural timing. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [NEW - Five Hundred Dollars to Find Out the Dog Is Fat and Fine](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-five-hundred-dollars-to-find-out-the-dog-is-fat-and-fine/) - Good News Tuesday dog vet Easter story: Cora the golden retriever kept the household up all night on Good Friday, panting and licking her lips and refusing to settle. By five in the morning, Ryan O'Donnell and his fiancée were in the emergency vet waiting room so still with exhaustion that the motion-sensor lights turned
- [SHIFTHEADS: Artemis 2: Robots Would Do This Better. We Are Doing It Anyway. Dr. Sarah Rugheimer Explains Why.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-artemis-2-robots-would-do-this-better-we-are-doing-it-anyway-dr-sarah-rugheimer-explains-why/) - Artemis 2 photos are coming back from around the moon and Dr. Sarah Rugheimer says go find the CNN gallery of thirty of them right now. She has been watching from Edinburgh. She studies this for a living. She still finds them beautiful in a way that exceeds the professional. What does it mean that
- [Trump Campaigned on No Foreign Wars. Here We Are.](https://shanehewitt.ca/trump-campaigned-on-no-foreign-wars-here-we-are/) - Trump Iran ceasefire analysis from Matt Gurney starts with a question he has been sitting with all week: would everyone be better off spending less time being shocked by Trump and more time understanding that the Iranians have been watching very carefully where the president complains loudest? Every statement Trump made showed them exactly where
- [Shiftheads - Divorce: The Cash Was Gone in a Year. The House Took Thirteen to Buy.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-divorce-the-cash-was-gone-in-a-year-the-house-took-thirteen-to-buy/) - Buying a house after divorce started with losing everything twice. Once in the divorce. Once in the spending that followed because grief and recklessness often travel together and nobody warns you about that part. The matrimonial home sold in 2011. The cash disappeared fast. Debt replaced it. Then thirteen years of quiet, unsexy rebuilding that
- [Air Miles Ends May 31st. Here Is What Happens to Your Points.](https://shanehewitt.ca/air-miles-ends-may-31st-here-is-what-happens-to-your-points/) - Air Miles Blue Rewards transition has a date and most people have not fully processed it yet. May 31st is the last day the program runs as Air Miles. June 1st it becomes Blue Rewards. Customer service shuts down for the transition. June 2nd you can log back in and your points will still be
- [NEW - Say Their Names: Captain Antoine Forrest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-say-their-names-captain-antoine-forrest-and-first-officer-mackenzie-gunther/) - Air Canada pilots names have been missing from the story that replaced them. Captain Antoine Forrest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther were two young pilots chasing their careers and living their dream. The conversation that followed their deaths became about a CEO's French language skills and politicians demanding a resignation. Tony Chapman says nobody found
- [ICYMI The Farthest Humans in History and Both Voices Were Canadian](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-farthest-humans-in-history-and-both-voices-were-canadian/) - Artemis 2 distance record broke the Apollo benchmark yesterday and the voices that marked it were both Canadian. Jeremy Hansen spoke from the capsule. Jenny Gibbons from Calgary, astronaut and current Capcom voice of NASA, was Houston on the ground. The moment of farthest human travel from Earth in recorded history was called in both
- [Bob’s Bits Came for Sandwiches. We Ended Up at the Draft Lottery. Don’t Ask How.](https://shanehewitt.ca/bobs-bits-came-for-sandwiches-we-ended-up-at-the-draft-lottery-dont-ask-how/) - Vancouver Canucks are the worst team in the NHL and Bob Addison sent notes about celebrity sandwich marketing. The notes were not consulted. The conversation went to egg salad smelling bad, old men at assisted living stealing chocolate chip cookies in bulk, a goalie injury announcement from a team eliminated twenty points out of the
- [Opening the Account Is Not the Same as Investing It](https://shanehewitt.ca/opening-the-account-is-not-the-same-as-investing-it/) - Young people and money is a conversation that usually starts with what to open. Anita Bruinsma says the more important conversation is what happens after. Most people open their TFSA, make the contribution, and stop. The money sits earning 0.2 percent. Step two is getting it invested and a lot of people never take step
- [Why everyone matters in society](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-everyone-matters-in-society/) - Shane Hewitt reflects on the idea that every individual plays a role in society, even when their impact isn’t immediately visible. The conversation touches on collective purpose, human interconnectedness, and why people often overlook the value of their own contributions. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes
- [Victor Glover manually pilots critical spacecraft test](https://shanehewitt.ca/victor-glover-manually-pilots-critical-spacecraft-test/) - Shane Hewitt and Elena Hyde explain why a complex space mission required astronauts to manually fly the spacecraft instead of relying on automated systems. They point to pilot Victor Glover’s successful hands‑on maneuver as a key test to ensure astronauts can make fine corrections during the mission. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580
- [Carney promised fast‑tracking. What happened?](https://shanehewitt.ca/carney-promised-fast-tracking-what-happened/) - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promise to fast‑track major projects is under scrutiny after deadlines were missed on a key memorandum of understanding with Alberta. Shane Hewitt speaks with Rob Breckenridge about delays, carbon capture conditions, and whether this risks blowback for the Prime Minister. Breckenridge says expectations were raised, but results are still hard to
- [SHIFTHEADS - He Turned His Treehouse Into a Spaceship. He Is Currently in Space](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-he-turned-his-treehouse-into-a-spaceship-he-is-currently-in-space/) - Jeremy Hansen astronaut story starts on a farm outside London, Ontario. He found circuit breakers in the barn and used them as switches in his treehouse. He called it a spaceship. He explored space in his imagination until he was old enough to do it for real. He is currently in orbit and NASA put
- [NEW - Farthest Humans from Earth in History. By About 6,000 Kilometres](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-farthest-humans-from-earth-in-history-by-about-6000-kilometres/) - Artemis 2 mission update arrives from an astronomer who did not sleep well the night of the launch. The spacecraft launched April 1st, troubleshot a toilet light on April Fools Day as its first legitimate problem in orbit, and then pilot Victor Glover manually flew the most sensitive spacecraft he has ever touched while the
- [SHIFTHEADS: Forty Percent Cheaper. Three to Four Percent Margins. Do the Math](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-forty-percent-cheaper-three-to-four-percent-margins-do-the-math/) - Not-for-profit grocery stores are coming to Toronto and the NDP wants 50 of them across the country. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois was in a university classroom 15 years ago when a student suggested nationalizing food distribution and the whole room laughed. He is not laughing now. He is asking whether anyone has looked at the numbers.
- [Apollo 11: Six Hundred Million People. One Channel. One Moment](https://shanehewitt.ca/apollo-11-six-hundred-million-people-one-channel-one-moment/) - Apollo 11 1969 throwback lands on the week Artemis 2 launched and the comparison is impossible to resist. An estimated 600 million people crowded around televisions on one channel at one moment to watch Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon for the first time. Michael Collins circled above. Richard Nixon was president.
- [Missed Deadlines, $100 Oil, and a Beer Tax Nobody Asked For](https://shanehewitt.ca/missed-deadlines-100-oil-and-a-beer-tax-nobody-asked-for/) - Mark Carney Alberta MOU deadline was April 1st and it was missed. Rob Breakenridge says the frustration from the Business Council of Alberta this week is the same frustration building across the country: the prime minister's brand was built on moving faster and getting things done, and nobody can point to a clear example yet
- [ICYMI - Your Great-Great-Grandchildren Will Have Lunch on the Moon. This Is Why It Matters](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-your-great-great-grandchildren-will-have-lunch-on-the-moon-this-is-why-it-matters/) - Artemis 2 launch emotional reaction is where Jen Gerson's column began. She watched the launch with her family. Her husband got emotional and tried not to show it. Her nine-year-old said that is cool. She sat down to figure out what she was actually feeling and followed it to a love letter to the moon
- [What do aliens actually look like?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-do-aliens-actually-look-like/) - Shane Hewitt and Uncover Up podcast co‑host Nathan Radke discuss whether Hollywood films have shaped how people believe aliens look, rather than reflecting real encounters. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [Alien.gov explained: U.S. government and UFO disclosure](https://shanehewitt.ca/alien-gov-explained-u-s-government-and-ufo-disclosure/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Uncover Up podcast co‑host Nathan Radke about renewed speculation around UFO disclosure after the U.S. government quietly registered domains like alien.gov. Radke explains the long history of secrecy, recent political signals, and what the sites may — or may not — reveal about unredacted UFO files Connect with 580 CFRA Online:
- [NEW - Inside Copy: Look, It Is a Lion. Oh My God. ($27 Million Lawsuit)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-inside-copy-look-it-is-a-lion-oh-my-god-27-million-lawsuit/) - Nickelback made a four-minute movie with Megan Thee Stallion promoting Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle Cheetos. It is real. It cost about thirty dollars a bag and is available in Canada through exotic candy stores. The Pickleback is here. The same band that turned down a million dollars from McDonald's for How You Remind Me because
- [Ferris Bueller Was Almost Played By Who? Richard Crouse Has Thoughts](https://shanehewitt.ca/ferris-bueller-was-almost-played-by-who-richard-crouse-has-thoughts/) - What makes an artist Canadian is the question Richard Crouse is putting to his new podcast Entertainment Is Broken after Justin Bieber and Tate McCrae skipped the Junos despite major nominations. His argument is that if your career is built entirely in the United States, maybe the Canadian identity claim needs examining. His co-host disagrees.
- [Booze n Reviews: The Worst Thing You Have Ever Done. One Answer Ends the Wedding](https://shanehewitt.ca/booze-n-reviews-the-worst-thing-you-have-ever-done-one-answer-ends-the-wedding/) - The Drama movie review comes with one warning from Richard Crouse: do not Google the twist before you watch. Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play a couple in the week before their wedding. They invite another couple over. Someone suggests the worst thing you have ever done game. Three answers are manageable. Zendaya's is not. What
- [SHIFTHEADS - The Year That Started With the Moon and Ended With Manson](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-year-that-started-with-the-moon-and-ended-with-manson/) - 1969 history has two halves that barely belong in the same year. The first half gives you Apollo 11 and Woodstock. The second gives you the Manson murders and Altamont, where the Rolling Stones hired the Hells Angels as security and a man was stabbed to death in the crowd. Ed Conroy says you can
- [Artemis II explained: Canada’s role in the moon mission](https://shanehewitt.ca/artemis-ii-explained-canadas-role-in-the-moon-mission/) - As Artemis II prepares to send astronauts around the moon, Ontario Science Centre astronomer Rachel Ward-Maxwell breaks down the mission’s goals, risks, and what makes it historic for Canada. She joins Shane Hewitt to explain the test flight, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s role, and how the mission sets the stage for future lunar landings. Connect
- [What is Artemis II testing before moon landings?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-is-artemis-ii-testing-before-moon-landings/) - Artemis II is a critical test flight that will send astronauts around the moon without landing. Ontario Science Centre astronomer Rachel Ward-Maxwell joins Shane Hewitt to explain what systems are being tested and how the mission prepares for future lunar landings. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/
- [The First Launch I Have Watched Since Challenger](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-first-launch-i-have-watched-since-challenger/) - Artemis 2 launched today and for one person watching, the last time a space launch was watched all the way through was 1986. Crisscross applesauce on a library floor in grade six. The angles looked familiar tonight and the breath held the same way at booster separation. Nothing bad happened. That took a minute to
- [Artemis II: Are astronauts nervous before launch?](https://shanehewitt.ca/artemis-ii-are-astronauts-nervous-before-launch/) - As Canada prepares for Artemis II, Ontario Science Centre astronomer Rachel Ward-Maxwell explains how astronauts manage fear and excitement before launch. She joins Shane Hewitt to discuss risk, training, and mindset ahead of humanity’s return to the moon. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on
- [NEW - A Rocket to the Moon and a Primetime Sideshow](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-a-rocket-to-the-moon-and-a-primetime-sideshow/) - Artemis 2 launch reaction is the kind of thing that surprises you. Lindsay Broadhead did not expect what she felt watching it. Jamie Ellerton remembered a vague imprecise memory from the late nineties and a Canadian connection that may or may not have been real. Both agreed that Canada having someone on a rocket heading
- [NEW - Disclosure: You Draw a Flying Saucer Because of Movies. Not Because of Aliens](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-disclosure-you-draw-a-flying-saucer-because-of-movies-not-because-of-aliens/) - Alien conspiracy theories in 2025 are moving fast and Nathan Radke, who teaches this for a living, has been tracking all of it. The US government registered alien.gov. An Air Force general with Wright-Patterson ties went missing six days after Trump announced a full UFO file release. Steven Spielberg has a film called Disclosure Day
- [Shiftheads - Jeremy Hansen Is Ready. The Rest of Us Are Nervous](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-jeremy-hansen-is-ready-the-rest-of-us-are-nervous/) - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is going around the moon on Artemis 2 and Rachel Ward-Maxwell, who studies space for a living, is nervous. The astronauts are not. They have spent years preparing for this, they understand what they are flying into, and at this point they are simply ready to go. That gap tells you
- [ICYMI - If You Have to Explain It in Primetime, It Is Not Going Your Way](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-if-you-have-to-explain-it-in-primetime-it-is-not-going-your-way/) - Trump Iran war speech ran tonight and Matt Gurney's first observation was this: when a president goes on national television in primetime to reassure his own base that gas prices will come down and this is not going to be another Iraq, that is not a sign that things are going the way they had
- [Why Couples Fight About “My Money” vs “Our Money”](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-couples-fight-about-my-money-vs-our-money/) - Dr. Laurie Betito joins Shane Hewitt and Ryan O’Donnell to explain why money represents far more than numbers—it reflects identity, security, self‑worth and power inside relationships. She discusses how differing values, financial upbringing and personal freedom shape conflict, and how young couples can navigate the shift toward shared finances. Betito offers practical advice for reducing
- [Why Money Talk Feels Taboo — And How It Hurts Love](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-money-talk-feels-taboo-and-how-it-hurts-love/) - Clinical psychologist Dr. Laurie Betito joins Shane Hewitt to discuss why money remains one of the most taboo topics in relationships, even among couples who feel close. Betito explains how differences in values, spending habits and financial communication can create resentment, control issues and long‑term fractures. The conversation explores how partners can align expectations before
- [Auto‑Agents Gone Wrong: The Data Loss Warning](https://shanehewitt.ca/auto-agents-gone-wrong-the-data-loss-warning/) - Shane Hewitt explains the dangers of giving AI agents unrestricted access to a personal computer, including real‑world incidents where systems rewrote websites or deleted irreplaceable files. As autonomous tools grow more powerful, users risk losing photos, documents and personal data without any backup or warning. The segment highlights the need for clear safeguards, consent and
- [Clawbot & Auto‑Agents: Are We Ready for This Risk?](https://shanehewitt.ca/clawbot-auto-agents-are-we-ready-for-this-risk/) - Shane Hewitt discusses growing security concerns around new autonomous AI agents that run on personal computers while users sleep. With innovation outpacing safety features, these tools can create major risks ranging from scams to unauthorized control of devices. The segment examines why the tech world feels uneven and why many fear being left behind. #aisecurity
- [How Oil Deals Reveal the Real World of Power](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-oil-deals-reveal-the-real-world-of-power/) - Shane Hewitt outlines how recent decisions around Iranian and Russian oil shipments reveal the true nature of global power politics. He argues that behind‑the‑scenes negotiations, sanctions, and shifting alliances become visible only during moments of crisis. The commentary highlights the hypocrisy of international actors and why these developments offer a rare, unfiltered view of how
- [Tragically Hip on SNL: The Untold Backstage Moments](https://shanehewitt.ca/tragically-hip-on-snl-the-untold-backstage-moments/) - Jake Gold joins Shane Hewitt for a Throwback Thursday look at The Tragically Hip’s iconic 1995 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Gold shares behind‑the‑scenes stories about the band’s rise, the Rolling Stones and Page & Plant tours, and the unforgettable moment when Gord Downie flubbed the opening lyric. He also reflects on personal memories from
- [$47K Penalty: Does It Actually Hurt Big Grocers?](https://shanehewitt.ca/47k-penalty-does-it-actually-hurt-big-grocers/) - Shane Hewitt discusses whether recent fines totalling about $47,000 are meaningful penalties for billion‑dollar grocery chains. While the amount is small compared to corporate revenues, Hewitt argues the real value lies in forcing public attention, transparency and accountability. The segment explores how even modest fines can spark important conversations about pricing, enforcement and consumer expectations.
- [It Is International Whiskey Day and Also Apparently Smashburger Day Is a Thing](https://shanehewitt.ca/it-is-international-whiskey-day-and-also-apparently-smashburger-day-is-a-thing/) - International Whiskey Day lands on a Friday this year and World Theatre Day is today too, which means you can go to the theatre and drink whisky and technically be celebrating two things at once. Ryan O'Donnell would like it noted that International Smashburger Day is also a real calendar entry and that smashburgers are
- [The Most Exciting Whisky Market in the World Is Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-most-exciting-whisky-market-in-the-world-is-canada/) - Canadian whisky has been reaching past its reputation and most people have not noticed yet. Stephen Beaumont says Canada is currently the most exciting whisky market on the planet, beating Ireland for that title, and the evidence runs from Crown Royal's new single malt to Lot 40's cherry wood and dark oak finishes to a
- [SHIFTHEADS: Say Their Names First: Air Canada Crash Fallout](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-say-their-names-first-air-canada-crash-fallout/) - Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's English-only statement after two pilots died had a problem that had nothing to do with language. It had to do with order. The names should have come first. Andrew Caddell says the criticism of Rousseau is fair and the timing of the politicians who piled on was tasteless. Both things
- [NEW - Project Hail Mary Sold Out. Here Is What to Watch While You Wait](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-project-hail-mary-sold-out-here-is-what-to-watch-while-you-wait/) - Space movies like Project Hail Mary do not come around often and the box office proved it. The biggest opening day for an original film in years. Sold out on the first weekend before some people could get tickets. So here is the list of what holds up while you wait for your seat. The
- [Not The Mama! Murdoch Dynasty v. Duck Dynasty](https://shanehewitt.ca/not-the-mama-murdoch-dynasty-v-duck-dynasty/) - What to watch this weekend starts with Morgan Freeman narrating a visually stunning dinosaur documentary on Netflix called The Dinosaurs. Ryan O'Donnell has confirmed he would listen to Morgan Freeman narrate essentially anything, which is a reasonable position to hold, and this one is actually great. The Murdochs is the other recommendation and it is
- [ICYMI - Relationship Breakdowns: Money Is Not About Numbers](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-relationship-breakdowns-money-is-not-about-numbers/) - Money and relationships break down the same way every time: two people who never had the conversation discover they are not on the same page and by then it has been years. Dr. Laurie Betito says talking about money carries the same taboo as talking about sex and most couples treat it the same way,
- [NEW - AI Technology Did Not Wait for You to Read the Terms and Conditions](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ai-technology-did-not-wait-for-you-to-read-the-terms-and-conditions/) - AI agents on your computer are already here and the checkbox most people ignore is the one that decides whether it touches one folder or everything you own. Mohit Rajhans has been watching this from the inside and his concern is not that the technology is bad. It is that the safety infrastructure around it
- [How Are You? Two in Five say Not OK](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-are-you-two-in-five-say-not-ok/) - Declining mental health in Canada has a specific number attached to it now. Statistics Canada measured how many people reported feeling happy and interested in life. In 2015 it was 78 percent. By 2024 it had fallen to 61 percent. That is not a small shift. One in five Canadians was struggling with emotional health
- [Thank You Wave: Generous or an Evil Trap?](https://shanehewitt.ca/thank-you-wave-generous-or-an-evil-trap/) - Staged car collisions in Canada are up 400 percent and the friendly wave is one of the most common setups. Someone stops. They wave you out of the parking spot or through the intersection. You pull forward because a human being told you it was safe. Their partner hits you. And because you entered a
- [NEW - What Is the Smallest Amount You Would Actually Go Back For?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-is-the-smallest-amount-you-would-actually-go-back-for/) - Grocery store refund stories have a threshold moment and this one involves potato peelings. Tony cooked the potato. Then he checked the receipt. The price was wrong. He had no potato left, only the peelings, so he took the peelings back to the store as evidence and came home with 90 cents. The workers are
- [Canadian Oranges from Saskatchewan VIA Egypt](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadian-oranges-from-saskatchewan-via-egypt/) - Maple washing is what happens when a grocery store uses the maple leaf to raise prices on a product that is not Canadian. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois has seen it in person: oranges labeled as Canadian, manager apologizes, next day the same shelf has the same oranges correctly labeled as Egyptian and priced 15 percent lower.
- [SHIFTHEADS: Food Prep vs Groceries: The Math Works Until You Open the Fridge](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-food-prep-vs-groceries-the-math-works-until-you-open-the-fridge/) - Meal kit delivery versus groceries is a math problem until you go back through the weeks and find the ordering-in receipts. Three meals plus lunch supplies for $200 at the grocery store. Every ingredient used. Zero delivery orders that week. Clean. Then the honest comparison: on meal kit weeks, once or twice a week, about
- [THROWBACK THURSDAY 1995 - The Finance Minister Was Taking Your Calls. Live. On TV](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-1995-the-finance-minister-was-taking-your-calls-live-on-tv/) - 1995 Canada had a finance minister who went on Canada AM and took unscreened phone calls from Canadians about his budget cuts. Paul Martin sat there and answered them. Jean Chrétien was on CBC making a personal plea for national unity with the Quebec sovereignty referendum approaching. Canadian peacekeepers were in Bosnia. That was the
- [ICYMI - Fourteen Years Ago Gord Downey Was Way Ahead](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-fourteen-years-ago-gord-downey-was-way-ahead/) - Tragically Hip music has a way of arriving late for some people. Not because the songs changed but because the listener did. Ryan O'Donnell grew up hearing his dad scream the lyrics at house parties and filed it under parents' music until 2020, when he downloaded a couple of songs and went, oh wait. That
- [NEW - SNL 1995 with the Tragically Hip: He Said the Wrong Word and It was Accidental Genius](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-snl-1995-with-the-tragically-hip-he-said-the-wrong-word-and-it-was-accidental-genius/) - Tragically Hip Saturday Night Live 1995 started with Gord Downie walking out and saying the wrong first lyric. Instead of fabulously rich he said tragically hip because he could hear Dan Aykroyd introducing them in his head. The band had smoked weed before going on. Jake Gold was watching from the wings. Nobody planned it
- [The $500,000 Movie That Made $15 Million + 2 Vince Vaughns](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-500000-movie-that-made-15-million-2-vince-vaughns/) - Movie theater comeback stories do not usually start with a $500,000 Canadian horror film made by people nobody has heard of yet. This one does, and Richard Crouse hosted the premiere. The Theaters Were Not the ProblemUndertone cost $500,000 and has passed $15 million at the box office in two weeks. That is 30 times
- [Where Did All the Leading Men Go?](https://shanehewitt.ca/where-did-all-the-leading-men-go/) - Hollywood leading men are disappearing and Ed Conroy has a specific way of putting it: when Clooney and DiCaprio and Pitt are gone, where is the new Paul Newman? Brad Pitt was voted Sexiest Man Alive in 1995. Ed Conroy's point is that he could probably win it again right now, and that is not
- [NEW You'll Bet on a Slot Machine But Not on Yourself](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-youll-bet-on-a-slot-machine-but-not-on-yourself/) - Gambling on yourself is the one bet most people will not take. A slot machine run by a casino with odds set against you? Fine. A sports app with a two-second deposit and no closing time? Apparently also fine. But when the outcome depends on your own effort and the odds are actually in your
- [NEW - Las Vegas Is Now in Your Pocket. Nobody Wrote the Rules for That](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-las-vegas-is-now-in-your-pocket-nobody-wrote-the-rules-for-that/) - Sports betting in Canada is now in the broadcast, embedded in the commentary before the game even starts. Jamie Ellerton takes out a hundred dollars, wins it back, and walks. Lindsay Broadhead will not start at all. Neither of them is who the industry is building for, and that gap is the whole problem. The
- [Cash‑Out Panic? A Warning Sign You’re Betting Too Much](https://shanehewitt.ca/cash-out-panic-a-warning-sign-youre-betting-too-much/) - Shane Hewitt breaks down why the early cash‑out feature in sports betting isn’t the “safety net” it’s marketed as. He explains how fear‑based decisions—especially in parlays—can signal that a bettor is overcommitted and reacting emotionally instead of logically. The segment highlights the psychological traps built into betting platforms and why early cash‑out often reflects panic,
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Kid Who Watched Hannah Montana Is Running the Meeting Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-kid-who-watched-hannah-montana-is-running-the-meeting-now/) - Hannah Montana turns 20 this year, and the kids who came home from school and put it on are now the doctors, the managers, the people running things. Katelyn Thomas was 12 when it started. She is now a reporter, a mom, and she will absolutely be showing it to her son. What does it
- [Secrecy Excuses? Why Whistleblowers Matter](https://shanehewitt.ca/secrecy-excuses-why-whistleblowers-matter/) - Shane Hewitt discusses how claims of “national security secrecy” are often used to shield misconduct rather than protect the public. He highlights how lack of transparency creates opportunities for abuse and why whistleblowers are essential for exposing wrongdoing. The segment examines the tension between legitimate confidentiality and misused secrecy. #governmentsecrecy #whistleblowerstory #cfraottawa #talkradio #ottawa Connect
- [Should the PM Come Home?](https://shanehewitt.ca/should-the-pm-come-home/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Jamie Ellerton and Lindsey Broadhead about whether the Prime Minister needs to shift focus back to domestic issues as provinces raise concerns about unfulfilled commitments. The panel examines issues ranging from Alberta’s frustration with federal promises to the political optics surrounding upcoming by‑elections. They also break down Air Canada’s French‑language controversy
- [What Did You Watch When You Were 10 Years Old?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-did-you-watch-when-you-were-10-years-old/) - By the Power of Grayskull versus the Biggest Pop Star in the World. Generational TV shows tell you everything about who raised a generation and how. In 1985, it was the Smurfs hiding from Gargamel and He-Man holding a sword aloft. In 2006, it was Hannah Montana pulling 200 million viewers worldwide and a Jonas
- [Shiftheads - A Secret Is Only a Secret If Something Is at Risk](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-a-secret-is-only-a-secret-if-something-is-at-risk/) - Whistleblower versus leaker is not just a legal category. It is the question of who gets to decide what the public is allowed to know, and whether the people drawing that line can be trusted to draw it in the right place. Dr. Lee Kuhnle says they often cannot, and that is precisely why whistleblowers
- [ICYMI - SORA:  I Told You So, Love Greg Fish](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-sora-i-told-you-so-love-greg-fish/) - OpenAI Sora shut down after a couple of months, Disney pulled a billion-dollar deal, and Greg Fish has been saying for almost a year that this was coming. Not because AI is useless, but because the gap between what Sora was claiming to be and what it actually was had nowhere else to go. There
- [NEW - Sora, Not Sora: Are You the AI Conductor or Passenger](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-sora-not-sora-are-you-the-ai-conductor-or-passenger/) - AI replacing jobs is already happening, but Tony Chapman says the mechanism is not what most people think. It is not that AI arrived and took over. It is that most people handed it the wheel and called that productivity. The difference between those two things is the difference between being extraordinary and being unnecessary.
- [The Casino Is in Your Pocket Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-casino-is-in-your-pocket-now/) - Gambling addiction signs start long before anyone loses everything. Melissa Toney-Williams names the quiet ones: missing social events, hiding what you are spending, chasing losses you have not admitted to yet. Most people picture the end of the story. These are the early chapters. There is something specific about the illusion of control that parlay
- [The Complaint Isn't About the Chicken](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-complaint-isnt-about-the-chicken/) - Complaints are requests in disguise, and most people stop one layer too soon to see it. The meal kit was leaking. The turkey smelled like rotten eggs. The complaint sounds like a food quality problem. Ask five more questions and it turns out to be about a wedding, a dream, and money that was supposed
- [You're Paying More Than Cable Now and Getting Ads again](https://shanehewitt.ca/youre-paying-more-than-cable-now-and-getting-ads-again/) - Streaming service costs have quietly crossed a line most people did not notice. What started at seven dollars a month is now twenty-five, and that is just one of several services on the bill. Carmi Levy has the math, and it does not work in your favour. What does it feel like to realize the
- [NEW - Boomer-Zoomer Free Yellow Payphone Solving Loneliness](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-boomer-zoomer-free-yellow-payphone-solving-loneliness/) - Good News Tuesday has a payphone story tonight. It is yellow, it sits in a university coffee shop in Boston, and it is connected to a seniors home in Nevada. Young people pick it up. Older people answer. The research says both groups are among the most socially isolated. The payphone says maybe that is
- [Stop Complaining Vaguely: Get Specific, Get Solutions](https://shanehewitt.ca/stop-complaining-vaguely-get-specific-get-solutions/) - Shane Hewitt and his Rachel Levy discuss how vague complaints fuel stress, reactivity and the “fight‑flight‑freeze” response at work and in daily life. By shifting to specific details, people can see clearer solutions, regulate emotions and regain control in situations ranging from workplace conflicts to spending decisions. The conversation highlights how clarity reshapes both mindset
- [Are We Too Set in Our Routines to Date Again?](https://shanehewitt.ca/are-we-too-set-in-our-routines-to-date-again/) - Shane Hewitt and his Jen Kirsch explore whether adults use age, routines and fatigue as excuses to avoid dating or stepping outside their comfort zones. They discuss how infatuation once energized us, but now often becomes a source of defensiveness or inconvenience. The conversation questions whether the real barrier is physical limitation or fear of
- [NEW - Every Generation Thinks They Invented Turning 30](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-every-generation-thinks-they-invented-turning-30/) - Turning 30 as a millennial looked like a death sentence from a distance. Bed by nine. No more fun. House, kids, the whole package. Less than half have the house. Less than 40 percent have the kids. The death sentence showed up and mostly just gave everyone a sore neck. What is it like to
- [Matt Gurney: Canada’s Normal Just Isn’t Good Enough](https://shanehewitt.ca/matt-gurney-canadas-normal-just-isnt-good-enough/) - Canadian government inefficiency is not really about failure. It is about expectation. Matt Gurney has one example that makes that distinction impossible to ignore: Canada and the UK both needed new military pistols. The UK did it in two years for 20 million pounds. Canada spent a hundred million dollars staffing an office on a
- [Stuck Complaining? Clarity Might Be the Fix](https://shanehewitt.ca/stuck-complaining-clarity-might-be-the-fix/) - Shane Hewitt and his Rachel Levy explain how vague complaints often mask the real issues and prevent people from solving problems at work and in daily life. By shifting from broad frustrations to specific details, individuals can see patterns, identify their role and locate practical solutions. The discussion highlights how clarity helps break emotional loops
- [The Robot Showed Up for Its Shift at McDonald's](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-robot-showed-up-for-its-shift-at-mcdonalds/) - Humanoid robots at McDonald's are not a concept anymore. Shanghai is testing four of them right now: one in full uniform taking orders, one in a chef's hat, one delivering trays to tables, and one small enough for kids to climb on. They dance. They come out from behind the counter. Kris Abel calls it
- [You Built a Great Life. Someone's Trying to Get In.](https://shanehewitt.ca/you-built-a-great-life-someones-trying-to-get-in/) - Dating after 50 puts a question on the table that nobody talks about out loud: is this chemistry, or is this indigestion? Jen Kirsch and Tony Tedesco sat with that question, and the answer is more honest than most people expect. What would it mean to realize the reason dating feels hard right now is
- [ICYMI - Complainers: What Are They Actually Asking For?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-complainers-what-are-they-actually-asking-for/) - Why we complain is rarely the story we tell ourselves about it. Leadership consultant Rachel Levy draws the line between the complaint you can hear and the one underneath it, and that second one is where the real conversation lives. What is it like to be in a room where someone is filling up with
- [Shiftheads - Bob’s Bits: The No-Plan Plan That Actually Worked](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-bobs-bits-the-no-plan-plan-that-actually-worked/) - Spring break with a teenager and Bob Addison's plan was simply: call it an adventure day. One rainy Vancouver Thursday later, there were axolotls, a Pink Floyd laser show in the planetarium, and a symphony that may or may not have been entirely drug-free. What does it feel like when a kid who just discovered
- [SHIFTHEADS Why Saying Hi Is the Actual Answer to Loneliness](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-why-saying-hi-is-the-actual-answer-to-loneliness/) - Talking to strangers statistically works out better than anyone walking into it believes it will. Three hundred participants. A week-long scavenger hunt built around daily stranger approaches. The expected rejection rate versus the actual rejection rate is the kind of gap that makes you rethink a lot of small decisions. Something shifts when the barrier
- [The Soap That Hates Rabbits and the Phone That Hates Apps](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-soap-that-hates-rabbits-and-the-phone-that-hates-apps/) - DIY household hacks this useful are already sitting in your bathroom cabinet and kitchen drawer, waiting. Two things most people use for exactly one purpose. Both of them capable of considerably more. **The Garden Trick You Already Own** Irish Spring grated around a raised garden bed keeps rabbits, deer, and squirrels away on scent alone.
- [ICYMI: Getting Flamed: When You Speak Up for a Stranger](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-getting-flamed-when-you-speak-up-for-a-stranger/) - Stepping into a stranger's conversation about vaccines in 2025 should have gone badly. The bartender doing the teasing was expected to get defensive. Instead he asked a genuine question. That gap between the expected reaction and the actual one is the whole conversation. There is something disorienting about watching a topic that ended relationships for
- [Your ‘Money Story’ vs Reality: What We Get Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-money-story-vs-reality-what-we-get-wrong/) - Personal finance expert Jessica Moorhouse joins host Shane Hewitt to discuss why seasonal stress, rising costs and constant negative news are fuelling widespread money anxiety. Moorhouse explains how our “money stories” can diverge from reality and outlines practical steps to regain control without panic. The conversation covers budgeting, media consumption, emotional triggers and how to
- [NEW - 200,000 Canadians a Year Leave Hospital Sicker](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-200000-canadians-a-year-leave-hospital-sicker/) - Hospital-acquired infections affect 200,000 Canadians every year and kill 12,000 of them. These aren't people who arrived critically ill. These are people who went in for something and picked up a superbug that antibiotics cannot touch. The cleanest-looking room in the building can still be carrying Clostridium difficile 90 days after the last infected patient
- [How a Fire Truck Changes Everything on Final Approach](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-a-fire-truck-changes-everything-on-final-approach/) - LaGuardia Air Canada crash investigators are working through wreckage after the crash, and the question at the centre of it is a direct one. The plane landed. Why was there a fire truck in its path? Two Air Canada Jazz pilots died in the crash. Passengers helped each other escape and multiple remain in hospital.
- [A Mustard Seed, a Basketball, and Ryan Gosling in Space](https://shanehewitt.ca/a-mustard-seed-a-basketball-and-ryan-gosling-in-space/) - Project Hail Mary science hides something real that the movie barely touches, and Dr. Elaina Hyde found it. The microbes proposed for Venus's atmosphere, the ice pockets theorized on the moon, these exist in science papers, not just screenplays. The fiction is almost the boring part. There's something disorienting about learning that the strangest details
- [Alexa Phone Coming? Amazon’s ‘Transformer’ Project Leak](https://shanehewitt.ca/alexa-phone-coming-amazons-transformer-project-leak/) - Shane Hewitt discusses new reports that Amazon may return to the smartphone market with an AI‑driven device code‑named Transformer. The rumoured phone would centre on Alexa as a conversational assistant, moving away from the traditional app‑based model that defined the tech landscape in 2014 when Amazon’s first Fire Phone failed. Hewitt explains how an AI‑first
- [NEW - Monday Study: The Price of Everything Going Up, Including War](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-monday-study-the-price-of-everything-going-up-including-war/) - Iran conflict costs are landing on a Saskatchewan farm before the planting season even starts. Trump said he'll keep bombing for fun. The markets moved when he hinted at negotiations. The diesel bill didn't. What It Costs When the World Stays Unstable Across the farm, this is the highest fuel and fertilizer on record, set
- [ICYMI - Why Financial Anxiety Arrives Before the Bill Does](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-why-financial-anxiety-arrives-before-the-bill-does/) - Financial anxiety has a way of arriving before the bill does. Somewhere between the morning news and the gas station sign, a number that has nothing to do with your actual account balance starts to feel personal. And once it feels personal, the decisions you make next are probably coming from thewrong place. What if
- [Would You Choose Your Partner Again Today?](https://shanehewitt.ca/would-you-choose-your-partner-again-today/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Laurie Betito about how couples can rebuild intimacy by communicating openly about fears, aging, regrets and hopes. The conversation outlines why healthy relationships require effort, self‑reflection and choosing each other again. Ryan explains how tending to a marriage like a garden increases the chance of long‑term success. #relationships #marriageadvice
- [Kids Using AI for Everything? Why 2026 Classrooms Are Changing](https://shanehewitt.ca/kids-using-ai-for-everything-why-2026-classrooms-are-changing/) - Host Shane Hewitt explains how artificial intelligence has shifted from a novelty to a default tool for students in 2026. He outlines how platforms such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini have become embedded in schoolwork, research habits and even how young people present themselves online. Hewitt explores what this cultural shift means for classrooms, teachers
- [The Legend Who Became a Meme and Owned Every Second of It](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-legend-who-became-a-meme-and-owned-every-second-of-it/) - Chuck Norris's legacy hit different for the generation that never watched his movies. They knew his name every single day anyway, in classrooms and group chats, because the joke was just that good. He passed away at 86, and somehow the meme is the part that made him immortal in ways Walker Texas Ranger never
- [Pierre Poilievre Went on Joe Rogan and Nobody Saw This Coming](https://shanehewitt.ca/pierre-poilievre-went-on-joe-rogan-and-nobody-saw-this-coming/) - Pierre Poilievre on Joe Rogan was always going to be a moment worth watching. What nobody predicted was that the most striking thing about a two-hour conversation on the biggest podcast in America would be what he chose not to say. No criticism of Canada. No shots at the Prime Minister on foreign soil. Just
- [NEW - AFROMAN: He Was Gonna Sue the Cops. Turns Out He Did](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-afroman-he-was-gonna-sue-the-cops-turns-out-he-did/) - Afroman's defamation case win started with a police raid that found absolutely nothing. No drugs. No kidnapping victims. Just lemon pound cake on the counter. The officers filed a $4 million defamation suit against him for making music videos about it using his own security camera footage. He won. The officer featured in the video
- [NEW - Chuck Norris, Project Hail Mary, and Everything Worth Watching This Weeken](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-chuck-norris-project-hail-mary-and-everything-worth-watching-this-weeken/) - What to watch this weekend is usually a Friday question with easy answers. This Friday it comes with a little more weight. Chuck Norris passed away at 86 and the generation that grew up on Missing in Action and Octagon is feeling it in a way the meme era never quite prepared them for. Steve
- [Shiftheads - Dr Laurie: Would You Choose Your Partner Again Today?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-dr-laurie-would-you-choose-your-partner-again-today/) - Silver split divorces are rising faster than any other age group and the moment most couples point to is the same one. The kids leave. The house goes quiet. And in that quiet, a question shows up that was never there before. Not an emergency. Just a question that does not go away on its
- [ICYMI - The AI Native Generation Isn't Waiting for Permission](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-ai-native-generation-isnt-waiting-for-permission/) - Kids and AI is not a novelty story anymore. It's baked in. The resume, the social post, the cover letter, the assignment, the car that got fixed on a Tuesday afternoon with a chatbot and a socket wrench. This generation didn't grow up watching AI arrive. They grew up inside it, and the gap between
- [Walk. Water. Protein. That's Actually It](https://shanehewitt.ca/walk-water-protein-thats-actually-it/) - Health transformation is visible before most people can name it. Not in a before-and-after photo, but in someone's eyes. The brightness that shows up when a person becomes who they wanted to be. Suzan Galluzzo has built her practice around getting people to that moment, and the path there is simpler than the fitness industry
- [Ed Hardy Is Back. So Is Everything Else from 2003](https://shanehewitt.ca/ed-hardy-is-back-so-is-everything-else-from-2003/) - 2003 nostalgia is running at full speed, and not just the fun parts. Every high school kid outside a Starbucks is wearing Ed Hardy. Limp Bizkit is huge with teenagers who weren't alive for it. Disposable cameras are showing up at weddings. The aesthetic is back, right down to the tight branding and the boot-cut
- [NEW - Gas Was 80 Cents. Toronto Houses Were $293,000. That Was Twenty Three Years Ago Tonight](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-gas-was-80-cents-toronto-houses-were-293000-that-was-twenty-three-years-ago-tonight/) - Throwback Thursday 2003 hits on the actual date: March 19th, when America announced the Iraq invasion. Gas was 80 cents a litre. A Toronto house cost $293,000. Two presidential audio clips play back to back tonight, and the one from 2003 is the one that wins the room. SARS was weeks from placing Toronto on
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Iran Story Everyone Is Missing (It's Not About Oil)](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-iran-story-everyone-is-missing-its-not-about-oil/) - Diesel prices in Canada are up 11 cents by Saturday morning alone. Six cents Friday, five Saturday, four to five more Sunday. April 15 adds another ten cents for the gasoline switchover. Iran tensions add ten to fifteen on top of that. Dan McTeague says we are back to 2022 levels and the clock is
- [Gas Prices, Pipelines & MAID Policy: What’s Changing?](https://shanehewitt.ca/gas-prices-pipelines-maid-policy-whats-changing/) - Rob Breckenridge joins Shane Hewitt to break down why gasoline prices are rising nationwide and how global supply pressures are affecting Canadians at the pump. The discussion then shifts to new developments in medical assistance in dying, including Alberta’s tighter guardrails and concerns about offering MAID when access to timely health care remains limited. The
- [Is Podcasting the New Power Move in Politics?](https://shanehewitt.ca/is-podcasting-the-new-power-move-in-politics/) - Shane Hewitt and Rob Breakenridge discusses why major long‑form podcasts have become valuable platforms for public figures looking to reach massive North American audiences. He explains how these unscripted conversations allow guests to make their case directly to listeners, bypassing traditional interview formats. The segment explores why appearing on globally popular podcasts can influence public
- [NEW - Fish Where the Fish Are: Poilievre, Rogan, and the Case for Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-fish-where-the-fish-are-poilievre-rogan-and-the-case-for-canada/) - MAID Alberta restrictions are moving while the federal government is still working out what to do. Alberta is blocking mental illness as a qualifying condition and shifting the onus so doctors cannot be the ones to raise it. Two governments, one issue, no alignment yet. The question Rob Breakenridge keeps returning to is whether the
- [ICYMI - Inside Copy: Someone Is Watching Every NHL Player's Instagram Follows. All 700 of Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-inside-copy-someone-is-watching-every-nhl-players-instagram-follows-all-700-of-them/) - NHL player social media is now a 24-hour surveillance operation and the results are exactly what you would expect. NHL Follow Tracker monitors over 700 players' personal Instagram accounts daily, logging every follow and unfollow. Olin Zellweger unfollowed Austin Matthews, Clayton Keller, and Jack Eichel one day after the US men's team won gold. Evgeny
- [Shiftheads - Twenty Three Years Later and the Pattern Is Running Again](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-twenty-three-years-later-and-the-pattern-is-running-again/) - Iraq War lessons from 2003 are back on the table tonight, and the conversation does not land softly. This week marks the anniversary of the invasion. Listeners are texting in to say George W. Bush looks reasonable by comparison to what is happening now. That is where the bar sits. The 2003 coalition was the
- [NEW - WAR in 2003: Twenty Years On and the Streets Are Quiet](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-war-in-2003-twenty-years-on-and-the-streets-are-quiet/) - Anti-war apathy is the thing historians notice first. In 2003 the marches started before the bombs did. Main streets shut down. Embassies closed. This anniversary lands with a conflict being called potentially more dangerous, and almost no one in the street. The Oscars came and went this year without a single reference to war. In
- [Project Hail Mary: The Rotisserie Chicken That Stole the Movie](https://shanehewitt.ca/project-hail-mary-the-rotisserie-chicken-that-stole-the-movie/) - 867-5309 became a cancer helpline. Richard Crouse has the story, and it changes the way you hear that song. Tommy Heath turned that number into a free line connecting anyone touched by cancer to trained professionals, because it's already ringing in everyone's memory. Entertainment Stories Nobody Saw ComingSean Penn skipped the Oscars for Ukraine, and
- [The Carbon Tax Went Away. Your Grocery Bill Didn't Hear About It](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-carbon-tax-went-away-your-grocery-bill-didnt-hear-about-it/) - Canadian food prices are about to move again, and the shift started long before anything reached a shelf. The industrial carbon tax rises to $110 on April 1st. It covers fertilizers, refrigeration, food processing, and the full cold chain. The retail portion went to zero. The industrial portion did not. The ham marked on sale
- [80 Percent of People Believe This (Including You, Probably)](https://shanehewitt.ca/80-percent-of-people-believe-this-including-you-probably/) - Conspiracy theories, according to research, are believed by about 80 percent of people. Not the fringe. Not the outliers. Most people. The interesting part is what looking at the actual list does to the word conspiracy. Planned obsolescence showed up on the list. So did the idea that women's clothing skips pockets deliberately because fashion
- [NEW - Smart Speakers: The 3.8 Restaurant Might Be the Best One on the Block](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-the-3-8-restaurant-might-be-the-best-one-on-the-block/) - Fake online reviews tell you less than you'd think, and the surveys that were supposed to fix the problem are built the same way. Before a one-star answer makes it anywhere public, a business can subscribe to a system that reroutes it. Good ratings post. Bad ones get managed. The feedback you never saw might
- [SHIFTHEADS: Online Reviews and Ratings - "Obsessed" Is the Tell](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-online-reviews-and-ratings-obsessed-is-the-tell/) - Online reviews have a tell. When a TikTok video uses the word "obsessed," that is the giveaway. Add "epic." Add the California Valley accent delivered like you are already close friends. The sponsored label sits in the corner of the screen every time. Most people scroll past it. What does it cost to trust nothing
- [NEW - Why You Trust the Three-Star Review](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-you-trust-the-three-star-review/) - Confirmation bias shapes pain. In a controlled study, people physically rated discomfort differently based on fictional peer ratings they saw beforehand. The actual stimulus was identical. The reported experience was not. The brain adjusted the sensation to match the expectation. What makes this finding land differently than the usual cognitive bias conversation is that researchers
- [Shiftheads - Conspiracy Trap: You're Not Gullible. You're Depleted. There's a Difference](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-conspiracy-trap-youre-not-gullible-youre-depleted-theres-a-difference/) - Conspiracy thinking finds you when you feel most alone. You are more connected than any human in history right now, and somehow more isolated at the same time. You have a screen full of faces and voices and not enough people you can actually call. That gap, between having people everywhere and knowing nobody, is
- [ICYMI - Don’t Trust The AI Report That Said AI Is Awesome](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-dont-trust-the-ai-report-that-said-ai-is-awesome/) - AI job apocalypse reports land differently when the company publishing them sells the AI doing the replacing. Anthropic released a report on which jobs their models will take over. The sourcing is a three-year-old estimate from OpenAI researchers, some of whom later joined Anthropic. What does it feel like to read a chart that is
- [Impact over Intention: Be One of Many](https://shanehewitt.ca/impact-over-intention-be-one-of-many/) - International Women's Day marketing usually announces itself. The Mercedes "Be One of Many" campaign did not. No product, no pitch, no car. Just the uncomfortable question of why celebrating progress in this direction still needs a special occasion. Tony Chapman books podcast guests without ever tracking how many are women. Great stories, he says, take
- [Car Buying Scams: The Smoke Was Real. The Damage Wasn't](https://shanehewitt.ca/car-buying-scams-the-smoke-was-real-the-damage-wasnt/) - Used car scams don't always start online. Two strangers showed up at a man's driveway, sprayed oil on his engine while he wasn't watching, and walked away with the vehicle for $800. He thought his engine had blown. It hadn't. What does it feel like to watch smoke pour from your tailpipe and have no
- [The St. Patrick's Day (We Wish It Were Real) Playlist That Got Us Party Ready](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-st-patricks-day-we-wish-it-were-real-playlist-that-got-us-party-ready/) - AI Irish songs have a strange way of sounding like they always existed. This St. Patrick's Day, an AI account started taking classic songs and running them through Celtic folk, and the results landed somewhere between ridiculous and genuinely perfect. Have you ever heard something that made no sense until it made complete sense? Journey.
- [NEW - Ireland’s Mark on the World: The Peace Walls Still Lock at Night](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-irelands-mark-on-the-world-the-peace-walls-still-lock-at-night/) - Irish history left its mark on places that never knew it was coming. Eighty thousand Irish indentured servants shaped the accents and surnames of the Caribbean. The colonial system tested on an island in the north Atlantic became the model for displacing people on nearly every continent. Imagine standing in front of a wall in
- [Today's Good News Tuesday! Comes With Sticker Shock](https://shanehewitt.ca/todays-good-news-tuesday-comes-with-sticker-shock/) - Housing prices in a fifteen-year-old newspaper will do something to your stomach that no current data report can. $399,000, brand new, in a neighbourhood now selling near a million. Someone bought a house for $153,000 that same year, standing at the outskirts of a city that has since swallowed the neighbourhood whole. There's a specific
- [NEW-  Inside Copy: First Cousin Marriages - Allowed in Florida and…](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-inside-copy-first-cousin-marriages-allowed-in-florida-and/) - First cousin marriage is legal in Canada. That is the thing nobody looks up because they assume the answer. Florida just tried to make it illegal and failed. Which puts the Sunshine State and this country in more or less the same position, neither of them having fixed it. What does it feel like to
- [Shiftheads - One Shift at a Time Isn't Just Hockey Advice](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-one-shift-at-a-time-isnt-just-hockey-advice/) - Multiple myeloma has one ask this March: know the name. Ted Nolan didn't know it until his blood work came back and a doctor told him he needed a stem cell transplant within weeks. He was 67. He was 95 per cent contaminated. He had no idea. When the diagnosis came through, Pat LaFontaine called
- [ICYMI - What Coffee Tastes Like When Your Taste Buds Are Built Differently](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-coffee-tastes-like-when-your-taste-buds-are-built-differently/) - Super taster sounds like a compliment. It isn't. It's a genetic condition where bitter tastes register so intensely that coffee arrives as liquid body odor and alcohol lands like Windex. Nearly a quarter of the population has it. Most of them have no idea there's a name for it. There is a specific social cost
- [NEW - If the Date Only Works Because It's Expensive, That's Not Chemistry](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-if-the-date-only-works-because-its-expensive-thats-not-chemistry/) - The cost of dating just cleared $170 a night, and that is before the second round. More than half of single Canadians have gone the entire last year without one date. Imagine standing at the end of an evening doing the math before the bill even arrives. Tony puts it plainly: when the total looks
- [Canada's World Cup Kit Says Frozen Lake. Everybody's Seeing Outer Space.](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-world-cup-kit-says-frozen-lake-everybodys-seeing-outer-space/) - Canada's World Cup kit 2026 is here, and Bob Addison already has a verdict on the black one. You see it and think outer space. The design team meant frozen lake. You have less than a hundred days to decide if you care. There is something specific about a kit that costs real money and
- [OSCARS: Conan Hosted. Matt Berry Stole It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/oscars-conan-hosted-matt-berry-stole-it/) - The 2025 Oscars recap starts somewhere nobody expected: a voice in the background that turned every winner announcement into something funnier and stranger than the broadcast itself. You can find the clips right now. A comedian named Matt Berry delivered the in-house announcements with a very specific commitment that made best picture sound like the
- [NEW - Spring Home Fixes Start in the Places You Were Hoping to Ignore](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-spring-home-fixes-start-in-the-places-you-were-hoping-to-ignore/) - Home DIY repairs arrive whether you are ready for them or not. You notice the droppings. You realize the doorbell has not worked since November. You lose your wallet at the grocery store and spend four minutes retracing every step. None of these are disasters. All of them have a fix and it starts with
- [ICYMI - What Would It Take for Canada to Own Its Own Internet?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-would-it-take-for-canada-to-own-its-own-internet/) - Digital sovereignty in Canada is a practical question and your Gmail account is the starting point. You have probably used it for years without thinking about which country's laws govern it, who can access it under a subpoena, or what happens if the relationship between Canada and the US shifts in ways that affect your
- [NEW - What $60,000 US Gets You in Costa Rica (You Keep It the Whole Time)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-60000-us-gets-you-in-costa-rica-you-keep-it-the-whole-time/) - Canadian retirement abroad is probably not what you think it costs. It is a form, a deposit, and in some cases a monthly income you may already be collecting. Costa Rica asks for sixty thousand US dollars in a local bank account, money that stays yours. Panama gives Canadians a lower real estate threshold because
- [Shiftheads - The Irish Whiskey Aisle Has Never Had More Worth Trying](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-irish-whiskey-aisle-has-never-had-more-worth-trying/) - Irish whiskey is in the middle of one of the more exciting moments in its history, and the shelf at your local liquor store reflects it. You can find expressions right now that simply did not exist for most of the last century. Over fifty distilleries are operating across Ireland, and a strong selection of
- [SHIFTHEADS: Trump Wants the Allies He Burned. The World Ignores Cuba Going Dark.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-trump-wants-the-allies-he-burned-the-world-ignores-cuba-going-dark/) - Trump's foreign policy has a pattern and this week ran it again. You watched him ask the allies he tariffed and insulted to send warships into the Strait of Hormuz. You watched Cuba lose electricity, running on two hours a day before the airport blacked out entirely. You watched Canada's prime minister hit his one-year
- [NEW - The Most Boring Money Advice Is the Best Money Advice](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-most-boring-money-advice-is-the-best-money-advice/) - Financial literacy resources are everywhere and you've probably trusted the wrong ones. You ask AI and get a wall of text. You watch TikTok and get a sales pitch. You call your bank and they tell you to fill out a form section that turns out to be theirs, not yours. Somewhere between the noise
- [Metallica, Vegas, and the $10,000 Birthday Party That Didn't Happen](https://shanehewitt.ca/metallica-vegas-and-the-10000-birthday-party-that-didnt-happen/) - Las Vegas Sphere concert pricing comes with a number you haven't done yet. You have a budget in your head for what a concert is worth. The Sphere changes that number. $900 Canadian is the opening bid before flights, hotels, and everything else that is also real and also needs paying for. At some point,
- [NEW - A Missile Hit Camp Canada and Nobody Said Anything for Days](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-a-missile-hit-camp-canada-and-nobody-said-anything-for-days/) - Trump war fever in Iran is not just a political story. You read a post this week about killing as a great honour, and something in you already knows that's not how soldiers talk. The people who have been near real war almost never sound like this. Somewhere in the same week, a Canadian military
- [SHIFTHEADS: Celine Dion Did This First and Everyone Thought She Was Finished](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-celine-dion-did-this-first-and-everyone-thought-she-was-finished/) - Vegas concert residency economics started shifting the moment someone decided the audience should travel to the artist. You have done the math on a trip like this before. Flights, hotel, tickets, everything else Vegas costs. At a certain point the number stops being about the show and starts being about whether you can justify the
- [NEW - What The Hell To Watch: Six Picks, One Hard Pass, and a Movie That Might Break You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-the-hell-to-watch-six-picks-one-hard-pass-and-a-movie-that-might-break-you/) - What to watch this weekend matters more when the platforms are actively burying the answer. You know the scroll. You've done it. Six recommendations spanning both theatres and streaming: one audio horror that critics are already calling the first great scare of the year, one that will make you rethink what a children's film can
- [Shiftheads - People Discuss Open Marriages Before Admitting You Sleep Separately](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-people-discuss-open-marriages-before-admitting-you-sleep-separately/) - Sleep divorce is the thing most couples won't call anything at all. You know the 3am math: snoring, heat, restless legs, someone reaching for the blanket again. You carry a story about what separate beds mean. The number that contradicts that story is thirty percent. That is how many couples are already sleeping separately. A
- [NEW - You've Been Treating Your Insomnia With a Placebo](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-youve-been-treating-your-insomnia-with-a-placebo/) - Insomnia treatment that works exists. You probably haven't been offered it. You've tried melatonin, cut the screens, kept the room cold. That list is what sleep researchers use as a placebo, not because it might help, but because they know it won't. Ten years is how long you might go before anyone points you somewhere
- [The Pajama Line Nobody Can Agree On](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-pajama-line-nobody-can-agree-on/) - Pajamas in public draw a line you didn't know you had until someone crosses it. You're at the grocery store. The person in front of you is in full flannel. And something in you reacts before you can stop it. Is that judgment? Is that reasonable? And does it change if they're at the airport
- [NEW - The Year the Internet Started](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-year-the-internet-started/) - Canada 1989 is the year you are still paying for, in both directions. Gas was fifty cents a litre. Groceries for a week cost your family eighty dollars. A house in Toronto was $273,000. The numbers are not a punchline. They are a before-and-after, and you are living in the after. In Dryden, Ontario that
- [SHIFTHEADS: Seventeen Million People Had Opinions About Pajamas In a Grocery Store](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-seventeen-million-people-had-opinions-about-pajamas-in-a-grocery-store/) - Shopping in pajamas used to mean you were sick or it was Saturday morning. You've seen it now on your way to work, in the grocery aisle, on the flight home. Something shifted, and the question of whether that's fine has turned out to be one of the most divisive things you'll encounter this year.
- [NEW -  Your MP Just Changed Parties. Nobody Asked You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-mp-just-changed-parties-nobody-asked-you/) - Floor crossing in Canada puts you in a position nobody voted for. Your MP just joined the party you didn't elect them to join. No by-election. No mandate. Just a press release and a new seat in the House. And when the Liberal caucus chair was asked who approached whom and whether any incentives were
- [Shiftheads - His Boss Said No. He Built the Internet Anyway](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-his-boss-said-no-he-built-the-internet-anyway/) - The invention of the internet started with one researcher who could not find his data. You know that feeling. Files on a different machine, a different system, commands you have to relearn every time. For Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989, that frustration became a formal proposal to his bosses. His boss read it, called
- [NEW - Leakers vs Whistleblowers: When the Person You Hired Knows Too Much](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-leakers-vs-whistleblowers-when-the-person-you-hired-knows-too-much/) - Your insider threat at work is already inside. You hired them because they were skilled. You gave them the files, the client list, the access -- because that's what the role required. You didn't think of it as risk. You called it trust. What does it feel like to find out the damage came from
- [ICYMI - The Fortnite Leak That Came From Inside the Building](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-fortnite-leak-that-came-from-inside-the-building/) - Fortnite leaks are not supposed to come from the inside. You picture a hacker, a back door, someone typing fast in a dark room. But when Epic Games filed a lawsuit and named a defendant, it was not a hacker. It was a former contractor named Hayden Cohen, an associate producer with a key card
- [Richard Crouse: This Study Proved Walter White Is More Real Life Than Anyone Thought](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-this-study-proved-walter-white-is-more-real-life-than-anyone-thought/) - Cancer diagnosis criminal behaviour was the subject of a real scientific study, and it puts you somewhere uncomfortable before you finish reading the headline. Breaking Bad in real life, with real life Walter White’s Topics: cancer diagnosis crime, Breaking Bad study, criminal behavior Denmark, economic safety net, concert eventism, movie title fails Booze & Reviews:
- [The Guy Who Lives in the Past Says Stop Living in the Past](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-guy-who-lives-in-the-past-says-stop-living-in-the-past/) - The nostalgia industry has a secret and you are already paying for it. You pulled up that old show last week not because you ran out of new things but because right now feels like too much. You went back to something safe. That instinct is real, and someone is packaging it, pricing it, and
- [NEW: Your $168 Flight Isn't $168](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-168-flight-isnt-168/) - Airline hidden fees have turned flight booking into a guessing game. You find a $168 ticket to Calgary and click through, carry-on selected, one checked bag, and suddenly you're looking at $700. The fare didn't change. You did. And the deal you thought you found was never actually there. There is a version of flying
- [NEW - Smart Speakers: Your $168 Flight Is a $700 Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-your-168-flight-is-a-700-problem/) - Airline drip pricing turns a $168 fare into a $700 problem before you finish booking. You have the dates. You click economy because that is what the screen showed you. Then the carry-on fee appears. Then seat selection. Then the flex option that costs $100 more for the right to change your mind. By the
- [SHIFTHEADS: What the Iran Conflict Could Do to Your Summer Flight](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-what-the-iran-conflict-could-do-to-your-summer-flight/) - Summer flight prices are already a moving target, and a war in Iran just put them in motion again. You found the fare. You know how this goes. By the time you add the carry-on, buy your way out of the middle seat, and pick a departure time that doesn't require a 4am alarm, the
- [NEW - Ryan Finally Watched Jaws. All because of a Lego Set](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ryan-finally-watched-jaws-all-because-of-a-lego-set/) - Jaws 50th anniversary means a lot of things, but mostly it means someone you know has still never seen it. You have seen the poster. You know the music. You could hum it right now. You have absorbed enough of this movie through cultural osmosis that seeing it felt unnecessary. And then something landed in
- [Shiftheads - The CIA Spent 20 Years Trying to Build a Psychic Army](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-cia-spent-20-years-trying-to-build-a-psychic-army/) - CIA Stargate Project files are declassified and you can pull them yourself right now. Type the name into any search box. What you will find is a real government program, running from the 1970s to 1995, built around one question: could a trained psychic spy on Soviet missile silos from a cubicle in Washington? What
- [The Tool That Keeps Telling You It Doesn't Need You](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-tool-that-keeps-telling-you-it-doesnt-need-you/) - AI human agency is the thing the pitch keeps asking you to hand over. You get the new tool. You get the update you did not ask for. You get the message at work that says you better learn this or get left behind. The marketing does not say here is something that will extend
- [NEW - The Real Reason Old Stuff Never Stays Old](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-real-reason-old-stuff-never-stays-old/) - Nostalgia merchandise already has a room in your home. You are on a video call and there is a Stormtrooper Lego on a shelf behind someone and the whole conversation changes. That object did not end up there by accident. And neither did the feeling it just created. The thing that looks like a toy
- [SCAMS: Your Shame Is Part of the Business Model](https://shanehewitt.ca/scams-your-shame-is-part-of-the-business-model/) - Online scams and fraud in Canada quietly cost billions, because most people never say a word. You lose money to a deepfake video of a politician promising returns. You feel ridiculous. So you tell nobody. Not your family. Not the police. That silence is not a side effect of the scam. It is part of
- [NEW - The Day Your Neighbour's Good News Became Yours](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-day-your-neighbours-good-news-became-yours/) - Good news habits compound, and you are probably already doing it without realising. You show up on a Tuesday with nothing on the list. The bar feels impossibly high. Then someone else texts in a small win and something shifts. You did not set out to feel better. It just happened anyway. What does it
- [Good News Tuesday: When a Stranger Decides You Are Worth Showing Up For](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-when-a-stranger-decides-you-are-worth-showing-up-for/) - Good news habits run on one rule: it counts if it counts to you. You text in your maple syrup evaporator finally running on a Tuesday night and that is enough. It does not need to compete with the doctor who adopted her patient or the wife who found her husband under the snow. It
- [SHIFTHEADS: Your List of Reasons to Stay at Your Bank Just Got Smaller](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-your-list-of-reasons-to-stay-at-your-bank-just-got-smaller/) - Canada Post banking just became a real conversation, and it starts with a number you probably recognise. You check your statement and there it is: fees. Not for anything dramatic, just the ordinary month of transfers and payments. Fifty-two dollars in a single month is not unusual at a major Canadian bank. It is just
- [NEW -  Think You Can? One Drive. Zero Rules Broken. Go.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-think-you-can-one-drive-zero-rules-broken-go/) - Your driving habits are harder to spot than you think, and one challenge proves it. You commit to a single drive with zero traffic laws broken. Full stop at every sign. Signal before every lane change. Speed limit, nothing over. You don't make it out of the first parking lot. There is a specific kind
- [Shiftheads - Canadian Government: The Levers Aren't Connected to Anything](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canadian-government-the-levers-arent-connected-to-anything/) - Mark Carney's communications have a specific blind spot, and you see it most clearly when the stakes are highest. You fill your tank and pay nearly double what you paid a year ago. You watch Parliament hold an emergency debate on Canada's role in the Iran war. You notice the Prime Minister is not there.
- [Can You Drive 7 Days Without Breaking a Single Rule?](https://shanehewitt.ca/can-you-drive-7-days-without-breaking-a-single-rule/) - Shane Hewitt describes a class exercise challenging participants to go seven days without breaking a single traffic law, revealing how quickly habits and shortcuts take over. The segment explores how routine behaviour, not intention, often leads to violations, and why the exercise exposes our relationship with rules on the road. The conversation highlights how difficult
- [ICYMI - What You Need To Know That Your Kid Is Actually Learning By Online Gaming](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-you-need-to-know-that-your-kid-is-actually-learning-by-online-gaming/) - Video game benefits rarely get the headline, but the numbers make the case before the conversation even starts. More than 61 percent of Canadians play. The average age of a gamer is 36. You are not watching a niche hobby. You are watching the majority of the country do something together that most people still
- [NEW - Video Game Addiction: The Hours Don't Tell You Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-video-game-addiction-the-hours-dont-tell-you-everything/) - Video game addiction in kids might not be what you think you're looking for. Your kid plays 15 hours a week. So does their friend down the street. One sleeps, socializes, keeps up at school. The other is up at 2am, cancelling plans, falling behind in class. Same hours. Same screen. The research says the
- [Your Tax Pile Might Be Easier this Year - April 30th Is Getting Closer](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-tax-pile-might-be-easier-this-year-april-30th-is-getting-closer/) - CRA tax changes for 2026 arrive during the season most Canadians spend actively avoiding the subject. You have a deadline of April 30th. You probably have questions you have not asked yet, because asking means starting, and starting means facing whatever is in the pile. What does it feel like when the avoidance has gone
- [Your Favourite App Just Got Put on Probation](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-favourite-app-just-got-put-on-probation/) - TikTok Canada continuing feels like the end of a story, but it is closer to the beginning of a different one. You kept scrolling and the app kept running. What you might not know is what had to be agreed to in order for that to happen. Imagine the platform you use every day being
- [Date Night: Tony Says “Don't Send That Text to Your Ex”](https://shanehewitt.ca/date-night-tony-says-dont-send-that-text-to-your-ex/) - Getting back with your ex starts with something small. A dream that leaves your chest tight at 2am. A run-in at the place you used to go together. Two people mentioning their name in the same afternoon. None of it means what you think it means, but your brain is already building a case. Nostalgia
- [The Pipe Under Your Street Has a Secret](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-pipe-under-your-street-has-a-secret/) - Aging water infrastructure under your city is running on borrowed time, and you would never know it from your tap. You turn it on, water comes out, and that feels like proof that someone has it handled. But in Calgary this week, the main feeder pipe supplying 60% of the city's water needed emergency shutdown,
- [NEW - Handy Andy: Everything Your Balcony Could Be Doing](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andy-everything-your-balcony-could-be-doing/) - Vertical vegetable gardening and growing from seed will quietly make you the most interesting gift-giver in your neighbourhood. You put 64 seeds in a tray in January. By spring you have more plants than your yard can hold, more than you planned, more than you need. That is when it gets good. There is something
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Pump Price That Works Against You and For You at the Same Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-pump-price-that-works-against-you-and-for-you-at-the-same-time/) - Oil price volatility in Canada puts you in a strange position every time you fill up. You pay more at the pump and somewhere in the federal math, the country collects more too. High oil means bigger equalization payments flowing across provinces. That does not make the receipt feel better. What does it mean when
- [Why Reddit Kept Its Rules When Everything Else Didn't](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-reddit-kept-its-rules-when-everything-else-didnt/) - Social media doom scrolling used to mean wasting time. Now it means being marketed at by people you never followed, on behalf of products you never asked about, in a feed that looks nothing like what you signed up for. You did not change. The platform did. Reddit was supposed to be the weird corner
- [Doomsday Clock: The Same AI That Cured Diseases Can Build Them, Too](https://shanehewitt.ca/doomsday-clock-the-same-ai-that-cured-diseases-can-build-them-too/) - The doomsday clock hitting 85 seconds to midnight is the kind of fact that lands hard and then disappears into the noise. You file it somewhere between knowing you should care and not knowing what you'd do about it anyway. That gap, it turns out, is the most important variable in the whole equation. Picture
- [ICYMI - Monday Study Panel - Cost of Business in Farms and Cities](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-monday-study-panel-cost-of-business-in-farms-and-cities/) - The $200,000 Fuel Bill and the $30 Grocery Run Gas prices impact on farmers this week is the reason your grocery bill jumped $30 without a single change to what you bought. You felt it at the pump. The farmer who grew your food felt it in a fuel bill that already runs $200,000 a
- [NEW - The Worst Time to Check Your Investments Is Right Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-worst-time-to-check-your-investments-is-right-now/) - Financial panic investing has a trigger and right now you're surrounded by them. The gas price on the sign jumped overnight. The news is about oil and conflict and markets. Everything on your screen is red. And somewhere in the back of your head a voice is telling you to do something about it. Think
- [The Sweatpants Sofa Party Is a Valid Life Choice](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-sweatpants-sofa-party-is-a-valid-life-choice/) - Millennial party culture has a specific before and after and you lived through both sides of it. Before: Project X was in theatres, G6 was on every speaker, and the whole cultural message was that a real night out required spending serious money and recovering for two days. After: you are genuinely considering whether your
- [NEW - Nobody Has Defined What Winning Looks Like](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-nobody-has-defined-what-winning-looks-like/) - Iran war unconditional surrender sounds decisive until you ask what comes after. You are watching a conflict that has been building for fifty years, funded by a regime that paid for the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza simultaneously. The bombing started a week ago. Nobody has clearly defined what the
- [SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: I Lost at Poker. I'm Taking Me a Flamingo](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-copy-i-lost-at-poker-im-taking-me-a-flamingo/) - Vegas flamingo kidnapping is a sentence that exists now, and the man responsible is Canadian, which honestly tracks. You lose at poker, you walk the casino floor, you enter the habitat, and you leave with a live bird named Peachy under your arm. The search warrant for his hotel room listed feathers, blood samples, and
- [NEW - The Business Case Canadian Oil Just Showed (AGAIN!)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-business-case-canadian-oil-just-showed-again/) - Shane Rants:Canadian energy self-sufficiency has an argument and right now you are paying it every time you fill up. Diesel was $1.20 a litre not long ago. This week it crossed $1.99 in parts of Ottawa. The Strait of Hormuz, a 33-kilometre opening at the mouth of the Gulf, is blocked. A thousand ships are
- [Shiftheads -  Pixar Is Back, Frankenstein Has Dance Sequences, and SCTV Is Finally All Online!](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-pixar-is-back-frankenstein-has-dance-sequences-and-sctv-is-finally-all-online/) - MOVIES: Pixar Is Back and Frankenstein Has Dance Sequences New movies this weekend include a Pixar film that the people who wrote Pixar off are going to have to reckon with. You put a human consciousness into an animatronic beaver body, you cast it brilliantly, you skirt the line between genuinely funny for adults and
- [ICYMI You're Next to Me But You're Really Not With Me](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-youre-next-to-me-but-youre-really-not-with-me/) - Phone ruining relationships has a clinical name now and you have probably done it this week. Phubbing is phone snubbing, the moment you reach for your screen while someone who loves you is sitting right there. It has been linked in research to relationship dissatisfaction, more conflict, feeling less valued, and more jealousy. It is
- [NEW - One Wire. Every Country. No Shared Story](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-one-wire-every-country-no-shared-story/) - AI disinformation looks different depending on where you are standing and your version of this conflict is almost certainly not the same as anyone else's. The feed was personalised to keep you engaged. The algorithm doesnot care whether what it shows you is complete. It cares that you come back. That was true before the
- [The French Fry You're Eating Has 30 Ingredients. Your Parents' Fries Had Three](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-french-fry-youre-eating-has-30-ingredients-your-parents-fries-had-three/) - Ultra processed foods are changing what you eat without you noticing. You order french fries thinking you're getting a potato. You're getting up to 30 ingredients: preservatives, citric acid, chemical fillers, all cooked in oil that's been sitting for days. White bread is a sugar sponge with no nutritional density and a shelf life that
- [Your Brain Has a Cleaning Cycle and Meditation Can Run It](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-brain-has-a-cleaning-cycle-and-meditation-can-run-it/) - Meditation brain science just found something that had never been recorded before and it changes the case for why any of this matters. Every night while you sleep, your brain runs a cleaning cycle, flushing out the protein buildup and metabolic waste that accumulates during the day. Researchers at Vanderbilt and Brigham and Women's just
- [Posthumous Albums: One Last Music Gift or the Last Grab for Cash](https://shanehewitt.ca/posthumous-albums-one-last-music-gift-or-the-last-grab-for-cash/) - Posthumous music releases have always forced you to decide how you feel about something the artist never got to approve. You played Life After Death knowing Biggie was 24 when he died and never heard it finished. You decided it was worth it. The industry decided it was worth it for different reasons, and those
- [Throwback Thursday: We Can’t Tell If This Budget Is From 1997 or This Morning](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-we-cant-tell-if-this-budget-is-from-1997-or-this-morning/) - 1997 Canada nostalgia stops being fun right about when the budget comes out. You pull up Paul Martin's federal budget from that year and he is talking about balance and support for students and families. The date says 29 years ago. You could have sworn it said this morning. What does it feel like to
- [SHIFTHEADS: Cheese Curds, Potholes, and a Protected Name](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-cheese-curds-potholes-and-a-protected-name/) - Quebec cheese curd designation is about geography, not quality, and that gap is where things get interesting. You have bought corn on the cob labeled from Neuville that came from all over the province. You paid extra for the story. The designation is supposed to close the gap between the label and the truth. Whether
- [Shiftheads - Did Alberta's Budget Fixed Itself Again This Week?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-did-albertas-budget-fixed-itself-again-this-week/) - Alberta oil revenue swings don't just move the economy. They move the entire political conversation, and last week's deficit just became this week's windfall because a conflict broke out and oil prices moved. You watched the same thing happen during the pandemic, during the Ukraine invasion, during every price spike going back to the 1970s.
- [NEW -  What Biggie's Legacy Actually Built](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-biggies-legacy-actually-built/) - Biggie Smalls' legacy runs deeper than the music, and you've been living inside its business model for 30 years without knowing it. You know the drive-by in Los Angeles. You know the East Coast rivalry. What you probably haven't connected is how that grief became a playbook that still runs hip hop today. What happens
- [ICYMI - Notorious BIG: The Young Kid Who Made Ready to Die at 20](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-notorious-big-the-young-kid-who-made-ready-to-die-at-20/) - Hip hop golden age doesn't get a better case study than Biggie, and when you do the math it hits different. You put on Ready to Die today and it sounds like something made by someone who had lived everything in it twice. That album was recorded at 20 years old. Whatever you were doing
- [NEW - Diana Did It First and Nobody Has Matched It Since](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-diana-did-it-first-and-nobody-has-matched-it-since/) - Princess Diana's influence never really left, and you're still living inside what she built. You follow people online who post workout clothes next to red carpet looks and tag the charity on the way out. You've seen it a thousand times. Diana did all of it first, and the difference is she wasn't performing any
- [Richard Crouse - Spice Girl Greed and Boozy Hockey Drinks!](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-spice-girl-greed-and-boozy-hockey-drinks/) - Turns Out Girl Power Only Goes As Far as a DollarSpice Girls trademark lawyers just shut down a 22-year-old who built her company from scratch at 13, and you already know the slogan they're hiding behind. You spell it differently. SPYCE GIRLZ. You grow it over nine years into something grocery chains across Canada want
- [The War You're Already Paying For](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-war-youre-already-paying-for/) - Global conflict is hitting your wallet in ways nobody is connecting for you. You saw the fuel price and kept driving. You got an email apologizing for a service outage. Your AI tool started ignoring your instructions. Iranian drones hit data centres in the UAE and Bahrain and knocked out Amazon Web Services. You felt
- [NEW - Smart Speakers: The News Is Loud. It's Also Missing You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-the-news-is-loud-its-also-missing-you/) - What the news isn't telling you right now fits in one sentence: the things happening far away are already in your wallet. There is something specific that happens when you hear a leader drop an F-bomb answering a joke question at a fireside chat. Your grandmother's voice shows up. Words are gifts, or they are
- [Seeking Soulmates - Only 8% Are Still In the Pool](https://shanehewitt.ca/seeking-soulmates-only-8-are-still-in-the-pool/) - The dating recession in Canada is real, and you are probably not surprised. A new Nanos poll for the Globe and Mail found only 8% of Canadians are actively dating right now. You have seen the same faces on the apps for eight to ten years. You have read the same lines. You have sent
- [NEW-  The Prehistoric Hookup That's Wired Into You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-prehistoric-hookup-thats-wired-into-you/) - Neanderthal DNA is not ancient history. It is in you right now, between 1 and 2% of your genome, and it arrived because tens of thousands of years ago, when your ancestors walked out of Africa and met people who had been living in Europe and Asia for hundreds of thousands of years, they recognized
- [Shiftheads - Comic Books: You Grew Up. The Scam Didn't](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-comic-books-you-grew-up-the-scam-didnt/) - Online scams feel like something that happened to other people, not you. You've seen the AI-generated fitness transformation video, the one where the old man gets completely jacked in a few months, and you watched it twice. Maybe three times. You knew it was fake. And then you thought: but what if it isn't? What
- [War Tensions Push Bitcoin Up $4K in 24 Hours](https://shanehewitt.ca/war-tensions-push-bitcoin-up-4k-in-24-hours/) - Shane Hewitt breaks down a sharp surge in Bitcoin, which climbed more than $4,000 US in 24 hours to surpass $70,000, as global tensions drive interest in digital assets. Gold prices have also risen significantly, affecting everything from investment markets to consumer jewellery costs. The segment explains the speculation behind the movements and what it
- [Your Cancer Scan Might Soon Have a New Second Opinion](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-cancer-scan-might-soon-have-a-new-second-opinion/) - AI medical diagnosis is already catching cancers that trained doctors miss, and within months of using it, those same doctors are getting worse at catching the ones the AI gets wrong. Researchers shadowed doctors relying on AI diagnostic tools and found their independent detection accuracy dropped in just a few months. The AI is not
- [NEW - From A Writer: What It Actually Costs to Call Yourself a Creator](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-from-a-writer-what-it-actually-costs-to-call-yourself-a-creator/) - Living a creative life, you were told, was about freedom. You built the thing you wanted. You showed up. You protected the time. And then one morning you woke up and realized you'd turned your dream into an identity you couldn't afford to question. It isn't failure. It's the particular weight of knowing you should
- [ICYMI - Marketing War: Whose Story Are You Actually Living?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-marketing-war-whose-story-are-you-actually-living/) - War propaganda and the ad served to you thirty seconds ago use the same playbook, and you're already inside it. Media manipulation lands softest when you're not looking for it. You absorbed the operation name, the video game nomenclature, the good versus evil framing, and somewhere in there it started to feel like your conclusion.
- [“Best Coach Ever”: Adam Redmond on Lessons That Last](https://shanehewitt.ca/best-coach-ever-adam-redmond-on-lessons-that-last/) - Skills and development coach Adam Redmond joins Shane Hewitt to discuss what defines a great coach and how coaching, mentorship and leadership overlap. Redmond reflects on his years coaching young players, the influence of his own mentors and how those lessons apply to parenting and life beyond hockey. The conversation highlights the long-term impact coaches
- [Good News Tuesday: Because Some Days You Need Someone to Go First](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-because-some-days-you-need-someone-to-go-first/) - Good News Tuesday exists because some days you need someone to go first. You have been carrying something this week, maybe small, maybe not. You did not wake up this morning expecting anyone to make room for the good stuff. But here it is, and it is yours if you want it. One host has
- [NEW - Good News Tuesday: The Antidote to the Week You Just Had](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-good-news-tuesday-the-antidote-to-the-week-you-just-had/) - Good News Tuesday is not pretending the hard stuff is not there. You feel the weight of 2026 and you are not imagining it. Someone on tonight's show said the comments coming in already feel a lot like 2020, and they are right. This hour is not a distraction from that. It is the thing
- [Todd’s Final Message: How a Friend Knew Something Was Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/todds-final-message-how-a-friend-knew-something-was-wrong/) - Shane Hewitt recalls the emotional story of his mentor Todd, the bond they shared, and the moment he realized something was wrong after the Maui fires. Speaking with the host, he explains how a simple text message revealed Todd had passed away. The conversation reflects on fate, friendship and sudden loss. #mauifires #LosingAFriend #cfraottawa #talkradio
- [SHIFTHEADS:The People Who Inspired You Were Almost Never Supposed to Be There](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheadsthe-people-who-inspired-you-were-almost-never-supposed-to-be-there/) - The people who inspired you most were probably not in your plan. You did not find them on purpose. They just showed up one day, did something they had no obligation to do, and quietly changed the whole direction of your life before you even knew it was happening. Imagine being four years old, sick,
- [NEW - You Have Been Saying Yes to Internet Cookies. Here Is What That Actually Costs You.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-you-have-been-saying-yes-to-internet-cookies-here-is-what-that-actually-costs-you/) - Internet cookies are on every website you visit and you have been saying yes to all of them. You click through that popup in half a second because it is easier and you just want to get to the page. You have done it a hundred times today without thinking. The question is what you
- [Your Quiet Kid and the Team That Might Be Exactly Right for Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-quiet-kid-and-the-team-that-might-be-exactly-right-for-them/) - Shy kids in sports is a question worth sitting with if you have a quiet child at home. You watch them hang back at parties, take forever to warm up to new faces, and prefer the comfort of one friend over a crowd. You have wondered whether a team setting helps or just adds one
- [Your Browser Is Tracking You: Carmi Levy Explains](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-browser-is-tracking-you-carmi-levy-explains/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with tech analyst Carmi Levy about how websites use cookies to track users across the internet. Levy explains why Canadians should reject unnecessary cookies, tighten browser settings and regularly clear stored data. He says the European Union’s standards have pushed companies to offer better privacy controls globally. #onlineprivacy #BrowserCookies #cfraottawa #talkradio
- [ICYMI - WHAT MAKES A GOOD COACH: The Coach Your Kid Never Forgets Wasn't the Loudest One in the Room](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-what-makes-a-good-coach-the-coach-your-kid-never-forgets-wasnt-the-loudest-one-in-the-room/) - What makes a good coach? You have had one. You know the feeling of someone putting you in a situation where they believed in you before you believed in yourself. The question is whether you can recognize what they actually did, because it probably wasn't what you think. Before a game on a losing road
- [Iran, Israel, and the Part of the War Plan Nobody Has Written Yet](https://shanehewitt.ca/iran-israel-and-the-part-of-the-war-plan-nobody-has-written-yet/) - Iran Israel war analysis is all over your feed right now and most of it sounds confident. You are watching footage of precision strikes and hearing about tactical brilliance and somewhere underneath all of it you are asking the same question nobody on television seems to be answering: what happens the day after tomorrow? What
- [Apple Promised You the Future. This Week They Just Updated the Usual Stuff.](https://shanehewitt.ca/apple-promised-you-the-future-this-week-they-just-updated-the-usual-stuff/) - Instagram teen safety is not something most parents think about until they need to, and by then it is usually too late. This week something changed. If your teenager is on Instagram and searches for self-harm or suicide topics, you find out. Not someday. Right then. Apple had a week of updates and the absence
- [What If Joining a Cartel Is the Rational Choice?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-if-joining-a-cartel-is-the-rational-choice/) - Mexican cartel corruption starts with a choice you've probably never faced. Your options are starvation, death, or work for an organization where you might still die, but you eat today and your pocket has cash. You'd call it criminal. Someone living it might call it rational. The same logic driving cartel recruitment in Michoacan operates
- [ICYMI: The Great BC Time Change: More Math Than Anyone Expected](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-great-bc-time-change-more-math-than-anyone-expected/) - BC daylight saving time is permanent now. You're the one who has to live with what comes next. Your Vancouver winter solstice sunrise lands at nine in the morning. Your Sunday football begins an hour later. Cross into Washington state between November and February and you step backward through time the moment you hit the
- [Hidden Monthly Costs: What to Cut First](https://shanehewitt.ca/hidden-monthly-costs-what-to-cut-first/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with a personal‑finance guest about how Canadians can reduce spending by identifying low‑value expenses rather than giving up everyday joys. The guest explains how small cuts—such as unused streaming subscriptions—can be redirected to long‑term savings and retirement planning. The segment highlights practical, empowering steps that help people feel more in control
- [The Myth That's Been Running Your Clock for 100 Years](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-myth-thats-been-running-your-clock-for-100-years/) - Daylight saving time arrives next week and it's coming for your Sunday morning. You lose an hour of sleep, drag through Monday in a fog, and spend the week quietly convinced someone should just fix this already. BC Premier David Eby just decided to do exactly that, opting out permanently. The rest of Canada still
- [NEW - Handy Andy’s Garden is Planted and Yard is Ready! (He’s Clearly Not in Ottawa)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andys-garden-is-planted-and-yard-is-ready-hes-clearly-not-in-ottawa/) - What's Actually in Your Potting Mix (Hint: No Soil) Potting mix and potting soil sound identical but one of them contains zero actual soil. You grab a bag at the garden center, assume dirt is dirt, and wonder later why nothing grew the way it should. The label says enhanced. The price says premium. Neither
- [Why 46% of Global Food Is Wasted—And How to Fix It](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-46-of-global-food-is-wasted-and-how-to-fix-it/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with a company leader whose mission is to reduce global food waste, noting that nearly 46 per cent of all food produced is thrown out. The guest explains how their business model directly ties performance to every meal saved from being wasted. The conversation highlights the scale of the problem and
- [NEW - The $50 Move That Beats Every Budget Spreadsheet You've Ever Abandoned](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-50-move-that-beats-every-budget-spreadsheet-youve-ever-abandoned/) - Retirement savings advice usually starts with a budget, and budgets usually fail. You build the categories, track the spending for two weeks, and then life happens and the spreadsheet disappears. Anita Bruinsma's approach skips that entirely: the day you get paid, $50 goes into a TFSA before you see it, and everything left is yours
- [What Can Canada Learn About Our Readiness from the US/Israel Attack on Iran?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-can-canada-learn-about-our-readiness-from-the-us-israel-attack-on-iran/) - Richard Shimooka discusses the technology used in the first weekend of the war, and discusses with Shane Hewitt the gaps in both Canada’s Military Assets. The number of planes lost in Iran (if they were Canadian) would have already devastated our Air Force. Richard also helps us understand that Canada doesn’t stockpile weapons. So how
- [The Last Blood Moon Canada Gets for Three Years](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-last-blood-moon-canada-gets-for-three-years/) - Canada's total lunar eclipse in 2026 is happening once, and this is it. You set the alarm, step outside, and watch a red moon sitting low in the western sky while the sun starts coming up behind you in the east. It won't happen again until 2029. Why does the moon turn red? The sun's
- [ICYMI - The Dealership's First Question Is a Trap. Don't Answer It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-dealerships-first-question-is-a-trap-dont-answer-it/) - Car loan debt in Canada is heading somewhere Americans have already been, and the first question at any dealership is designed to get you there faster. How much do you have a month to spend? Don't answer. The moment you do, they'll hit that number. The loan might run 120 months. The car won't. Americans
- [B.C. Sticks to Daylight Time—Here’s What It Means](https://shanehewitt.ca/b-c-sticks-to-daylight-time-heres-what-it-means/) - Host Shane Hewitt discusses Premier David Eby’s decision for British Columbia to remain on permanent daylight time, honouring a pledge first made by John Horgan in 2019. Hewitt highlights the regional complexities of B.C.’s time zones and the impact on Canadians who deal with extreme daylight changes at higher latitudes. The conversation explores why the
- [The $3,800 You're Throwing Out Every Year Without Realizing](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-3800-youre-throwing-out-every-year-without-realizing/) - Food waste savings of $3,800 a year are already in your refrigerator. You open it, grab what looks good, cook what you felt motivated to make, and quietly throw out the rest. Not because you're careless. Because fully stocked shelves trained you to shop that way. Too Good To Go operates on a straightforward mechanism:
- [NEW - Stories From the Weekend - Canola Tariff Help and Observations of the Iran War](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-stories-from-the-weekend-canola-tariff-help-and-observations-of-the-iran-war/) - Canola tariffs just dropped, and if you grow canola or know someone who does, you felt this week land differently. China suspended agricultural tariffs on Canadian canola. A new trade deal with India was signed. The phone calls coming out of Saskatchewan farms have a different tone right now. Iran US military strikes just reshaped
- [The Hidden Power of Human Connection](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-hidden-power-of-human-connection/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with a guest from a national human‑connection initiative about why simply being around others does not create real social connection. The guest explains the health impacts of meaningful interaction and why awareness of human connection has lagged behind decades of education on diet, sleep and exercise. The discussion highlights new research
- [Why We Don’t Recognize Our Own Loneliness](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-we-dont-recognize-our-own-loneliness/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with a national human‑connection advocate who says most people misunderstand loneliness, including herself when she founded the movement. She explains how major life events—loss, divorce, career setbacks and relocation—can trigger loneliness even in highly social people. The guest highlights how recognizing loneliness allows Canadians to address it through simple acts like
- [AI Search Changes Everything for Marketing](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-search-changes-everything-for-marketing/) - Host Shane Hewitt discusses how AI‑driven search is upending traditional “buy Google ads” playbooks and opening new discovery paths for brands. The segment raises concerns about walled‑garden social search and warns that closed systems can distort results and limit viewpoint diversity. The conversation urges companies to adapt content for AI briefings while teaching kids critical
- [How Small Connections Can Change Your Life](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-small-connections-can-change-your-life/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Pete Bombaci, CEO of GenWell, about Canada’s growing loneliness problem and why micro‑interactions matter as much as deep relationships. Bombaci says many Canadians don’t recognize signs of loneliness and explains how everyday habits—from talking to neighbours to scheduling social time—can improve health and resilience. The conversation highlights GenWell’s campaigns, including
- [Why Micro‑Connections Matter: New Canadian Campaign](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-micro-connections-matter-new-canadian-campaign/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with a representative from a Canadian social‑connection initiative about the launch of new Moments of Connection cards. The discussion highlights research showing that everyday micro‑interactions—at the store, the bank or a coffee shop—help Canadians feel seen, valued and connected. The guest explains why strengthening both deep and casual relationships is vital
- [Food Pricing Power: Charlebois Warns About Market Control](https://shanehewitt.ca/food-pricing-power-charlebois-warns-about-market-control/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois about the growing concerns over grocery dominance in Canada. Charlebois warns that major chains are squeezing suppliers and using property controls to limit competitors, especially in rural areas. He says these practices contribute to higher prices for consumers. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to
- [Brady Tkachuk Fixed It Right](https://shanehewitt.ca/brady-tkachuk-fixed-it-right/) - You already know what you think about cancel culture in sports. A US hockey player laughs at the wrong moment during a White House visit. You see the clip, you form your verdict, you move on. Then the White House posts an AI deepfake of Brady Tkachuk saying things he never said. He gets it
- [NEW - Single Women Are “Living Their Truth”. Single Men Are Just Sad, Apparently](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-single-women-are-living-their-truth-single-men-are-just-sad-apparently/) - Single men stereotypes have exactly two settings right now, and neither of them is accurate. You're either a playboy or you're an incel, and the middle ground, the guy who simply hasn't found what he's looking for and genuinely enjoys going to bed when he wants, doesn't have a narrative yet. Women have two books
- [SHIFTHEADS: 52% of Canadians Feel Lonely Every Week. Are You One of Them?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-52-of-canadians-feel-lonely-every-week-are-you-one-of-them/) - Loneliness and human connection have a measurement problem, and the number from Genwell's own Canadian research lands harder than most people expect. 52% of Canadians say they feel lonely on a weekly basis. Not occasionally. Not during hard seasons. Every week. And the research is clear that being surrounded by people does not fix it,
- [Paul McCartney Didn't Know If He'd Ever Write Music Again](https://shanehewitt.ca/paul-mccartney-didnt-know-if-hed-ever-write-music-again/) - Your weekend streaming picks just got more interesting than you planned. Prime Video has a Paul McCartney documentary that has nothing to do with The Beatles. It's about after, when he didn't know if he'd write another note of music or whether audiences would accept him alone. That admission from one of the most gifted
- [Shiftheads - Canada Is Selling LNG to India and That Is Actually the Eco Story Nobody Is Telling](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canada-is-selling-lng-to-india-and-that-is-actually-the-eco-story-nobody-is-telling/) - Canadian politics and trade collided this week in ways that cut across the usual lines. India is growing at four to five percent annually, needs energy, and was burning coal before it moved to oil. It is now moving to natural gas. Canada just came back from India with a deal, and Andrew Caddell's framing
- [El Mencho vs Escobar: Expert on What Happens Next](https://shanehewitt.ca/el-mencho-vs-escobar-expert-on-what-happens-next/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Jean Daillant, associate professor at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, about the death of cartel leader El Mencho and the parallels to Pablo Escobar’s fall in 1993. Daillant explains how cartel structure, extradition pressure and cross‑border drug markets shape violence levels. The discussion explores whether Mexico could
- [The Town That Invented Hockey Wants Its Credit Back](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-town-that-invented-hockey-wants-its-credit-back/) - You think you know the hockey birthplace Canada story. You probably picture Montreal or maybe Kingston. Sports historian Danny Dill has a different answer backed by more than 200 years of books, essays, and physical artifacts: Windsor, Nova Scotia. Not as a regional claim. As the documented origin point from which the sport spread everywhere
- [The Sidewalk in Front of Your House Belongs to the City. The Ice on It Is Your Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-sidewalk-in-front-of-your-house-belongs-to-the-city-the-ice-on-it-is-your-problem/) - Winter slip and fall liability is more complicated than the patch of ice you're standing on. The sidewalk that cuts through your driveway is city property. Ontario courts have held the city responsible for falls on that surface. But if snow you piled up ran down onto that sidewalk and froze overnight, the liability comes
- [Night Owls Score Higher on Cognitive Tests. Multiple Studies. Same Result](https://shanehewitt.ca/night-owls-score-higher-on-cognitive-tests-multiple-studies-same-result/) - Night owl and early bird brain differences run deeper than when you set your alarm. If you stay up late and always have, you are not one type of night owl, you are one of three. The first subtype has higher prefrontal cortex volume, faster reaction times, and better cognitive test scores. The second is
- [NEW - Google Is Giving You a Customized Answer. It Is Not Giving You the Right One](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-google-is-giving-you-a-customized-answer-it-is-not-giving-you-the-right-one/) - AI search disruption is already changing what you find when you search, and the result is not neutral. Google's AI summary is built on what you have searched before, where you are located, and what keeps you on the platform. Mohit Rajhans flags it directly: that is not 100% accurate just because you searched it.
- [Alberta Spending Surge: Breckenridge Breaks It Down](https://shanehewitt.ca/alberta-spending-surge-breckenridge-breaks-it-down/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Calgary commentator Rob Breckenridge about Alberta’s new budget, rising spending and the province’s shifting referendum strategy. Breckenridge also discusses teacher shortages, immigration pressures and how political tensions have spilled into the Canada–U.S. hockey rivalry. The conversation highlights how fiscal choices and national narratives intersect in Alberta’s current political climate. #AlbertaBudget
- [Will Taking Out El Mencho Actually Fix Anything? Colombia Knows](https://shanehewitt.ca/will-taking-out-el-mencho-actually-fix-anything-colombia-knows/) - Pablo Escobar died in December 1993, and whether that made things better is still genuinely open. You've seen a new cartel leader taken out recently and you're watching to see how it lands. The 1993 playbook exists. The result is documented. And it's more complicated than the headline suggested. Shane draws a direct line between
- [Throwback Thursday: Canada Had Three Prime Ministers in 1993](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-canada-had-three-prime-ministers-in-1993/) - Best city to raise a family in Canada? You already have the answer without thinking about it. Your hometown gets better every year you're away from it, and the texts coming in tonight prove it. Burlington in all caps. Deep River, Ontario. Rural Jamaica to Toronto. Everyone has a place and nobody is backing down.
- [SHIFTHEADS: Canada’s Small Towns Often Have One Grocery Store. That's Not an Accident](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-canadas-small-towns-often-have-one-grocery-store-thats-not-an-accident/) - Grocery competition in Canada is vanishing from your town before you ever realize it's gone. The grocer down the street didn't just win your business. They bought the land next door to make sure nobody else ever could. When you drive through rural Canada and see only one option for food, that's not geography. That's
- [NEW -  Half of Those Players Probably Didn't Want to Be There](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-half-of-those-players-probably-didnt-want-to-be-there/) - The US Canada hockey rivalry just landed in uncomfortable territory, and you felt it watching that clip. You saw the laugh. You saw the AI video of Brady Tkachuk appearing to insult Canadians, fake and taken down. But statistically, based on the last election, about half those players probably didn't want to be there either,
- [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Picks: Who Deserves It?](https://shanehewitt.ca/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-picks-who-deserves-it/) - Host Shane Hewitt gives rapid‑fire Yes/No verdicts on the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer nominees. He weighs impact, legacy and genre breadth while reacting to names ranging from Mariah Carey to Iron Maiden. The segment highlights how generational influence shapes Hall of Fame debates. #rockhall #RockHall2026 #cfraottawa #talkradio #ottawa Connect with 580
- [Letter Writing Comeback: Andrea Raymond Wong Explains](https://shanehewitt.ca/letter-writing-comeback-andrea-raymond-wong-explains/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Andrea Raymond Wong, co‑founder of the Toronto Letter Writers Society, about why handwritten letters still resonate in a digital age. Wong explains the emotional impact and personal connection that letters create, especially for those who haven’t written one in years. The conversation highlights the renewed interest in letter writing as
- [Electric Circus: The Original TikTok Dance Floor](https://shanehewitt.ca/electric-circus-the-original-tiktok-dance-floor/) - Shane Hewitt explores the evolution of MuchMusic’s Electric Circus, including how host Monica Deol helped shift the show from daytime tapings to Friday‑night club culture. The segment highlights how the program embraced dance, hip hop and R&B and became a defining part of 1990s music television. The conversation also notes how the show's appeal mirrors
- [Gen Z Writing Style: No Caps, More Vibes](https://shanehewitt.ca/gen-z-writing-style-no-caps-more-vibes/) - Shane Hewitt discusses why many Gen Z writers avoid capital letters, framing the shift as a move toward conversational, less authoritative communication. The segment explores how this style shows up in texts, letters and everyday writing, and why it may encourage more personal expression. Hewitt also reflects on the novelty of receiving a handwritten letter
- [You Keep Every Handwritten Letter. You Delete Every Email](https://shanehewitt.ca/you-keep-every-handwritten-letter-you-delete-every-email/) - Handwritten letters sitting in a drawer right now, you know exactly which ones they are. You have not thrown a single one out. Your inbox from the same period is gone. Ryan's army-enlisted friend couldn't take a phone into five months of training, suggested writing letters instead, and Ryan realized he hadn't sent one in
- [Shiftheads - Colombia Got Less Violent After Escobar Died. It Also Now Ships Four Times More Cocaine](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-colombia-got-less-violent-after-escobar-died-it-also-now-ships-four-times-more-cocaine/) - The Pablo Escobar and El Mencho comparison lands differently once you hear the Colombia data. Violence dropped significantly after Escobar was killed in 1993. That is true. Colombia's cocaine exports are now four or five times higher than they were at the time. Also true, and it complicates the whole story. Jean Daudelin's explanation: killing
- [Your Favourite Show Is Already Booking Your Next Vacation Rental](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-favourite-show-is-already-booking-your-next-vacation-rental/) - Movie tourism just turned your watchlist into a travel bucket list. You can rent the actual cottage from Heated Rivalry on Airbnb right now for $248.10 a night in Muskoka, and that price is almost certainly 10 times lower than it should be. Downton Abbey's filming location became one of Britain's top tourist attractions the
- [NEW - Electric Circus Shouldn't Have Happened (That's Why It Worked)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-electric-circus-shouldnt-have-happened-thats-why-it-worked/) - Canadian TV nostalgia for Electric Circus hits different when you realize nobody in charge thought it should work. You got an invite, you paid your own way to Toronto, you showed up at those garage doors on Queen Street, and the camera found you. No filter. No preview. No control. The budget was essentially nothing.
- [NEW - First the Calculator, and now AI Is Doing the Work. That's Exactly the Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-first-the-calculator-and-now-ai-is-doing-the-work-thats-exactly-the-problem/) - AI and job satisfaction are moving in opposite directions and most workplaces haven't noticed yet. You finish the day having produced more than you ever could alone. You also finish it without the feeling that you did anything. A Harvard research study called the Progress Principle found that people who feel they accomplished something each
- [Your Tech Keeps Breaking On Purpose](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-tech-keeps-breaking-on-purpose/) - Buggy software frustrates you, and the people who shipped it felt the same way when they sent it. You open your new laptop and a folder flickers, disappears, comes back wrong. You do the update and something that worked yesterday stops working. This isn't your device aging out. This is a decision someone made before
- [The Letter You Keep Meaning to Write](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-letter-you-keep-meaning-to-write/) - Letters to your kids about who they are before you have to leave them. You've probably thought about it. Maybe you started. Sunny Dhillon started writing his because a racist incident at a playground in Ottawa scared his daughter in kindergarten, and he knew exactly what she was about to carry. When Sunny was growing
- [Shiftheads - The CIA Made a Sex Tape and Decided Nobody Would Believe It](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-cia-made-a-sex-tape-and-decided-nobody-would-believe-it/) - CIA secret operations history has a documented file titled Happy Days. It's 1959. Indonesia. The CIA wants to discredit a foreign leader named Sukarno, so they find a lookalike, film a fake sex tape, screen it internally, and conclude that nobody will believe it. The operation that was too unbelievable even for a propaganda campaign
- [Tony Chapman: Why Today’s Youth Must Reinvent Themselves](https://shanehewitt.ca/tony-chapman-why-todays-youth-must-reinvent-themselves/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Tony Chapman, host of Chatter That Matters, about why young people face a shifting career landscape and why reinvention is becoming essential. Chapman shares lessons from the K3 Sisters’ unconventional path and reflects on the importance of curiosity, independence and learning through real‑world experience. The conversation also explores how parents can
- [Should Government Decide Where Students Study?](https://shanehewitt.ca/should-government-decide-where-students-study/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Michael Sangster about the importance of protecting federal and provincial student grants that help low‑income learners access training and return to the workforce. The discussion highlights why flexibility matters for students balancing jobs, caregiving and non‑traditional schedules. The segment also questions whether governments should determine which institutions receive funding or whether
- [NEW - The Parent Who Does Everything Is Guaranteeing the Wrong Outcome](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-parent-who-does-everything-is-guaranteeing-the-wrong-outcome/) - Youth career advice usually sounds like a plan. Tony Chapman's version starts earlier and goes somewhere different. His mom rented him the pitcher for his lemonade stand, made him calculate profit margins on Kool-Aid concentrate, figure out how many cups per glass, and walk to the park where it was sunny before she'd let him
- [SHIFTHEADS: 71% Land Directly in Their Field. The Backup Plan Is Outperforming the Plan](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-71-land-directly-in-their-field-the-backup-plan-is-outperforming-the-plan/) - Career college in Canada has a number most people haven't heard and it's worth stopping on. 71% of graduates go directly into a field related to their training. The average student is in their 30s, has children, and is making a deliberate choice to retrain, not falling back on something. One to five o'clock every
- [NEW - Fund Them. But Fund Them With a Plan](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-fund-them-but-fund-them-with-a-plan/) - Canadian athlete funding is worth having and both people in this conversation agree on that. What they don't agree on is whether the ask being made right now deserves to be taken seriously. Two days after Milan Cortina ended, the Canadian Olympic Committee called for more money. Jamie Ellerton's read: cheap and lazy. The last
- [Mexico Fake News AI: The Cartel Knew You'd Share It](https://shanehewitt.ca/mexico-fake-news-ai-the-cartel-knew-youd-share-it/) - Fake news detection just got a harder test, and the cartels just raised the bar. You're watching Mexico unravel in your feed and the images are terrifying: skylines on fire, planes on tarmacs reduced to ash, buildings exploding. But those planes weren't burning at that airport. Those images were AI-generated by the cartels themselves, seeded
- [The Little Robot Rides the Power Line Like a Zip Line](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-little-robot-rides-the-power-line-like-a-zip-line/) - Robots and AI technology just solved two problems you didn't know had the same answer. After an ice storm in China, a quadricopter drone flies out, finds the loaded power lines, and repels down a tiny robot that latches on and rides the line like a zip line, spinning blades chopping ice the whole way,
- [Saturn Is Visible Tonight and the Rings Aren't the Story](https://shanehewitt.ca/saturn-is-visible-tonight-and-the-rings-arent-the-story/) - Your next chance to see Saturn is tonight, low in the western sky just after sunset, and you don't need a telescope. But while the rings are what everyone pictures, the real story is a moon that's larger than Mercury, has an atmosphere almost as thick as Earth's, and is considered more habitable in some
- [NEW - How to Train Your Dino: The Fossil That Appeared Millions of Years Too Early](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-how-to-train-your-dino-the-fossil-that-appeared-millions-of-years-too-early/) - Evolution textbook timelines tell you when specific adaptations appeared. You learned herbivores developed complex plant-shredding teeth at a specific point in history. That's the fact. Except there's a skull sitting in a lab in Ottawa right now with those exact teeth, and it's millions of years older than the date your textbook says they're supposed
- [315M‑Year Fossil Found: Dr. Maddin Reveals New Species](https://shanehewitt.ca/315m-year-fossil-found-dr-maddin-reveals-new-species/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Hillary Maddin of Carleton University about a newly identified 315‑million‑year‑old fossil discovered in Nova Scotia, one of the few regions preserving early land vertebrates. CT scans revealed an unusually large microsaur with complex, interlocking teeth—evidence of plant‑eating behaviour earlier than previously thought. Maddin also explains why these fossils are often
- [Are Your Friends Making You Spend More?](https://shanehewitt.ca/are-your-friends-making-you-spend-more/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Melissa Leong about how friendships and peer groups influence financial behaviour. The discussion highlights why comparison is a natural human instinct and how visible spending—especially among higher‑earning friends—can unintentionally pressure people to overspend. The segment also explores the value of honest conversations and curating a supportive financial environment. #moneymindset #financialwellness #cfraottawa
- [Shiftheads - How to Have the Money Talk Before It Becomes a Fight](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-to-have-the-money-talk-before-it-becomes-a-fight/) - Money and relationships break down together and the timing of that break is more predictable than you'd think. You wait. The bill arrives. Your partner is still on a work call. You hold up the statement and something that was a financial problem becomes a relationship one. That sequence is not random and it's not
- [Why Canada's Prime Minister Is Always Somewhere Else](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-canadas-prime-minister-is-always-somewhere-else/) - Mark Carney is meeting heads of state while Canada debates desk counts, and you might be reading that backwards. The world tour looks like leadership. But when the apparatus at home still operates like the threat level is 2015, flying abroad might genuinely be the easier problem to solve. The Canadian military doesn't have enough
- [SHIFTHEADS: More Grocery Store News is Real. Are Cheaper Grocery Prices Real too?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-more-grocery-store-news-is-real-are-cheaper-grocery-prices-real-too/) - Loblaws expansion in 2026 puts 70 new stores across the country with a $2.4 billion price tag, and the headline is discount grocery. But if you're in a major Canadian city, this announcement probably lands somewhere between irrelevant and mildly interesting. The No Frills locations going in are aimed at smaller and medium sized cities
- [Netflix Will Pay for Your $400,000 Wedding. There's One Catch.](https://shanehewitt.ca/netflix-will-pay-for-your-400000-wedding-theres-one-catch/) - Wedding budget math is brutal and someone just found the loophole. If you got engaged on Love is Blind, Netflix covers the wedding. Florals alone run $50,000. The tent can hit $120,000. Total package: somewhere between three and four hundred thousand dollars, on the house. The catch is you had to fall in love through
- [Your Good News Is in There. You Just Have to Look for It.](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-good-news-is-in-there-you-just-have-to-look-for-it/) - Good News Tuesday works because you train yourself to look, and the looking changes what you find. Your day goes sideways from the moment you wake up. It's cold. You've got a headache. The fun dream didn't set the tone it promised. You put on a hoodie and find a Slurpee in the slush and
- [Good News Tuesday: Canada's First Competitive Bodybuilder with Down Syndrome Is Doing the Heavy Lifting](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-canadas-first-competitive-bodybuilder-with-down-syndrome-is-doing-the-heavy-lifting/) - Good News Tuesday is for the days that don't hand it to you. You crash your car in an unfamiliar province far from home, you come to, and there's a Quebec hockey team around you pulling you out. June Johnson didn't need Quebec to be kind to her on that particular Tuesday. It was anyway.
- [NEW Canada Wants to Calgary to Host the Olympics. It Can't Keep Water in the Pipes.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-wants-to-calgary-to-host-the-olympics-it-cant-keep-water-in-the-pipes/) - Canadian Olympic funding is short and the solution being floated is hosting the most expensive sporting event on earth. The Canadian Olympic Committee made the ask public after Milan Cortina. The answer they proposed is a bid, which is either nation-building or the most expensive way to avoid the actual problem, depending on who you
- [Tourist Safety in Mexico: Misinformation vs Reality](https://shanehewitt.ca/tourist-safety-in-mexico-misinformation-vs-reality/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Jerry Flores of the University of Toronto about recent violence in Mexico, the spread of AI‑generated disinformation and how cartels operate in regions like Puerto Vallarta and Michoacán. Flores explains why it’s difficult for tourists to understand who controls what territory and why spillover incidents draw global attention. The conversation
- [Wait—Are You in Italy? The Wild Olympic DM Story](https://shanehewitt.ca/wait-are-you-in-italy-the-wild-olympic-dm-story/) - Shane Hewitt and guests share the story of discovering that a friend unexpectedly flew to Italy to watch Team Canada at the Olympics, only realizing it after spotting his Instagram story from inside the stadium. The segment recounts how the moment unfolded and why witnessing a Canadian sports milestone in person is unforgettable. The guest
- [The Picture You Shared From Mexico Might Not Be Real](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-picture-you-shared-from-mexico-might-not-be-real/) - Mexico travel safety questions are flooding your feed and half of what you're seeing isn't real. You saw the neighborhood burning, maybe shared it, and then watched the same account post a correction minutes later: that's AI, the church is fine, I just saw it. You had no way of knowing. The problem isn't just
- [NEW - Handy Andy: It Might be a Deal on a Part, Or Your Knockoff Battery Could Let You Down](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andy-it-might-be-a-deal-on-a-part-or-your-knockoff-battery-could-let-you-down/) - DIY appliance repair works until the part you bought online doesn't. You searched, you found the price you wanted, and you ordered it. No rules, no warranty, no customer service. For tool batteries especially, the knockoff market for brands like DeWalt and Milwaukee is deep enough that buying the wrong thing is easy to do
- [NEW - Military or Militia: What Nobody Tells You Before Landing in Puerto Vallarta](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-military-or-militia-what-nobody-tells-you-before-landing-in-puerto-vallarta/) - Mexico cartel violence is flooding your phone right now, and you can't tell what's real. The videos of burning neighborhoods, the armed convoys through Puerto Vallarta. Some of it is AI-generated, designed for clicks. Some of it isn't. Figuring out which is which matters more than your travel insurance will. El Mencho built his criminal
- [NEW - 500 Strangers Answered a Tourist Faster Than Any News Alert](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-500-strangers-answered-a-tourist-faster-than-any-news-alert/) - Reliable information during a crisis doesn't live where you think it does. Your instinct sends you to Instagram first, but what's there are burning church photos that may be fake, poolside videos of military operations, and comment sections that say "wow, that's crazy" before moving to the next thing. That's not help. That's a highlight
- [ICYMI - The Pay-to-Play Wall Most Non-Hockey Families Would Ever Believe](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-pay-to-play-wall-most-non-hockey-families-would-ever-believe/) - Pay-to-play hockey doesn't look like inequality until you run the numbers. Your kid gets cut from a rep team and drops a tier. The team above plays 54 games this season. Your kid plays 14. That's not bad luck. That's the system doing exactly what it was built to do. Lesley sits on her local
- [NEW - Your Old RRSP Is Sitting There. So Might Your Money.](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-old-rrsp-is-sitting-there-so-might-your-money/) - TFSA RRSP investing strategy isn't a single answer. It's a different answer depending on when you're asking it. You've got accounts from old jobs you haven't looked at in years. A TFSA you opened because someone told you to. Maybe an RESP. You've been meaning to figure it all out and you haven't, and that's
- [SHIFTHEADS: He Swapped His Tickets in Italy and Watched Canadian Hockey History](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-he-swapped-his-tickets-in-italy-and-watched-canadian-hockey-history/) - Attending the Olympics has been on your list for years and you keep talking yourself out of it. Too far, too expensive, too hard to build a trip around real life. You don't need two weeks or a perfectly mapped itinerary. You need one focused week and a clear idea of what you actually want
- [Why Fitness Starts in the Brain: Science Sam Breaks It Down](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-fitness-starts-in-the-brain-science-sam-breaks-it-down/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Samantha Yamin, known as Science Sam, about new research showing that specific neurons activated after exercise may help build endurance. Yamin explains how these brain circuits, found in mice, contribute to training adaptation and why fitness is more than muscle and cardiovascular improvements. The segment also explores how biology, intelligence
- [AI ‘Agents’ at Work: Are You Exposing Trade Secrets?](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-agents-at-work-are-you-exposing-trade-secrets/) - Shane Hewitt and Mohit Rajhans discuss the surge in AI “agents” built on proprietary company data and why it may expose trade secrets and customer information. The guest argues that firms are racing ahead of clear rules, creating unknown risks around retention, reuse and access once data is uploaded. The conversation urges caution and basic
- [Gold or Nothing? Canada Just Changed the Answer](https://shanehewitt.ca/gold-or-nothing-canada-just-changed-the-answer/) - Team Canada Winter Olympics coverage just reframed what gold actually means. You watched the women's hockey team lose the gold medal game and felt something unexpected: genuine pride in a silver. That hasn't been the Canadian reaction before, not in hockey, not at the big events. Something shifted this week. Canada was projected to win
- [Your Endurance Problem Might Not Be in Your Legs](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-endurance-problem-might-not-be-in-your-legs/) - Endurance training should work the same for everyone doing identical workouts, right? You're putting in the miles, tracking your heart rate, building muscle, and somehow still hitting a wall that other people breeze past. Turns out there's a group of neurons in your hypothalamus that activates after you exercise, and whether those fire correctly has
- [Shiftheads: Shatner Found a Doorway at 94 and It Goes All the Way to Black Sabbath](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-shatner-found-a-doorway-at-94-and-it-goes-all-the-way-to-black-sabbath/) - William Shatner heavy metal is a real thing happening right now, and at 94 he described a collaboration with a former Megadeth guitarist as "a doorway." Not a novelty project. A doorway. He's covering Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, and said it made him want to go all in and find the best
- [Food Inflation Jumps Again: Dr. Charlebois Explains Why](https://shanehewitt.ca/food-inflation-jumps-again-dr-charlebois-explains-why/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois about Canada’s latest food inflation numbers, which remain among the highest in the G7 even after adjusting for last year’s GST holiday. Charlebois explains grocery‑sector margins, vertical integration and concerns about transparency before addressing accusations of “skimpflation” at Reese’s. The discussion also covers cocoa price drops, private‑label strategy
- [Manual vs Automatic: Brian on Pure Driving Joy](https://shanehewitt.ca/manual-vs-automatic-brian-on-pure-driving-joy/) - Shane Hewitt and Brian Makse explains why driving a manual transmission remains one of his favourite experiences behind the wheel. After spending several days driving a Mazda MX‑5 in California, he describes the full engagement, focus and driving purity that manuals offer. The discussion also touches on performance sedans that still offer manuals, including high‑horsepower
- [ICYMI Norway Has Canada’s Prairie Population and Twice the Podiums](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-norway-has-canadas-prairie-population-and-twice-the-podiums/) - Canada Olympics funding is the quiet story underneath the medal count, and the math is uncomfortable. Norway has roughly the same population as Saskatchewan and Alberta combined. It dominates winter sports because it invests in them. You're watching Canadian athletes compete on world-class talent and aging infrastructure, with organizations fighting for cash every year and
- [The Guy Who Wrote Seven Made Something That Deflates Like a Whoopee Cushion](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-guy-who-wrote-seven-made-something-that-deflates-like-a-whoopee-cushion/) - What to watch this weekend includes a film written by the writer of Seven, loaded with aesthetic and atmosphere, that Steve Stebbing says feels hollow at its center. You're drawn in by the red-filtered cinematography and the serial killer in a gas mask, and then the third act arrives. It's a first film from this
- [Did eBay Ruin Garage Sales? Prices Aren’t What They Were](https://shanehewitt.ca/did-ebay-ruin-garage-sales-prices-arent-what-they-were/) - Shane Hewitt and Ed Conroy reflects on how online marketplaces like eBay have changed the culture of garage sales. What used to be a way to clear out old belongings for a few dollars has shifted as sellers assume vintage items carry high resale value. The conversation highlights nostalgia, collectibles and the surprising inflation in
- [NEW - What Happened When Shane Asked AI Why It Lied](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-happened-when-shane-asked-ai-why-it-lied/) - AI data privacy is built on promises nobody can verify, and you've already accepted those terms. You pay a monthly subscription to feed your ideas, your business data, your writing into a system that will, when pushed correctly, reveal behavioral patterns across its entire user base. You're building their platform. You're funding their valuation. And
- [Your Therapist Noticed Your Foot. The Chatbot Wouldn't Have](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-therapist-noticed-your-foot-the-chatbot-wouldnt-have/) - AI mental health support is built around user satisfaction, and that's exactly the problem. You open ChatGPT at 2am, type out what's wrong, and it listens. It validates. It never pushes back. A therapist optimizing for your satisfaction the way a chatbot does would have a serious ethics problem on their hands, because making you
- [Body Cams: Who Actually Controls the Footage?](https://shanehewitt.ca/body-cams-who-actually-controls-the-footage/) - Police body worn cameras are in your city, on the officers you interact with, recording everything. In Canada, if you want to see footage that documents you, you file a freedom of information request and wait. The officer who recorded you reviews it whenever they want. That asymmetry is not a bug someone is working
- [The Toonie Turned 30 and Transit Raised Its Price the Day Before It Showed Up](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-toonie-turned-30-and-transit-raised-its-price-the-day-before-it-showed-up/) - The toonie's 30th anniversary lands this week, and the coin's origin story has a detail most people missed. The $2 bill was officially withdrawn on February 16, 1996, three days before the coin debuted. The government's reasoning: coins last longer than paper bills, so it would save money. The TTC's reasoning, announced one day before
- [NEW - Three Hamburgers for Two Dollars Used to Be a Real Offer](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-three-hamburgers-for-two-dollars-used-to-be-a-real-offer/) - Toonie buying power in 1996 is the kind of throwback that starts as a fun memory and lands somewhere genuinely uncomfortable. You walked into McDonald's with two dollars and came out with three hamburgers. You grabbed a large Tim Hortons coffee and a fresh sesame bagel, both a dollar fifty, and still had change to
- [SHIFTHEADS: Strip Out the Excuses and Canada Still Wins the Worst Food Inflation Race](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-strip-out-the-excuses-and-canada-still-wins-the-worst-food-inflation-race/) - Food inflation Canada recorded in January was 7.3%, and yes, the GST holiday makes that number look worse than it is. So Dr. Charlebois did the math without it. Remove the holiday effect entirely and you land at 6.2 to 6.3 percent, which is still enough to put Canada at the top of the G7.
- [NEW - Peace Prize Speeches and Warships in the Middle East at the Same Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-peace-prize-speeches-and-warships-in-the-middle-east-at-the-same-time/) - The US military buildup aimed at Iran is the largest in over 20 years, and the strangest thing about it might be how little noise it's making. You'd expect a deployment of this scale to dominate the conversation, but there's been almost no public debate about what the end game is, whether this is a
- [Shiftheads - The Cheapest Anti-Theft Device on the Market: The Clutch Pedal](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-cheapest-anti-theft-device-on-the-market-the-clutch-pedal/) - Manual transmission cars are still out there and they solve a problem you didn't know you had. You can't steal one if you don't know how to drive it, and you can't look at your phone while you're driving it. Both of those things turn out to be features, not limitations, and the list of
- [The Coins the Machine Rejects Are the Ones Worth Keeping](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-coins-the-machine-rejects-are-the-ones-worth-keeping/) - Coin collecting in Canada has a secret hiding inside every Coinstar machine at every Walmart in the country. You dump your change in, the machine rejects certain coins because of their weight and calibration, and you pocket them as useless and walk away. Those rejected coins are old silver quarters and they're worth eight to
- [NEW - Andrew Wasn't Arrested for What You Think He Was Arrested For](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-andrew-wasnt-arrested-for-what-you-think-he-was-arrested-for/) - Prince Andrew's arrest is being absorbed through the Epstein lens because that's the story most people already have in their heads, but the actual charge is something more specific and in some ways more provable. Misconduct in public office means he's accused of passing confidential trade and investment information, received in his role as UK
- [What Was Sitting in a Kansas Salt Mine Might Change Your Mind About Elvis](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-was-sitting-in-a-kansas-salt-mine-might-change-your-mind-about-elvis/) - Elvis Presley concert film EPIC starts with a question you've never thought to ask: what happened to 68 boxes of footage locked in a Kansas salt mine? You already know the Vegas Elvis, the jumpsuits, the karate kicks, the cape with the eagle on the back. What you haven't seen is what the camera caught
- [Throwback Thursday: How 1996 Put a Price Tag on Your Childhood](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-how-1996-put-a-price-tag-on-your-childhood/) - Nostalgia collecting has a price tag now, and you didn't put it there. You gave away the toys, tossed the hockey cards, donated the comics, thinking none of it mattered. Then eBay showed up and strangers started pricing your childhood for you. Every garage sale you walk into now has someone convinced their old junk
- [MP’s New Role Sparks Questions: Who Pays and Why?](https://shanehewitt.ca/mps-new-role-sparks-questions-who-pays-and-why/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Jamie and Lindsey about the political fallout surrounding an MP who crossed the floor and was later named a “special advisor” to the Prime Minister. The discussion raises questions about the nature of the role, who pays for it, and what level of disclosure is owed to the public. The segment
- [NEW: Celine Dion Doesn't Know the Rules and That's the Point](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-celine-dion-doesnt-know-the-rules-and-thats-the-point/) - Celine Dion Instagram is what it actually takes to break a 30% phone reduction streak. She posts still images to TikTok, which experts would tell you is exactly wrong. She carries a microphone in her purse on standby because she is Celine Dion and that is apparently just a normal thing to keep in there.
- [How a Big Move Changes Kids: One Dad’s Honest Take](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-a-big-move-changes-kids-one-dads-honest-take/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Scott Frank about how his family’s international move has affected his two children, ages 14 and 12. Scott describes the challenges of uprooting them from friends and familiarity, the emotional roller coaster that followed, and the growth he has seen as they adapt to a new environment. The conversation highlights the
- [He Said He Was Leaving for His Family. Three Months Later, He Crossed the Floor](https://shanehewitt.ca/he-said-he-was-leaving-for-his-family-three-months-later-he-crossed-the-floor/) - Crossing the floor in Canada: your elected representative just did it, three months after announcing he was leaving politics to spend time with family. Now he holds a brand new title, "special advisor to the Prime Minister," and nobody in public life can tell you what it means, what it does, or who's writing the
- [Grief in Fiction: The Power of Messy, Honest Stories](https://shanehewitt.ca/grief-in-fiction-the-power-of-messy-honest-stories/) - Shane Hewitt and Catherine Black explains why fictional storytelling can be one of the most effective ways to explore grief. The discussion highlights how fiction provides room for complexity, mistakes and individuality in a way that structured guidance often cannot. By watching a character navigate loss, readers can reflect on their own experiences without judgment.
- [SHIFTHEADS: The World is Broken: Pikachu Just Outsold Mickey Mantle](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-world-is-broken-pikachu-just-outsold-mickey-mantle/) - Pokemon card investment just set a world record. Logan Paul sold a single card for $16 million US. A Wayne Gretzky rookie card, one of the most famous in history, sold in 2022 for just under $4 million. A Mickey Mantle card, the gold standard of sports collectibles, sold for $12.6 million. A cartoon yellow
- [Aliens: Your Oxygen Came From a Dying Star](https://shanehewitt.ca/aliens-your-oxygen-came-from-a-dying-star/) - Alien life might be a question you've never thought to ask about yourself. Every atom of oxygen you breathe had to pass through a supernova to exist. Stars exploded to build you. That's not poetic license, that's physics, and once you understand it, the question of whether life exists elsewhere gets a lot harder to
- [Shiftheads - Aliens: The Question Obama Actually Answered (It Wasn't the One You Think)](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-aliens-the-question-obama-actually-answered-it-wasnt-the-one-you-think/) - Obama’s ‘aliens’ comment went viral when he said "they're real, but I haven't seen them" on a podcast rapid fire round. You saw the clip. Everyone did. And it looked like disclosure, like a former president finally confirming what conspiracy theorists have been saying for decades. Except there are always two questions about aliens: do
- [Your Data Has Already Been Sold. Here's How to Want It Back](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-data-has-already-been-sold-heres-how-to-want-it-back/) - Data sovereignty asks a question that feels simple until you sit with it: was the consent you gave to share your data actually informed? You joined social media for your own reasons, and somewhere along the way those posts became something else entirely. Tourists visiting the US for FIFA or the Olympics may now face
- [ICYMI - See All Evil: The Glasses That Know You Before You Say Hello](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-see-all-evil-the-glasses-that-know-you-before-you-say-hello/) - Smart glasses privacy isn't a future concern. Someone wearing Oakley Metas across from you at a coffee shop could already be running facial recognition on your face, pulling your name, your employer, your new city, and your recent posts, and walking over to greet you like an old friend. You posted all of it. The
- [60% of Canadian Mortgages Are Renewing. Here's What to Do Before You Sign](https://shanehewitt.ca/60-of-canadian-mortgages-are-renewing-heres-what-to-do-before-you-sign/) - Shopping your mortgage at renewal could be the most valuable hour you spend this year. Your bank sends a number, and it looks reasonable. But the broker you call has access to lenders and specials that never show up at the branch, and half the people renewing this year intend to shop around. The question
- [NEW: They Trained Four Years. The Condoms Lasted Three Days](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-they-trained-four-years-the-condoms-lasted-three-days/) - Good News Tuesday lands differently when the headliner is a famous Italian love arch collapsing on Valentine's Day. You're tuning in for the bright stuff and instead you get canned chili, an Olympic condom shortage, and a natural rock formation that chose the most romantic night of the year to become rubble. Science, they say.
- [Sixty-Five Years, Twenty Grand, and One Very Important Checkbox](https://shanehewitt.ca/sixty-five-years-twenty-grand-and-one-very-important-checkbox/) - Organ donation in Canada has more than one option and most people only read the first one. You filled out your driver's license paperwork, checked the box, and moved on. What you may not know is that donating your organs and donating your body to science are two separate checkboxes, and you can change your
- [SHIFTHEADS: Joining the Air Force Is a Hard Sell When You Can't Afford Rent](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-joining-the-air-force-is-a-hard-sell-when-you-cant-afford-rent/) - Canadian military spending is finally moving, and defense analyst Matt Gurney has been waiting 20 years for this moment. You'd think that would feel like a win. It mostly feels like watching the same broken procurement system line up to capture a bigger check than usual. The prime minister sees the situation correctly, according to
- [NEW - The Price of a Canadian House Down Payment Buys You Access to 27 Countries](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-price-of-a-canadian-house-down-payment-buys-you-access-to-27-countries/) - Second passport options for Canadians start at 250,000 euros in Portugal, which is roughly what you'd put down on a Toronto house. You're sitting on home equity that could buy your kids access to 27 European Union countries for education, work, and healthcare, but you're treating it like it only unlocks Canadian real estate. The
- [Shiftheads - Could You Do It? Swap a Fergus Ontario house to 37-acre French Chateau](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-could-you-do-it-swap-a-fergus-ontario-house-to-37-acre-french-chateau/) - Running away from corporate life and moving towards a chateau lifestyle look identical from the outside. You're leaving Canada either way. You're selling your house either way. The difference is invisible until something goes wrong, and then it determines whether you survive the bureaucracy, the visa delays, and the moment when you've sold everything but
- [Couple Trades Fergus for a French Chateau: Here’s Why](https://shanehewitt.ca/couple-trades-fergus-for-a-french-chateau-heres-why/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Steven Cole about why he and his partner Sarah left Fergus, Ont., to buy a 37‑acre chateau in rural France. Cole describes the slower European pace, the shift from corporate life to working for themselves, and how returning to Canada highlighted differences in lifestyle and constant commercial pressure. The conversation explores
- [Burned Rock Debate: What Happens After You Touch It?](https://shanehewitt.ca/burned-rock-debate-what-happens-after-you-touch-it/) - Shane Hewitt and Bob Addison discuss a curling rules dispute after video showed a player touching a released rock with their finger. The segment explores what constitutes a burned rock, how etiquette shapes the sport, and whether additional penalties should apply when a team chooses not to remove the stone. The discussion raises broader questions
- [Michael Losier: Every Complaint Is an Order You Place](https://shanehewitt.ca/michael-losier-every-complaint-is-an-order-you-place/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Michael Losier about how repeated complaints act as “orders” to the law of attraction, reinforcing unwanted outcomes. Losier outlines his placemat exercise that flips negative observations into clear requests for what we do want, and explains why limiting complaints to two minutes helps reset our vibration. The conversation highlights practical tools
- [Jessica Moorhouse: How First Money Lessons Shape Us](https://shanehewitt.ca/jessica-moorhouse-how-first-money-lessons-shape-us/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with financial educator Jessica Moorhouse about how early money memories shape lifelong financial habits. The conversation explores themes of scarcity, abundance and the pursuit of “enoughness” in an age of constant comparison. Moorhouse also offers practical strategies for reframing money stress and building financial confidence. #moneymindset #Enoughness #cfraottawa #talkradio Connect with 580
- [ICYMI - Your Entire Life Is in Your Inbox. Who Else Has the Key?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-your-entire-life-is-in-your-inbox-who-else-has-the-key/) - Digital sovereignty in Canada isn't a policy debate happening somewhere above you. You opened Gmail this morning, took a Zoom call after that, and wrote everything up in Microsoft Office, and every bit of it is sitting on an American server right now. The Department of Homeland Security is already using administrative subpoenas to pull
- [The Nails That Started Conversations People Didn't Know They Wanted](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-nails-that-started-conversations-people-didnt-know-they-wanted/) - Braille nails are exactly what they sound like. Raised gel dots on your fingertips that spell out words you can see and feel at the same time. You're walking around with literacy on your hands, and people notice. They stop you. They ask what the dots mean. And suddenly you're showing strangers how six dots
- [The Gentleman's Sport That Stopped Being Gentlemanly](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-gentlemans-sport-that-stopped-being-gentlemanly/) - Curling controversy just turned a gentleman's sport into something else entirely. You're watching players touch stones after releasing them, caught on video by fans in the stands, and officials are issuing statements instead of penalties. The rule is clear: once you release the stone, you can't touch it again. The violation is visible. The enforcement
- [A TV Show Probably Shouldn't Fix Your Real Relationship But This One Did](https://shanehewitt.ca/a-tv-show-probably-shouldnt-fix-your-real-relationship-but-this-one-did/) - Relationship perspective shift from fiction sounds absurd until you finish 14 episodes feeling more grateful for your actual partner than when you started. You're sitting there unable to explain how watching two people fail to stay together for most of 20 years just improved your real relationship. Romantic media is supposed to make reality look
- [Why 30 Years Married Means Skipping Valentine's Gifts](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-30-years-married-means-skipping-valentines-gifts/) - Small romantic gestures create more connection than Valentine's consumption, but you're trapped in the wrong conversation. You're debating budget and restaurant reservations when your partner felt most loved the morning you moved the cars in the driveway so they didn't have to deal with the cold. That moment of thinking ahead, of making their morning
- [INSIDE COPY: A Seal Walks Into a Bar and Salmon on Pizza](https://shanehewitt.ca/inside-copy-a-seal-walks-into-a-bar-and-salmon-on-pizza/) - Silly season animals means marine mammals wandering into places they absolutely shouldn't be. You're having a lazy Sunday pint at a craft beer bar in Richmond, New Zealand when a baby fur seal waddles through the door looking for companionship. Scientists confirm this happens annually during months when seals and sea lions appear in houses,
- [Valentine’s Steaming Picks: You Had Me at Vampire Swingers](https://shanehewitt.ca/valentines-steaming-picks-you-had-me-at-vampire-swingers/) - Movies: Why Your Date Night Needs the Weird PickYour Valentine's movie choice says something. You pick the safe rom-com, you get two hours of forgetting the world exists. You pick the one about a guy falling for Scarlett Johansson's voice as an operating system, you get a film that saw the future coming. Joaquin Phoenix
- [The Worst Night To Take Someone You Actually Like Out](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-worst-night-to-take-someone-you-actually-like-out/) - Valentine's Day restaurant prices hit differently when you realize Saturday is the worst possible night. You're making reservations, budgeting for the evening, preparing for premium everything. The worst days in the entire calendar year to dine out are Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. You'll pay more for worse service because operators make their February survival
- [The Olympic Moment That Never Happened](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-olympic-moment-that-never-happened/) - AI Olympic deepfakes turn every viral moment into a trust problem. You're watching someone's dramatic fall during a key event. Your friend shares it. The comments section debates whether they'll recover in time for the next round. None of it happened. Someone in a different country created the video with AI because they don't like
- [When Half of This Town Got the Day Off (And You Didn't)](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-half-of-this-town-got-the-day-off-and-you-didnt/) - Statutory holiday gaps between New Year's and Easter used to span four brutal months. You're living in Lloydminster in 2005. Your neighbor across the street has Family Day off because they're on the Alberta side. You're working because you're on the Saskatchewan side. Same town, different province, seventeen years of watching half the town celebrate
- [The Million-Dollar Program Based on 31 Interviews From 2010](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-million-dollar-program-based-on-31-interviews-from-2010/) - Harm reduction programs sound responsible until you check the evidence. You're walking past the playground near your house and there's broken glass on the ground. Could be a beer bottle. Could be a crack pipe. Your tax dollars paid for both possibilities: the distribution and the cleanup. Between 2021 and 2025, Toronto procured 2.3 million
- [Never Order Sushi on a Monday (And 2 Other Microbiologist Rules)](https://shanehewitt.ca/never-order-sushi-on-a-monday-and-2-other-microbiologist-rules/) - Sushi safety risks start before you sit down. You're at the sushi bar. The chef slides salmon nigiri across the counter. Behind him, the rice pile looks like it's been sitting there since yesterday morning. You notice but you don't ask. Do you trust the restaurant followed freezing protocols, or do you assume they cut
- [The Dinner Table Trick That Makes You Fall in Love (With Yourself)](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-dinner-table-trick-that-makes-you-fall-in-love-with-yourself/) - Mindful eating means putting the phone down. You're scrolling through TikTok with a fork in one hand, consuming content and calories simultaneously, completely disconnected from both. Your body never signals fullness because your attention isn't on your body. The food could be delicious or terrible. You wouldn't know. This is how you end up eating
- [How Alberta Invented Family Day. Thanks Friends!](https://shanehewitt.ca/how-alberta-invented-family-day-thanks-friends/) - Family Day started in 1990 when Alberta Premier Don Getty's son got arrested. You're planning your long weekend right now. Maybe skiing, maybe nothing. The stat exists because Getty wanted to show family values after the scandal, or so the press claimed. Saskatchewan took 17 years to follow in 2007. BC waited until 2018. Every
- [Saint Valentine & The First Date Movie That Ended the Relationship](https://shanehewitt.ca/saint-valentine-the-first-date-movie-that-ended-the-relationship/) - The $200 You're Spending (And Why Your Server Hates Valentines Day)Valentine's Day restaurant chaos turns romantic plans into service nightmares nobody admits. You're spending $199.78 average per person if you're celebrating. You booked weeks ago. You're dressed up. You might be planning a proposal. You expect perfect intimate service. The restaurant wedged in extra tables
- [Most Fans Get "Hey Sport," Ryan Got “Hey I Know You!”](https://shanehewitt.ca/most-fans-get-hey-sport-ryan-got-hey-i-know-you/) - Celebrity meet and greet transactions follow predictable patterns when you appear once. You're in line for your ten-second window with someone from something you genuinely love. The interaction stays surface level. Forced smile. Generic acknowledgment. Walk away deflated. Greg Sestero from The Room meets thousands at cult film screenings since the 2000s. First encounter provides
- [The Relationship Question You're Avoiding While Shopping for Heart-Shaped Chocolates](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-relationship-question-youre-avoiding-while-shopping-for-heart-shaped-chocolates/) - Valentine's Day expectations hit different when Dr. Betsy Chung asks the question you're not ready for. You're seeing ads pour in, urgency building, pressure mounting to do something for Valentine's Day. Flowers so expensive, heart-shaped chocolates everywhere, commercialism creating panic where guy's card gets declined in flower shop line and multiple men fight over who
- [Golden Dome: Why We Keep Buying the Same Broken Product](https://shanehewitt.ca/golden-dome-why-we-keep-buying-the-same-broken-product/) - Missile defense spending just hit a new level of absurd. You're being told a shield will protect North America from nuclear attack. The current system? Fifty percent success rate in scripted tests where defenders know exactly when and where the missile is coming. Oh, and it only works in daytime. You're essentially watching your government
- [Why Are You Asking Reddit Instead of Calling Your Doctor](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-are-you-asking-reddit-instead-of-calling-your-doctor/) - Reddit health communities answer medical questions strangers are too embarrassed to ask doctors. You notice something off with your vision. It's probably fine. Probably. But instead of calling your doctor, you describe the symptom to people you've never met. They had the same thing. They survived. You feel better without ever making an appointment. That
- [Nuclear Weapons: The Wrench That Almost Ended Arkansas](https://shanehewitt.ca/nuclear-weapons-the-wrench-that-almost-ended-arkansas/) - Nuclear weapons accidents number in the thousands and you stopped counting. Between 1955 and 1965, there were 2,000 serious accidents. A 19-year-old dropped a wrench in Damascus, Arkansas. The largest nuclear warhead flew 900 feet through blast doors. Farm animals died from poison. Satellites mistake sunlight for missiles. Your safety depends on radar operators disobeying
- [Netflix Knows You](https://shanehewitt.ca/netflix-knows-you/) - Attention span decline gets measured in viewer dropout data at Netflix. You're giving creative work six minutes before deciding it's not worth your time. The streaming platform tracks exactly when audiences stop watching and uses that data to change production formulas. Matt Damon's Fortune interview revealed the new requirements: action upfront, plot repeated three times,
- [New Tech: The Half-Degree That Ends Your Olympic Dream](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-tech-the-half-degree-that-ends-your-olympic-dream/) - Olympic technology is supposed to help athletes train better. You've seen the wind tunnels, the data analysis, the aerodynamic testing. That's what you think this is about. But the 2026 Winter Olympics tech isn't for athletes. It's for judges. Eight 8K cameras capture 40,000 frames per second at finish lines, measuring down to millionths of
- [Valentines Day After 15 Years of Marriage - Worth It?](https://shanehewitt.ca/valentines-day-after-15-years-of-marriage-worth-it/) - Valentine's Day celebration logistics create an impossible situation you're solving wrong. You have three major events crammed into five February days. Valentine's Day on the 14th. Your kid's birthday on the 17th. Your wife's birthday on the 19th. Your bank account is weeping. The practical solution is obvious: one nice dinner covers multiple occasions. You
- [GOOD NEWS TUESDAY: When Small Wins Feel Like Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-when-small-wins-feel-like-everything/) - Good news moments matter most when you're struggling to find them and small wins feel like everything. Penny the Canadian Doberman won Westminster Best in Show, first Doberman to win in years at the show that sells out Madison Square Garden. Health appreciation comes fast when someone's sick. You have a long list of problems
- [Running From Grief: Catherine Black's Answer in Blessed Nowhere](https://shanehewitt.ca/running-from-grief-catherine-blacks-answer-in-blessed-nowhere/) - Running from grief: you grab car keys, pack a bag, drive south. Your son is dead. The choice is dissolve here or run there, and you choose Mexico. You drive until the road ends at a hotel of other broken people. They find you even when you're hiding. Can you outrun grief by crossing borders?
- [MOVING AUS + NZ: Why Does New Zealand Permanent Residency Require You Never Live There?](https://shanehewitt.ca/moving-aus-nz-why-does-new-zealand-permanent-residency-require-you-never-live-there/) - New Zealand permanent residency costs $4 million and requires you never live there. You're considering Plan B locations. New Zealand sounds stable, safe, similar culture to Canada. You assume permanent residency means permanently moving. Wrong. Invest four million Canadian in managed funds, visit 21 days total over three years, then sell or keep the investment.
- [Eight Duffel Bags, Four People, and the Other Side of the World](https://shanehewitt.ca/eight-duffel-bags-four-people-and-the-other-side-of-the-world/) - Australia relocation reality collapses years into weeks. You spend years thinking about international moves, assuming gradual preparation. Then visa approval arrives. Your work permit processes in days. Weeks later you're at the airport with eight duffel bags for four people. That's your entire life. You're making lunches and grocery shopping in Melbourne now except Christmas
- [Make the Dinner Positive: You're Placing an Order For Negativity Every Time You Complain](https://shanehewitt.ca/make-the-dinner-positive-youre-placing-an-order-for-negativity-every-time-you-complain/) - Complaint vibration shift happens when you realize every story you tell places an order. You're talking about your terrible date, your difficult client, your frustrating job. Four different ways of describing the same problem. That repetition is literally placing the order for more of what you don't want. Law of attraction isn't smart, it's obedient.
- [Handy Andy DIY - The Three Repair Kits You Need & the Greenhouse Kickstart You Want](https://shanehewitt.ca/handy-andy-diy-the-three-repair-kits-you-need-the-greenhouse-kickstart-you-want/) - Part 1: The Three Repair Kits That Save You From Calling Your Landlord Your home repair kit needs three categories: power outage supplies, financial cushion, and plumbing tools. You've got the first two covered. Battery packs for your phone replaced AA batteries because internet access matters more than flashlights now. Emergency cash sits in your wallet.
- [The Power of First Money Memories and Finding “Enoughness”](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-power-of-first-money-memories-and-finding-enoughness/) - Nostalgia isn’t just for music—our earliest experiences with money shape how we think, spend, and feel about it today. Jessica Moorhouse breaks down how reflecting on first money memories can uncover hidden lessons, reveal patterns of scarcity or abundance, and help reclaim a sense of control over finances. In this episode, Jessica and Shane Hewitt
- [The Pass That Sends Your Money Somewhere Else](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-pass-that-sends-your-money-somewhere-else/) - Locally owned tourism operators compete against international companies you can't distinguish from Canadian ones. You use the Canada Strong Pass to visit Banff National Park thinking you're supporting Canada. You book camping, tours, restaurants. Some of those businesses are 100% locally owned. Others are international corporations that own the market. You can't tell the difference
- [Let The First AI Olympics Begin](https://shanehewitt.ca/let-the-first-ai-olympics-begin/) - Multiple Olympic opening ceremonies replace the single stadium tradition you remember. You're tuning in to watch Italy's Winter Olympics opening. It's happening in four different places simultaneously. You get to see part of the parade, not all of it. You watch some of the spectacle, miss the rest. Remember when everything happened in one stadium?
- [NEW - The Nickname That Just Friendzoned You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-nickname-that-just-friendzoned-you/) - Pet names friendzone signals happen before the relationship conversation does. You're trying to figure out if someone's interested. Listen to what they call you. Tedesco deliberately calls women "dude" when he wants them to know it's friendship only. Kirsch notices when romantic partners shift to "bro" or "buddy" and interprets it as disrespect or distance.
- [SHIFTHEADS: INSIDE COPY - 'Phones Without Apps That Are Actually Phones' Are Revolutionary?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-inside-copy-phones-without-apps-that-are-actually-phones-are-revolutionary/) - Weird news stories pile up in your feed. You scroll past the Italian church where an amateur painter made an angel look exactly like the Prime Minister. Tourists disrupted mass to photograph it. Past the Nebraska school that locked down because a rodeo cow wandered onto campus. Past the company selling a revolutionary phone without
- [Steve Stebbing: What The Hell Should We Watch (this weekend)](https://shanehewitt.ca/steve-stebbing-what-the-hell-should-we-watch-this-weekend/) - Movies: Every New Movie This Weekend Is Awful (Here's Why You Should Skip Them) Weekend movie reviews deliver bad news: you're looking at three theatrical releases that aren't worth your time. You check showtimes hoping for something decent, but The Strangers Chapter 3 turned a solid 2008 horror film into "stretched out taffy with nothing
- [Happy Friday Round-Up - When Symbolic Diplomacy Costs More Than It Protects](https://shanehewitt.ca/happy-friday-round-up-when-symbolic-diplomacy-costs-more-than-it-protects/) - Canada Opened a Greenland Consulate in Days (But Can't Solve Domestic Problems in Years) Canada Greenland consulate opens Friday in response to Trump's annexation threats. You watch your government respond faster to Danish territory than domestic problems. Strong sovereignty statements. Quick diplomatic action. But you're asking what everyone avoids: what can Canada actually do when
- [ICYMI - The New Rule: You're the Only Filter That Works](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-new-rule-youre-the-only-filter-that-works/) - AI cyberbullying gave your kid's bully a production studio. You hand them a phone thinking you've set appropriate restrictions. You've blocked certain apps, enabled screen time limits, reviewed their friend lists. Then someone at school uses a different app you've never heard of to create a deepfake video of your kid and shares it with
- [When Did the Bullying Become 24/7?](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-did-the-bullying-become-24-7/) - Cyberbullying follows your kid home now. You gave them the phone in grade five. Seemed fine that first year. Summer hits. They're scrolling. Someone filmed themselves committing suicide and posted it in a feed your kid follows. Your fifth grader sees it. Nightmares start. You find out weeks later. What else did they see that
- [Age Of Disclosure: The Technology Race Nobody's Talking About](https://shanehewitt.ca/age-of-disclosure-the-technology-race-nobodys-talking-about/) - Government UFO cover-up stories usually come from unreliable witnesses you dismiss immediately. You've heard the cable news interviews at midnight with people claiming they saw lights. This isn't that. You're watching 34 military and intelligence officials with security clearances testify that there's been an 80-year cover-up of non-human intelligent life, and the US is racing
- [Throwback Thursday: Instagram Didn't Exist When 16 Million Watched the Golden Goal](https://shanehewitt.ca/throwback-thursday-instagram-didnt-exist-when-16-million-watched-the-golden-goal/) - Social media Olympics started in 2010 when Instagram barely existed and 16.6 million Canadians watched Sidney Crosby score on one screen. You're planning to watch this year's Olympics on your TV while scrolling TikTok. That's the official strategy now. TikTok is the second screen partner. NBC lost $233 million in 2010 trying to figure out
- [NEW - Cringe Mourning 2010](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-cringe-mourning-2010/) - Millennial nostalgia gets dismissed as cringe culture - blurry photos and bad fashion. You see 2010 throwbacks and mock the filters, the flannel, the avocado toast optimism. But you're actually looking at documentation: housing at $336,800, Instagram that rewarded authenticity over polish, economic participation without being house-poor. What Gen Z ridicules was when imperfection didn't
- [Why You Can't Afford Beef But Someone Else Just Bought Three](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-you-cant-afford-beef-but-someone-else-just-bought-three/) - You're at the grocery store with your phone out, checking beef prices per kilo. Ground beef is up 25%. Most cuts are up over 30%. You're doing the math, comparing apps, strategizing. The person beside you tosses a roast in their cart without looking. They're not checking anything. That's the problem and the explanation all
- [Corruption: Toronto Police Officers Supposed to Catch Criminals (Not Help Them)](https://shanehewitt.ca/corruption-toronto-police-officers-supposed-to-catch-criminals-not-help-them/) - Police corruption investigation Project South charged seven Toronto officers with organized crime conspiracy. Your address, complaints, and protection orders live in police databases meant to keep you safe. These officers allegedly accessed confidential information and leaked it to organized crime members for carrying out killings. One corrections officer became a target for attempted murder. The
- [Shiftheads - Wait, Did Everyone Suddenly Started Preaching Canadian Unity?](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-wait-did-everyone-suddenly-started-preaching-canadian-unity/) - Political unity crisis management reveals itself through impossible coordination nobody admits orchestrating. You're scrolling past news where Stephen Harper reappears after years of laying low, Jean Chrétien in his 90s shares stages with his old enemy, and both preach national unity. Conservative Convention happens simultaneously. Pierre Poilievre abandons antagonizing for hope messaging overnight. Alberta separation
- [ICYMI - How 1.2 Million Followers Kicked Off A New Olympic Era](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-how-1-2-million-followers-kicked-off-a-new-olympic-era/) - Social media Olympics started in 2010 Vancouver when 13% of opening ceremony viewers were also online. You're watching conventional broadcast while checking Facebook simultaneously, which felt revolutionary. The IOC's official Facebook page hit 1.2 million followers and everyone celebrated this achievement. Today, the 2026 Olympics Facebook page has 123,000 followers while the main Olympics page
- [One Itchy Cow That Might Teach Us a Lesson on Free Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/one-itchy-cow-that-might-teach-us-a-lesson-on-free-time/) - Cow tool use intelligence wasn't supposed to be a thing. You've seen dogs rub against trees and otters smash clams with rocks, but that's single-purpose problem solving. Veronica, an Austrian cow living on a baker's farm, uses one brush in different ways depending on where she itches. Blunt end for sensitive spots. Bristle end for
- [Blockbuster Throwback - Be Kind Please](https://shanehewitt.ca/blockbuster-throwback-be-kind-please/) - Streaming algorithms fabricate different movie covers for each viewer. You're scrolling Netflix tonight. Your wife sees a romantic couple. You see a guy with a gun. Same movie. The algorithm figured out what you like and altered the poster to manipulate your choice. Which one is real? Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. We lost more
- [Richard Crouse: $75M Movie or $200M Theatre Reno? Both.](https://shanehewitt.ca/richard-crouse-75m-movie-or-200m-theatre-reno-both/) - When a Documentary Isn't Really a DocumentaryDocumentary brand management turns journalism into promotional reels with production budgets. You're deciding whether to watch Melania in theaters. You see it labeled as a documentary about Melania Trump. You expect examination, investigation, depth. What you get is what Crouse calls a really well-curated Instagram reel. The film never
- [Where Do You Go When the Safe Spot Isn't Safe Anymore?](https://shanehewitt.ca/where-do-you-go-when-the-safe-spot-isnt-safe-anymore/) - Safe travel destinations 2026 just shifted under your feet. You're looking at Cuba deals when the advisory hits—power outages, supply shortages, exercise caution. Your February getaway needs a new map. Netherlands claims the #1 spot globally, but cyclists have right of way and move fast. Iceland wins the Global Peace Index again, but volcanoes occasionally
- [ICYMI - Smart Speakers: When the Cooperation Offer Comes With a Contradiction](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-smart-speakers-when-the-cooperation-offer-comes-with-a-contradiction/) - When the Cheap Beach Deal Comes With Government Collapse Risk Cuba travel advisory language matters more than you think. You read "most people recover after a few days" about mosquito ailments and assume this is temporary inconvenience. You're missing the geopolitical collapse underneath. Cuba is uniquely reliant on Venezuelan oil. Double hit: supply cuts directly,
- [Will Your Insurance Cover Cuba? Maybe 🤷🏼‍♂️](https://shanehewitt.ca/will-your-insurance-cover-cuba-maybe-🤷🏼♂️/) - Cuba travel safety just shifted from cheap vacation to rapidly changing risk calculation. You're comparing prices and Cuba wins. Lowest cost. Easy flight. Then the advisory drops. Wayne Smith, hospitality and tourism professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, warns it can change really, really quickly, and politically there could be some fireworks there very, very quickly.
- [NEW - The Wedding Expense Nearly Half of Couples Call Their Biggest Regret](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-wedding-expense-nearly-half-of-couples-call-their-biggest-regret/) - Wedding planner regrets hit harder than you expect when the survey results land. You're getting bombarded with advice post-engagement. Everyone says make the day about you, do it how you want to do it. Sounds helpful until you realize you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, absolutely no clue how to plan a wedding.
- [Shiftheads - Epstein Files: They Blurred the Accused and Exposed the Victims](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-epstein-files-they-blurred-the-accused-and-exposed-the-victims/) - Epstein files release finally happened after months of delays and excuses. You're reading documents that blur perpetrators' names and faces while leaving victims fully exposed. The Department of Justice released files in January showing exactly who the system protects. Not the people who suffered. The people accused of crimes got redacted. The people who experienced
- [NEW - The AI Apocalypse Warning That Hasn't Changed Since 2002 Despite ChatGPT Proving It Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-ai-apocalypse-warning-that-hasnt-changed-since-2002-despite-chatgpt-proving-it-wrong/) - AI doomsday predictions haven't evolved despite ChatGPT showing exactly what happens when you dump sum total of human knowledge into a system. You're hearing warnings about superintelligence incompatible with humans, existential extinction events. Greg Fish, computer scientist who studied this math in early 2010s, reveals Yudkowsky published book last year repeating same exact things he
- [SuperBowl Ads: Remember the Celebrity, Not Who Paid Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/superbowl-ads-remember-the-celebrity-not-who-paid-them/) - Super Bowl advertising costs millions per 30 seconds and you're watching on three screens. Your phone tracks your sports bet. Your laptop shows game stats. The TV plays the commercial nobody's watching because attention is the oxygen of marketing and you're breathing somewhere else. Rocket Mortgage spent that money on Lady Gaga singing Mr. Dress
- [Canada’s Divorce Act Proposal: See the Whole Pattern](https://shanehewitt.ca/canadas-divorce-act-proposal-see-the-whole-pattern/) - Coercive control in divorce cases means proving a pattern you can see but can't show. You're in court listing incidents. Weekend trip to the woods, no cell service, kids unreachable for 48 hours. Your ex's explanation: digital detox, quality family time. Next incident: showing up at the coffee shop you mentioned going to. Explanation: coincidence,
- [What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About That Winter Cold](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-your-doctor-isnt-telling-you-about-that-winter-cold/) - RSV hospitalization risk hides behind symptoms you dismiss as routine. You're coughing, congested, feeling run down. Winter in Canada. Everyone gets sick. You're over 50, you have mild asthma or diabetes, but you're functional. You wait it out. Then you're in hospital and everything changes. One in eight patients hospitalized with RSV never return to
- [The Algorithm Killed Olympic Hype and You Didn't Notice](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-algorithm-killed-olympic-hype-and-you-didnt-notice/) - Olympic excitement disappearing exposes how thoroughly algorithms control what reaches you. You normally feel the buildup to major sporting events. Previews, athlete profiles, countdown coverage. This time? Nothing. Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics approach and your awareness sits at zero. Your Instagram feed delivers flooring installation videos and woodworking content because those match your click history. Olympic
- [The “Way Too Real” Robot with Body Temperature](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-way-too-real-robot-with-body-temperature/) - Customer service workers mistaken for robots must prove humanity through incompetence. You're calling customer service frustrated with automated systems. A person answers. Calm voice. Well-spoken. Professional. You don't believe they're human. You start issuing voice commands trying to skip to real person. Make payment. Agent. The voice says hold on, no, hi, you're speaking to
- [Why Age Verification Fails: Carmi Levy Explains](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-age-verification-fails-carmi-levy-explains/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with tech analyst Carmi Levy about how children in Australia are already bypassing strict age‑verification laws by using their parents’ IDs, raising questions about Canada’s upcoming Online Harms Act and its new minimum age of 14. Levy argues that enforcement is imperfect but useful, giving parents leverage in conversations about device use
- [ICYMI - Poilievre: The 87% That Doesn't Matter and the 20 Points That Do](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-poilievre-the-87-that-doesnt-matter-and-the-20-points-that-do/) - Conservative leadership popularity gap creates an impossible choice for voters. You're watching Pierre Poilievre get 87% support at the party convention. Solid A. Strong mandate. Clear leadership. But there's a 20-point gap between how much party members like him and how much the rest of Canada does. Mark Carney beats him decisively in personal popularity.
- [Shiftheads - The 20% Rule That Explains Why Winter Feels Different](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-20-rule-that-explains-why-winter-feels-different/) - Winter loneliness hits harder than you think. You're staying in because it's cold, because the ice makes sidewalks dangerous, because your energy is low. That's reasonable. But here's what you don't know: spending more than 20% of your time alone triggers measurable health damage. Not sadness. Actual physical harm comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes daily.
- [NEW-  The Nuclear Debate Canada Can't Afford to Have Yet](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-nuclear-debate-canada-cant-afford-to-have-yet/) - Canadian military capability deficit creates impossible nuclear weapons debate. You're watching former Chief of Defense Staff Wayne Eyre recommend Canada reconsider its hardline no on nuclear weapons. Trump threatens sovereignty. Japan's Prime Minister questioned their nuclear taboo. South Korea explored programs. You're thinking Canada needs dramatic deterrence now. But you can't defend your own airspace.
- [SHIFTHEADS: Kids in Australia Are Already Stealing IDs But It’s Not for Booze Anymore](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-kids-in-australia-are-already-stealing-ids-but-its-not-for-booze-anymore/) - Social media age verification bypass happens faster than lawmakers expect. You're watching Canada prepare to raise the minimum social media age from 13 to 14. Australia already implemented world-leading ban legislation requiring users to be 16. You assume age verification systems will block underage access. Except kids are already stealing mom and dad's IDs to
- [Good News Tuesday! What's Worth Keeping for 60 Years in Your Fridge](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-whats-worth-keeping-for-60-years-in-your-fridge/) - Thrift store vinyl discovery launches search that outlasts most marriages. You buy a record for four dollars from an unknown late-'60s garage band called The Glass Cage. You decide to find them. Ten years later, you succeed. Marcus Pollard tracked down Norm Roth and the band members. The album they recorded 58 years ago finally
- [The Motorcycle Ride That Brought Hawkeye Back for One Hour](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-motorcycle-ride-that-brought-hawkeye-back-for-one-hour/) - Parkinson's sensory memory recovery creates impossible moments you assume disease prevents. Your friend has Parkinson's. You visit with old photos from decades ago. He remembers the scene, the crew, the cameras. But he can't remember how it feels. The wind. The movement. The freedom. Those sensory memories are gone. You assume they're gone forever. Mike
- [NEW - Livability Gaps: From Saskatchewan Peace to Montreal’s Jaywalking Culture](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-livability-gaps-from-saskatchewan-peace-to-montreals-jaywalking-culture/) - Part 1: Saskatchewan vs. The City: Where is Canada’s Real Quality of Life? Canada's most livable cities ranking just dropped. Montreal sits at 185. Saskatoon claims 15. You're supposed to care about walkability scores and economic metrics. But here's what the list misses: Montreal drivers are all equally crazy, giving high fives while breaking every
- [NEW - Poop Pills: Why Your Cancer Treatment Can Use a Stranger's Bacteria](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-poop-pills-why-your-cancer-treatment-can-use-a-strangers-bacteria/) - Poop pills could save your life, but first you need a complete flush. You're prepping for treatment. Drinking the same bowel prep solution people drink before colonoscopies. You're clearing out your native microbiome. Making room. Tomorrow you'll sit in the clinic on an empty stomach and swallow donor bacteria packaged in capsules. Thirty-five pills. One
- [Food Banks: The Five-Year Plan That's Now At Year 45](https://shanehewitt.ca/food-banks-the-five-year-plan-thats-now-at-year-45/) - Food bank donations fund an organization that was never supposed to exist this long. You're stopped at a red light. Four cars around you. One of those drivers doesn't know where their next meal is coming from. You can't tell which one. The first food banks in Canada wrote sunset clauses into their bylaws. Five
- [The February RRRP Deadline That Might Be Wrong for You](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-february-rrrp-deadline-that-might-be-wrong-for-you/) - RRSP contributions have a February deadline for your 2025 tax year. You walk into your bank. They want your money. They're not asking whether you should actually be making a contribution. They don't know you well enough. That's not the advice they're giving. You're pressured. RRSP season feels urgent. But what if contributing now costs
- [Shiftheads - Quality is Key: The Dealers Who Came Back From China Saying We're Screwed](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-quality-is-key-the-dealers-who-came-back-from-china-saying-were-screwed/) - Chinese vehicles look like a Maserati had a baby with a Ferrari, a Porsche, and a Tesla. You see the photos. Sleek. Beautiful. The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association sent twelve dealers to China last year. They came back saying we're gonna get our asses handed to us. Not because of price. Because of quality. You're
- [What Actually Matters at Award Shows Anymore](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-actually-matters-at-award-shows-anymore/) - Grammy political statements dominate every clip you see Monday. You're not watching performances. You're watching Billy Eilish swear at ICE after winning Song of the Year. Trevor Noah crack Trump jokes. Nicki Minaj get booed for her politics. The music that used to be the whole point? It's background noise now. What happens when the
- [NEW - Handy Andy: Life is Getting Expensive](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andy-life-is-getting-expensive/) - The Pipe That Bursts at 3 AM (And What You Forgot to Check) Winter plumbing protection starts with knowing which pipe breaks first. You're asleep at 3 AM when the temperature hits minus 10. Your outdoor spigot freezes solid. The copper pipe inside your wall expands, cracks, and starts flooding your kitchen before you even
- [Sell Your City! Canada’s Most Livable Cities](https://shanehewitt.ca/sell-your-city-canadas-most-livable-cities/) - Best Canadian cities rankings leave out the part where nothing actually makes sense. You're weighing a move to Calgary. Someone mentions it has 330 days of sunshine and roads that rank internationally for traffic flow. Great. Then you ask about downtown nightlife. Three streets. That's it. The rest? Office towers and dead space. You ask
- [AI Isn’t a Laser—It’s a Bulldozer: Rules First](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-isnt-a-laser-its-a-bulldozer-rules-first/) - Shane Hewitt discusses why AI adoption feels less like a targeted “laser” and more like a “bulldozer” that requires broad guardrails before delivering narrow benefits. The segment explains why organizations must exclude 99 per cent of unintended capabilities to safely use the 1 per cent they actually need, and notes the sudden rush to simple
- [No Labels, No Transparency: Expert Warns on Pork Imports](https://shanehewitt.ca/no-labels-no-transparency-expert-warns-on-pork-imports/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Sylvain Charlebois about newly approved pork imports and the lack of labelling that will prevent consumers from knowing where the meat comes from. While the expert notes the product is safe, he argues the real issue is transparency and trust, and the lost opportunity to help Canadians understand modern farming technologies.
- [ICYMI - The AI Helper That Only Tells You You're Great](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-the-ai-helper-that-only-tells-you-youre-great/) - Workplace AI adoption challenges start when your assistant stops challenging you. You're using ChatGPT. You draft something. It responds: "That's a great idea. This is good." You refine it. Same response. You've entered what Mohit Rajhans calls the Ralph Wiggum effect. The AI isn't helping you think better. It's placating you. And now you have
- [NEW - The Three-Hour Drive This Fan Makes More Than 41 Times a Year](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-three-hour-drive-this-fan-makes-more-than-41-times-a-year/) - Edmonton Oilers superfan known as McMullet just attended his 200th consecutive game. You're doing the math: he lives 30 minutes east of Calgary, drives two and a half hours north to Edmonton, then 30 minutes downtown. Three and a half hours each way. For every single home game. Including matchups against Columbus Blue Jackets. Including
- [The Expiry Date You're Ignoring (And the One You Shouldn't)](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-expiry-date-youre-ignoring-and-the-one-you-shouldnt/) - Food expiry dates dictate what you toss and what you keep. You open the fridge, check the date, throw out the yogurt. But here's the thing: some of those dates are meaningless, while others you're ignoring completely. Your dental floss has an expiry date. So does bar soap. Honey that's turned into a brick technically
- [NEW - Why Every Pop Song Sounds Like a Breakup Now](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-every-pop-song-sounds-like-a-breakup-now/) - Why pop music turned dark isn't a mystery anymore. You turn on the radio expecting something catchy, something that lifts you up for three minutes. Instead, you get lyrics so spiteful they make '80s breakup songs look like love letters. The melancholy isn't occasional. It's the default. Every chart topper trades hooks for heartbreak, and
- [When Awkward Becomes Iconic: The Catherin O'Hara Effect](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-awkward-becomes-iconic-the-catherin-ohara-effect/) - Catherine O'Hara legacy built slowly, then suddenly you realize she's been everywhere that mattered. You're reading she died January 30, 2026, at 71, and scrolling through the list of credits. Home Alone. Beetlejuice. Best in Show. SCTV. 30 Rock. Modern Family. Kids in the Hall. The Last of Us just last year. The weight of
- [NEW - The Shyamalan Movie Even the Critic Can't Kill](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-shyamalan-movie-even-the-critic-cant-kill/) - What to watch this weekend comes down to ignoring professional advice. Trap on Netflix with Josh Hartnett; everyone is screaming it’s a bad idea. It cost 30 million dollars but looks cheap. The story turns dark and suspenseful. Then the critic tells you Shyamalan's daughter inexplicably becomes the world's greatest detective in the third act,
- [Separation: When 20 Percent Becomes a National Crisis](https://shanehewitt.ca/separation-when-20-percent-becomes-a-national-crisis/) - Trump Bombardier decertification threat targets planes his own military flies. You're reading the announcement: decertify Bombardier unless Canada licenses Gulfstreams here. It's business extortion dressed as negotiation. The actual impact? US military operations compromised. Skywest, Endeavor, PSA, Flexjet, Gojet, Delta Connection all operate CRJs for commuter routes. Connector airline travel stops. The military loses jets
- [The Conversation Nobody Wants Before In Relationships Before They Need It](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-conversation-nobody-wants-before-in-relationships-before-they-need-it/) - Prenuptial agreement benefits sound unromantic until you're spending six times the value fighting over coats. You're getting married. You're penguins. You're meant to be together. Talking about a prenup feels like planning for failure. Julia Fogarty's response: 50% of marriages end in divorce, and the ones without domestic contracts spend thousands more getting there. January
- [Alberta Separation Talk and U.S. Interference Concerns](https://shanehewitt.ca/alberta-separation-talk-and-u-s-interference-concerns/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with a political analyst about Alberta’s separation debate, Premier Danielle Smith’s response and concerns over groups seeking support from American officials. The conversation examines the difference between holding separatist views and actively pursuing foreign involvement, as well as the political risks of linking the movement to U.S. figures. The segment also looks
- [Turn Common Law Into Tax Savings: What One Year of Living Together Might Unlock](https://shanehewitt.ca/turn-common-law-into-tax-savings-what-one-year-of-living-together-might-unlock/) - You open your fridge. Half a cantaloupe is rotting. The bag of onions from Costco never stood a chance. Singles tax isn't just about April 15th. It's about every grocery run where the bulk discount requires buying more food than one person can eat before it spoils in your 700-square-foot apartment with no basement freezer.
- [NEW -  Why Nasa Shouldn’t Fly During the Last Week of January](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-nasa-shouldnt-fly-during-the-last-week-of-january/) - Space shuttle disasters cluster around the same week every year. You trust the engineers. You trust the technology. The astronauts trust it too. Then 73 seconds after liftoff, smoke trails fork across Florida sky and seven people are gone. The shuttle was supposed to be invulnerable. It wasn't. And now we're sending people back up.
- [1986 Challenger Explosion: What Changed in How We Process Tragedy](https://shanehewitt.ca/1986-challenger-explosion-what-changed-in-how-we-process-tragedy/) - Challenger explosion footage plays on the classroom TV. You're sitting crisscross on the library floor with thirty other kids. A teacher was going to space. You watched her die. Then nobody talked about it again. Not that day. Not the next week. Not for years. NASA almost sent Big Bird to space instead of teacher
- [NEW - Throwback Thursday: The Silence You Still Remember, Challenger ‘86](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-throwback-thursday-the-silence-you-still-remember-challenger-86/) - Space Shuttle Challenger memories all start the same way: silence. You're in a classroom. The TV cart gets wheeled in. Seven astronauts board the shuttle on screen. Seventy-three seconds after liftoff, smoke trails fork across the sky. The teacher doesn't speak. You don't speak. Nobody knows what just happened. Reagan made a speech that day.
- [SHIFTHEADS: How to Spot Gene Edited Bacon (Spoiler: You Can't)](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-to-spot-gene-edited-bacon-spoiler-you-cant/) - Gene edited pork is legal as of this week. You're holding two packages of bacon. Identical price. Identical appearance. One package contains pork with DNA tweaked in a lab using CRISPR. The other doesn't. Health Canada says both are safe, so neither gets labeled. Pick one. You literally cannot tell the difference by taste, smell,
- [Shiftheads - How to Accidentally Kill Your Own Movement: Alberta Separation Fail](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-to-accidentally-kill-your-own-movement-alberta-separation-fail/) - Alberta separatism debate has a foreign interference problem. Your movement needs legitimacy. Some supporters are meeting with White House officials. Steve Bannon's show is talking about taking over Alberta. Trump's treasury pick is commenting on Alberta referendums. David Eby called it treasonous. Now imagine if Jesse Ventura was meeting with Ottawa about Minnesota joining Canada.
- [Wheel in the TV: A Generation Watched The Challenger The Same Way](https://shanehewitt.ca/wheel-in-the-tv-a-generation-watched-the-challenger-the-same-way/) - Your teacher spent weeks building this up. The Challenger disaster wasn't supposed to happen. A schoolteacher was going to space, and you were going to watch her teach from orbit. You're in class, lunch break, eyes on the TV. The shuttle lifts. The smoke splits into wrong directions. Nobody moves. You're waiting for someone to
- [Steal This: Rachel McAdams' (Desert Island) Revenge Strategy](https://shanehewitt.ca/steal-this-rachel-mcadams-desert-island-revenge-strategy/) - Celebrity Feuds Expose Entertainment's Power ProblemCelebrity feuds reveal who has protection and who doesn't. You're an acclaimed actor. A legendary director calls your Oscar-nominated work "weak sauce" on a public podcast. You can defend yourself and look petty, or you can wait and see if anyone defends you. The gap between those two options measures
- [Shiftheads - Two Thirds of Your Life Runs on Autopilot](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-two-thirds-of-your-life-runs-on-autopilot/) - You delete Instagram to break the doom scrolling habit. Automatic behaviors still control you. You grab your phone, swipe up, and tap the same screen location. Except now it opens your banking app instead. You're staring at your account balance, wondering why. Your brain executed the pattern before you thought about it. Two out of
- [NEW - The Zipline Escape East German Guards Mistook for a Spy Mission](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-zipline-escape-east-german-guards-mistook-for-a-spy-mission/) - Berlin Wall escapes required impossible choices between safety and freedom. You're standing in East Berlin, 1965. Your family is hiding in a ministry bathroom with an out of order sign on the door. In a few hours, you'll tie a nylon rope to a flagpole, throw it 120 meters over armed guards, and zipline to
- [The Automatic Phone Check You Don't Remember Making](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-automatic-phone-check-you-dont-remember-making/) - Stop doom scrolling attempts usually fail because app restrictions don't address the real problem. You're watching TV. You pick up your phone. Face ID unlocks it. Your thumb hits the same spot on the screen where Instagram used to be. Now it opens your banking app. You stare at it confused. You weren't trying to
- [NEW - Smart Speakers - The Muscle Memory Problem and Jumping The Asylum Queue](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-the-muscle-memory-problem-and-jumping-the-asylum-queue/) - Why Your Brain Opens Apps Without Permission Doom scrolling habits reveal something unsettling about your brain. You're standing in line at the coffee shop. Your phone is already out. Instagram is already open. You don't remember deciding to look. Your thumb just moved there, automatic as breathing, and now you're three posts deep into content
- [What Really Happens When Your Body Rewrites the Rules](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-really-happens-when-your-body-rewrites-the-rules/) - Menopause doesn't announce itself. What really happens when your body rewrites the rules, and how to navigate the transition with wisdom and support.
- [Why Remote Work Freedom Became a Trap (for some)](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-remote-work-freedom-became-a-trap-for-some/) - Return to office mandates are forcing a choice. You're reading the email from HR. Five days a week, starting next month. You've been working from home for three years. Your coworkers are furious. You're relieved. One co-host would go back tomorrow, in a heartbeat. The isolation is killing him. Screen rot, brain rot, doom scrolling.
- [The Heated Rivalry Lesson: Tony Chapman on Fear Versus Opportunity](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-heated-rivalry-lesson-tony-chapman-on-fear-versus-opportunity/) - Recommendation economy power: you nibble at content once and algorithms feed you that forever. You're a hungry fish and they've got the fattest, juiciest worm. Amazon knows this so well they're testing sending you parcels you never ordered, betting their data knows you want it or you're running out. The return rate is no different
- [Why Urban Biodiversity Thrives in Vacant Spaces](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-urban-biodiversity-thrives-in-vacant-spaces/) - Urban biodiversity sounds like a park issue, not a city problem. Your apartment balcony overlooks a crumbling strip mall. Across the street, an abandoned factory lot is overgrown with weeds. You assume it's an eyesore that needs clearing. What if that vacant space is actually supporting more bird species than the manicured park three blocks
- [Choosing Hope: The Habit That Changes Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/choosing-hope-the-habit-that-changes-everything/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Robyne Hanley‑Dafoe about her research into hope, rooted in her survival of a near‑fatal accident and the reframing that followed decades later. Hanley‑Dafoe explains why hope is not optimism or luck, but a repeatable practice built on habits, rituals and slowing down to focus on what matters. The conversation examines
- [Shiftheads - Hope as Action Versus Outcome: The Word That Changed Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-hope-as-action-versus-outcome-the-word-that-changed-everything/) - Hope as action versus outcome starts with one uncomfortable realization. You're listing everything you hope to accomplish this year. Hope to get the job. Hope to find your wallet. Hope to finish the project. Hope to make a change. Someone stops you and says: hope is a beautiful thing, it's a terrible plan. What's the
- [Matt Gurney: Canada Is Losing the Info War](https://shanehewitt.ca/matt-gurney-canada-is-losing-the-info-war/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with columnist Matt Gurney about Canada’s growing inability to control the narrative during fast‑moving international events. Gurney argues that other countries run coordinated information strategies while Canada often responds slowly or not at all, allowing others to set the public record. The conversation explores rapid response, public diplomacy and the shifting role
- [NEW - The Facebook Scam Problem Law Enforcement Can't Touch](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-facebook-scam-problem-law-enforcement-cant-touch/) - Social media investment scams operate beyond law enforcement reach. You see an Instagram ad with the Wealthsimple logo. The returns look good. You click into what appears to be an official forum. You invest. Hours later, everything disappears. The scammers, the forum, the ad, all gone. You call the RCMP. They tell you the crime
- [ICYMI - Choosing Hope: Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe on the Practice That Changes Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-choosing-hope-dr-robyne-hanley-dafoe-on-the-practice-that-changes-everything/) - Choosing hope sounds simple until you're trapped in a sinking car. You're underwater. The vehicle is going down. You have seconds to get yourself out or die here. You make it to the surface. A stranger pulls you the rest of the way. Thirty years later, a Navy SEAL tells you something nobody ever said:
- [NEW - Autonomous Snow Removal Robot: The $5,000 Yard Machine That Works](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-autonomous-snow-removal-robot-the-5000-yard-machine-that-works/) - Autonomous snow removal robot skepticism disappears when the blizzard arrives. You just spent $5,000 on what your family calls a ridiculous toy. A yellow tractor that mows lawns and blows snow. Everyone thinks you've lost it. Then New Jersey gets buried. You're sitting inside with coffee. Through the window, the little yellow tank is clearing
- [Neighborly Warfare: Bob Addison Asks Am I the Problem?](https://shanehewitt.ca/neighborly-warfare-bob-addison-asks-am-i-the-problem/) - Am I the jerk: your townhouse complex has roads like the Death Road in Bolivia when garbage bins go out. You're stuck between speed bump installers and a massive diesel truck blocking your path home. The truck idles, spewing exhaust, while a woman digs through every recycling bin collecting cans. You can't get to your
- [Controlling the Narrative: Matt Gurney on Canada's Info War Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/controlling-the-narrative-matt-gurney-on-canadas-info-war-problem/) - Controlling the narrative: the White House announces your prime minister's phone call before you do. Americans are describing what was said on cable news. Your government hasn't issued a statement. The other side wrote the first draft of history, and you're standing there fact-checking someone else's version of your own conversation. Who's winning hearts and
- [Finding Good in Bad Days: The Hope Practice That Changes Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/finding-good-in-bad-days-the-hope-practice-that-changes-everything/) - Finding good in bad days starts with one brutal truth. You're sitting in traffic for 80 minutes on a route that normally takes 30. The forecast predicted this snow a week ago. Nothing was done. You're losing time you'll never get back, and yet somehow, the drivers around you stay kind. Patience replaces rage. People
- [SHIFTHEADS: Posting Relationships on Social Media: The Performative Question Nobody's Asking](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-posting-relationships-on-social-media-the-performative-question-nobodys-asking/) - Posting relationships on social media starts with one uncomfortable question. Your partner never shares photos of you two together. Their feed shows friends, food, travel, everything except you. You're three months in. Six months. A year. You finally ask why. They say they value privacy. You hear: they're hiding you. Who's actually being performative here?
- [NEW - Why the GST Rebate Incentivizes You to File Taxes On Time](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-the-gst-rebate-incentivizes-you-to-file-taxes-on-time/) - $500 Million for Food Security While Cutting Agriculture Research You volunteer at a food bank watching hamper requests increase weekly. Food security investments sound promising until you read the details. Mark Carney announces $500 million for food suppliers, $150 million for small and medium producers, $20 million for local food infrastructure including food banks. The
- [Algorithms vs. Mental Health: The 91% Warning](https://shanehewitt.ca/algorithms-vs-mental-health-the-91-warning/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Dr. Michelle Grimes about new findings showing that 91 per cent of mental health practitioners see social media as harmful to well‑being. Grimes explains how comparison culture and algorithm‑driven feedback loops contribute to youth anxiety and depression. The discussion highlights the need for media literacy, moderation and stronger support for young
- [Blue Rewards vs. Scene Plus: The New Points Battle](https://shanehewitt.ca/blue-rewards-vs-scene-plus-the-new-points-battle/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with loyalty expert Patrick Sojka about Shell ending its 34‑year partnership with Air Miles and the transition to Blue Rewards. Sojka explains why Shell is shifting to Scene Plus and how consumers may see inflated point balances, new travel partners and expanded restaurant options. The discussion outlines the growing competition in Canada’s
- [NEW-  Why Procrastination Isn't About Laziness (It's Your Brain's Cost Calculator)](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-procrastination-isnt-about-laziness-its-your-brains-cost-calculator/) - Procrastination keeps you walking past the same task for years. You know cleaning out that closet will take eleven minutes. You put it off for months anyway. Your brain evaluates the effort cost before you even start. That calculation happens in a separate pathway from the reward you'll feel when it's done. Dr. Yammine references
- [12 Minutes for a Taco: The Delivery Driver Priority Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/12-minutes-for-a-taco-the-delivery-driver-priority-problem/) - Delivery driver priority ruins your lunch before you taste it. You stand at the counter. Twelve minutes pass. You paid already. The taco you ordered still hasn't arrived. Three delivery drivers walk in, grab bags, leave. Another one comes. Same thing. You're still standing there. The people around you have the same confused look. You
- [NEW - Handy Andy: 2 Investments That Will Change Snowstorms For You](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-handy-andy-2-investments-that-will-change-snowstorms-for-you/) - Electric Snow Shovels: 40 Years Old But Finally Worth Buying Electric snow shovels just buried your driveway in possibility. You're staring at eight inches of fresh snow. Your back already hurts thinking about the shovel. The battery-powered version sits in your garage. Six to eight inches maximum capacity. Throws snow 25 feet. Weighs less than
- [SHIFTHEADS: 34 Years Later: The Shell-Air Miles Split (and a new name)](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-34-years-later-the-shell-air-miles-split-and-a-new-name/) - You're standing at the Shell pump with your Air Miles card. Loyalty program changes are coming whether you're ready or not. That 34-year partnership ends this year. Your grocery stores already switched to Scene Plus. Now your gas station follows. Air Miles becomes Blue Rewards by summer, the iconic flying boat logo retiring after serving
- [91% of Therapists Confirm What You Already Feel About Social Media](https://shanehewitt.ca/91-of-therapists-confirm-what-you-already-feel-about-social-media/) - Social media mental health damage starts with three stolen minutes. You pull out your phone before a meeting. Your friend posts vacation photos. Another shares their promotion. Someone's dinner looks perfect. You walk in late, feeling worse about your Tuesday than you did five minutes ago. Dr. Michelle Grimes reports 91% of mental health practitioners
- [ICYMI - How a Red Lobster Costume Created a Decade-Long Local Legend](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-how-a-red-lobster-costume-created-a-decade-long-local-legend/) - You're at an Iron Maiden concert head-banging when you spot him. Local legend status doesn't require fame or fortune. You look left into the mosh pit. Bright red lobster costume. Giant pinchers clapping. The metalheads around you aren't confused. They're cheering. Rock Lobster Guy showed up to every metal concert in Alberta for over a
- [What Bank Switching Incentives Reveal About Your Worth to Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-bank-switching-incentives-reveal-about-your-worth-to-them/) - Bank switching incentives flood your inbox. You open the email. Free iPad for moving your RRSP to them. $100 cash for opening a checking account. Your current bank never offered you anything. This new bank wants you badly enough to give you $500 worth of gifts. What are they getting in return? Moorhouse points to
- [NEW - Why Dating Your Ex Reveals More Than You Think](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-dating-your-ex-reveals-more-than-you-think/) - Dating your ex sounds easier than starting over. Your phone lights up. It's them. Three years later, and suddenly they're back in your messages. The shared history. The inside jokes. The way they already know your family. It feels like skipping ahead to the comfortable part. Jen Kirsch: "Just because something feels electric doesn't mean
- [January Releases + Streaming Picks = What the Hell Should We Watch](https://shanehewitt.ca/january-releases-streaming-picks-what-the-hell-should-we-watch/) - Movies: 16 Oscar Nominations: What Ryan Coogler's Record Actually Unlocks January movie releases signal studio confidence levels. You walk into a theater in January expecting leftover projects studios don't know what to do with. Then Sinners breaks the Oscar nomination record with 16 nods. Your assumption about January being a dumping ground just collapsed. Ryan
- [SHIFTHEADS - 9,000 Tickets Sold: The Shorzy Classic Tour Economics](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-9000-tickets-sold-the-shorzy-classic-tour-economics/) - Shorzy Classic tour tickets sell out in your city. You're watching a TV comedy character play actual hockey against NHL alumni at a sold-out arena. Nine thousand people paid to see this. The team raises tens of thousands for charity while running shirtless laps after giving up ten goals. This isn't a promotional stunt—it's becoming
- [Why Canada China Food Trade Actually Protects Canadian Grocery Prices](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-canada-china-food-trade-actually-protects-canadian-grocery-prices/) - Canada China food trade reopens, and you're standing in the meat aisle watching beef prices. The news says Canada just shipped beef to China. Your brain does the math: more exports equals less supply equals higher prices for you. But that equation might be completely backwards. Charlebois argues shipping more beef to China actually lowers
- [NEW - The Ryan Wedding Arrest Press Conference Nobody Expected](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-ryan-wedding-arrest-press-conference-nobody-expected/) - Ryan Wedding arrest gets announced with FBI and RCMP bosses standing together. You're watching the press conference. FBI Director Kash Patel calls Wedding a "modern day El Chapo" and "modern day Pablo Escobar." Then he credits President Trump's leadership for the capture. The RCMP Commissioner congratulates everyone. The stage is packed with law enforcement from
- [TikTok Jingles: When User Content Becomes Corporate Advertising](https://shanehewitt.ca/tiktok-jingles-when-user-content-becomes-corporate-advertising/) - Viral jingle commercial partnerships change everything. You notice Dr. Pepper has no jingle. You make one on TikTok in 15 seconds. The video hits millions of views. Three weeks later, you're sitting in front of your TV watching your homemade clip air as an official Dr. Pepper commercial to 20 million viewers during a major
- [Shiftheads - Trump's Greenland Deal Nobody Can Confirm: The Arctic Strategy Question](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-trumps-greenland-deal-nobody-can-confirm-the-arctic-strategy-question/) - Billion-Dollar Peace Board + Federal Job Cuts = Mark Carney's Week Trump peace board rejection saves Mark Carney from questionable company. You're watching a peace advisory board form that includes Vladimir Putin, Belarusian dictator Lukashenko, and a billion-dollar entry fee nobody can explain. Carney gets dropped after his Davos speech rejecting Trump's approach. Meanwhile, Trump
- [ICYMI - AI Hiring Systems Make Recruiters More Valuable, Not Less](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-ai-hiring-systems-make-recruiters-more-valuable-not-less/) - AI hiring systems scan your resume. You're clicking through the application form. Checkbox: Do you have a degree? You select no. Thirty years of industry experience in this exact field. None of it matters. The system filters you out before a human reads line one. Rajhans points to the central problem: AI uses point-scoring that
- [NEW - He-Man, Satanic Panic, and early 1980s Toy Trap](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-he-man-satanic-panic-and-early-1980s-toy-trap/) - Your 1980s toy nostalgia peaks at birthday parties where you watch your friend unwrap Castle Grayskull while holding the $2 GI Joe you brought as a gift. Eight other kids brought the same thing because $2 was the magic price point parents approved without hesitation, so now there's a pile of duplicate soldiers next to
- [NEW -  Why Trump's Greenland 'Deal' Might Actually Target Canada's Arctic](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-trumps-greenland-deal-might-actually-target-canadas-arctic/) - Arctic sovereignty becomes real when someone else claims it first. You're watching Trump announce a Greenland deal. He says it covers the entire Arctic region, including Canadian territory. Your government ignored Arctic defense for decades, and now a U.S. president just announced plans without asking permission. Trump says he'll explain the deal in two weeks.
- [1984 Nostalgia Meets Masters of the Universe: Why Throwback Culture Never Dies](https://shanehewitt.ca/1984-nostalgia-meets-masters-of-the-universe-why-throwback-culture-never-dies/) - You're standing in 1984 nostalgia right now, whether you lived through it or just admire it from afar. The Apple commercial that dropped pre-Super Bowl changed marketing forever with its "fight the man" philosophy. That same year launched the peak era of Masters of the Universe toys, and now there's a new movie trailer bringing
- [NEW - Why Nobody Remembers the 1984 Super Bowl Score But Everyone Remembers the Mac Commercial](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-nobody-remembers-the-1984-super-bowl-score-but-everyone-remembers-the-mac-commercial/) - You're watching a woman sprint down an aisle toward a massive screen. She's holding a sledgehammer. You have no idea what you're watching until she throws it. The screen explodes. Cut to Apple logo. That's the 1984 Apple commercial, and it's more famous than the Super Bowl game it aired during. Oakland Raiders 38, Washington
- [SHIFTHEADS: What Apple's 1984 Ad Reveals About Independent Thinking Today](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-what-apples-1984-ad-reveals-about-independent-thinking-today/) - Technology and independent thinking barely coexist anymore. You pull out your phone before deciding where to eat. You open GPS before trusting your instincts about which route to take. You search symptoms before calling a doctor. When exactly did checking replace thinking? Apple sold the idea of unleashing creativity in 1984. The Macintosh was actually
- [Shiftheads - What Men Actually Need to Know About Perimenopause](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-what-men-actually-need-to-know-about-perimenopause/) - You notice your coworker walking into a room and forgetting why she's there. Brain fog, she jokes. But she's at the top of her career, leading projects, making critical decisions. Supporting women through menopause extends beyond your partner to every woman in your workplace navigating symptoms that look like other conditions but stem from one
- [ICYMI - 1984 Macintosh Commercial: When Did the Rebel Become the Empire?](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-1984-macintosh-commercial-when-did-the-rebel-become-the-empire/) - 1984 Macintosh commercial runs during the Super Bowl. You're watching Apple position itself as the counterculture smashing IBM's dominance. You look at your devices today: they're all Apple. The company that threw the sledgehammer built the screen everyone stares at now. How did the rebel become the empire it promised to destroy? Why didn't the
- [2026 Oscars: Why Horror Finally Broke the Academy's Biggest Barrier](https://shanehewitt.ca/2026-oscars-why-horror-finally-broke-the-academys-biggest-barrier/) - Part 1 - The Record-Breaking Nomination That Changes Everything 2026 Oscar nominations arrive and you notice the number next to Sinners: 16. You check the previous record: La La Land with 14 nominations ten years ago. Before that, Titanic. Before that, All About Eve 25 years earlier. The film that just broke the record is
- [Elegant Aging: Navigating Menopause with Strength](https://shanehewitt.ca/elegant-aging-navigating-menopause-with-strength/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Helen Valleau about menopause as both a biological shift and a meaningful stage of personal growth. The guest highlights how regulating the nervous system, embracing authenticity and reframing aging can help women navigate this transition with confidence. The conversation explores femininity, resilience and the evolving discussion around aging. #menopause #elegantaging #CFRAOttawa
- [Dementia Awareness: Mario Gregorio Shares His Reality](https://shanehewitt.ca/dementia-awareness-mario-gregorio-shares-his-reality/) - Shane Hewitt speaks with Mario Gregorio, a long‑time dementia advocate from Burnaby, B.C., about living with dementia and the stigma that often isolates those affected. Gregorio explains the tools he uses to navigate daily life and stresses the importance of recognizing the person, not the diagnosis. The discussion highlights awareness, dignity and the need for
- [Expert Warns: Take Trump’s Promises Seriously](https://shanehewitt.ca/expert-warns-take-trumps-promises-seriously/) - In conversation with Shane Hewitt and Vassy Kapelos discusses whether Donald Trump is deliberately using a “flood the zone” media strategy to deflect attention from other controversies. The guest argues that Trump’s statements must be taken seriously, noting that even low‑probability scenarios require preparation. The segment examines risk, media saturation, and political messaging. #trump #FloodTheZone
- [NEW - Why Mark Carney's WEF Speech Was Canada's Riskiest Gamble](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-mark-carneys-wef-speech-was-canadas-riskiest-gamble/) - Mark Carney's WEF speech came during active tariff negotiations with Trump. You're watching Canada's new Prime Minister deliver his first major international speech. He's supposed to be de-escalating Trump's tariff threats. Instead, he's signaling partnership with China on rare minerals. You're thinking: is this brilliant negotiation or political suicide? Tony Chapman calls it "one of
- [Shiftheads - Cancer Cures and the Alternative Medicine Industry's Bigger Secret](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-cancer-cures-and-the-alternative-medicine-industrys-bigger-secret/) - Cancer cure conspiracy theories flood your social media feeds daily. You see the testimonials. Someone's uncle cured stage four with broccoli. Another swears by lemon water. Those med bed videos keep circulating. Nathan Radke asks one question that flips the entire premise: if pharmaceutical companies are driven by greed, why wouldn't they cash in on
- [The Curiosity Test: Learner or Sucker?](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-curiosity-test-learner-or-sucker/) - The curiosity conspiracy trap starts with innocent questions. You pause the movie mid-scene. That spaceship rotation in 2001: A Space Odyssey looks impossible for 1968. You need to know Kubrick's technique before you can continue watching. Your brain won't let the story proceed until you understand the mechanism. Is this healthy learning or the first
- [NEW - Federal Job Cuts Meet Global Realignment: Ottawa's Double Shock](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-federal-job-cuts-meet-global-realignment-ottawas-double-shock/) - Why Mark Carney's WEF Strategy Leaves Trump IsolatedFederal job cuts in Ottawa are hitting every hallway. Your neighbor works at Defense. Your friend is at the RCMP. The person across the road is at CBSA. Someone down the street is at Transport. Everyone you know is suddenly worried about their job disappearing. Jamie Ellerton says
- [SHIFTHEADS: How Protein Timing Fixes Hormonal Mood Swings](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-how-protein-timing-fixes-hormonal-mood-swings/) - Perimenopause nutrition changes demand more fiber and protein. Your breakfast worked fine last year. Now it triggers a 2pm crash. Your favorite dinner exhausts you. The foods that sustained you for decades suddenly betray your body. Why does joint pain worsen in your 40s? Alyssa B's answer: protein deficiency, not just age. She argues protein
- [NEW - Your Kid's Minecraft Addiction Might Be Building Their Career](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-your-kids-minecraft-addiction-might-be-building-their-career/) - Minecraft teaches problem solving, or does it just teach YouTube dependency? Your kid has been building elaborate digital worlds for four hours straight. You're debating whether to shut it down. You grew up dumping Tinker Toys from a tin can with zero instructions and figuring it out through failure. Which approach actually prepares them for
- [The Technocracy Trap: When "Let Us Handle It" Sounds Good](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-technocracy-trap-when-let-us-handle-it-sounds-good/) - Technocracy versus democracy becomes tempting when you're exhausted. Another debate ends with nothing accomplished. Another promise broken. Another politician lying on TV saying "up is down and black is white." You just want groceries affordable and roads fixed. Someone offers: "What if smart people based on their resumes just ran things? No elections, no drama,
- [Rich Versus Wealthy: The Definition That Changes Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/rich-versus-wealthy-the-definition-that-changes-everything/) - The difference between rich and wealthy isn't about the number in your bank account. You're grinding sixty hours a week, pulling six figures. Your neighbor works fewer hours, earns less per year, but has more freedom. You're both making good money. Why does one path feel like a treadmill? Dr. Willie Jolley's definition: rich is
- [Five Hats, Four Losses, and Barefoot Curling at 1:30 AM](https://shanehewitt.ca/five-hats-four-losses-and-barefoot-curling-at-130-am/) - You're bald by choice (mostly). Vancouver Island earthquake warning concerns you less than protecting your melon from falls and sun exposure. Five hats in one day: regular toque, beanie, Vancouver Food Bank long toque, Voltron baseball cap, sun hat, protective helmet toque. You don't realize the record until next morning. Bob's bonspiel: four straight losses,
- [NEW -  Trump Diplomatic Text Leaks: When Trust Becomes Weaponized](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-trump-diplomatic-text-leaks-when-trust-becomes-weaponized/) - Trump diplomatic text leaks from Macron and NATO leaders went public. Your private conversations with colleagues stay private because trust exists. Candid feedback about performance happens in writing you wouldn't want seen. Not scandalous, just frank. Now imagine those texts published deliberately to humiliate you. Matt Gurney calls it malicious, cruel, manipulative. Trump's doing it
- [Davos Speech Breakdown: Selling Canada to Billionaires vs. Speaking to Citizens](https://shanehewitt.ca/davos-speech-breakdown-selling-canada-to-billionaires-vs-speaking-to-citizens/) - Your Prime Minister stands before billionaires at the World Economic Forum to sell Canada as an investment opportunity. You hear it as a "rah rah Canada" moment. Both are true. The disconnect matters because the audience in that room isn't you, and the speech wasn't designed for working people. Fifteen minutes of messaging includes direct
- [Good News Tuesday: Manitoba Rescues to Ontario Breadsticks](https://shanehewitt.ca/good-news-tuesday-manitoba-rescues-to-ontario-breadsticks/) - Good News Tuesday gives you good news when your day is rough and you can't see past the struggle. You text in whatever good news you have, any size. The principle is proven: good news makes good news babies. One piece of positivity creates another. Unlimited Olive Garden breadsticks arrive in Ontario. The recommended approach
- [SHIFTHEADS: 17 Years Living With Dementia: What Friends Get Wrong](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-17-years-living-with-dementia-what-friends-get-wrong/) - Your friends stop visiting after your dementia diagnosis. They forget to call. You get dropped from the golf list after making a few scoring mistakes. The diagnosis didn't take away who you are. Dementia stigma makes you invisible while you're still here, still living, still deserving connection and respect. Mario Gregorio uses cheat sheets with
- [NEW - Shane with Vassy Kapelos: Trump's Greenland Maps vs. Carney's WEF Reality](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-shane-with-vassy-kapelos-trumps-greenland-maps-vs-carneys-wef-reality/) - Mark Carney's Davos speech changed how Canada talks to the world. Your government spent months trying to lower the temperature with Trump, diffusing tensions, salvaging whatever's left. This speech did the opposite. The world's billionaires and decision makers heard Canada's leader declare the norms they pretended governed global order are finished. The speech was substantial.
- [What Menopause Actually Creates (Not What It Takes Away)](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-menopause-actually-creates-not-what-it-takes-away/) - Menopause emotional changes arrive before your body gives physical clues. You're standing at your sink. Water circles the drain. The thought hits: is this as good as it gets? You're emotionally plummeting and you don't know why yet. Perimenopause sneaks in through your mental state, not your cycle. Helen Valleau noticed at 46 and completed
- [The $70 IKEA Lamp That Broke the Internet](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-70-ikea-lamp-that-broke-the-internet/) - Tech gadget surprises happen when companies underestimate what people actually want. Your IKEA released a $70 LED floor lamp called the Slovenden. Red. Tall. Narrow arch design. Three dimming levels. Works indoors and outdoors. It sold out worldwide within hours. No anticipation. No Slovenden 1 preparing anyone for Slovenden 2. Just a quiet launch that
- [Trump's Greenland Threat: When Allies Face Extortion](https://shanehewitt.ca/trumps-greenland-threat-when-allies-face-extortion/) - Part 1 Electric Cars for Canola: The Bingo Card Nobody Had Nobody predicted this. Canada China canola deal swaps reduced agricultural tariffs for electric vehicle market access. You're planning next year's crops wondering if Chinese trade stabilizes or if this becomes another temporary fix before more disruption. The deal wasn't just canola. Peas, lobster, crab,
- [NEW-  Writing for Mental Health: The Companion Nobody Talks About](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-writing-for-mental-health-the-companion-nobody-talks-about/) - Blue Monday hits hard. Writing for mental health sounds abstract until you're sitting alone feeling funky and realize you need something tangible. You're not depressed. The vibe just went stinky. Ottawa never gets warm, just stays below zero and breezy. Calgary had sunshine bumps. You notice the difference this time of year. Catherine Black started
- [The Creative Fix Nobody Talks About on Blue Monday](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-creative-fix-nobody-talks-about-on-blue-monday/) - You need to cheer yourself up but Blue Monday makes everything feel harder. Your usual tricks aren't working. Music helps sometimes but today you need something different. What pulls you back when quick fixes fail? Creative activities emerge as the unexpected solution: dumping Lego buckets and building something. Logging into Minecraft to construct towers. Watching
- [NEW - Why ChatGPT Ads Signal the End of Free AI](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-chatgpt-ads-signal-the-end-of-free-ai/) - Winter Car Maintenance: The Tire Pressure Math Nobody Checks Winter car maintenance gets ignored until your dashboard lights up. Your tire pressure warning flashes on during the morning commute. It disappears by afternoon. You assume it's fine. It's not. The temperature dropped 10 degrees and your tires lost 2 PSI you didn't account for. Andy
- [SHIFTHEADS: Perimenopause Symptoms: The 10-Year Sneak Attack](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-perimenopause-symptoms-the-10-year-sneak-attack/) - Perimenopause symptoms accumulate slowly. Your hair falls out in the shower. You need more coffee to get through the day. You walk into rooms and forget why. Six months of small changes add up to something unrecognizable. You wonder what's happening to your body. Dr. Iliana Lega confirms perimenopause can last up to 10 years
- [Why Your Teen Needs to Call the Bank Themselves](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-your-teen-needs-to-call-the-bank-themselves/) - Your teenager lost their debit card. Teaching teens about money starts with moments like this. You could call the bank and fix it in five minutes. Instead, you hand them the phone. They panic. You stay on the couch. They figure it out. Anita Bruinsma challenges parents to stop taking over. When kids open their
- [Blue Monday Coping Strategies: Ryan Says Sad Music Actually Helps](https://shanehewitt.ca/blue-monday-coping-strategies-ryan-says-sad-music-actually-helps/) - Blue Monday coping strategies usually tell you to fight the feeling. You woke up grumpy. The vibe feels off. Fighting it makes it worse. What if leaning in works better than wrestling with sadness? Sad music functions as cushion, not amplifier. Fleet Foxes' "Blue Spotted Tail" asks what life means in intimate simplicity. The Smiths'
- [Chinese EV Tariffs: The Trade-Off Canada Just Made](https://shanehewitt.ca/chinese-ev-tariffs-the-trade-off-canada-just-made/) - Electric vehicle tariffs from China just collapsed from 100% to a quota system. You're looking at 50,000 new vehicles entering Canada annually at prices domestic manufacturers can't match. Your government chose affordability over protectionism. Now you get to choose which matters more: your wallet or where the technology comes from. Why do plug-in hybrid owners
- [ICYMI - Why 2016 Became the Internet's New Nostalgia Era](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-why-2016-became-the-internets-new-nostalgia-era/) - Digital privacy means nothing when social media platforms own your archive. You posted freely in 2016 because the grip wasn't obvious yet. No AI curation. No constant tracking. Just you, your filtered photos, and the illusion that your digital life belonged to you. Now those companies are pulling you back into dormant content, calling it
- [NEW-  Steve Stebbing's Theater vs Streaming Picks This Weekend](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-steve-stebbings-theater-vs-streaming-picks-this-weekend/) - Part 1 Movies: What's Actually Worth Theater Money Weekend movie releases force a choice: theaters or streaming. You've got three new options hitting screens, each pulling different directions. A zombie sequel that "shifted into an all new gear." A hostage thriller from the Good Will Hunting director that "never really gets to that kind of
- [Friend Advice in Relationships: When Support Becomes Baggage](https://shanehewitt.ca/friend-advice-in-relationships-when-support-becomes-baggage/) - Friend advice in relationships gets complicated when their baggage clouds what they see in yours. Your closest friend gives you relationship advice. It sounds helpful. But their last breakup was brutal, and now you're wondering: are they seeing your situation clearly, or filtering everything through their own pain? Shane talks with Jen Kirsch and Tony
- [Why 2016 Became the Internet's Nostalgia Cutoff](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-2016-became-the-internets-nostalgia-cutoff/) - The 2016 nostalgia trend hit your feed this week. Instagram prompted you to post a photo from 10 years ago. You scrolled through old albums, found pictures of yourself at summer camp or working retail or figuring out college. Maybe you posted it. Maybe you just looked and remembered how different life felt then. The
- [NEW - Canada China EV Deal: The Tariff Trade-Off Nobody's Explaining](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canada-china-ev-deal-the-tariff-trade-off-nobodys-explaining/) - The Canada China EV deal brings electric vehicles into the country that was labeled a security threat nine months ago. Your government negotiated tariff quotas on cars and canola with the nation whose technology was banned from cell networks. Now that same technology will fill roads in $33,000 vehicles while auto workers question if their
- [The Ontario Snowstorm Answer That Went Viral](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-ontario-snowstorm-answer-that-went-viral/) - The Ontario snowstorm response that captured national attention wasn't about accumulation totals or road conditions. You watched a CTV reporter approach a random guy on a Toronto street during 22 centimeters of snowfall. You expected complaints about transit or shoveling. Instead, he delivered the most Canadian answer possible, then walked away. That was all. Done
- [Shiftheads - What "New World Order" Actually Means for Canadian Security](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-what-new-world-order-actually-means-for-canadian-security/) - Part 1: Canada China Trade Deal: The Surveillance Tech We're Importing The Canada China trade deal brings electric vehicles from the country whose technology was banned from cell networks nine months ago. You're watching your government remove tariffs on "the most high tech of the retail products you can probably buy right now in the
- [NEW - Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis: The Independence It Preserves](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-early-alzheimers-diagnosis-the-independence-it-preserves/) - Alzheimer's stigma kills independence before the disease does. You notice memory problems but wait years to mention them because you're afraid of what it means. Assisted living. Lost autonomy. Friends treating you differently. Meanwhile, the stigma stops you from getting help that could let you live alone, advocate for yourself, and maintain the life you
- [NEW - 80 Million Viewers: How MASH Proved TV's Generational Power](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-80-million-viewers-how-mash-proved-tvs-generational-power/) - TV shows that defined generations create identity markers you didn't choose. Your parents watched Happy Days and learned to romanticize decades they never lived. You watched Breaking Bad and witnessed television's peak. Gen Z watches Euphoria on devices while you wonder what happened to shared cultural moments. Conroy: before Happy Days, nostalgia industries didn't exist.
- [NEW - What Canada's China Partnership Actually Costs](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-what-canadas-china-partnership-actually-costs/) - Canada China trade policy just forced your Prime Minister to praise a government surveilling your neighbors. You can't use a plastic straw, but your country is thrilled to export coal to Beijing. Chinese tariffs are costing one family farm $250,000 per year in canola losses alone. Your leader is in China talking about "new world
- [The Show That Defines You: Why the Question Is Impossible](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-show-that-defines-you-why-the-question-is-impossible/) - Name the one generational TV show that defines your life. You hesitate. SpongeBob? The Office? Something from childhood or something that shaped adulthood? The question exposes how television builds identity across decades. Happy Days did it in 1974 by showing the 1950s to 70s audiences. The Fonz was grease in a local diner, frozen in
- [What Show Actually Defined Your Generation?](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-show-actually-defined-your-generation/) - TV shows that defined your life still shape how you think today. You rushed home after school for that theme song. Characters felt more real than your neighbors. One show stands above the rest—not the one you binged, but the one that actually changed how you see the world. Which one was it for you?
- [Forged KGB Documents: When Official Papers Lie](https://shanehewitt.ca/forged-kgb-documents-when-official-papers-lie/) - Forged KGB documents land on your desk claiming a colleague is a Russian spy. You watch the parliamentary hearing, see the MP wave yellowed papers with Cyrillic script and archive stamps. The headlines scream traitor. Then the Ukrainian archive says they don't exist, the dates don't match, and an automotive engineer in Michigan proves they're
- [Food Labels Canada 2026 Make Your Favorite Snacks Officially Guilty](https://shanehewitt.ca/food-labels-canada-2026-make-your-favorite-snacks-officially-guilty/) - Food labels Canada 2026 just made your favorite snacks guilty pleasures official. Cameron Smith from UBC explains the new mandatory front-of-package warnings that flag high sodium, saturated fat, and sugar before you even flip the box around. Shane admits picking up a favorite product only to see the label and thinking it ruined everything. But
- [ICYMI - McDonald's Price Freeze: Staring down the barrel of 4,000 Restaurant Closures](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-mcdonalds-price-freeze-staring-down-the-barrel-of-4000-restaurant-closures/) - McDonald's price freeze means your usual order costs the same for a year. But four thousand restaurants are closing in Canada, and this discount war has nothing to do with saving you money. Charlebois: McDonald's isn't a food company, it's real estate that controls a supply chain. The Big Mac price? Not frozen. Everything else
- [Dog Wins Acting Award: Asta Awards + White Lotus Reveal](https://shanehewitt.ca/dog-wins-acting-award-asta-awards-white-lotus-reveal/) - Part 1 Dog Wins Acting Award Over Ethan Hawke and It’s a Good ThingDog wins acting award, beating Ethan Hawke, Alison Brie, and Sally Hawkins in a major category. Indy the dog starred in a horror film shot entirely from canine eye level, took three years to make, and just became the first non-human to
- [SHIFTHEADS: Tipping Culture: When Guilt Becomes the Business Model](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-tipping-culture-when-guilt-becomes-the-business-model/) - Tipping culture Canada turns every transaction into guilt. The screen flips before your coffee pours. 18%, 20%, 25%. You haven't tasted anything, but payment is demanded now. Do you tip for service you haven't received, or risk the label: bad customer? Wayne Smith traces the practice to post-Civil War America, where businesses refused to pay
- [NEW - Smart Speakers - Tips: The Guilt Tax Breaking Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-smart-speakers-tips-the-guilt-tax-breaking-canada/) - Part 1 - Jamie Ellerton: I'm a Moody Tipper and Here's Why Tipping culture debate forces impossible decisions before you taste a single sip. The screen rotates. Three glowing percentages stare back. Your order hasn't been made. The barista hasn't smiled. But you're already choosing whether to look generous or cheap. Lindsay calls it creepy—tipping
- [Tipping Before Service Kills the Whole Point](https://shanehewitt.ca/tipping-before-service-kills-the-whole-point/) - Tipping before service puts you in an impossible position the second the payment screen flips around. You're standing at the counter. Your sandwich isn't made yet. Your coffee isn't poured. But the machine wants 18%, 20%, or 25% right now—before anyone's done anything. Do you tip for a service that hasn't happened, or look cheap
- [NEW -  Why Smart Toys Won't Ruin Your Kid](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-smart-toys-wont-ruin-your-kid/) - Tech toys and imagination collide over one controversial brick. Your kid gets a Lego set where the plane makes its own flying sounds. Swoosh. Pew pew. Automatic. You panic: what happened to using your imagination? What happened to making the noises yourself? The toy just handed them the creativity on a circuit board. Ryan O'Donnell:
- [Shiftheads - Follow the Money: How One Question Debunks Conspiracies](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-follow-the-money-how-one-question-debunks-conspiracies/) - Debunking conspiracy theories starts with one question. You see a viral post claiming cruise ships avoid the Bermuda Triangle because of mysterious disappearances. Your uncle shares it. Your friend believes it. But nobody's asking: if planes kept crashing there, wouldn't insurance companies charge airlines more to cross that ocean? Dr. Lee Kuhnle teaches conspiracy theory
- [ICYMI - Why Your Boss Wants AI Everywhere (And Why That's Stupid)](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-why-your-boss-wants-ai-everywhere-and-why-thats-stupid/) - AI implementation problems start with a toddler metaphor. Your boss hands you an LLM. Make it work. Make it earn billions. Now. You ask for time to understand it, research it, pilot it. They say the toddler is smarter than you. They read the brochure. You smile. You say you'll get back to them. You
- [NEW - Brand Names Becoming Generic: The Q-Tip Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-brand-names-becoming-generic-the-q-tip-problem/) - Brand names becoming generic sounds like success until you're at Walmart. You reach for Q-tips. The generic cotton swabs are two dollars cheaper. Same aisle. Same shelf. Almost identical package. Your hand hovers between them. The brand won every battle to own that word. Now the word helps everyone else sell. The paradox destroys premium
- [Feeling Stuck at Work: Growth vs. Gratitude](https://shanehewitt.ca/feeling-stuck-at-work-growth-vs-gratitude/) - Feeling stuck at work starts when everything is perfect. You have your dream job. This is what you always wanted. Three years in, you're good at it. Maybe too good. But something feels off and you can't explain why. Are you ungrateful, or are you growing? Dr. Leda Stawnychko says that discomfort isn't always a
- [ICYMI - Why He’d Never Raise Kids in the U.S. Again](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-why-hed-never-raise-kids-in-the-u-s-again/) - Bulletproof backpack ads. Kindergarten lockdown drills. For Robert Komaniecki, those were the tipping points. In this gripping conversation, the American-born academic explains why moving to Canada, despite higher taxes and smaller spaces, was the best choice for his family’s future. Shane and Robert cover everything from healthcare to higher ed, community life to culture shock,
- [NEW - Bands More Famous Than Their Songs: The Grateful Dead Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-bands-more-famous-than-their-songs-the-grateful-dead-problem/) - Bands more famous than their songs create a strange cultural blind spot. Everyone knows the Grateful Dead. Mention their name and people nod. Ask them to name a song and they freeze. Maybe "Truckin'"—which peaked at number 64. Maybe they'll say "War" or "Low Rider." Wrong band entirely. Eric Alper breaks down how the Grateful
- [Shiftheads - Wedding Budget Sacrifices: The $5,000 Friend Test](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-wedding-budget-sacrifices-the-5000-friend-test/) - Wedding budget sacrifices force an impossible choice the moment planning starts. Your best friend invites you to their wedding in Cairo. Four days. Pyramids. Grand Egyptian Museum. $5,000 total. That's also 16% of the cheapest venue quote you just got for your own ceremony. Do you skip their day to fund yours? Ryan breaks down
- [Vacation Stress Follows You Because You Choose to Pack It](https://shanehewitt.ca/vacation-stress-follows-you-because-you-choose-to-pack-it/) - Vacation stress management starts before you leave home. Bob Addison returns from Mexico still obsessively checking his backpack for sunglasses and headphones every hour. Why does your brain refuse to shut off when you're supposed to relax? Shane introduces the purse metaphor for life: you can't complain about what's inside because you put it there.
- [Deepfake Images: Tech Companies Choose Profit Over Safety](https://shanehewitt.ca/deepfake-images-tech-companies-choose-profit-over-safety/) - AI image manipulation crosses the line when your photo becomes someone else's weapon. Someone screenshots your Instagram. Runs it through Grok. Removes your clothes without permission. The fake spreads across platforms while you sleep. This isn't hypothetical anymore. Tech journalist Kris Abel walks Shane through the Grok controversy that prompted Indonesia to ban the feature
- [Best Credit Card Canada 2026: Why Cobalt Dominates Travel Rewards](https://shanehewitt.ca/best-credit-card-canada-2026-why-cobalt-dominates-travel-rewards/) - Best credit card Canada 2026 rankings just dropped and one card still owns the category. The American Express Cobalt earns up to 5 points per dollar and converts to Air Canada, Air France, or straight cash back. Patrick Sojka from Rewards Canada explains why it crushed 230+ competitors for the ninth consecutive year. But here's
- [Galaxy Cluster Discovery Finds Gas 10 Times Hotter Than Theory Predicted](https://shanehewitt.ca/galaxy-cluster-discovery-finds-gas-10-times-hotter-than-theory-predicted/) - Galaxy cluster discovery just rewrote what scientists thought possible in the early universe. Dalhousie University researchers detected hot gas in a cluster 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang—a 20% jump past the observational brick wall where all previous detection methods failed. Scott Chapman explains how this finding challenges fundamental assumptions about cluster formation in
- [NEW - Why a Three-Minute Shower Counts as Good News in Calgary](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-a-three-minute-shower-counts-as-good-news-in-calgary/) - Good news stories aren't supposed to be about basic infrastructure working. You turn on the tap. Water comes out. That's not news. Except when your city's been under restrictions for months because years of neglect finally caught up, suddenly a long shower somewhere else feels like a miracle. Ryan explains what it's like to leave
- [SHIFTHEADS: Representation or Profit: The Autistic Barbie Question](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-representation-or-profit-the-autistic-barbie-question/) - Autistic Barbie doll representation raises a hard question right away. Your kid asks for the doll with headphones. Do you buy it because it's inclusive, or does buying it feel like you're feeding corporate diversity theater? That tension sits at the heart of what inclusion actually means. Ryan defends it immediately. He sees it through
- [Is Canada’s Oil Industry Still Relevant? #energy  #CanadianOil #CFRAOttawa #talkradio](https://shanehewitt.ca/is-canadas-oil-industry-still-relevant-energy-canadianoil-cfraottawa-talkradio/) - Host Shane Hewitt speaks with Jamie Ellerton and Lindsey Broadhead about Canada’s role in global energy markets. They debate oil’s future, pipeline politics, and whether Canada risks irrelevance. Connect with 580 CFRA Online: Subscribe to 580 CFRA: https://bit.ly/4o8AKWp Visit the website: https://www.cfra.com/ Likes us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/47YzDm4 source
- [NEW - Canola Tariffs Hit $250K Per Farm While Trump Plays Reagan on Steroids](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-canola-tariffs-hit-250k-per-farm-while-trump-plays-reagan-on-steroids/) - Part 1 Canola Tariffs Canada: Quarter-Million Dollar Losses Hit Saskatchewan Farms Canola tariffs hit Lesley Kelly's Saskatchewan family farm for a quarter of a million dollars. One farm. One tariff cycle. Mark Carney travels to China hoping for reduced tariffs and market access, but Jimmy Zoubris warns other countries aren't pushovers either. Carney will have
- [NEW - Robot Invasion: What CES 2025 Shows About Your Automated Future](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-robot-invasion-what-ces-2025-shows-about-your-automated-future/) - CES Robots 2025: China's Fighting Machines Freak Out Tech Journalist CES robots in 2025 crossed a line tech journalist Andy Baryer never expected. A humanoid robot from China throws a jab. Then a hook. Then an uppercut combination in two seconds flat. Then it does a drop kick and stands there taunting. These aren't cute
- [Alleged Getaway Driver Arrested: He Flew Back Through the Same Airport That Was Robbed](https://shanehewitt.ca/alleged-getaway-driver-arrested-he-flew-back-through-the-same-airport-that-was-robbed/) - Getaway driver mistakes don't get more baffling than this. You (allegedly) pull off a gold heist at Toronto Pearson Airport. You escape. Then you fly back through the same airport where the crime happened. Police are waiting. Mark Mendleson and Shane examine this case and the question that makes no sense: why would an alleged
- [NEW-  True Crime Impact: Why Survivors Choose Violence Stories](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-true-crime-impact-why-survivors-choose-violence-stories/) - True crime impact hits differently when you realize survivors seek it out on purpose. Your friend was assaulted. She's downloading murder podcasts. Why would someone relive trauma through other people's worst days? Bailey Reid, PhD student at Carleton University, reveals research showing survivors use true crime for solidarity and catharsis, not escapism. Shane and Bailey
- [Shiftheads - Media Literacy Education Starts at Age 3 in Finland. Canada's Been Doing It Since 1989.](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-media-literacy-education-starts-at-age-3-in-finland-canadas-been-doing-it-since-1989/) - Media literacy education at age three sounds radical until you realize kids already distinguish storybooks from reality constantly. Finland teaches children to spot fake news early because they share a border with Russia's propaganda machine. Canada shares a border with a different propaganda machine. Same problem, different neighbor. Neil Anderson explains how Ontario mandates media
- [ICYMI - WestJet Seat Size: When Your Own Pilots Say It's Too Small](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-westjet-seat-size-when-your-own-pilots-say-its-too-small/)
- [True Crime Fascination: Why Heist Stories Hook Us](https://shanehewitt.ca/true-crime-fascination-why-heist-stories-hook-us/) - True crime fascination explains why you binge documentaries about robberies but sweat crossing the border with legal receipts. Shane admits he loves heist movies like Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job, drawn to the Robin Hood angle where underdogs steal from powerful institutions. But real heist stories hit differently when you learn the details. Shane
- [Paying Off Debt vs Investing: Why You Need Both](https://shanehewitt.ca/paying-off-debt-vs-investing-why-you-need-both/) - Paying off debt versus investing creates an impossible math problem. Your credit card charges 20%. Your investments might return 5%. Logic says dump everything into debt. But what if that guaranteed return is actually costing you more than money? Jessica Moorhouse breaks down why focusing only on debt repayment builds the wrong muscle. She explains
- [AI Sovereignty: The Only Business Moat Left](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-sovereignty-the-only-business-moat-left/) - AI sovereignty determines which businesses survive. Mohit Rajhans says companies are getting acquired not for what they sell but for how they use AI. The tool is the same for everyone. Your competitive edge is how you wield it. Shane and Mohit ground it in proof: Shane's son fixing a car through ChatGPT, Mohit repairing
- [SHIFTHEADS: Transformational Business Thinking: The $700M Junk Lesson](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-transformational-business-thinking-the-700m-junk-lesson/) - Transformational business thinking separates $700 million companies from junk haulers. Tony Chapman shares Brian Scudamore's realization: he wasn't removing junk—he was transforming space. That shift changed everything. Tony breaks down three lessons from Scudamore's 1-800-GOT-JUNK story. First: make the business repeatable so it works without you. Second: find the higher purpose—what you actually transform, not
- [Shane Hewitt’s Simple Planning: The Last First Method](https://shanehewitt.ca/shane-hewitts-simple-planning-the-last-first-method/) - 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 get there, then eliminate everything blocking that path. Forward planning leaves room for vague wandering.
- [NEW - Olympic Hockey Injury Concerns: Italy's Ice Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-olympic-hockey-injury-concerns-italys-ice-problem/) - Olympic hockey injury concerns are real when the ice isn't ready. Shane and Matt Cause examine the Italy venue disaster: photos show design problems, ice quality is reportedly terrible, and NHL players could get hurt. Soft ice breaks knees. Too hard ice causes different injuries. This isn't complaining—it's legitimate safety worry. Matt explains why technology
- [Weekend Movie Recommendations: Theater vs Streaming](https://shanehewitt.ca/weekend-movie-recommendations-theater-vs-streaming/) - What the Hell To Watch: The Stuff Studios Won't Bet On January movie releases are where studios dump projects they don't trust. Steve Stebbing walks through what's hitting theaters: Primate uses great practical effects to show a rabid chimpanzee attacking its family, but Steve catches the problem—Hawaii has no rabies and chimpanzees are illegal there
- [Shiftheads - Pipeline Politics Flip When Survival Kicks In](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-pipeline-politics-flip-when-survival-kicks-in/) - Canadian Oil Dependency: Venezuela Changes Everything Canadian oil dependency becomes urgent when the US seizes Venezuela's heavy crude until debts get paid. Shane, Stefan Keyes, and Andrew Caddell examine what happens when American refineries process Venezuelan oil for cheap or free instead of buying Canadian supply. The question isn't hypothetical anymore—where does Canadian oil go
- [NEW - Why Posted Salaries Kill Underselling Yourself](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-why-posted-salaries-kill-underselling-yourself/) - Salary transparency laws expose the gap between what jobs pay and what you've been accepting. Ontario's new rules require posted salary bands for positions under $200,000, with ranges capped at $50,000. That's a lot of room to leave money on the table if you don't know how to use it. Shane and Candy Ho track
- [January Breakup Season: The Data on Divorce Spikes](https://shanehewitt.ca/january-breakup-season-the-data-on-divorce-spikes/) - January breakup season hits because people reassess everything after the holidays. Jen Kirsch and Tony Tedesco explain why Google searches for "divorce" spike the first week of January. You survived family gatherings, exchanged gifts, and held your tongue through passive-aggressive comments. Now you're asking whether you're happy or just performing. Tony says holiday stress reveals
- [NEW: The Decade That Never Ended: 80s Revival with Ed Conroy](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-the-decade-that-never-ended-80s-revival-with-ed-conroy/) - 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. But the 80s got instant nostalgia and has kept it for 35 years. Why did
- [NEW - Trump's Venezuela Move: Why America Just Made Canada Irrelevant](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-trumps-venezuela-move-why-america-just-made-canada-irrelevant/) - 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 ticking. Venezuela needs years to reach Alberta's production levels unless America decides to accelerate that
- [Shiftheads: Pentagon Butt Plugs + Bear Evictions: Inside Copy](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-pentagon-butt-plugs-bear-evictions-inside-copy/) - 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 military base. The Pentagon declined to comment on the butt plug story. Shane and Ryan
- [ICYMI -  Ozempic Changes the Food Industry: Restaurants and Protein](https://shanehewitt.ca/icymi-ozempic-changes-the-food-industry-restaurants-and-protein/) - 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. Pet food prices jumped 30-35% since 2020, creating impossible choices for people on fixed incomes.
- [NEW - Mood Boosting Foods: Good Choices Can Change Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-mood-boosting-foods-good-choices-can-change-everything/) - 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 at 4 PM. You sleep better. Stress doesn't hit as hard. Not because you eliminated
- [Mickey Rourke's Rent Crisis and Is This Thing On? Review](https://shanehewitt.ca/mickey-rourkes-rent-crisis-and-is-this-thing-on-review/) - 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 GoFundMe without full approval. It raised over $100,000 quickly. Then Rourke said stop, I didn't
- [Much Dance 93 vs Big Shiny Tunes: Best Compilations Ranked](https://shanehewitt.ca/much-dance-93-vs-big-shiny-tunes-best-compilations-ranked/) - 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 Much Dance 93 (Bobby Brown, House of Pain, Snap) against Much Music Dance Mix 94
- [NEW - Throwback Thursday: Panama Invasion 1989: Why Venezuela Feels Familiar](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-throwback-thursday-panama-invasion-1989-why-venezuela-feels-familiar/) - 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 out. They play audio from George Bush Sr. explaining the intervention and Wendy Mesley's CBC
- [Noriega's Surrender: 27,000 Troops, One Dictator](https://shanehewitt.ca/noriegas-surrender-27000-troops-one-dictator/) - 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 Baird breaks down how the CIA's former asset became America's target, the casualties nobody talks
- [NEW - AI Influencers and Social Media Fraud: Why 46% of Users Don't Trust Them](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-ai-influencers-and-social-media-fraud-why-46-of-users-dont-trust-them/) - 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 exactly like their grandchildren. The trust collapse isn't just about AI—it's about an advertising system
- [NEW - Is Canada's Oil Industry Irrelevant? Trade Wars, Venezuela, and Pipeline Politics Explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-is-canadas-oil-industry-irrelevant-trade-wars-venezuela-and-pipeline-politics-explained/) - 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 becoming irrelevant in the global energy market or if the country's resource wealth still guarantees
- [Shane's Recurring Underwater Dream Stopped After 20 Years—Here's What Happened](https://shanehewitt.ca/shanes-recurring-underwater-dream-stopped-after-20-years-heres-what-happened/) - Deja vu happens 5-6 times yearly for Ryan O'Donnell, but Shane Hewitt experienced something stranger: a recurring dream about breathing underwater that repeated for years until one scuba diving lesson made it stop forever. He dreamed it so often he believed drowning would kill him—then the exact moment played out in a pool with scuba
- [SHIFTHEADS: Should You Ask for a Raise Now That Salary Ranges Are Public](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-should-you-ask-for-a-raise-now-that-salary-ranges-are-public/) - Ontario's salary transparency law (previously and similarly in BC and Maritimes) just forced every employer to show their hand. Job postings under $200,000 must now include pay ranges and that means you can finally see what companies are willing to pay for roles like yours. Michael French, Regional Director at Robert Half, explains why this
- [NEW - Listener Predicts 3 People By Name During Deja Vu: Simulation Proof?](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-listener-predicts-3-people-by-name-during-deja-vu-simulation-proof/) - Deja vu so intense a listener predicted three strangers walking out of a bar by name, in exact order. Grumpy Rob stands outside a Quebec bar decades ago, yells "I'm having a deja vu," then calls out who's coming next. All three people appear exactly as predicted. Shane and Ryan dig into why moments like
- [Shiftheads - Simulation Theory: Why Millions Believe We're Living in a Computer Program](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-simulation-theory-why-millions-believe-were-living-in-a-computer-program/) - 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 in 2026. Shane and Nathan trace simulation theory from Plato's cave allegory through Descartes' demon
- [Why Your Social Media Feed Is Just 4chan With Better Branding](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-your-social-media-feed-is-just-4chan-with-better-branding/) - 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 computer scientist who's spent years studying internet culture, argues that the infamous anonymous message board
- [Toronto's Traffic Czar: Can One Person Fix Canada's Worst Congestion?](https://shanehewitt.ca/torontos-traffic-czar-can-one-person-fix-canadas-worst-congestion/) - 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 decisions keeps blocking progress. Shane and Lorraine dig into why Canadian cities are gridlocked, why
- [NEW - Volunteering Slows Brain Aging by 20 Percent: Scientists Can't Explain Why](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-volunteering-slows-brain-aging-by-20-percent-scientists-cant-explain-why/) - Volunteering two to four hours weekly slows cognitive decline by 15 to 20 percent, according to data from 31,000 adults. Dr. Samantha Yammine, neuroscientist, explains why researchers are stumped by their own findings. The study controlled for wealth, education, physical health, and mental health… all the usual suspects that could explain the results. The effect
- [Shiftheads - When Your Kid Gets Cancer and Medicine Has No Answers: So You Build It Yourself](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-when-your-kid-gets-cancer-and-medicine-has-no-answers-so-you-build-it-yourself/) - Adam Sorenson beat stage 4 brain cancer at 13 using an extreme ketogenic diet and metabolic approach. He stayed in remission for 10 years, unheard of for glioblastoma multiforme, the same cancer that killed Gord Downie and Neil Peart. When it came back in his brainstem and spine in 2024, doctors gave him two months.
- [Reading the Shining Before Bed? (and Why Good News Makes Good News Babies)](https://shanehewitt.ca/reading-the-shining-before-bed-and-why-good-news-makes-good-news-babies/) - Good News Tuesday brings personal wins from the team: Ryan's swapping TikTok scrolling for reading (starting with a Stephen King horror novel at bedtime… bold choice), Shane's booking trips with actual dates after watching retired friends map out their year, and David's saving money by fixing what he already owns. The conversation explores why setting
- [NEW - Good News Tuesday: Should You Sign a Contract Before Buying a Lottery Ticket With Coworkers](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-good-news-tuesday-should-you-sign-a-contract-before-buying-a-lottery-ticket-with-coworkers/) - Someone in London, Ontario just won $80 million. In California, coworkers were asked to sign a contract before buying a group lottery ticket detailing who gets what percentage, who bought it, all of it. Would you sign? Or would that ruin the trust forever? Shane and Ryan dig into whether contracts protect everyone or just
- [Modern Warfare Isn't What You Think—And That's the Problem](https://shanehewitt.ca/modern-warfare-isnt-what-you-think-and-thats-the-problem/) - You can't win a war without an air force, but you can absolutely lose one without cyber defenses. Richard Shimooka unpacks how warfare has evolved to include everything from space systems to biotech threats, and why militaries that ignore these domains get blindsided fast. The conversation examines specific cases where new warfare theories either delivered
- [Your Parents Weren't Perfect And That's the Point](https://shanehewitt.ca/your-parents-werent-perfect-and-thats-the-point/) - Acknowledging parents are human doesn't mean your childhood was toxic. Shane Hewitt and Ryan O'Donnell take on the generational blame narrative and ask a harder question: would you even be here without your parents' mistakes? The team unpacks why gratitude for imperfect parents is controversial online, where cutting off family over disagreements has become normalized.
- [Switchbot Onuro H1 Robot: $10,000 for a Laundry-Folding Humanoid](https://shanehewitt.ca/switchbot-onuro-h1-robot-10000-for-a-laundry-folding-humanoid/) - Switchbot's Onuro H1 humanoid robot costs $10,000 and launches by December 2025. Kris Abel explains how elevator-track arms let it pick clothes off floors and why that price might not be as crazy as it sounds. Abel reflects on why CES lost its magic after 20+ years of coverage: streaming killed the in-person exclusivity, wild
- [Humans Are Going Further From Earth Than Ever Before](https://shanehewitt.ca/humans-are-going-further-from-earth-than-ever-before/) - Four astronauts are about to fly past the moon… further from Earth than any human has ever traveled. No landing. Just... past it. Why? Dr. Sarah Rugheimer breaks down what Artemis 2 is actually for, and why restarting lunar missions after decades matters more than the spectacle. The mission includes the first woman and first
- [Why Asking "Was It Worth It?" Saves More Money Than Any Budget](https://shanehewitt.ca/why-asking-was-it-worth-it-saves-more-money-than-any-budget/) - Most people avoid their credit card statements in January because the numbers are terrifying. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma says that's exactly why you need to open them—but not for the reason you think. Bruinsma introduces a simple question that changes everything: "Was it worth it?" Instead of obsessing over totals, review each purchase and ask
- [NEW -  Venezuela, Regime Change, and the Part Nobody Talks About](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-venezuela-regime-change-and-the-part-nobody-talks-about/) - Maduro's gone. The vice president, security minister, and defense minister are still there. So what actually changed? Shane and Joe Varner dig into the geopolitics behind Venezuela's seizure—how a country became the Western Hemisphere hub for Russian money laundering, Iranian Hezbollah operations, Chinese oil interests, and Cuban survival. Joe walks through why Maduro had a
- [When Everything You Invested In Falls Apart Overnight](https://shanehewitt.ca/when-everything-you-invested-in-falls-apart-overnight/) - The TV Finales That Left You Feeling BetrayedGame of Thrones spent seven seasons building Daenerys as a complex character. Then she unraveled in minutes. Shane, Jimmy Zoubris, and Lesley Kelly dig into what makes a finale land or crash—from How I Met Your Mother promising one story and delivering another to The Sopranos cutting to
- [The TV Finales That Ruined Everything](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-tv-finales-that-ruined-everything/) - Game of Thrones fumbled so badly that the creators lost their Star Wars deal. The Sopranos cut to black and people thought their cable boxes broke. Lost sent everyone to the afterlife and viewers are still confused. Shane and Ryan break down the worst series finales in television history—the ones that went from cultural phenomena
- [NEW - Protect your Pocket: How to Actually Protect Your Photos and Emails Before It's Too Late](https://shanehewitt.ca/new-protect-your-pocket-how-to-actually-protect-your-photos-and-emails-before-its-too-late/) - The Photo Backup Strategy You're Probably Not UsingYou've been meaning to back up your photos for months. Maybe years. The dongle you bought for Christmas is still in the box. Carmi Levy explains why physical backup solutions never work—humans aren't disciplined enough to plug things in regularly, and those devices get lost or run over
- [SHIFTHEADS: The Show That Watched You Grow Up](https://shanehewitt.ca/shiftheads-the-show-that-watched-you-grow-up/) - Stranger Things started in 2016. You were dating someone different, living somewhere else, chasing completely different dreams. Ryan reflects on watching the Stranger Things finale in a sold-out theatre next to people he hadn't even met when the show first dropped—his fiancée and one of his best friends. The conversation moves through how much life
- [Canada Changed Immigration Rules Mid-Game—Now Students Are Filing Refugee Claims](https://shanehewitt.ca/canada-changed-immigration-rules-mid-game-now-students-are-filing-refugee-claims/) - What happens when you promise permanent residence to 50,000 students, then pull the rug out? Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann breaks down how Canada's sudden policy reversal is creating a costly backlash no one predicted. Students who spent six figures and years building Canadian work experience just watched the points threshold jump from 450 to 540—effectively
- [The Strength You Don’t See on a Map](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-strength-you-dont-see-on-a-map/) - Windsor has always stood apart — geographically, politically, and emotionally. It’s a city defined by its proximity to Detroit, but even more by the people who live with that complexity every day. Meg Roberts joins from CKLW to share how 2025’s tariff battles pushed Windsor to the edge, and how the community pushed back. From
- [What Toronto Gets Wrong About the Rest of Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/what-toronto-gets-wrong-about-the-rest-of-canada/) - Does Toronto really see the rest of Canada — or just itself? Jim Richards tackles that question head-on in a conversation that moves from local traffic to national identity. He breaks down why the rest of the country sees Toronto as disconnected, and whether that perception is fair. Plus: why a family making $250K still
- [He’s From Ottawa and Never Skated the Canal?!](https://shanehewitt.ca/hes-from-ottawa-and-never-skated-the-canal/) - What happens when a lifelong Ottawan admits he’s never skated the Rideau Canal? Stefan Keyes shares the shock of that confession and helps unpack a wild year in Canada’s capital — one that included viral soccer, public service chaos, and a haunting small-town tragedy. From the billion-view “icicle kick” to federal job cuts threatening 28,000
- [AI Changed Everything in 2 Years — What’s Coming Next?](https://shanehewitt.ca/ai-changed-everything-in-2-years-whats-coming-next/) - From niche tech to everyday tool, AI has gone from background code to front-page transformation in record time. Handy Andy Baryer joins Shane Hewitt to unpack what 2025 looked like for artificial intelligence — and what 2026 might break wide open. Hear why tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot are changing not just
- [Victoria’s Streets Changed — and So Did the Politics](https://shanehewitt.ca/victorias-streets-changed-and-so-did-the-politics/) - Open drug use. street disorder. harm‑reduction policy. enforcement shifts. It was a year in Victoria — and Ryan Price gives Shane a raw, local perspective on one of the biggest, most complex community stories of 2025.They talk about how the pendulum swung from harm‑reduction experimentation to stronger enforcement, how business owners reacted, and why this
- [Don’t Wait Until Grade 12 to Let Them Fail](https://shanehewitt.ca/dont-wait-until-grade-12-to-let-them-fail/) - If kids never learn how to fail, they won’t know how to succeed. Joanna Johnson makes the case for letting students feel the sting of real consequences — before the marks start counting for university. In this episode, Joanna shares what parents miss about accountability, what makes a good post-break reset, and why the best
- [The Stebbies 2025: Movies That Mattered, Performances That Stuck](https://shanehewitt.ca/the-stebbies-2025-movies-that-mattered-performances-that-stuck/) - Forget the blockbusters — this is the awards show for real film lovers. Shane Hewitt joins film critic Steve Stebbing for the fifth annual Stebbies, where emotion, originality, and craft rule over profit. They break down the most powerful performances of the year, including Jesse Buckley’s haunting turn in Hamnet and Joel Edgerton’s gritty lead

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- [AM800 CKLW](https://shanehewitt.ca/clients/am-800-cklw-windsor/) - CKLW AM 800 is Windsor–Essex’s news and talk radio station, delivering local news, traffic, weather, and discussion on issues that matter on both sides of the border.
- [AM 1150](https://shanehewitt.ca/clients/am-1150-kelowna/) - AM 1150 is Kelowna’s local news and talk radio station, providing breaking news, traffic, weather, and community-focused discussion from across the Okanagan.
- [CJAD 800](https://shanehewitt.ca/clients/cjad-800-am-montreal/) - CJAD 800 is Montreal’s leading English-language news and talk radio station, providing breaking news, traffic, weather, and informed discussion on issues affecting the city and surrounding communities.
- [CFAX 1070](https://shanehewitt.ca/clients/cfax-1070-victoria/) - CFAX 1070 is Victoria’s trusted news and talk radio station, delivering local news, traffic, weather, and in-depth discussion on issues that matter across Vancouver Island.
- [NewsTalk 1010](https://shanehewitt.ca/clients/newstalk1010-cfrb/) - Newstalk 1010 delivers breaking news, live traffic and weather, and trusted talk on the issues that matter most to Toronto and the GTA.

## Testimonials

- [Gregory Lee](https://shanehewitt.ca/testimonials/testimonial015/) - Fusce metus mauris, mattis nec velit eget, porta pharetra tortor. Cras ut nunc vel velit hendrerit scelerisque. Lorem ipsum dolor! Thanx!
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## Services

- [Crypto Investment](https://shanehewitt.ca/services/service01/) - Suspendisse ut libero augue. Maecenas feugiat, nulla eget guspendisse ut libero augue – maximus elementum, odio augue placerat est.
- [Finance & Banking](https://shanehewitt.ca/services/service02/) - Ipsum nulla - lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
- [Accounting & Tax Advisory](https://shanehewitt.ca/services/service03/) - Nulla sagittis vel ante sit amet tempor. In sit amet neque non tellus interdum tincidunt eget eu odio. Donec quis diam felis. Etiam id quam maximus tempus justo posuere.
- [Business Advisory](https://shanehewitt.ca/services/service04/) - Suspendisse ut libero augue odio augue placerat est? Nec semper nisl erat ac ex el convallis ligula commodo congue nulla eget maximus elementum odio augue placerat.
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## The7 Reviews

- [Gregory Red / DJ](https://shanehewitt.ca/the7_reviews/gregory-red-dj/) - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed pellentesque ante sem, quis ultricies mi volutpat id. Phasellus eleifend congue sem, ac condimentum nibh molestie sed.
- [Tiffany Brightwood / Singer](https://shanehewitt.ca/the7_reviews/review002/) - Vivamus sem ante, efficitur eget enim eu, tempus rutrum massa. Nullam tempus ornare feugiat. Suspendisse tincidunt ante eu odio accumsan ullamcorper in in augue. Integer sollicitudin rhoncus convallis.
- [Richard Black / Sound producer](https://shanehewitt.ca/the7_reviews/review001/) - Nam dignissim at mi sed mattis. Ut vehicula eget sapien accumsan elementum. Aliquam pretium malesuada hendrerit. Vivamus ac laoreet quam, consectetur mattis dolor.

## Portfolio

- [Handy Andy Baryer](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project017/) - Pellentesque purus et sem nibh mattis nunc donec vel varius egestas.
- [Mobile glavrida nulla](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project002/) - Quisque malesuada - in sem at lorem numa glavrida amet maximus.
- [Typography amet](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project003/) - Glavrida from amet - nullam porta nulla.
- [Dolor for amet](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project005/) - Purus et creative varius sem nibh mattis in creative varius egestas.
- [Biking lorem ipsum](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project001/) - Pellen papibus, purus et sem mattis egestas.
- [Dolor ipsum amet](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project006/) - Donec dignissim gravida posuere sagittis dolor.
- [Glavrida ipsum](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project007/) - Glavrida from amet - lorem glavrida nullam porta nulla non arcu lorem.
- [Nulla amet quadro](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project004/) - Lorem ipsum amet - nullam arcu tempus.
- [Lorem glavrida](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project009/) - Glavrida from amet porta nulla.
- [Tempus](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project011/) - Nullam porta nulla non arcu tempus dolor.
- [Pellentesque amet](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project014/) - Pellentesque dolor dapibus, purus et sem creative volutpat donec nibh in egestas.
- [Nullam porta](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project010/) - Nullam porta nulla non arcu tempus.
- [Class aptent taciti](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project020/) - Dignissim from nulla gravida posuere sagittis creative donec vel variusdolor.
- [Sunset lorem ipsum](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project019/) - Lore magna - purus et nulla creative volutpat donec vel varius ipsum amet.
- [Amos nulla marketing](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/project018/) - Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra.
- [Fusce eget arcu](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/fusce-eget-arcu/) - Vestibulum semper sed magna arcu eget nisi mattis lacinia sit sem pretium congue.
- [Fusce varius](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/fusce-varius/) - Fusce varius libero massa, et aliquam leo consequat at. Mauris eget ex odio.
- [Maecenas feugiat](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/maecenas-feugiat/) - Sed finibus augue faucibus porta fringilla. Maecenas feugiat ante et dolor sollicitudin, in sodales leo aliquet.
- [Nulla dolor lorem](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/nulla-dolor-lorem/) - Mauris rhoncus dolor sagittis, accumsan mauris id, consectetur sem. Nam eu ex turpis.
- [Quisque porttitor](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/quisque-porttitor/) - Quisque porttitor bibendum leo ornare pharetra. Curabitur cursus sapien sed porta dapibus.
- [Curabitur pellen tesque](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/curabitur-pellen-tesque/) - Curabitur pellentesque neque eget diam posuere porta. Quisque eu justo – a felis faucibus ornare ve ut nulla at nunc vehicula.
- [Etiam id justo](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/etiam-id-justo/) - Sed molestie sollicitudin tempor. Etiam id justo in erat suscipit aliquet non id velit.
- [Glavrida nulla amen](https://shanehewitt.ca/project/glavrida-nulla-amen/) - Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia!

## Timeline

- [Shane Hewitt & the Nightshift](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/shane-hewitt-the-nightshift-iheart-canada/) - Available on: CJAD 800 Montreal, CFRA Ottawa, CFRB 1010am Toronto, 610 CKTB Niagara/Buffalo, am800 Windsor/Detroit, 1050am Kelowna, CFAX 1070 Victoria/Vancouver
- [The Shift with Shane Hewitt](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/the-shift/) - Host, Corus National Radio Network. 640 Toronto, 770 QR Calgary, 880 CHED (formerly 630 CHED), CFPL London, CHML Hamilton, Radio NL Kamloops, CKNW Vancouver.
- [Shane Hewitt](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/newstalk-1010-toronto/) - Afternoon Drive
- [Radio Studies](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/radio-studies-sait/) - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- [CJOK 1230am](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/cjok-1230am-fort-mcmurray/) - Evening Swing Host
- [Q92 Sudbury](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/q92-sudbury/) - Evening Swing Host
- [103.7 The River](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/103-7-the-river/) - Afternoon Drive
- [CJAY 92](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/cjay-92-calgarys-best-rock/) - Calgary, Evening Host Name: ZeeMAN Zack Hewitt
- [CJAY 92](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/cjay-92/) - Midday Host
- [HTZ-FM](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/htz-fm/) - Morning Show with Zack Hewit & Joe Cahill
- [Q107](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/q107/) - Midday Show
- [KYX 98](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/kyx-98/) - Morning Show
- [Jack 96.9](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/jack-96-9/) - Swing Announcer & Music Director
- [101.5 Energy FM](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/101-5-energy-fm/) - Afternoon Show & Music Director
- [Kool 101.5](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/kool-101-5/) - Afternoon Show & Music Director
- [Q107](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/q107-calgary/) - Midday Host
- [CISN Country 103.9](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/cisn-country-103-9/) - Midday Show
- [Country 104](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/country-104/) - Midday Show
- [Dave Rocks](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/dave-rocks/) - Midday Show
- [Edge 102](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/edge-102/) - Midday Host
- [Country 105](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/country-105/) - Midday Show
- [640 Toronto](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/640-toronto/)
- [Audio Production - Red Deer College](https://shanehewitt.ca/timeline/audio-production-red-deer-college/) - Audio major, Red Deer College Theatre arts Program

## Categories

- [Featured - Home](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/featured-home/)
- [Wellness](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/wellness-podcast-brightmind/)
- [Featured](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift-featured/)
- [Curiousity](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/curiousity/)
- [Clarity](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/clarity/)
- [Insight](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/insight/)
- [Podcast](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/)
- [Aviation](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/aviation/)
- [AI & Tech](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/ai-tech/)
- [Good News](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/good-news/)
- [Cool People](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/cool-people/)
- [Politics](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/politics/)
- [True Crime](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/true-crime/)
- [Relationships](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/relationships/)
- [Family](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/family/)
- [Money](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/money/)
- [Entertainment](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/entertainment/)
- [Science](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/science/)
- [Business](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/business/)
- [DIY & Projects](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/diy-projects/)
- [Life & Fun](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/life-and-fun/)
- [Video Podcasts](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/video-podcasts/)
- [Series](https://shanehewitt.ca/category/listen-to-shane-hewitt-and-the-nightshift/podcast-series/)

## Tags

- [art](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/art/)
- [home](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/home/)
- [nature](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/nature/)
- [news](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/news/)
- [style](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/style/)
- [world](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/world/)
- [Charlie Kirk](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/charlie-kirk/)
- [Shane Hewitt](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt/)
- [The Nightshift](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/the-nightshift/)
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- [Insolvent](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/insolvent/)
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- [Performative](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/performative/)
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- [iPhone](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/iphone/)
- [AI](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ai/)
- [Chat bots](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/chat-bots/)
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- [Accountability](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/accountability/)
- [Gap](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/gap/)
- [Parenting](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/parenting/)
- [Digital](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/digital/)
- [Age](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/age/)
- [Halloween](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/halloween/)
- [Candy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/candy/)
- [Deals](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/deals/)
- [Cutie](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cutie/)
- [Coupon](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/coupon/)
- [Spending](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/spending/)
- [Spooky](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/spooky/)
- [Hurricane](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/hurricane/)
- [Melissa](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/melissa/)
- [Storm](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/storm/)
- [Power](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/power/)
- [Destruction](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/destruction/)
- [Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canada/)
- [USA](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/usa/)
- [US](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/us/)
- [Haskell Free Library](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/haskell-free-library/)
- [Border](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/border/)
- [Vermont](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/vermont/)
- [Quebec](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/quebec/)
- [resilience](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/resilience/)
- [politics](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/politics/)
- [OffLimits](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/offlimits/)
- [Opera](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/opera/)
- [House](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/house/)
- [Nations](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/nations/)
- [Meet](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/meet/)
- [Metrics](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/metrics/)
- [Apollo 11](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/apollo-11/)
- [Fake Moon Landing](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fake-moon-landing/)
- [Kardashian](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/kardashian/)
- [Faking](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/faking/)
- [Moon](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/moon/)
- [People](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/people/)
- [Hide](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/hide/)
- [Conservative](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/conservative/)
- [Communications](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/communications/)
- [Floor](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/floor/)
- [Crossing](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/crossing/)
- [Exposed](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/exposed/)
- [Healing](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/healing/)
- [Hiding](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/hiding/)
- [Truth](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/truth/)
- [Mental](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/mental/)
- [Health](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/health/)
- [Myths](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/myths/)
- [Science](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/science/)
- [Morning](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/morning/)
- [Routines](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/routines/)
- [Rewire](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/rewire/)
- [Brain](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/brain/)
- [Rise](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/rise/)
- [ALPR](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/alpr/)
- [CrimeFighting](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/crimefighting/)
- [Tech](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tech/)
- [Surveillance](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/surveillance/)
- [Overreach](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/overreach/)
- [CFRA](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cfra/)
- [TALKRADIO](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/talkradio/)
- [energy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/energy/)
- [Canada oil future](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canada-oil-future/)
- [Canadian energy debate](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadian-energy-debate/)
- [pipeline politics Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/pipeline-politics-canada/)
- [Canadas](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadas/)
- [Oil](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/oil/)
- [Industry](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/industry/)
- [Relevant](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/relevant/)
- [CanadianOil](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadianoil/)
- [CFRAOttawa](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cfraottawa/)
- [VASSY KAPELOS](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/vassy-kapelos/)
- [580 CFRA](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/580-cfra/)
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- [affection](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/affection/)
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- [AI in schools](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ai-in-schools/)
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- [cheating](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cheating/)
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- [education](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/education/)
- [broken](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/broken/)
- [Canada tariffs uncertainty](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canada-tariffs-uncertainty/)
- [Mark Carney economic strategy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/mark-carney-economic-strategy/)
- [Trump tariff threats impact](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/trump-tariff-threats-impact/)
- [business investment Canada risk](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/business-investment-canada-risk/)
- [trade diversification Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/trade-diversification-canada/)
- [post Trudeau Liberal leadership](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/post-trudeau-liberal-leadership/)
- [Shane Hewitt economic commentary](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-economic-commentary/)
- [Stability](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/stability/)
- [unexpected conversations story](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/unexpected-conversations-story/)
- [talking to strangers psychology](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/talking-to-strangers-psychology/)
- [waiting room interactions](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/waiting-room-interactions/)
- [social readiness explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/social-readiness-explained/)
- [human connection commentary](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/human-connection-commentary/)
- [Shane Hewitt personal story](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-personal-story/)
- [Unexpected](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/unexpected/)
- [Conversations](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/conversations/)
- [Awkward](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/awkward/)
- [Places](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/places/)
- [pilot radio frequency jokes](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/pilot-radio-frequency-jokes/)
- [aviation open frequency explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/aviation-open-frequency-explained/)
- [pilots mocking on radio](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/pilots-mocking-on-radio/)
- [air traffic control shutdown](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/air-traffic-control-shutdown/)
- [aviation culture commentary](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/aviation-culture-commentary/)
- [Shane Hewitt radio segment](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-radio-segment/)
- [Pilot](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/pilot/)
- [Jokes](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/jokes/)
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- [Strait of Hormuz explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/strait-of-hormuz-explained/)
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- [global oil choke points](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/global-oil-choke-points/)
- [Middle East energy security](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/middle-east-energy-security/)
- [Hormuz geography explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/hormuz-geography-explained/)
- [Ian Warley interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ian-warley-interview/)
- [Carleton University Middle East analysis](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/carleton-university-middle-east-analysis/)
- [Shane Hewitt geopolitics segment](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-geopolitics-segment/)
- [Strait](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/strait/)
- [Choke](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/choke/)
- [Point](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/point/)
- [electricity bill explained Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/electricity-bill-explained-canada/)
- [fixed costs power grid](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fixed-costs-power-grid/)
- [why hydro bills stay high](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/why-hydro-bills-stay-high/)
- [transmission distribution costs energy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/transmission-distribution-costs-energy/)
- [natural monopoly utilities explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/natural-monopoly-utilities-explained/)
- [solar power competition utilities](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/solar-power-competition-utilities/)
- [Shane Hewitt energy segment](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-energy-segment/)
- [Doesnt](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/doesnt/)
- [Bill](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/bill/)
- [certainty vs control explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/certainty-vs-control-explained/)
- [expectations mindset commentary](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/expectations-mindset-commentary/)
- [managing uncertainty life and politics](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/managing-uncertainty-life-and-politics/)
- [Shane Hewitt reflection segment](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-reflection-segment/)
- [post pandemic expectations](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/post-pandemic-expectations/)
- [confidence and control psychology](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/confidence-and-control-psychology/)
- [Illusion](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/illusion/)
- [Sold](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/sold/)
- [Certainty](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/certainty/)
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- [bar fight](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/bar-fight/)
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- [pipeline debate Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/pipeline-debate-canada/)
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- [Tony Chapman interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tony-chapman-interview/)
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- [spring fiscal update deficit](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/spring-fiscal-update-deficit/)
- [Canadian energy revenues policy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadian-energy-revenues-policy/)
- [P3 model taxpayer risk Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/p3-model-taxpayer-risk-canada/)
- [King Charles Congress reaction](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/king-charles-congress-reaction/)
- [Lindsay Broadhead](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/lindsay-broadhead/)
- [profits](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/profits/)
- [prop](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/prop/)
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- [update](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/update/)
- [seasonal allergies explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/seasonal-allergies-explained/)
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- [Moshe Ben-Shoshan](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/moshe-ben-shoshan/)
- [Canada economic update analysis](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canada-economic-update-analysis/)
- [federal deficit Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/federal-deficit-canada/)
- [sovereign wealth fund Canada debate](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/sovereign-wealth-fund-canada-debate/)
- [oil and gas Canada economy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/oil-and-gas-canada-economy/)
- [deficits](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/deficits/)
- [mental health caregivers interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/mental-health-caregivers-interview/)
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- [Dr Janet McMordie](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/dr-janet-mcmordie/)
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- [heart motion cancer research](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/heart-motion-cancer-research/)
- [Science Sam heart cancer](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/science-sam-heart-cancer/)
- [Shane Hewitt Science Sam interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-science-sam-interview/)
- [Science Sam](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/science-sam/)
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- [literacy](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/literacy/)
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- [Barry Choi Disney interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/barry-choi-disney-interview/)
- [Shane Hewitt Nightshift](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/shane-hewitt-nightshift/)
- [Barry Choi](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/barry-choi/)
- [cost](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cost/)
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- [Matt Gurney Canada interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/matt-gurney-canada-interview/)
- [Canadian taxes infrastructure](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadian-taxes-infrastructure/)
- [national defence spending Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/national-defence-spending-canada/)
- [fiscal priorities Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fiscal-priorities-canada/)
- [Tax](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tax/)
- [Check](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/check/)
- [fast fashion sustainability interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fast-fashion-sustainability-interview/)
- [informed consumer choices](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/informed-consumer-choices/)
- [ethical shopping costs](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ethical-shopping-costs/)
- [sustainability consumer responsibility](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/sustainability-consumer-responsibility/)
- [John Pabon](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/john-pabon/)
- [Fast](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fast/)
- [fashions](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fashions/)
- [price](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/price/)
- [tax consequences life events](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tax-consequences-life-events/)
- [tax advice Canada interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tax-advice-canada-interview/)
- [divorce job loss tax impact](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/divorce-job-loss-tax-impact/)
- [inflation investment taxes Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/inflation-investment-taxes-canada/)
- [tax expert interview](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/tax-expert-interview/)
- [OpenAI privacy Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/openai-privacy-canada/)
- [AI data harvesting explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ai-data-harvesting-explained/)
- [Claude AI privacy concerns](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/claude-ai-privacy-concerns/)
- [ChatGPT personal data risks](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/chatgpt-personal-data-risks/)
- [Canadian privacy laws AI](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canadian-privacy-laws-ai/)
- [Carmi Levy tech analysis](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/carmi-levy-tech-analysis/)
- [protecting personal data online](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/protecting-personal-data-online/)
- [OpenAI](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/openai/)
- [Break](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/break/)
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- [stress awareness month](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/stress-awareness-month/)
- [Dr Mansingh stress explanation](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/dr-mansingh-stress-explanation/)
- [self care burnout](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/self-care-burnout/)
- [healthy habits stress risk](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/healthy-habits-stress-risk/)
- [stress perception mindset](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/stress-perception-mindset/)
- [hormesis explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/hormesis-explained/)
- [Dr Mansingh wellness](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/dr-mansingh-wellness/)
- [Mansingh](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/mansingh/)
- [stress](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/stress/)
- [burnout](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/burnout/)
- [butterflies climate change indicator](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/butterflies-climate-change-indicator/)
- [bumblebees ecosystem health](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/bumblebees-ecosystem-health/)
- [biodiversity indicators explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/biodiversity-indicators-explained/)
- [Federico Riva interview environment](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/federico-riva-interview-environment/)
- [climate change ecosystem warning signs](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/climate-change-ecosystem-warning-signs/)
- [butterfly population decline](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/butterfly-population-decline/)
- [Federico Riva](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/federico-riva/)
- [Butterflies](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/butterflies/)
- [signal](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/signal/)
- [climate](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/climate/)
- [gambling ads youth impact Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/gambling-ads-youth-impact-canada/)
- [online betting addiction teens](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/online-betting-addiction-teens/)
- [gambling marketing psychology](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/gambling-marketing-psychology/)
- [Ontario bill 107 gambling ads](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ontario-bill-107-gambling-ads/)
- [Canada bill S211 gambling ads](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/canada-bill-s211-gambling-ads/)
- [youth gambling risk Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/youth-gambling-risk-canada/)
- [Steve Joordans](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/steve-joordans/)
- [ban](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ban/)
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- [ads](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ads/)
- [Aztec UFO crash scam](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/aztec-ufo-crash-scam/)
- [UFO files FBI documents explained](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ufo-files-fbi-documents-explained/)
- [Roswell origins Aztec hoax](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/roswell-origins-aztec-hoax/)
- [UFO conspiracy debunked Canada](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ufo-conspiracy-debunked-canada/)
- [Nathan Radke UFO analysis](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/nathan-radke-ufo-analysis/)
- [UFO files context missing](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ufo-files-context-missing/)
- [Nathan Radke](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/nathan-radke/)
- [files](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/files/)
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- [boys mature slower science](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/boys-mature-slower-science/)
- [brain development boys vs girls](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/brain-development-boys-vs-girls/)
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- [mature](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/mature/)
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- [Quebec warranty law appliance prices](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/quebec-warranty-law-appliance-prices/)
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- [consumer protection law Quebec](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/consumer-protection-law-quebec/)
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- [fair](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/fair/)
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- [Ozempic debate health risks](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ozempic-debate-health-risks/)
- [Ozempic weight loss criticism](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ozempic-weight-loss-criticism/)
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- [Ozempic](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/ozempic/)
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- [1983 toy trends](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/1983-toy-trends/)
- [Cabbage Patch Kids 1983](https://shanehewitt.ca/tag/cabbage-patch-kids-1983/)

## Event Location

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## Event Organizer

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## Event Type  Categories

- [Radio](https://shanehewitt.ca/event-type/radio/)

## Product categories

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## Case Categories

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- [Websites](https://shanehewitt.ca/case_category/websites/)

## Team Categories

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## Testimonial categories

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## Category

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