Behind the extraordinary art of the ‘Walt Disney of Japan’
Hayao Miyazaki is brilliant, inspired, outspoken and unconventional. It's a combination that makes for remarkable films…
Free-falling: Canada’s SkyHawks make skydiving look easy
A blast of fierce wind tears at my face, making it hard to take a normal breath. We’re falling towards Earth at speeds of up to 260 km/h…
‘There’s a bat in the house!’
Falling asleep with bat gear ready, you don't know what to expect. You just have that Boy Scout sense that you’re prepared…
The top 10 (bottom 10?) ugliest cars ever made
Not everything that springs from the mind of automobile designers and stylists can be a winner. In many ways, when they sit down to design, it’s a crap shoot…
Our neighbourhoods strongly influence our health
The way our cities and towns have been built plays a large role in many of the health conditions that Canadians develop…
Quality sound for a modest price
Edifier R1280T Powered Bookshelf Speakers offer functionality and high-fidelity in a retro package…
Abundance of choice in the Calgary real estate market
Alan Tennant, CEO of the Calgary Real Estate Board, says it's a buyers market. Trends toward big data can help customers find exactly what they want…
3 situations when team interventions won’t work
Before jumping head-first into a team building session, ask yourself if it really going to resolve the issue…
Helping companies get out from under an avalanche of spreadsheets
Christopher Ronak of software developer 4castplus caters to a growing need for project cost management help…
Canadian oil production on the upswing
Alberta (80.9%), Saskatchewan (10.7%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (5.9%) accounted for the vast majority of Canadian production of crude oil and equivalent products…
Canadians pay a whopping 2,112% more in taxes now than in 1961
We pay more in taxes than we do for life's basic necessities like housing, food and clothing…
Integrate Canada’s forgotten Indigenous into the urban mainstream
We need to follow the example set by New Zealand, which gave the Māori the economic, educational and social help they needed, while allowing them to preserve their culture…
Powerful government unions weaken the economy
While the U.S. is curtailing the strength of such unions, Canadian government finances are stretched by the cost of public-sector workers…
We need breathalyzer testing on demand
Bill C-46 would contribute to public safety, help address the serious court backlog problem and save taxpayers a lot of money…
Ontario should look to B.C. as a model for education reform
The province needs to remove religious schools from the public system while introducing partial funding for independent schools…
