2020 Job Losses Were All In Low-Paid Work
During 2020, thousands of jobs were lost due to the economic downturn sparked by the global health crisis, and new research suggests all Canadian job losses had something prominent in common: they all paid CA$27.81 an hour, or less. But w...Read More
Research Shows The Canadian Dream Is Fading
It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to realise the ideal of improving your material well-being for the sake of giving your children a better shot at success than you had, new research seems to suggest. This means it’s be...Read More
Twitter Outraged By Britney Spears Doccie
The Twitter community wants former boy-bander Justin Timberlake to “pay” for the humiliation he’s caused Britney Spears. Responsible for sparking the latest outrage is a recently released documentary about the superstar ...Read More
Shania Twain Celebrates Women At Super Bowl
Canadian superstar songstress Shania Twain this year celebrates the 26th anniversary of the release of her smash-hit “The Woman in Me” album, which sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Featuring smash hits like, &...Read More
Tika The Iggy Is Montreal’s Own Fashionista
Montreal has a new best-dressed celeb and ultra-cool fashion icon. With more than 200 outfits in her Ville-Émard closet, Tika the Iggy is the most fashionable Italian greyhound on the block. Tika’s Instagram posts about...Read More
Charles Spencer Buys Property In Muskoka
Residents of Ontario’s famously untouched Port Carling area have expressed anxiety following the news that Princess Diana’s younger brother has purchased a strip of forest land in Muskoka. Earl Charles Spencer and Canadian wif...Read More
Women Exiting Workforce As Men Enter Jobs
A new Royal Bank report reveals that men are entering the job market at three times the rate of their female colleagues amid the challenges and new opportunities created by the global health crisis. In terms of the actual figures, the rep...Read More
Cree Artist Creates Indigenous Ikea Showroom
Indigenous representation has finally come to Ikea. The world-famous retailer’s Edmonton location has bunched up with Bigstone Cree Nation visual artist Lance Cardinal to create the big brand’s very first Indigenous showroom. ...Read More
Netflix December Line Up Delivers The Goods
It’s December and celebrating the holiday season with even more Christmas releases than those launched in November is Netflix Canada. Also coming our way are several non-Christmassy highlights - include the George Clooney-directed T...Read More
Troubled Teen Schools Under Fire For Abuse
U.S. boarding schools for so-called troubled teens are thought to currently house roughly 40,000 children across their facilities – many of whom are Canadian children sent south of the border by parents in search of secure housing a...Read More
Actor Michael J. Fox Announces Hit Retirement
Edmonton-born Hollywood actor Michael J. Fox is retiring from acting to focus on his health. The beloved Spin City actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at only 29, revealed his retirement plans in his new memoir, No Tim...Read More
Bagsful Of Christmas With Netflix November
Netflix Canada’s November line-up is all about the magic of Christmas. Barring the fourth season of The Crown, a show about Brazilian drag queens, and the odd crime dramady, it’s pretty much a jingle-belling show planned for t...Read More
New Witches Movie In Trouble For Making Disabilities Scary
A Warner Bros. remake of Roald Dahl’s scary children’s classic “The Witches” is causing quite the upset among social activists and people living with disabilities. Now out on HBO Max in the U.S., and coming to Cana...Read More
Tim Hortons To Trial Reusable Containers
Canadian fast food restaurant chain Tim Hortons is on a mission to reduce single-use waste. The multinational chain says it hopes to achieve this through a new partnership with private recycling giant TerraCycle’s Loop, a zero-waste...Read More
Verley Calls Out Nyx Dream Catcher Video
The message from Canada’s Drag Race queen Ilona Verley is clear; Indigenous cultures aren’t costumes and should be respected as such. Verley and several others were recently seen calling out Nyx Professional Makeup for cultura...Read More
Shania Twain And Harry Styles Dreaming About Collab
Canadian superstar and Music Hall of Famer Shania Twain was hitting the highest notes of her career when disaster struck. Lyme disease would ultimately keep her from singing and performing for 15 years. But before that, she had already ma...Read More
Facebook QAnon Ban Left Too Late
Facebook’s recent announcement regarding its planned removal of any accounts associated with or affiliated to conspiracy theory QAnon is necessary and welcome – but at the same time also a case of too little, too late, say exp...Read More
Canada Experiences Massive Retail Marijuana Boom
Canada’s adult-use Marijuana retail market now stands valued at a phenomenal CA$2.8 billion per year. The latest annual projection follows a record July and a 15.2 per cent improvement over June’s record – in July all th...Read More
Why Caring About Your Looks Isn’t Being Vain
There exists a terrible misconception that if true beauty comes from within, then by some strange and twisted logic, it must also be true that spending too much time looking our outer best must be vain. This isn’t true and is actual...Read More
What’s Coming To Netflix In October?
October is here. This means Halloween, the final stretch before the holidays, and curling up in front of the TV to a series and a movie, or two. Which is why the good folk at Netflix appear to have gone to great lengths to bring us some o...Read More
How Therapy Is Helping Men Become Mentally Healthy
Nearly four times more men die each year by suicide than women. And in Canada, almost as many men die by suicide than by prostate cancer. This is obviously a crisis that’s been made only all that much worse by the endless challenge...Read More
Why Tatiana Maslany Is The Perfect She-Hulk
Those who marvelled (yes, literally) at all fourteen characters played by her in the award-winning series “Orphan Black” will know that it was only a matter of time before Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany landed a master role ...Read More
WNBA Star Marries Ex-Prisoner She Helped Free
WNBA superstar and two-time Olympic gold medalist Maya Moore is married to Jonathan Irons, a man she’s spent the last 13 years helping to free from prison. Moore, named the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2014, in February 2...Read More
Canadians To Enjoy A Longer Fall This Year
Prominent weather forecasting service The Weather Network predicts that this year, Canadians can look forward to a lengthy fall – with winter and storms expected to come knocking significantly later than usual. The forecast obvious...Read More
Court Ruling A Telecoms Win For Canadians
A recent Federal Court of Appeal dismissal is described not only as being a victory successfully claimed by the country’s smaller independent internet service providers (ISPs), but in actual fact also a massive win for Canadians. O...Read More
Tesla Narrowly Escapes Russian Hack Attempt
The FBI has reportedly foiled an attempt by a team of Russian hackers to extort millions from Elon Musk’s Tesla factory in Sparks, Nevada. The hackers had allegedly offered to a member of staff employed at Tesla’s Gigafactory ...Read More
Quebecer Campaigns For Lip Reading Masks
Face masks, though necessary and potentially lifesaving, aren’t exactly bags full of fun to wear. They tend to be hot and stifling, have been known to slide all over the show when not correctly sized, and even cause our specs to bec...Read More
Canadians Are Over-Drinking - Here’s How To Stop
To many people, life is stressful enough as it is even without having to spend extended periods of time cooped up at home, or worse, constantly worrying about issues related to work and income and being furloughed whilst at the same time ...Read More
Netflix Releases September Menu
Cooler weather may be on an unexpectedly fast approach this year but lucky for us, Netflix has just whipped out the big binge guns for September. Not only has the year flown by, but judging by a content-packed September Netflix agenda, so...Read More
Residents Concerned Over Toronto Shelters
The Toronto residents voicing ongoing concerns over incidents and altercations experienced alongside and with those living in shelters for the homeless, say they’re more upset by a lack of consultation and mental health support rega...Read More
Canada’s Last Remaining Ice Shelf Collapses
Canada’s final remaining intact ice shelf present in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, environmental researchers have confirmed. Located on the outskirts of Ellesmere Island, The Milne Ice Shelf reportedly lost in excess of 40% of ...Read More
Canadians Mourn The Departure Of Ragu Sauce
Broken supply chains and the subsequent unavailability of certain products are most likely the driving force behind foodstuffs giant Ragu’s decision to no longer distribute its pasta sauces north of the US border. And judging by the...Read More
Quebec Teen Takes To TikTok Over Poutine Travesty
A TikTok user and wholesome quality food-appreciating teen from Quebec has taken it upon himself to right an important culinary wrong. Quebec teen Hugo Vezina can in a recent TikTok video response be seen reacting to Seattle chef M...Read More
Canadian Cases Of Salmonella Linked To U.S. Onions
Some 239 cases of Salmonella contamination in Canada have now been confirmed as linked to a recall of U.S.-grown onions, the country’s Public Health Agency said late last week. Of the reported cases, at least 29 people have been hos...Read More
Ryan Reynolds Pledges Salary To Group Effort
Vancouver-born Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds, a celebrity known for his giving and super supportive nature, has pledged his salary to be earned from the making of his next film (he didn’t name the film) to an initiative that wil...Read More
Florida Teen Behind July Twitter Hacks
A 17-year-old teen from Florida in the US has been identified as the alleged mastermind behind the massive July Twitter hack that saw the accounts of several high-profile individuals and corporations compromised. The alleged teen masterm...Read More
Netflix Wants To Make Big Films By Big Names
According to its VP of original films, Netflix is eager to pursue new ideas and in future create exciting new Jumanji-type content with the help of big-name directors. These are just some of the thoughts shared by Netflix’s Tendo Na...Read More
Authorities Issuing Warning About Mystery Seeds
Canadian agriculture and food inspection authorities are cautioning local gardeners about unsolicited seeds received by post, ordering recipients not to plant anything they did not specifically order. Reports related to packages of which ...Read More
New Shows Coming To Netflix In August
Netflix is going about this coming August in a cutting-and-pasting kind of way, and so some binge-worthy content won’t be available for much longer. Lucky for us, the streaming giant is at the same time bringing back quite a few all...Read More
CES 2021 Called Off – Bad News For Vegas
Rising concerns over a second massive wave of global health crisis-induced infections have left the organisers of CES with no other option but to call off the 2021 in-person instalment of the world’s largest consumer electronics sho...Read More
Deciphering The Meaning Of Cancel Culture
The internet is awash with a new piece of terminology. And even those who claim to understand its meaning seem to be largely straddling the fence of confusion as to a proper definition the rest of us can get our heads around. It’s c...Read More
Keep The Distance With Tall Canadian Celebs
Having trouble keeping the recommended 6-feet distance from your fellow humans in a queue or while shopping for essential items? Not exactly keen on whipping out the old tape measure when out in public? Don’t fret, because since we&...Read More
Walmart Canada To Invest $3.5bn Locally
Walmart Canada has announced major investment plans for the next five years. The retail giant has declared itself in the position to invest at least $3.5 billion in improving its online service offerings as well as in-store service offeri...Read More
Canadian Museum Wronging The Rights
It’s a museum wholly dedicated to celebrating human rights. And in a time of physical distancing especially, it’s supposed to be a safe haven inviting people out of living in the shadows for fear of discrimination and being sh...Read More
How Research Is Changing Solar Energy Yield
In an industry racing toward sustainable, green, and affordable solar energy, the measure of whether that which should be achieved is actually being achieved, has always been solar panel efficiency. And that efficiency is measured in whet...Read More
Ad Boycotts Will Hurt Companies – Not Facebook
Smaller businesses and companies pulling their ads from Facebook in support of a cause, even for a month, is tantamount to someone cutting off their own nose in an attempt to spite their face. This according to several business analysts o...Read More
Sussexes Hit Trademark Paperwork Snag
If life as ordinary citizens were what former royals the had been hoping for, then they’ve just had yet another prayer answered because according to several British news outlets, the registration of their new non-profit trademark a...Read More
Canadians Need To Learn How To Trust Again
Canadians are known for a surprisingly positive stereotype; that of extreme politeness. But the global health crisis has even the politest nation on earth on edge. We’re surrounded by precautionary health measures promising to prote...Read More
Why Zoom Fatigue Is A Real Concern
It’s a strange new world out there at the moment. And come to think of it, it’s an even stranger new world ‘in here’. And while our reasons for feeling this way may vary, much of what we&rsqu...Read More
The Comfort Foods That Aren’t Comforting
Ever notice how comfort meant to make you feel ‘better’ and, well, comforted, often only does the trick for literally a couple of minutes before the familiar old lag, slug and bad mood sets in as if with renewed vengeance? Ex...Read More
Greta Thunberg Calls Out Sonya Savage For Honesty
Swedish climate- and environmental activist isn’t exactly impressed with Alberta energy minister Sonya Savage’s sense of timing. Savage in a recent podcast proclaimed people’s inability to protest amid a global health c...Read More
Queen’s Brian May Tells Of Heart Attack
Queen’s Brian May has reportedly revealed details around his recent emergency trip to hospital after the legendary suffered what he described in typical May-form as his having had a “small” heart attack. The famous guit...Read More
How Facebook Plans To Move In On E-Commerce
Not only does Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook own Instagram, and more recently too, but the social media mogul now wants to control the online shopping experience as well, a privilege currently enjoyed mainly by Jeff Bezos’ Amazon...Read More
How Bumper Tables Are Keeping Diners Safe
A Baltimore company has come up with a rather ingenious plan to get diners to keep their distance whilst engaged in eating and chatter at outdoor-style and café venues. Revolution Event Design & Production debuted their bumper...Read More
40th Terry Fox Anniversary Shoes A Huge Hit
The timelessness of Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope in support of research exactly 40 years ago has once again been reaffirmed. Fox ran his 1980 cross-country marathon passage in a pair of Adidas sneakers of royal blue and thanks to a...Read More
Museums Helping Folks Lock Down Artfully
Kintsugi is the centuries-old art of repairing broken pottery with gold. It’s a method based on the powerful idea that by embracing flaws and imperfections, something stronger than the original design can be created. Something stro...Read More
Tell All Book About Harry & Meghan Coming In August
Whether or not the upcoming book revealing all about Harry and wife s official royal-capacity exit will unveil hidden Royal Family secrets remains to be seen. But what is pretty much a done deal is that the August 11 release of the Harper...Read More
Why Canadians Are Loving Working from Home
A recent Angus-Reid survey carried out on behalf of employment firm ADP Canada indicates that nearly half of survey participants working from home are perfectly happy adopting working from home as a permanent new normal. And since nearly ...Read More
Frozen Star Kristen Bell Talks Parenting
During a recent instalment of her web series “#Momsplaining With Kristen Bell” Frozen star Kristen Bell got up close and real personal with the issue of double standards in parenting. A question particularly perplexing appears...Read More
Actor Jerry Stiller Dies Aged 92
Celebrated actor Jerry Stiller, perhaps best known for his role playing the hilariously borderline-offensive father of George on the comedic television sitcom Seinfeld, has died. Actor and son Ben Stiller confirmed the news of his p...Read More
Boris Johnson Reveals Meaning Behind His Baby’s Names
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and girlfriend Carrie Symonds have officially announced the name of their son to be Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. And, the couple added, the names pay tribute to the couple’s grandfathers as ...Read More
George Street Festival Confirmed Cancelled
The annual George Street Festival draws thousands of festivalgoers to St. Johns. Ironically, it’s for exactly this reason that what would have this year been the 36th anniversary of the festival, has now been cancelled fo...Read More
Stay-At-Home Netflix Magic Coming In May
Judging by the inward-bound and the outward-bound shows presented to subscribers by Netflix Canada this May, staying at home promises to be more than just blissfully bearable. We’ll be treated to everything from the dramatic to the ...Read More
RevenueWire Ordered To Pay Millions To FTC
A Victoria-based e-commerce facilitation support and service provider has been ordered to part with $6.75 million by a B.C. Federal Court. The court ruled that according to evidence presented in the civil action matter between the U.S. Fe...Read More
Celebrities Giving Viewers an Eyeful
It turns out there’s a term for it. For why we’re so fiercely fascinated with the lives of celebrities. Oscar psychology. And since we recently graduated from a controlled sneak peek into celebrity homes every once in a ...Read More
Meghan Markle Is Back On The Small Screen
Now that the of Sussex are free to decide for themselves how to spend their time, we’ll hopefully start to see a whole lot more of Meghan Markle on the platform that first introduced her to the world: television and the small scree...Read More
Vancouver Aquarium In Dire Need Of Funding
The Vancouver Aquarium, which is not only Vancouver’s largest aquarium, but also Canada’s largest, is in desperate need of financial relief. The sea-life facility houses not only marine life like sea otters and jelly fish, but...Read More
Harry & Meghan Fed Up With British Tabloids
British tabloids have eventually managed to tick of to such an extent that the couple on Sunday announced that their private relations team will no longer engage in any way with four separate British tabloids. The couple gave new meaning...Read More
Schitt’s Creek Says Thank You
When the stars of Schitt’s Creek recently let fly a stream of lives that has so far raised more than $200,000 for Canadian and U.S. food banks, the idea was to do something truly meaningful as a way to say thank you for six seasons...Read More
Zoom Hires Former Facebook Security Chief
The last thing anyone wants to see popping up in a videoconference is a naked adult male blabbering racial slurs. And even more so when said naked racist pops up during a password-protected high school online meeting possibly involving h...Read More
Why Biking Is Getting a Popularity Boost
We all, at some point or another, need to move from point A to point B. And since social (physical) distancing guidelines imposed certain limits on the way we get around, there’s no time like the present to do it on a bike.
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Cannabis Curbside Deliveries Now Authorised
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has following a former complete lockdown order, now said that authorised cannabis stores will be permitted to sell and deliver by way of curbside pickups for the remainder of the declared emer...Read More
Ezra Miller Seen Choking A Woman In Iceland
American actor Ezra Miller appears to be more beast than what he is fantastic. The hunky future Flash actor has been doing the rounds in the worst possible way on Reddit and Twitter after a slightly confusing video showing him choking a w...Read More
Fans Treated To Special Country Music Awards
Americans may have to wait until September 16th for this year’s in-person live Academy of Country Music Awards, but that doesn’t mean that fans will have to go without all of the special performances that ha...Read More
Covid-19 Takes a Bite Out of Apple
Apple’s appetite for cheap labour is starting to pay off. As in getting what they paid for. Despite various warnings by a hidden few Apple executives regarding the tech-giant’s unhealthy dependence on as far back as 2015, Tim...Read More
Covid-19 Puts UK PM Boris Johnson In Hospital
No. 10 Downing Street has confirmed that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday evening. Johnson has been in self-isolation since having started displaying symptoms caused by Covid-19 about 10 days ago. A spoke...Read More
Live Shows Cancelled All Over Ontario
Having to cancel or reschedule any major event is a headache under perfectly normal circumstances. But rescheduling events during a time when nobody is able to realistically predict what future dates may be suitable for postponement purpo...Read More
Luckin Coffee A Financial Fake
There are vital lessons to be learnt from ’s Luckin Coffee disaster. Most importantly perhaps that the simplest explanation nearly always tends to be the correct one. Or in layman’s terms: if it seems too good to be true, it p...Read More
Draper James Gifts Free Dresses To Teachers
So touched has Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon been by the creative and exceptionally selfless efforts displayed by teachers in the U.S. in order to enable children to keep on learning even when stuck at home during the Coronavirus pa...Read More
Why It’s OK Not To Do Anything During Quarantine
The old adage rings more true now than ever before; its OK if simply getting through the day is all you’ve managed to do. Consider the idea of quarantine and the growing sensation that many people really are living their best lives ...Read More
Why Essential Services Vary From Place to Place
The global Coronavirus pandemic has bestowed upon the world what certainly feels like a whole new vocabulary. We’re each day confronted with terms like flattening the curve, social distance and the concept of essential services. And...Read More
Harry & Meghan Announce Instagram Interval
For the past number of weeks, Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have been providing regular updates regarding their work as well as their personal journey via their Sussex Royal Instagram account. The pair however announced on Monday th...Read More
Idaho Hit By Biggest Earthquake In 40 Years
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.5 hit the state of Idaho on Tuesday evening. The earthquake’s epicenter appeared to be located about 80 miles northeast of Boise and just outside of Stanley and was the state’s most pro...Read More
How Covid-19 Quarantine Cooking Is Saving The Day
To many people, cooking simply doesn’t come naturally. It could be a case of never having needed to cook before now, or simply having fallen out of practice because of busy schedules involving a balancing act between work and raisin...Read More
Tornado Sows Mayhem In Jonesboro, Arkansas
The world – and in particular the U.S. – is in a state of absolute chaos and crisis due to the death and destruction caused by the deadly Coronavirus. And as if a global pandemic threatening to completely destroy entire econom...Read More
All My Children Actor John Callahan Dies
Long-time veteran soap opera actor John Callahan has died at the untimely age of only 66. The All My Children star played a number of leading roles in various other popular soaps too, including Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest and even San...Read More
Earthquakes Leave West Texas Slightly Rattled
Earthquakes centred in a remote area of West Texas shook the region on Thursday, March 26th, 2020. The first occurred early in the morning and was followed six hours later by a larger tremor, according to the scientific agency ...Read More
Ryan Reynolds Responds to Trudeau’s Covid-19 SOS
Ideas like “flattening the curve” and “social distancing” are new to the human race and yet the current coronavirus global pandemic have brought these and other curiosities right to our doors. Canadian Prime Minist...Read More
Covid-19 Pick-Up Lines Offer A Much-Needed Laugh
So apparently social distancing has a funny side too. As in hilariously funny. Covid-19 pick-up lines may very well be the funniest thing to have come out of social distancing yet as singles get creative in the absence of being able to da...Read More
Country King Kenny Rogers Dies
Long-time country music and industry sweetheart Kenny Rogers has died. Rogers (81) died of natural causes at his home in Sandy Springs, George, on Friday night, the family has confirmed. The three-time Grammy awards winner is the 10...Read More
GoT’s George R.R. Martin Marks Himself Safe
Game of Thrones penman George R.R. Martin has declared himself “safe” amid the Coronavirus global pandemic. The 71-year-old Martin this week provided an update regarding his current state of health after Indira Varma, who play...Read More
Sophie Trudeau Tests Positive For Covid-19
The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for the . Sophie Gregoire Trudeau began experiencing mild flu-like symptoms upon her return from a public speaking engagement in the UK on Wednesday. The Prime Ministe...Read More
Jeopardy’s Alex Trebek Talks About His Health
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek recently updated his fans about his general state of health after having been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer about a year ago. The 79-year-old is loved and revered by fans of the gameshow, which he has ...Read More
Why Your Fitness Routine Should Evolve With Age
Aging may not be optional (yet) but aging poorly or even badly certainly is. Most of us are aware that regular exercise helps fight a variety of diseases and even helps the body to stay mobile and younger for longer. In fact, calculations...Read More
Canada Loses Ground On Hurun’s Billionaires List
Rich lists. You got to love ‘em. Unless you’re no longer on them, of course, which appears to be what is happening to Canada. If a new report published last week by Shanghai-based Hurun Research Institute is anything to go by,...Read More
Clare Crawley Is The New Bachelorette
Many 28-year-olds can only dream of looking anything like Clare Crawley. The 38-year old has just been named the next star to feature on The Bachelorette, and ironically, her age is exactly what drew the producers to her. Aside of course ...Read More
Pete Buttigieg Quits Presidential Race
Pete Buttigieg, for reasons mostly known to him only, has exited the race for Democratic presidency, saying not too much more than his stepping down had been motivated by his desire to help bring the party and the country back together. B...Read More
Harry & Meghan To Pay Their Own Way In Canada
Now that Megxit appears to be a done deal, even to the point of Harry and having had to agree to no longer make reference to the word “royal’ in any of their future brands, whether commercial or philanthropic, all that remain...Read More
Netflix Line Up For March
It’s hard to believe that we are entering March, but here we are. And as for what to expect to find on during the month, as well as what to expect not to find, March appears to be solid mix between nostalgia and modern-day contempo...Read More
My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising Hits Screens
Love ? Who doesn’t? And what better way to spend time anime-ing away than by indulging in the latest creation by Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising. This is a theme that lends itself to anime across the anime-engageme...Read More
Mazzy Star’s David Roback Dead At 61
Mazzy Star co-founder, guitarist, songwriter and the haunting but velvety voice that can be heard in what is perhaps the band’s biggest hit, Fade Into You, David Roback, has died of metastatic cancer. Roback’s management team ...Read More
Be A Lady They Said – Nixon Video Goes Viral
We may no longer be oppressed to the extent of not being permitted to drive a car or even not being allowed to leave the house without a father or brother by our side; at least not in most parts of the world; but despite the liberties we ...Read More
Jeff Bezos Pledges $10bn To Earth Initiative
The richest man on the planet remains convinced that despite the magnitude of the threat that is climate change, Earth can be saved. So much so that CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to throw a cool $10 billion at the problem. Bezos some days ago...Read More
Why Fitness Is A Deeply Personal Thing
The hardest part about anything is constantly showing up. Getting started isn’t nearly as daunting as faithfully keeping at it, day after day (after day!) over a long period of time. This is true whether we’re talking sh...Read More
B.C. Locals Want Terry Fox To Grace $5 Bill
The search for a new face to grace Canada’s $5 bill is officially on. And according to the residents of Port Coquitlam, B.C., no face is more deserving of the honour than their own Terry Fox. The news that federal government would s...Read More
Online Thrift Revolution Brings In The Big Bucks
Thrift has officially gone . E-commerce sites have been around for many years, but their main target market didn’t exactly regard a second-hand pair of classic sneakers or even a vintage coat to be anything close to a “main at...Read More
Beware The Free Charge for Your Smartphone
Nothing free truly ever is. Not even the smart phone charging stations offered “for free” to travellers and shoppers who pass through airports and big city shopping centres. And if you thought that the term “juice jackin...Read More
How Lyme’s Disease Nearly Broke Shania Twain
Lyme disease may have caused a substantial amount of damage to her vocal chords and voice, but singer-songwriter Shania Twain wasn’t about to allow anything to get the better of her ability to sing, let alone a disease caused by an ...Read More
Why Therapy Is Good For You, Even If You’re Happy
Most of us could do with a good old reality check from time to time. And sometimes, that check is best delivered by a trained therapist. But whilst for some people the decision to check in with a specialist in the field of understanding t...Read More
Wholehearted Living – The Key To Happiness
Barring extreme exceptions, most of us deeply and desperately want to be happy. We want to live our best possible. But what not everyone knows or thinks to consider is that a non-negotiable prerequisite to being happy is to live wholehea...Read More
Parasite Actor Choi Woo-shik A Real Canadian
A life of growing between two cultures and of having to face the multitude of challenges associated with is daunting, to say the least. But at the same time, challenges are particularly useful when it comes to forming our identities as h...Read More
Amazon Names Fort McMurray The Most Romantic City
The owl and the pussycat went out to Fort McMurray. Apparently. That’s Fort McMurray, Alberta. And no, we’re not attempting to re-write classic English poetry. But it is interesting to note that according to what folks are spe...Read More
Canada’s Grocery Delivery Wars In Full Swing
More and more folks are cashing in on saving time as well as money by doing their shopping online. And whilst less than 2% of Canadian shoppers are currently making use of online grocery shopping services, this figure is expected to grow...Read More
Kobe Bryant And The Psychology Of Grief
Basketball legend touched us all. And it did so in the most unexpected of ways. And whilst it’s definitely true that there’s no right or wrong way to mourn or to grieve, the practice of shaming those who grieve remains a tren...Read More
Netflix Using Cues from The Adult Entertainment Industry
Video streaming giants , Amazon Prime and even YouTube are coaxing people into watching their content on an ongoing and near-obsessive schedule by taking the cue from what the adult entertainment industry is doing. This according to Unive...Read More
Unicode Reveals Gender-Inclusive Emojis For 2020
The Unicode Consortium, i.e. the good folks responsible for each year greenlighting the roll-out of relevant new , has just released some pretty exciting information regarding what to expect of this year’s additions. The fresh new 2...Read More
How You Can Beat The Winter Blues
Fighting off the general low mood and varying degrees of lethargy during the cold winter months can be a dreary affair indeed. The winter blues isn’t anything uncommon and according to the Canadian Mental Health Association, at leas...Read More
Why Harry & Meghan Will Be Happier In Canada
If the are primarily concerned with escaping a life that involves being constantly ostracised by the press (case in point: typical British journalism) then their planned move to Canada may very well prove to be the best thing for them ye...Read More
Why Lying When Dating Is A Bad Idea
We’re all familiar with “white lies” and whilst its true that the majority of us do not see anything wrong with saying, “I’m fine” when we’re actually not, or telling a fib as to why we’re l...Read More
Why A Sincere Compliment Goes Both Ways
Receiving a sincere compliment does wonders not only for the soul and for a feeling of being connected to those around us but it also infiltrates every aspect of , including our level of performance at work, to name but one example. The t...Read More
How Chat Apps Are Saving Dads Sanity
It is said that but that at the same time, in a truly ironic twist of fate, only technology can save them. It’s all about balancing the good with the not-so-good. But it’s a balancing act of time vs. tech that has left many o...Read More
McDonalds & The Coffee Cup Conundrum
Canadians have over the course of the past number of years grown increasingly more concerned about the environment, and specifically about the impact of single-use plastics on the . The fact that coffee cups and lids are among the top 5 i...Read More
Mama Duck To Return To Canada In June
When organisers of Toronto’s annual Redpath Waterfront Festival announced 2 years ago that the star attraction set to make an appearance at Canada’s birthday celebrations was not only six storeys tall, weighed some 13,600 kilo...Read More
Twitter Goes Nuts Over Royal Split Announcement
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Why A Booze-Free January Isn’t A Bad Idea
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3D Printing Reveals Dinosaur’s Secrets
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Alberta Makes An Impact In Ghostbusters Trailer
Canadians; and especially those living in Alberta; have been taking to Twitter for days on end and saying their piece about having immediately recognised those terribly telling “big Alberta skies and wheat fields” ...Read More
Why You Need To Keep Tabs On Browser Tabs
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Glassdoor Ranks Microsoft As Top Employer
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The Darker Side to New Year’s Resolutions
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The Most Popular December Baby Names
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Best Gambling Movies For The Festive Season
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Nova Scotia To Ban Flavoured Vape Juice
Nova Scotia’s decision to ban all sales of flavoured e-cigarettes and flavoured vaping juices is rooted in its attempt to reduce youth smoking rates. This is according to Health Minister Randy Delorey. The changes to...Read More
Christmas Traditions In Canada
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2019 Word Of The Year Revealed
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Electric Scooters Headed For Ontario In 2020
Ontario Province recently announced that electric scooters will be allowed on the province’s roads come 2020 and will remain legal for an initial pilot period spanning 5 years; a sort of test-phase if you will. For t...Read More
Canadians Are Dead-Set On Living Healthy
Canadians are more now than ever before particularly concerned about the state of their health. This is according to a report on consumer trends compiled by BDC, a local bank famously dedicated to entrepreneurs. A stud...Read More
Why Intentions Are The New Goals
It was South Africa’s Desmond Tutu who famously quoted 1921 Detroit Superintendent of Schools Frank Cody when he said, “there is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time”. Cody during his orig...Read More
The Surprising Benefits Of Walking A Dog
It’s no secret that having a best friend is damn good for the soul, especially if that best friend has a furry coat and loves to play fetch. The benefits of dog ownership have been comprehensively documented. Not onl...Read More
Being Canadian – This Is What It Means
Many folks have at some point or another seriously considered giving it all up and moving to Canada. And really, why on earth not? The home of maple syrup sure beats the heck out of any variety of milk and honey. There...Read More
The Story Behind Black Friday
It’s the biggest sales event of the year. Bar none. Each year, on the Friday following Thanksgiving, a significant number of bargain hunters set out en masse and heading in their drones to key retail stores, popular ...Read More
Masculinity The Public Enemy To Eating Clean
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Canadians Living It Up At The Grammys
Time has positively flown by and its time again for the annual Grammy Awards nominations. The really great news is that Canada is right up there with the best of them for the 2020 instalment of the event. Subtly interw...Read More
The Beauty And Value Of A Gratitude Jar
If Marie Kondo has taught us anything other than the central theme that tidying up helps to make space for things that are way more important than “things”; people, experiences, the space to breathe and really live...Read More
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Ryan And Blake Celebrate Remembrance Day
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Why Bibliotherapy Offers a Health Boost
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Study Reveals Depression Can Be Linked To Poor Nutrition
Results of a new study of the Canadian population, overseen by the University of Toronto, have been released. Among the numerous statistics revealed, two key points have raised concern. The first is that senior citizen...Read More
Why Canadians Are On A Go-Slow This Christmas
The harsh reality is that many Canadians are drowning in debt. According to Statistics Canada, the typical Canadian household owes CA$1.79 for every CA$1.00 earned in disposable income. It must also be said that debt i...Read More
The Mood-Lifting Potential Of Smell & Scent
Most people agree that they are more likely to remember experiences somehow connected to a specific emotion than otherwise. And the same goes for a specific scent. It all stands to perfectly good reason too as psycholo...Read More
Pharrell Williams Develops Condos In Toronto
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Microsoft Declare 4-Day Work Week A Winner
Working four days a week instead of the standard five is a concept that at first sounds obviously counter-productive. Because surely working 32 hours instead of a typical 40-hour week translates to less work being done...Read More
Rogue Otter Wreaks Havoc In Vancouver Koi Garden
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Meghan Markle Seen Wearing Canadian-Brand Jewelry
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Older People Are New Cannabis Fan-Base
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Plain Cigarettes Coming To A Store Near You
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Climate Change Becomes a Sticky Political Issue
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Why Canada Has Embraced The Greta Factor
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Idris Elba Likes His Bagels St-Viateur Style
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Why Hollywood Seems Stuck On Repeat
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Backbone To Enjoy A Canadian Hall Of Fame Moment
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Sobeys Inc. Teases New Smart Trolley
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Halloween Becomes An Environmental Nightmare
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Air Canada To Ditch All References To Gender
Air Canada has deviated from the beaten path. The airline has announced that in an attempt to adopt a more inclusive approach, it will no longer be referring to “ladies and gentlemen” when greeting passengers and m...Read More
Cannabis Edibles Now Legal In Canada
The use of cannabis for recreational purposes, including the process of cultivation and drying, was legalised exactly one year ago in Canada. And as of October 17, so is selling and consuming what is commonly referred ...Read More
Social Media To Play Bigger Role In Law
When lawyers representing Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc. in a matter involving damage caused to one of the power company’s hydro poles eventually came to the conclusion that they had exhausted all possible remedies of trying to hunt...Read More
Margret Atwood Awarded Booker Prize
Canadian author Margaret Atwood and British-based Bernardine Evaristo have won the Booker Prize. And yes, they’re sharing. Organisers this year threw all tradition into the wind when they named Atwood as well as Evar...Read More
Hybrid Salmon Discovered On Vancouver Island
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Study Shows Millennials Put Mental Health First
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House Hippo Returns To Warn About Fake News
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A London-based group going by the name of Extinction Rebellion (XR) is risking livelihood and legal limb in an attempt to awaken the minds of government officials as well as civilians to the fact that essentially, time...Read More
Canadian Government Worried About Connected Cars
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PayPal Withdraws From Libra Association
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Student Housing Is A Real Crisis In Canada
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Justin And Hailey Go All Out On Big Day
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Fancy Pet Furniture A Hot New Trend
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Unisex Baby Names On The Rise
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Dr. Seuss Is Coming To Mississauga Ontario
The time leading up to the holidays and to Christmas is practically a highlight on the annual Canadian calendar and this year is shaping up to be no different. An interactive experience based on the books and stories o...Read More
Forever 21 To Close All 44 Canadian Stores
Fashion name brand retailer Forever 21 is closing the book on Canada, effectively leaving at least 2,000 local workers without an income. The retail chain has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and will as a res...Read More
Fancy Tea Bags Filled With Micro Plastics
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Right To Be Forgotten Ruling Under Fire
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Lacey Evans Traffic Rant Was Staged
Viral social media video footage showing WWE wrestler Lacey Evans flying off the handle and tearing into an Edmonton RCMP traffic law enforcement officer has been confirmed as having been staged. Or rather, Evans’ pe...Read More
Canada Celebrates Schitt’s Creek At Emmys
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Why Retirement Is Trending with Millennials
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Haviah Mighty Awarded Prestigious Polaris
Canadian rap artist Haviah Mighty has been awarded the prestigious Polaris Prize for her album “13th Floor”, making her the first female rap artist ever on whom Polaris recognition has been bestowed. Her...Read More
Apple TV Plus To Launch In Canada On November 1
Apple TV Plus is joining the Canadian television content streaming war come November 1st. The tech-giant hopes to lure subscribers away from competitors like Netflix by offering more original content in retu...Read More
Drake Unhappy About Folks Showing Up At Home
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Amazing Race Winners Want To Raise Awareness
Canadians are a resilient and positively tenacious lot. This we know. This was once again written in the stars in a new and refreshing way when two-spirit couple Anthony Johnson and James Makokis proved their steel and determination by w...Read More
Seniors Tackle Ageism in Technology
Seniors are doing it for themselves. Or at least, they very badly want to. Technology is notorious for its want of selectively excluding older members of society, a tendency referred to as “ageism”. But seniors, bl...Read More
Dior Pulls Sauvage Ad Starring Johnny Depp
Exploiting Indigenous people to make money. Fragrance and fashion house Dior is being accused of appropriating Native American culture and imagery for commercial gain, and has as a direct result of the widespread Inter...Read More
Justin Bieber Opens Up About Mental Health
Justin Bieber is a textbook case for every conceivable type of social ill; or at least, he used to be. The star recently and for the first time ever “faced his demons” in an honest and open manner when he shared in...Read More
The Secret Psychological Side To Selfies
It’s not what you say that matters most, but how you say it. We know this to be true. Turns out the same logic applies to Instagram posts. Or more specifically, selfies posted on Instagram. A recent study revealed th...Read More
Ontario Slang May Soon Be Quality OED English
There’s no disputing the fact. Ontario residents may soon be getting their vernacular spunk back thanks to the endeavours of a dialect research project spearheaded by the University of Toronto. Those not familiar wit...Read More
Barenaked Ladies Musician In Art Scam
Being famous, it turns out, doesn’t necessarily exempt one from being scammed. Just ask indigenous artist and musician Kevin Hearn of the band the Barenaked Ladies. Hearn was allegedly sold a fake Norval Morrisseau p...Read More
How The Trade War Affects Everyday Canada
A right financial trade war is upon us and it’s eating away at our interest rates, our bonds and our savings. The ongoing US/China trade war is taking its toll on the stock markets and investors aren’t budging this...Read More
Apple’s iPhone 11 May Be Full Of Surprises
Despite the leaks, tip-offs and right royal saucy rumours doing the rounds about what we are to expect of Apple’s new 2019 iPhone 11 release, the only certainty seems to be the release date. September 10 will reveal ...Read More
P.K. Subban And Lindsey Vonn Get Engaged
Canadian Olympic gold medallist duo and power-couple P.K. Subban and Lindsey Vonn are officially engaged to be wed. The stunning couple announced their upcoming union only days before this year’s 2019 MTV Video Music...Read More
Canada Alert Following US Vaping Health Scare
Nearly 200 cases of acute pulmonary illnesses and at least 1 death. This is the reality associated with vaping in the US. And Canada Health and the Public Health Agency of Canada are anxiously waiting and implementing ...Read More
Wreck of the Titanic Falling Apart
In many ways the RMS Titanic has become entwined with a sort of global history and heritage, and if retired Dalhousie University civil engineering professor Henrietta Mann’s estimations are on the money, the ship’s...Read More
Initiative Hopes To Create Media Inclusivity
A new campaign hopes to focus anew the world’s attention on people who daily face navigating life in the face of limiting disabilities. The “Dear Everybody” initiative is essentially concerned with the media and ...Read More
Red Bull To Pay Up Following Broken Promises
If, not unlike Benjamin Careathers, you’re following a decade’s worth of faithfully waiting on Red Bull to make good on its promise to “give you wiiings”, by now feeling rather flat and demotivated and have sta...Read More
How Social Media Does Its Bit For Earth
Social media, not unlike most other things in life, isn’t all good. But then again, the opposite is true too in that it most definitely isn’t all bad either. Many regard social media as the ultimate go-to for narci...Read More
Saskatoon City Scammed Out Of $1M Online
The city of Saskatoon has been working hard at trying to get its own back after it was scammed out of $1 million by an online fraudster. The fraudster had electronically impersonated the CEO of Allan Construction and h...Read More
Taylor Swift Steps Up For Canadian Student
Ayesha Khurram, a 20-year old Toronto student, has long been a fan of country-pop singer Taylor Swift. So when the renowned musician stepped in to help her pay outstanding university fees, it’s safe to say that’s s...Read More
Facebook Making Big Whatsapp & Instagram Changes
The word on the street; and by street we mean Bloomberg; is that WhatsApp is getting a brand new name. Facebook, forever eager to stamp its territorial mark of ownership all over its belongings, has reportedly announced that the messaging...Read More
The Many Hidden Dangers Of The “Gig” Economy
Fancy enjoying the freedom of being your own boss and banging your own drum? Then “partnering” with companies the likes of DoorDash and Uber probably isn’t for you, even though at first glance, they may appear to be perf...Read More
Canadians Say Yes To High-Tech Health Care
We are a people obsessed with good health. A recent Ipsos survey reveals that Canadians will do anything in their power to facilitate instant access to medical care and medical advice, even if that means willingly relinquishing control (o...Read More
Young Couples Embrace The Downsizing Trend
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Studying Millionaires – The Roads To Wealth
Want to create financial wealth? Then study the rich and emulate their behaviour, says self-made millionaire Steve Siebold in his book, “How Rich People Think”. Interesting to note is that the book isn’t titled, “H...Read More
Victoria’s Secret’s First Transgender Model
Lingerie fashion house Victoria’s Secret appears to have at long last cottoned on to the fact that not everyone’s fantasies are the same. The company is officially casting its first transgender model, in the shape of Brazilian...Read More
Facebook Wants To Read Your Mind
Not only did Facebook show itself to be completely inept and grandiosely incompetent at playing the self-appointed custodians of our private data, but it now wants to have a go at reading our minds too. As if outsourcing everything from o...Read More
Meghan Markle To Launch Smart Works Fashion Line
Megan Markle is more than just another starry-eyed royal with something to prove. The former Suits actress will soon be launching a very special fashion clothing line that has nothing to do with London pomp and glitz and everything with w...Read More
Tim Hortons Explores The Millennial Market
The urban millennial is the new bread and butter demographic and eateries and coffee shops / bistros all over the world are slowly but surely starting tot cotton on to the latest secret of the trade. Consider the newly revamped Tim Horton...Read More
6 Million Canadians Among Capital One Hack Victims
The fact that data is the new oil when talking big-value commodities should by this point in time no longer come as a surprise. When the revelation came that yet another financial services big-corp had fallen victim to a big-scale hack in...Read More
Dan Bilzerian Claims To Have Invented LAG
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Keanu Reeves Is The Image Of Human Kindness
Canadian actor Keanu Reeves is, as it turns out, everybody’s favourite favourite. And this has less to do with his acting skills and motion films (which by the way, everybody adores) that what it does with the fact that he’s o...Read More
$5Bn Fine Likely On The Cards For Facebook
Social media giant Facebook will in all likelihood as soon as during the course of the next couple of days learn what the exact nature of its Cambridge Analytica fate will be. The expectation is that the social media giant will have to co...Read More
Canadian Simu Liu To Play Marvel’s Shang-Chi
Superheroes do exist, and they can even be Canadian. Marvel announced at a recent San Diego Comic Con that its latest superhero will be played by none other than Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu. The Canadian will embody the characte...Read More
Cats –The Movie Trailer Met With Mixed Reactions
Cats. You gotta love’em. The Internet certainly does. And soon, on December 20 to be exact, cat lovers will be feasting their eyes on the ultimate feline celebration when a star-studded cast congregate on the big screen to present t...Read More
Uber for Boats Now In Canada
Fancy having a boat for a day or weekend but not enough of a die-hard boating enthusiast to actually fork out thousands of dollars for the pleasure of owning one? Then read on because the company referred to as the Airbnb or the Uber of b...Read More
The FaceApp Controversy – Friend Or Foe?
FaceApp isn’t exactly a new craze but it is in fact enjoying new popularity among users of social media. The app initially surfaced about 2 years ago when it enabled users to upload a photo of their face and discover what they would...Read More
Toronto Teen To Star In New Netflix Series
Toronto-based teen Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is more than just a pretty face with big plans to become a famous actress. Ramakrishnan only recently graduated from Meadowvale Secondary school but is obviously up to the challenge of taking on th...Read More
Behind The Justin Bieber – Tom Cruise “Feud”
Anyone looking forward to betting on something like the Money Fight between Justin Bieber and Tom Cruise is going to be sorely disappointed. It looks like all those reports about a possible feud between the pop star and the actor are all ...Read More
Kerrisdale Class of ‘69 Opens Time Capsule
Five decades after leaving elementary school, a class of graduates from 1969 returned to their school’s beloved halls on June 26 to open the time capsule they left there during their childhoods. The capsule contained plenty of item...Read More
Canadians Of All Ages Are Embracing The Grey
Whilst “going grey” is naturally and traditionally associated with growing older, many people, women as well as men, notice the appearance of silver strands at an early age. And then spend most of the rest of their lives tryin...Read More
Canadian Employment Stats Both Good and Bad
The Canadian job market is currently stronger than what has been the case for going on 5 decades. The measuring stick is the 1970’s when the term “world-wide recession” wasn’t yet the buzzword that it is today. Bac...Read More
Alexa Under Fire for Saving Data
Chances are Amazon’s Alexa knows more about the neighbour’s wife that the neighbour himself. And what’s more, sharing is caring, because Alexa isn’t at all hesitant to let the cat out the bag, and neither is she qu...Read More
Why Salal Is Nature’s Best Kept Non-Secret
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Nike Pulls 4th of July Shoe Due To Symbolism
Sportswear manufacturing giant Nike has pulled a specially branded 4th of July shoe after an outcry from former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick alerted the company to the fact that the image of an earlier American flag, the Be...Read More
Behind The Facebook & Whatsapp Crash
Facebook has managed to a large extent restore the peace after what was supposed to have been a routine maintenance session turned into a nightmare that in some global contact regions lasted almost two days. Users of Facebook, Instagram, ...Read More
Trenton Sets New Human Maple Leaf Record
There is nothing that says Canada and everything the country stands for than the iconic maple leaf. Which is why the municipality of Trenton, Ontario now has every right to brag and celebrate. The municipality is now officially the older ...Read More
Behind The Wheel of a Tesla Model S
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Canadian Astronaut Heads Back To Earth
Many Canadians will only ever progress as far as dreaming about life at zero gravity as, for the moment at least, travelling to outer space isn’t a privilege afforded to many. But weightlessness has its drawbacks, which is something...Read More
Canadians Spill Their Happiness Beans
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Forbes Names Rihanna Richest Female Singer
Forbes has just revealed the identity of the wealthiest female musician and its none other than the beautiful Rihanna. The singer is supposedly worth a crazy $600 million. This means that Rihanna is worth more than Beyoncé ($200 mi...Read More
Saskatchewan Centre Creates “Joy” Exhibition
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Health Canada Pulls Two Goop Products
Natural health products not exactly supported by medical substance have attracted a lot of bad publicity. And actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop line of products is no exception. Doctors and health experts all over the world have been k...Read More
Lilly Singh Looks For Diverse Team for TV Show
Indian-Canadian YouTube sensation and comedian Lilly Singh is getting her very own late night show. And says Singh; she’d very much like her team to be representative of the world. Quite befitting actually, as Singh is the very firs...Read More
Bank Of Canada To Terminate Older Bank Notes
Canada is giving some of its older bank notes the boot. As from January 1st, 2021, the $1, $2, $25, $500 and $1,000 bills will no longer be accepted as legal tender. The phasing out of the current more rarely used bank notes fo...Read More
Toronto Headed Towards A New Housing Crisis
The city of Toronto is growing at rate more rapid than any other city in Canada and the US combined. This may seem like good news when thinking in terms of general growth, but property experts now warn that it’s quite the opposite o...Read More
US-China Tech-Divorce – Consumers Will Pay
If the US and China were to go ahead with what is shaping up to be a dirty tech-divorce, just like with any other nasty divorce, it will ultimately be the children who will face the brunt of the consequences; with “children” i...Read More
Why Disney Appears To Be Stuck On Repeat
Disney’s recent re-make marathon has raised the question of whether the company has finally officially run out of good ideas. But apparently the reason behind all of the re-imaginations is slightly more sinister; and yet in a way, g...Read More
Gambling As A Legitimate Career Path
Whether or not it’s actually possible (read: profitable) to make a full-time career out of gambling is a question that has captivated and also boggled the minds of many. To the person who just loves a good old bet; whether standard ...Read More
Drake Gifted Diamond-Clad Sports Jacket
Bling just got an entirely different meaning and rapper Drake is the lucky celeb that will be sporting it out in diamond-decorated OVO jacket. Drake was recently gifted the jacket; which is decorated with no fewer than 235 diamonds, the v...Read More
Brexit Bets Bomb as May Quits
In an emotional statement on 24 May 2019, Theresa May announced her resignation as Britain’s second female prime minister. Political commentators have said that May, like Margaret Thatcher before her, ultimately met her downfall thr...Read More
Internet Sensation Grumpy Cat Has Died
The cat that, according to US news giant CNN achieved more in 7 years than most people do in a lifetime has died. Grumpy Cat’s human family recently took to photo and media share platform Instagram to announce that the Internet&rsqu...Read More
Talking Food With Dream-Team Virtue And Moir
Canadian ice-skating duo Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue know all about making magic on ice, but what about life away from the competitions and the arena? Ever since the ice dancing pair became known as Canada’s dream-team, Canadians ha...Read More
James Charles Is Getting Canned – Here’s Why
Semi-celeb Internet sensation and make-up artist James Charles is getting the heat from all sides. Charles seems to be mucking about with the type of zeal that makes bad publicity to remain bad publicity. Thanks to his blatant disregard f...Read More
Why The WhatsApp Hack Is A Cause For Concern
A recent WhatsApp cyber attack affecting both Apple as well as Android smart phone users is suspected to be the work of a private agency that has in the past been used by governments in order to deliver spyware. The Facebook-owned chat se...Read More
How 2019 Is Shaping Health And Eating
The healthy-food, healthy-lifestyle movement has gained popularity as well as a whole lot of momentum and 2019 is shaping up to be a year that will completely change the trajectory of the worldwide health movement. The bulk of the transit...Read More
Canada’s Best Cities For New Start-Ups
There may not be a magic recipe or any one special combination of factors that makes any city to be more ideal for the establishment of smaller start-up businesses than any other city, but the results of economy-focused impact studies are...Read More
Met Gala 2019 – A Celebration Of Camp
When in search of a top talking point, it’s hard to beat the annual Met Gala. Its big, its bling and its one of the largest celebrations of camp, pomp and the sheer magnificence of the art of the costume, in the world. And what bett...Read More
Justin Bieber Surprises Fans at Coachella
It may not have been planned, and one performance of a single song may not seem like much of a big deal to most, but to Justin Bieber’s fans it was the stuff that magic is made of. Bieber recently made a surprise appearance on stage...Read More
Nanaimo Bar Tops Popular Postage Stamps
Canada’s Nanaimo Bar isn’t just any old sweet treat. In fact, so popular is the bar that consists of graham crackers, custard, coconut and chocolate, that it’s earned its rightful place in Canadian post-stamp history. Ca...Read More
Worlds Biggest Bee Not Extinct After All
Bees. We often read about their supposed strange behaviour and almost everyone knows by now that without bees, life on earth may in all likelihood cease to exist. But what about a bee that grows to be the size of a walnut and boasts a rat...Read More
Why Knowing Your Hearts Age Can Save Your Life
Knowing the age of your heart might put you on the path to a longer, happier life. According to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), 80% of heart attacks and strokes in those younger than 75 can be prevented by improv...Read More
Boost Your Mood in 2 Minutes
There is good news for Canadians whose long commutes to work and long working hours mean they know only too well that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. A boosted mood – and improved physical fitness – are only 2 minu...Read More