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Back to SearchWhy oil is a 'complicated saviour' to the world
Oil has delivered warmth, mobility, freedom and ruin all at the same time. "It's a very hard religion to ditch," says Don Gillmor, author of On Oil. …
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A witch, a demon and an exorcism? Welcome to life in 1660
When you're a historian and learn about Canada’s earliest reported ‘demon possession caused by witchcraft’ case, you dig right into the story. And th…
3 days, 4 hours ago
Reimagining Franklin's quest for the Northwest Passage
When Sir John Franklin set out to find the Northwest Passage in 1845, he never returned. From that mystery, began the stories. But why do we keep com…
4 days, 6 hours ago
Why Canadian patriotism isn't blind nationalism
Nationalism doesn't have to mean extremism. It can mean celebration. IDEAS shares this 1992 award-winning documentary about "The Idea of Canada," whi…
5 days, 18 hours ago
Why the 1976 novel Bear is still controversial — and relevant
At the surface, Bear is about a woman who develops a sexual relationship with a bear. And though the 1976 novel earned Marian Engel a Governor Genera…
6 days, 7 hours ago
The best comedians in the U.S. are Canadians
Canada produces legendary comedians and comic actors who excel on the world stage. So why is Canada not known for comedy? Does it have something to d…
1 week ago
How 4 Makes and Breaks Rules | The Greatest Numbers of All Time
From the medicine wheel to the building blocks of DNA, the number four has represented structure and stability. But four is also a troublemaker: a po…
1 week, 3 days ago
The 33,000 Horsepower Gamechanger | The Greatest Numbers of All Time
There is nothing random about featuring 33,000 in our number series. It's very powerful. So much so, that the number put millions of horses out of wo…
1 week, 4 days ago
27 Club Lore | The Greatest Numbers of All Time
Twenty-seven can be a pivotal and tumultuous age. It’s held up as the year of peak performance in many sports and it's also seen as a cursed age for …
1 week, 5 days ago
12 is Sublime | The Greatest Numbers of All Time
Complete. Whole. Divine order. That's just the start of what makes the humble dozen extraordinary. It's one of only two numbers ever discovered in ma…
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