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Back to SearchLifting the Leafs’ losing curse
In a record-breaking 2021-22 NHL season, Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews scored more goals than any other Leaf in history, and the team finished with more wins than in any other season.…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Will Ontarians choose Doug Ford again?
The rising cost of living and the lack of affordable housing are key issues in Ontario’s provincial election campaign which officially began this week. Another big issue is how voters feel about Prog…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Underground abortion groups in post-Roe America
An unprecedented leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision suggested plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that enshrined abortion rights across the country in 1973.If Roe v. Wade is…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Why people are bailing on Netflix
For the first time in more than a decade, Netflix announced it has lost 200,000 subscribers globally, and the company says it may lose as many as two million more in the months ahead. But that loss d…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Live music is back, but touring is risky
Touring is often an essential aspect of a musician's career — perhaps now more than ever. Some bands rely on performance income because streaming plays net fractional pay, while for others it might b…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: The music Egypt doesn't want you to hear
Starting in the mid-2000s, a pulsing fusion of EDM, rap and Egyptian folk – known as Mahraganat – has risen from the streets of Cairo and become a worldwide phenomenon.But Egypt's authorities are now…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Betting boom: Online gambling blows up
If you've tuned into the NBA playoffs, it seems like every second ad is for sports betting websites. That's because Canada recently made single-game betting legal, and in Ontario private companies li…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Trouble in the Magic Kingdom: Florida vs. Disney
Disney got into a battle with Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis over a recently passed education bill that critics call the "Don't Say Gay" law. After Disney's CEO spoke out against it, stat…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Twitter enters the Elon Musk era
After two weeks of twists and turns, Elon Musk — CEO of Tesla, richest person on Earth, and a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" — has acquired Twitter for $44 billion US. The move has been che…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The next phase of Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine
The port city of Mariupol in Eastern Ukraine, once home to around 400,000, has been effectively reduced to rubble by Russian forces, which have battered the city and surrounded its steel plant, where…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago