EconomyFrom oil to the dollar, today is another wild economic rideMarch 17: It’s a rip-roaring day of volatility, crisis, and speculation – might as well wash it down with a St. Patty’s day beer
Economic analysisWhy TFSA doubling will exacerbate income inequalityThe tax change would ’impose a fiscal straightjacket on future administrations’
SocietyNewsmaker of the day: Elton John, taking on Dolce & Gabbana Sir Elton’s boycott of D&G reveals a contingent we don’t hear much about: socially conservative gay people with shocking views
WorldThe mysterious disappearance of povertyIn the last 15 years, we’ve seen a greater drop in extreme poverty than at any time in human history, writes Scott Gilmore
EconomyWatching Janet YellenMarch 16: All eyes are on the American central banker in the lead-up to the Fed’s next interest rate announcement. Plus, Etsy goes public and Blackberry goes secure
ArtsNot so odd: The 2015 Junos fail to revel in Canada’s weirdnessDespite a number of opportunities, the 2015 Junos unsurprisingly stuck to the script, eschewing Canadian music’s essential oddness
SocietyThe rise of the death doulaCounselling, forgiveness rituals, at-home funerals—death midwives provide end-of-life spiritual care for the secular
TelevisionBidding adieu to a beloved Quebec hockey teamMeet the Quebec National, a fictional hockey team and the subject of a cult classic TV drama that has captivated Quebecois viewers since 1986.
WorldJeremy Clarkson and Britain’s most entertaining scandalIf the BBC was trying to set an example by suspending its most famous TV personality, it failed miserably
WorldWither Westminster: How do you fix a crumbling parliament?Britain’s parliament building is a mess, and many politicians there wouldn’t have it any other way