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Back to SearchGermany needs energy. What can Canada offer?
This week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Canada as part of his mission to shore up alternative sources of energy to reduce Germany's dependence on Russian natural gas. Scholz finished the tr…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The myth behind 'nobody wants to work anymore'
Many employers continue to struggle to fill vacant positions, despite the end of most pandemic restrictions — and the underlying explanations for this vary depending on who you ask. A common notion i…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Ontario mulls private solutions for public health-care crises
It's a perennial debate: what role should the private sector have in Canada's public health-care system? The fact is, it's already part of the ecosystem. Now, Doug Ford's government in Ontario is mul…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Can work-from-home go on forever?
The pandemic-era work-from-home experiment has gone on for over two years now and for some, it’s proven to be effective. For others, the isolation that comes with remote work hasn’t been easy. As som…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Electric vehicles and an Ontario mining conundrum
The United States’ new and historic climate law is being hailed by some Canadian politicians and environmental advocates as a chance to turn Canada into a global hub for electric cars and their compo…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later
The writer Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital from a brutal attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed onstage and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with i…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
What we’ve learned since the FBI raided Trump’s Florida home
In the wake of the FBI raid on former U.S. president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida earlier this month, more details have emerged about what federal agents are investigating, including p…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Everything is expensive Part III: Rents
Rents are on the rise in Canada, making it harder for tenants to find a place that fits their budget. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s definition of "affordable" housing is a place that …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Afghanistan, one year after the Taliban takeover
One year ago, the Taliban effectively re-took control of Afghanistan. Chaos followed in the capital, as thousands of people desperate to get out of the country converged on the Kabul airport. As this…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
TikTok is changing the music industry — and music
With its immense catalog of sounds — from old tracks to new and every remix in between — TikTok has evolved beyond its early days as a space for lip-syncing videos and dance trends into a cultural "t…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago