



Why 2016 Became the Internet's Nostalgia Cutoff
The 2016 nostalgia trend hit your feed this week. Instagram prompted you to post a photo from 10 years ago. You scrolled through old albums, found pictures of yourself at summer camp or working retail or figuring out college. Maybe you posted it. Maybe you just looked and remembered how different l…

NEW - Canada China EV Deal: The Tariff Trade-Off Nobody's Explaining
The Canada China EV deal brings electric vehicles into the country that was labeled a security threat nine months ago. Your government negotiated tariff quotas on cars and canola with the nation whose technology was banned from cell networks. Now that same technology will fill roads in $33,000 vehi…

The Ontario Snowstorm Answer That Went Viral
The Ontario snowstorm response that captured national attention wasn't about accumulation totals or road conditions. You watched a CTV reporter approach a random guy on a Toronto street during 22 centimeters of snowfall. You expected complaints about transit or shoveling. Instead, he delivered the …

Shiftheads - What "New World Order" Actually Means for Canadian Security
Part 1: Canada China Trade Deal: The Surveillance Tech We're Importing The Canada China trade deal brings electric vehicles from the country whose technology was banned from cell networks nine months ago. You're watching your government remove tariffs on "the most high tech of the retail products …

NEW - Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis: The Independence It Preserves
Alzheimer's stigma kills independence before the disease does. You notice memory problems but wait years to mention them because you're afraid of what it means. Assisted living. Lost autonomy. Friends treating you differently. Meanwhile, the stigma stops you from getting help that could let you liv…

Friend Advice in Relationships: When Support Becomes Baggage
Friend advice in relationships gets complicated when their baggage clouds what they see in yours. Your closest friend gives you relationship advice. It sounds helpful. But their last breakup was brutal, and now you're wondering: are they seeing your situation clearly, or filtering everything throug…

What Show Actually Defined Your Generation?
TV shows that defined your life still shape how you think today. You rushed home after school for that theme song. Characters felt more real than your neighbors. One show stands above the rest—not the one you binged, but the one that actually changed how you see the world. Which one was it for you?…

Forged KGB Documents: When Official Papers Lie
Forged KGB documents land on your desk claiming a colleague is a Russian spy. You watch the parliamentary hearing, see the MP wave yellowed papers with Cyrillic script and archive stamps. The headlines scream traitor. Then the Ukrainian archive says they don't exist, the dates don't match, and an a…

The Show That Defines You: Why the Question Is Impossible
Name the one generational TV show that defines your life. You hesitate. SpongeBob? The Office? Something from childhood or something that shaped adulthood? The question exposes how television builds identity across decades. Happy Days did it in 1974 by showing the 1950s to 70s audiences. The Fonz…

NEW - What Canada's China Partnership Actually Costs
Canada China trade policy just forced your Prime Minister to praise a government surveilling your neighbors. You can't use a plastic straw, but your country is thrilled to export coal to Beijing. Chinese tariffs are costing one family farm $250,000 per year in canola losses alone. Your leader is in…