Japan has created a lexicon to describe the suffocating pressure of workplace expectations, and the deaths that sometimes result. The country has spent years battling high suicide rates and workaholism so endemic it has spawned... read more
Standing there right after becoming Canada’s most-decorated Summer Olympian, Penny Oleksiak has to give some real thought to why she’s so good at the Games. The inference is that she isn’t quite so great everywhere... read more
Mary Simon says she is honoured, humbled and ready to be the first Indigenous person to serve as the Queen’s federal representative in Canada. Her official installation as Governor-General took place in the Senate on... read more
Maggie Mac Neil is a bit of an over-planner. “Meticulous” is the word she used. “I like to know this is what I’m doing two years from now,” Mac Neil said on Monday. So she’s... read more
For most people living in Western Canada, smoky haze and reduced air quality are par for the course during wildfire season. But when visibility was reduced, the air smelled of smoke and the sun burned... read more
My recent shout-out asking for examples of inflation produced a full shopping list full of examples. We know inflation is on the rise – we started the year with prices rising 1 per cent year over year... read more
Ontario students should return to schools that look more normal in the fall, with sports and clubs, no lineups for daily health checks at the door, and optional masking – as long as there is... read more
COVID-19 threw a wrench into Brand Japan’s plans for a prestigious spectacle and an influx of foreign visitors. But the Games are going ahead anyway, whether Japanese people want it to or not. Just how... read more
The First Nation of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc has shared new details about a search that led to the discovery of children’s remains at the site of what was once Canada’s largest residential school, a finding... read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to help Afghan interpreters as calls intensify to bring former employees of the Canadian government to Canada. As the U.S. military withdraws its troops from the war-torn country, Afghans who... read more
Thousands of soldiers and patrolling civilian volunteers are beginning to gain control of some of South Africa’s worst-hit districts after five days of chaotic violence and massive looting that has left at least 72 people dead. Military... read more
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore drink a lot of coffee on the television series Gilmore Girls. So it was important for Else Watt to prominently display a coffee mug in the pandemic diorama she made for a... read more
An Inuk woman and experienced leader, Mary Simon, will serve as the new Governor-General, becoming the first Indigenous person to be the Queen’s representative in Canada. The appointment of Ms. Simon is taking a place at... read more
On a smoky Saturday morning as ash fell from the sky, Kelly Lynn and her husband pulled in to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc powwow grounds in Kamloops, their pickup truck raising a cloud of dust... read more
At 14 years old, Summer McIntosh is about to take her first long trip away from family and race in her first major international swim competition. It’s a little event called the Tokyo Olympics. Summer... read more
