17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (286+ words) On digital platforms, the scripts we need to interpret the dating environment and locate ourselves within the mystic universe of sex are being radically transformed. The dating process is far less predictable than in the past—when, for me at…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (974+ words) Parker is not what you’d call a “good” dog. You can sternly say “no jumping” or “calm down,” but the words and tone are meaningless when someone comes to the door. She cannot fathom how someone could not be as…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1010+ words) In 2003, Peter MacKay stood next to Stephen Harper and said the point of merging two conservative parties—the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance—was simple: stop splitting the vote that kept handing the Liberals majority governments. “Our swords will…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (647+ words) The plan to convert more than 2,000 empty British Columbia condos into affordable housing has ignited a response that is as layered as it is strong—and we are nowhere near the centre of this political onion yet. First came curiosity…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (653+ words) Last spring, United States president Donald Trump and his henchthugs were threatening to deport some of the president’s foreign-born enemies, including one tech edgelord who might be dumped in Canada. I did some googling and found this “enemy” was the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (896+ words) Earlier this year, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), an independent investigative team lead by veteran journalist Robert Cribb, received a Canadian Hillman Prize for its investigative six-part podcast series Arachnid: Hunting the Web’s Darkest Secrets. In her citation, Hillman Prize…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1129+ words) On a clear April evening, I arrived at Volvo Cars Hamilton in my gas-powered Ford Bronco Sport to test-drive a car that, at first glance, seemed to sit in the middle of Canada’s electric vehicle dilemma. The car waiting for…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1062+ words) Like most journalists, I came up local: student council, city hall, bigger city hall, Parliament. I didn’t do much journalism outside Canada for a long time, mostly because there seemed to be no way in but also because global affairs…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (578+ words) And it almost happened. Toward the end of the 2015 election campaign, Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, tweeted that, if elected, he’d “make sure the 2015 election will be the last under first-past-the-post system” (FPTP). Trudeau acknowledged FPTP was often not representative of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) Why does a bottle of wine command such incredible value in our culture and economy? Why are we similarly unwilling to pay six figures for a glass of beer or a bowl of soup? Since ancient times, humans have been…...