The ‘15-minute city’ conspiracy spreads to Canada
The concept of 15-minute cities — where a person’s daily needs in a city are accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike or transit ride from their home — is a few years old. It’s been picked up by many ...
21 Apr 202326min
What’s at stake in the federal workers’ strike?
Picket lines have been set up at major government buildings and ministers' offices across the country as more than a hundred thousand public servants go on strike. After nearly two years of bargainin...
20 Apr 202319min
Fox News settles voting case but ‘Big Lie’ remains
Fox News is the most watched news network in the United States. In the days after the 2020 Presidential election, it broadcasted Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie”: that the election was stolen from him and vot...
19 Apr 202322min
The impact of anti-trans laws in the US
This year alone, hundreds of new laws targeting trans people have been introduced by Republicans in the United States. Many of them make it harder for doctors to provide gender-affirming care for youn...
18 Apr 202324min
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation controversy, explained
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has been pulled into the ongoing controversy surrounding allegations of Chinese meddling in Canadian elections. Last week, the foundation’s president and board ...
17 Apr 202324min
War secrets, infighting and spies: inside the Discord leaks
Last week, classified U.S. military documents largely about the Ukraine war started circulating around the internet and making headlines. But the files appear to have started out on Discord, a platfor...
14 Apr 202325min
Measuring a decade of Trudeau’s Liberal leadership
Ten years ago this week, Justin Trudeau took over the Liberals’ top job. He won it in a landslide. In his acceptance speech to the excited room, Trudeau swore that unlike Stephen Harper’s Conservative...
13 Apr 202330min
Why movies about products are everywhere
Last weekend The Super Mario Bros. Movie had the biggest global opening weekend for an animated movie ever. The story of how Nike brought the world Air Jordans is also raking it in at the box office. ...
12 Apr 202323min
