SportsVideo replay is ruining professional sportsHigh-definition, slow-motion video reviews aren’t providing sports infallibility. It’s time for a new standard.
CanadaRead our waistlines: No new soda taxesThe Northwest Territories plans to fight obesity and other health issues with a tax on sugary drinks. It won’t work.
OttawaWhy budget ’gender statements’ are a bad ideaRather than promoting shared values, they curate differences—part of a political trend that’s now wreaking havoc in the U.S.
HealthA gender gap that’s a matter of life and deathCanadian men die earlier than women, and it’s not biological. What’s behind this deadly gap, and why doesn’t anyone seem to care?
CanadaStop hating Sir John A. (and other history lessons)Canada is suffering from a rampant myopic urge to erase the entirety of its history. Why it’s time to stop the attacks on our past.
SocietyThe problem with catsOutdoor feline populations are exploding across the country and cities are struggling to keep the cats—and cat lovers—at bay
WorldHollywood versus the real world of hitmenThe assassination of Kim Jong Nam, plus a body of academic research, show how badly movie versions of hitmen miss the mark
WashingtonDonald Trump’s best-ever, not-so-crazy executive orderTrump’s order aimed at cutting government red tape follows Canada’s successful example. Surely, we can give him credit for that.
SocietyWhy the escalator etiquette of ’stand right, walk left’ is wrongWhether riding escalators or merging traffic, people feel they know what’s fair—and it’s messing with the work of transit operators and traffic planners
CanadaHey neighbour, enough with the squirrel feeding alreadyIn municipalities across Canada, fights are breaking out between residents who feed wildlife in their backyards, and their fed-up neighbours