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Get ready, Canadian journos—your government funding might be running dry soon
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (260+ words) Liberal Minister Marc Miller with journalists on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 26, 2024. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The subsidy party for Canada's media isn't exactly coming to an end, but heads up, newsroom employee: the pencils are sharpening. That's because,…...
Why to try Brancaia, a Tuscan wine that sticks to its guns
2+ week, 6+ day ago (869+ words) Last week, I had dinner with Barbara Widmer, who was in Toronto to meet her importer on her way to pour wine at a big event in Miami. She's the oenologist, winemaker, and CEO of her family's Tuscan winery, Brancaia....
How Canada can turn housing investments into more rental homes
3+ week, 1+ day ago (835+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney tours a housing development in Ottawa on Nov. 6, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. The federal government's $51 billion Build Strong Communities Fund represents a significant commitment to addressing Canada's housing crisis, but ensuring those investments translate into…...
The biggest risk to Canada’s economy nobody is talking about: major looming labour strikes
3+ week, 4+ day ago (319+ words) Striking port workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada in Vancouver, July 9, 2023. Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press. Together, these firms move well over $1 billion worth of goods per day by rail and hundreds of millions more through ports…...
‘Astonishing’: Are media fuelling the fantasy of a U.S. invasion of Canada?
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (156+ words) You can listen to this episode on Amazon, Apple, and Spotify. Full Press asks whether the media are raising the emotional temperature of Canadians worried about an American invasion, raises concerns that one family could soon own CNN, CBS, and…...
Canadians are drinking the least amount of alcohol in the last 20 years on average: Statistics Canada
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (888+ words) Hockey fans sit in a Toronto bar during Canada's the 3-0 win over Sweden on February 23, 2014. Chris Young/The Canadian Press. Canucks are known for slugging quite a few beers back on a night out, but according to new numbers, the…...
‘The world is not going to eat less meat’: Bruce Friedrich on how lab-grown meat could save the planet
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (216+ words) You can listen to this episode on Amazon, Apple, and Spotify. Bruce Friedrich, founder of the Good Food Institute, discusses his new book,Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food'and Our Future.He argues for the…...
Why Chinese EVs were never going to get Canada to its electric vehicle adoption goal
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (703+ words) A few short weeks ago, Canada agreed to partially roll back the 100 percent tariff it imposed on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024, allowing up to 49,000 to enter the Canadian market at the previous 6.1 percent tariff rate. In exchange, China removed…...
Kanye West’s insufficient apology and the return of gold stars: Roundup
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (464+ words) The following roundup gathers the stories to watch this week as Canada continues to grapple with these widening rifts." One hopes that Kanye West's recent (second) apology is sincere. It is long, intimate, and unmistakably earnest. He explains his mental…...
‘The mainstream media forfeited so much trust’: Former New York Times editor on how activism kills journalism
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (206+ words) This fragmentation mirrors and reinforces America's intense political polarization. The relationship between media tribalism and political division creates a troubling cycle that proves difficult to break. Some news organizations have attempted to recommit to traditional standards, while others continue struggling…...