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The Big Story
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What will happen to Canadian seniors this winter?We want elderly Canadians, who are heightened risk from Covid-19, to be safe. For much of the past eight months, that has meant hundreds of thousands of grandparents haven't seen t…
How is QAnon coping with Trump’s loss?As you might imagine, QAnon supporters believed that Donald Trump would handily win reelection. When he didn't, it blew a hole in the conspirac--hah, of course it didn't. New theor…
What happens when we’re tempted by herd immunity in a dark winterThe proposal is called the Great Barrington Declaration, and while it's couched in lots of scientific language, herd immunity is what it boils down to. It has support from a group…
How will restaurants survive the winter?At least in the spring, there was a summer to come and some sort of certainty — restaurants would stay closed until Covid-19 was under control. This Fall, in most places in Canada,…
How Nunavut’s bubble finally poppedThe territory went more than seven months as the last Covid-19-free spot in North America, but the past weeks have seen one case turn into a couple of dozen. Why did the bubble wor…
How conspiracy became our new religionAlmost two weeks after the American election, leading social media platforms are inundated with false claims about the results. Claims that are supported and amplified by Donald Tr…
Can carbon caches help us preserve a moderate climate?This is the finale of our five-part series in partnership with The Narwhal. Scientists have found protecting nature can provide more than one-third of the emissions reductions requ…
It starts with a trout, and ends up a growing disasterThis is part four of a five-part series in collaboration with The Narwhal. There are no viable solutions to stop the tide of selenium leaching into Canadian and U.S. water from a 1…
As oil and gas declines, where do the workers go?This is part three of a five-part series in collaboration with The Narwhal. Alberta’s oil and gas workers can be underrepresented — or even maligned — in conversations about an ene…
B.C.’s looming extinction crisisThis is part two of a five-part series in collaboration with The Narwhal. Canada’s westernmost province markets itself as 'Super, Natural, B.C.,' but more than 2,000 species of ani…
“Them plants are killing us.”This is part one of a five-part series in collaboration with The Narwhal. Two communities — one in Canada, one in the U.S. — share both a border along the St. Marys River and a tox…
A tsunami of disinformation is coming from the White HouseAlmost everything the President of the United States has been saying since election day is false. His family and supporters are following suit. How is the internet handling a flood…
While America counts, the world waits to exhaleAs of Wednesday night, things looked relatively positive for Joe Biden's bid for the presidency. But Donald Trump's team is filing lawsuits, demanding recounts, or halted counts, a…
Are we living in a simulation?No, the US election is not what spawned this question. New research in a field called 'simulation theory' pegs the odds that we're just AI creations in somebody's supercomputer at…
What to expect when American democracy is at stakeIs Democracy on the ballot in the American election tonight? How real is the threat of violence at the polls? What happens if Donald Trump squeaks out a reelection victory? What ha…
Inside Canada’s most notorious heistsWhy don't more Canadians know about the criminal masterminds behind some of Canada's most legendary capers? A new audiobook, True North Heists, tells the tales of some of the most…
How long can Hollywood stay in limbo?In a normal year, the start of November would mark the beginning of the prestige movie push, with award hopefuls, franchise films and feel-good family flocks crowding theatres. Thi…
Porn and the Pandemic: A study in adaptabilityIt was perfect timing, really, for OnlyFans. The website was growing in popularity because it allowed people to charge followers for exclusive content, and it didn't forbid pornogr…
Where is Ontario’s real gun violence epidemic?You might think that it's gang-related shootings in Toronto that drive gun-violence statistics in the province. You'd wind up surprised. A new study examined in detail firearms-rel…
Should Canada worry about a huge deficit?Our government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars supporting Canadians through this pandemic. They're deep in debt—but how worried should they be? Traditional economic polic…
