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The Art of The Ukrainian Easter Egg
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The Bay of Pigs fiasco upended J.F.K.’s presidential honeymoon
In his first serious foreign policy test in 1961, the new American president flunked…
Beware of Twitter – it will bite you in the ass
Examples of tweets destroying careers are numerous. Commit your thoughts to Twitter and you're…
Fake it until you make it: How your self-image impacts your performance
Whether you want to be a superstar leader, salesperson, athlete, spouse, parent, engineer or…
As the 9-to-5 workday fades, the food industry prepares to benefit
The 9-to-5 workday was already in a fragile state but the pandemic has likely finished…
Facing a career crisis? Here are some useful strategies
As if the pandemic weren’t causing enough strain, my boss just called me in and…
Five steps to boost your motivation
It’s easy to get caught up in a sense of hopelessness and helplessness, but that…
Buying used: 2011 Mustang convertible offers top-down fun
Once the top is down, you understand. As well as improving all-round visibility, it…
Lexus RX 450h offers comfort in a hybrid package
The RX 450 is roomy, cheap to run and very comfortable. For most folks…
Buying used: Golf GTI offers exceptional handling
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News and notes from the auto industry
A new Outlander, Nissan honoured for safety features, Kia offers a new ‘life utility vehicle,’…
Buying used: six-cylinder 2011 Chevrolet Equinox a better bet
Consumer Reports gave the V6 version an average used car prediction, while the four-cylinder models…
More nuanced approach urged in deciding who gets COVID-19 vaccine
Job site and neighbourhood risks should be taken into account when setting priorities, experts…
Safer source of islet cells targeted for people with Type 1 diabetes
U of A researchers are harnessing AI to analyze patients’ own cells to create…
The horror! U.S. pandemic response far better than Canada’s
One of the biggest barriers to health care reform in Canada has been our belief…
Pandemic alarmism exposes science’s deficiencies
Health experts and politicians camouflage their failure by using the only weapon left in their…
Protein that blocks body’s ability to clear bad cholesterol identified
Researchers are now looking to develop a drug that will boost existing statin drugs to…
Why we need to make room for alternative lenders
Crackdowns fail to recognize that alternative lenders are the last hope for Canadians shut…
We minimize, revise and ignore history at our own peril
Confronting the horrors of our past and trying to make things right isn’t an…
Trudeau needs to honour Easter and his faith
It seems unfathomable he wouldn’t want to address Good Friday and its significance. In fact,…
Toxic masculinity or a beautiful release of frustration?
The new movie Nobody represents a fantasy people approaching middle-aged might have. A sudden jolt…
Stuck in a dangerous information echo chamber
When we limit our media consumption to one side of the political spectrum, we get…
Alaskan campaign could kill B.C. cruise industry
The state wants non-U.S. cruise ships to be allowed to go straight from continental…
Travel restrictions are one step too far
Crippling airlines, destroying the tourism industry, causing mass layoffs and unemployment, and propelling people…
Iqaluit and beyond, through snow and ice
Part 3 of a three-part series: Everyone was on high alert, and while the crew…
The polar bears were the showstoppers
Travelling ever northward to the vast wilderness of Torngat Mountains National Park
Sailing ever northward in search of wildlife, culture and history
Venturing to rarely-visited sites along the Newfoundland and Labrador coast on the way north