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SHIFTHEADS: The Chinese-Owned Plant Making Canada's Baby Formula and a Secret Export Operation
Season 2 Episode 193
Canadian baby formula prices are up 70% in five years. There are still shortages. And the only plant producing baby formula in Canada ships most of w…
2 weeks ago
NEW - Canada in 2007: The Year the World Changed and Nobody Noticed
Season 2 Episode 193
In 2007, Stephen Harper was leading a conservative minority government, George W. Bush was in his second term, and Afghanistan was dominating the new…
2 weeks ago
ICYMI - Alberta's Separation Bill Starts at $170 Billion
Season 2 Episode 193
Alberta's Premier put a number on separation this week: $170 billion in federal debt as Alberta's opening share, before accounting for everything the…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
ICYMI - The Price is Right: Cliffhangers Has a Secret and Loyal Viewers Already Know It
Season 2 Episode 193
The Price is Right is the definition of game show in most people's heads, and according to BuzzerBlog's Cory Anotado, that didn't happen by accident.…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
NEW - Bob Dylan Is 85 and Back on the Road. So Is Everyone Else
Season 2 Episode 193
Bob Dylan is 85 and just announced more tour dates. The Beach Boys are out with Mike Love at 85. Paul Simon is 84, Randy Bachman is 82, Rod Stewart a…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Before Memes Had a Name, There Was a Cat
Season 2 Episode 193
Internet memes turned 2007 into year zero — and the evidence starts with a cat, a cheeseburger, and intentionally terrible spelling.
Ed Conroy connec…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Hollywood Spent Billions. Gen Z Picked the $750,000 Movie
Season 2 Episode 193
Canadian films are landing at the box office, and the question nobody expected to be asking is whether this country is ready to actually celebrate th…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Your Feed Thinks You Need Fixing
Season 2 Episode 192
The optimization industry needs one thing before it can sell you anything: your belief that you are not enough. Tony Tedesco has decided not to provi…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
NEW - Zellers Is Back and Canada Might Be in a Recession. Coincidence?
Season 2 Episode 192
Canada economy recession talk is landing at the same moment a beloved discount chain is rising from the ashes of Hudson's Bay. The hosts are not sure…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
SHIFTHEADS: Three Stores, No Diner, and a Lot of Competition. Can Zellers Pull It Off?
Season 2 Episode 192
Zellers relaunch Canada has two new Ontario locations and a plan to go national slowly. Bruce Winder has questions about whether slowly is fast enoug…
2 weeks, 1 day ago