I’m a Canadian ER nurse who took a job in the U.S. so my family can surviveBetween travel-nursing contracts and leaving the country, my colleagues are doing whatever we can to find stability. I don’t blame any of us for looking for work elsewhere.
How Canada’s housing crisis is fuelling violence on our public-transit systems“I’ve worked in public transit for nearly 40 years, and I’ve never seen things so bad”
Our farm’s rescue animals have become TikTok stars"People don’t see farm animals as companions, so to watch a guy feeding apples to a pig or bell peppers to a cow can be mesmerizing."
I share financial advice with my 100,000 TikTok followers“The ability to focus on investing and long-term wealth was a luxury my parents didn’t have”
I’ve spent six years earthquake-proofing my house in anticipation of B.C.’s Big OneExperts warn of a one-in-three chance of Victoria being shaken by earthquakes in the next 50 years. I’m doing all I can to prepare.
My students are using ChatGPT to write papers and exams—and I support it“It made no sense to ban ChatGPT within the university. It was already being used by 100 million people.”
Far-right religious groups protest my drag storytime events. Here’s why I won’t stop."These protests are about power and control of knowledge. Drag Queen Story Time is about education."
Bay du Nord: The $16-billion oil project that could make or break NewfoundlandThe province’s next offshore oil megaproject is either a salvation, a betrayal or the future of Canadian oil. It might be all three.
The Big Idea: Help seniors age at home“Seniors want to continue to live among young people and families—not just play golf or be entertained to death”
When nursing burned me out, TikTok became a lifelineNow I have millions of followers—and a way to cope