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NEW - Throwback 1980: The Year Terry Fox Started Running and Canada Changed
Season 2 Episode 169
Terry Fox dipped his prosthetic leg into the Atlantic Ocean in St. John's on April 12, 1980, and started running. What followed changed Canada in way…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Informed Shopper: What Grocery Prices Taught Canadians
Season 2 Episode 169
Grocery prices have not dropped. But Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says Canadians have stopped being caught off guard by them, and that shift matters.
The p…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
NEW - Is It Actually Allergies? Moshe Ben-Shoshan on What Canadians Get Wrong
Season 2 Episode 169
Seasonal allergies affect up to 20% of the population. Moshe Ben-Shoshan says a lot of people who think they have them do not, and the difference bet…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Shiftheads - Rob Breakenridge on the Alberta Voter Database, the Fiscal Update, and Who Is Watching
Season 2 Episode 169
Alberta's voter registry data for 2.9 million people has reportedly been accessed by a separatist organization, and the RCMP has opened an investigat…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
ICYMI - Fred Fox on the Letter, the Run, and What Terry Said to Their Mom
Season 2 Episode 169
Terry Fox was 21 years old when he wrote the letter that started the Marathon of Hope. Fred Fox says cancer had already changed his brother completel…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Borrowing to Invest Makes Anita Bruinsma's Blood Pressure Spike
Season 2 Episode 169
Borrowing to invest sounds smart until the market drops and the bank wants its money back immediately.
Financial planner Anita Bruinsma draws a hard …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
ICYMI - Before & After Terry Fox: What 1980 Taught Canada About Itself
Season 2 Episode 169
Terry Fox is still in Canadian classrooms, still in the currency debate, still the name that comes up when Canada talks about who it actually is.
Ed …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Richard Crouse Reviews Devil Wears Prada 2 (Plus Three Drinks to Go With It)
Season 2 Episode 169
Devil Wears Prada 2 opens the summer season at theatres this weekend, and the timing is not an accident.
Why the Michael Jackson Estate Is Just Getti…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Fort McMurray to Ottawa: Canada's Energy Hypocrisy
Season 2 Episode 168
The spring fiscal update is being celebrated. Canada's deficit is down $11 billion. Oil prices are up. The host is not celebrating.
Growing up in For…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
NEW - Canada’s Reduced Deficit: The Oil Money Nobody Wants to Credit
Season 2 Episode 168
Canada's spring fiscal update shows a lower deficit. The revenue driving that improvement comes largely from higher energy prices. Jamie Ellerton and…
5 months, 2 weeks ago