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- Are Canadian cities crumbling?
Calgarians are still rationing water more than two weeks after a catastrophic pipe break — and the city says they’ve got at least two more weeks to go before it’s fixed. There’s s…
- The ‘pronatalists’ trying to engineer a baby boom
Simone and Malcolm Collins are pronatalists: they believe many countries are headed toward a catastrophe of shrinking population, and that we need to have more babies to save them.…
- Why you can’t buy a cheap Chinese electric car
If price is one of your top reasons for why you haven’t bought an electric car, China is looking to solve that problem. Chinese consumers can buy high quality electric cars for as…
- War grinds on in Ukraine. Is peace possible?
On the weekend, more than 90 countries held a conference in Switzerland billed as a “peace summit” for Ukraine. But Russia was not in attendance. The summit failed to reach a cons…
- What's behind massive anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel?
Over the weekend, tens of thousands marched in the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against the Israeli government. This particular protest was calling for early elections and a host…
- The “brain school” that experimented on Indigenous children
In 2014, a U.S. brainwave scientist claimed he could increase people’s creativity and cure their traumas. And he got permission to experiment on Indigenous children in Canada, offe…
- Céline Dion’s struggle with stiff-person syndrome
Everyone knows who Céline Dion is. You can’t forget her incredible power ballads, her iconic outfits at the Met Gala or her quirky conversations with journalists and fellow singers…
- Two Jewish parents on recent school attacks
Over the past few months attacks that hit Jewish schools, community centres and synagogues have shaken Canada’s Jewish community. For some Jewish-Canadian parents, there is now a…
- Grift, Disinfo, Fraud? What happened at The Epoch Times?
We dive into the wild story behind The Epoch Times, a fringe conservative newspaper turned right-wing propaganda machine with ties to a mysterious dissident Chinese meditation move…
- Are there ‘traitors’ in Canada’s parliament?
A new report accuses parliamentarians of aiding foreign governments to interfere in Canadian politics, which some national security experts say would amount to ‘traitors’ at the he…
- Life's tough. Will the interest rate cut help?
An interest rate cut of a quarter of a percent might not sound like much. But as the first cut in four years following the COVID-19 pandemic and all the economic upheaval that foll…
- The battle over Vancouver’s legal tent camp
Tent encampments have been around in Canada for a long time. But since the pandemic, the number of camps have grown drastically as Canadians struggle with soaring housing prices an…
- Will the Liberals dump Trudeau?
It’s no secret the Liberal Party is Canada is unpopular. Poll after poll shows the Liberals between 15 to 20 points behind the Conservatives, led by a surging Pierre Poilievre. Pr…
- George Floyd’s legacy of racial progress — and backlash
Four years ago, George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His death sparked a massive movement in the U.S. and around the world as protestors passionat…
- Is Doug Ford’s $225M booze plan worth it?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced the province will pay at least $225 million to get beer and wine into corner stores over a year ahead of schedule. But why does the province…
- Donald Trump is a convicted felon
A New York jury has found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges of falsifying business records to conceal payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. This makes Tru…
- When Israel investigates itself, what happens?
Earlier this week, an Israeli airstrike that set off a huge blaze in a tent camp in Rafah killed dozens of Palestinians and prompted outrage around the world. Israeli Prime Ministe…
- Is Canada's economy working hard, or hardly working?
You might be hearing some positive-sounding headlines about Canada's economy recently. Inflation is coming down, and we've (so far) managed to avoid the recession many were predict…
- For Humboldt trucker, what punishment is enough?
It’s been six years since Jaskirat Singh Sidhu crashed a truck into a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team — killing 16 people, injuring 13 others and forever changing the…
- How did a Mormon town grab first dibs on Alberta water?
As Alberta struggles to navigate several years of dry conditions in the province, its historic water license system has come under scrutiny. In short, whoever got water rights firs…
