Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto and Vancouver have restricted Airbnb listings to a primary residence. The number of listings is dropping fast
Month: October 2017
Break free from the digital echo chamber shaping your perspective
Reading Time: 3 minutes Only by broadening our perspectives and asking questions can we understand the world and its diverse people
Trudeau’s tax cutting rhetoric doesn’t match reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has raised income taxes on the majority of middle-class Canadian families, despite repeated claims of the opposite
Tuning in to a new Canadian television reality, thanks to Netflix
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the streaming service pours millions into Canadian productions, the CRTC’s hands-off decision looks inspired
The high-flying rhetoric of the Sputnik scare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sixty years ago, the Soviets put the first satellite in space, sparking concerns about technology and weapons superiority
The brutal truth about football’s waning popularity
Reading Time: 4 minutes As devastating hits and debilitating injuries rise, football faces a diminished audience. Can the sport curb its most violent tendencies and survive?
Courting Amazon: the ends don’t always justify the means
Reading Time: 3 minutes Incentive packages often include tax breaks on property, income or permit exemptions – and taxpayers pay the freight
Is the water safe?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of the time the water will be safe for drinking and eating and playing in but …
The coffee industry is getting roasted by climate change
Reading Time: 4 minutes That’s not java jive: shifting weather patterns mean the industry faces major upheaval within a generation, even as demand explodes
Tax reforms will put the brakes on economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Professionals, farmers and entrepreneurs are paying their fair share; raising their taxes will dampen investment and risk-taking