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Concert Tickets Are a Luxury Item. That Could Change Soon.

Agonizing over ticket prices has become as much a part of concert-going as swaying with your lit phone in the air. When tickets dropped for Rush’s...

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Carl Wilson

The Golden Age of Smut

As a kid, I’d always peer over the shoulder of my older sister, Serena, to see what she was reading—and then I’d follow suit. When she read...

09.01.2026 7

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Kearston Bergeron

The World Cup Will Relegate Canada to the Sidelines

During the FIFA Congress in Moscow in June  of 2018, Canada, Mexico and the United States defeated Morocco for the right to co-host the 2026 World...

09.01.2026 5

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Tim Elcombe

Canada’s China Policy Will Be Decided in Washington

Mark Carney says Canada’s relationship with China is at a turning point. But it more accurately resembles a Rubik’s Cube, where each move to solve...

08.01.2026 4

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Fen Osler Hampson

The Condo Crash is Spreading

Toronto and Vancouver’s condo industries collapsed spectacularly in 2025. Projects were cancelled, and buyers of pre-construction units were left...

07.01.2026 2

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Mike Moffatt

How to Stop the Gen Z Slowdown

About a decade ago, I spent several years in Africa working with youth employment programs. The challenges each country faced were unique, but one...

07.01.2026 5

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Tricia Williams

The True Cost of Competing in the Olympics

I was 11 when I first tried luge. We were on a school trip to the Whistler Sliding Centre, home to the only official luge track in Canada and...

06.01.2026 10

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