Despite every difference – real or imagined – between human beings, there’s one thing we all have in common: the need to pee and poo. […]
Category: Culture
After Elbows, Will Canadians Finally Reach Peak #Gate? Aka, #GateGate
To think, we had our chance. A luscious one at that: green, fatty and garlicky smooth. Yet we didn’t let it sink in properly up here. That heralding moment […]
Favourite Meals of the US Presidential Candidates Both Real and Imagined
What do the 2016 US Presidential candidates eat? What do their gastronomic ways say about their presidential personality? Though it only lasted five months, our […]
The Spark that Could Send You to Jail: Arson in Canada
On the Saturday afternoon of March 26, 2016, Montreal’s historic Snowdon Theatre was engulfed in black smoke. Ninety fire-fighters and thirty five vehicles later, the […]
Where the Current Crop of US Primary Presidential Candidates Stand on Food Issues
Where do the Republican front-running prez brigade stand on food policy? What do the Democratic presidential candidates say when it comes to important food issues? More than most other […]
Three Food System Stories that Will be Huge in Years to Come
We tend not to see food security in the headlines. Yet sustainable food systems underlie nearly every hot issue—from economy to foreign policy to health. Save for passing […]
The Problem with Boozy Blood: Drunk Driving Laws in Canada
On September 27th, 2015 Marco Muzzo, the 29 year old son of one of Canada’s wealthiest families and heir to a billion dollar estate killed […]
Bad Cop, No Donut: Buffalo Police Officer Suspended for Vines
Buffalo Police Officer and veteran Richard Hy has been suspended without pay for posting videos on the internet while in uniform (even if it was […]
The Uncertainty of Death and Taxes: What it Means to Be Legally Dead in Canada
American founding father Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certain things in this world are death and taxes. Over the past few years the […]
Like Marinating Fish in the Pan: Savouring the Essence of the US Presidential Primaries
Thanks to the confluence of fracturing geopolitics and disenchantment with all things Capital, the blizzardy state of Iowa is something of a hot treat for us Canucks. We’ve […]