JobsIn the skilled trades, the future looks better than the presentThe oil crash will have an impact on grads entering the workforce this year. Fortunately, the future isn’t all doom and gloom
EconomyThe Morning Playbook: Joe Oliver is upApril 2: It’s a spring shower – or maybe an all-out flood – of business news, from Greece to McDonalds to manufacturing and wheat fixing
WorldNigeria’s pirates, coup leaders and statesmenAmidst rampant corruption, lawlessness and a chaotic election, comes a moment of hope in Africa’s most important nation
TelevisionTrevor Noah and the search for the perfect jokeThe new host of the Daily Show is in hot water over some offensive—mostly bad—jokes. Jaime Weinman on his discomfort with our ’rule of funny’
CanadaMath TA seeks French PhD: OkCUPE unites crushes on picket lineUniversity of Toronto teaching assistants found solidarity in unusual ways—like a missed-connections network to help set people up with picket-line crushes
Economic analysisThe services industry: Canada’s secret economic playground?Some of our fastest-growing exports are in the overlooked services sector. That’s good for Canada’s job market.
EconomyA drama-filled March, and manufacturing madnessApril 1: March was a month of volatility, intrigue, crisis and huge divergence in economic policy. Plus, manufacturing around the world
Health’A woman on the move’: Remembering an ALS advocateMelanie York, a fierce advocate we profiled in March 2014, has passed away. A friend remembers her remarkable legacy.
CanadaNewsmaker of the day: John Furlong and his nightmare yearsThe former CEO and guiding force behind Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics has cleared his name in court—but the fight’s not over yet.
TechnologyHow selfie-stick bans reveal a relevance crisis for art institutionsMusic festivals, museums and galleries have been instituting bans of selfie sticks. That’s actually a good thing—for people who love a good selfie.