
4,000 Fewer Restaurants: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois on Canada's 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 ...
8 Mai 9min

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. ...
8 Mai 8min

Shiftheads - Alberta Separatism's Biggest Problem Right Now Is Alberta’s 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 A...
8 Mai 8min

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 mus...
8 Mai 10min

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. ...
8 Mai 8min

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, a...
8 Mai 9min

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 p...
8 Mai 19min

Brady's 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 frie...
7 Mai 8min




















