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The University's Post-Book Future
Students don't want to read novels anymore. I've filled my English-lit syllabus with movies to help them learn anyway.
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January / February 2026
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Buy Canadian Will Transform Supply Chains
Trump's tariff chaos will prompt local food producers to expand at record speed
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January / February 2026
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The Rise of the Micro-Restaurant
Tiny establishments like Yan Dining Room, my 26-seater in Toronto, are feeding Canadians' appetites for something new
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January / February 2026
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Education
The international-student shortfall will worsen schools' financial woes. Donald Trump's assault on academia will hinder and help Canadian campuses. And school boards will scramble to fill teacher shortages.
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January / February 2026
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Food
Buy Canadian fever will give us more B.C. wine, Ontario ice cream and locally grown winter strawberries-while Indigenous cuisine will have its overdue moment
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January / February 2026
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The Adult Rec-Sports Boom
Fed up with phones, Canadians are making friends on the field
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January / February 2026
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Concert Tickets Might Finally Get Cheaper
In 2026, we'll need fewer stadium extravaganzas and more intimate shows at small venues
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January / February 2026
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Climate
Wildfire displacement will redraw the map, EV adoption will decelerate and Canada will miss its emissions targets. Throughout it all, Mark Carney will put climate on the backburner.
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January / February 2026
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Canada's China Policy Will Be Decided in Washington
If Trump talks fail, Canada could look toward Beijing
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January / February 2026
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Justice for Stablecoins
For years, people thought fiat-backed crypto was all hype, no value. Now that the government's on board, Canadians should be too.
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January / February 2026
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Biohacking Will Go Mainstream
The fixation on ultra-masculine virility is changing how men understand their health
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January / February 2026
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Health
We'll say goodbye to international med students and hello to mumps. Governments, meanwhile, will clear patient backlogs with Al scribes and private surgical centres.
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January / February 2026
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The World Cup Will Relegate Canada to the Sidelines
Canada will take a back seat to Trump's aggressive America-first agenda
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January / February 2026
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AI Will Out-Think Humans
Tech billionaires are racing to reach artificial general intelligence—even if it makes us obsolete
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January / February 2026
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AI
As the government invests billions in Al sovereignty, Canada will become a hub for data centres and specialty chips. Ottawa will eye OpenAl's tempting pitch-while a homegrown unicorn could finally go public.
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January / February 2026
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Canada Could Become a Global Leader in a Hotter World
Canada will weather climate change relatively well. We need to prepare for fallout from countries that don't.
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January / February 2026
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Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and modern-day explorer, takes “touching grass” to another level
ADAM SHOALTS IS a member of a dying breed.
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January / February 2026
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AI Will Teach Students—and Students Will Teach AI
Robot agents in the classroom will take Al learning far beyond today's chatbots
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January / February 2026
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Housing
High mortgage turnover will cause some scrambling (but few delinquencies). Snowbirds will go the way of the dodo. And prefab, prefab, everywhere.
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January / February 2026
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The Small-Business Survival Struggle
Canadian entrepreneurs are in a David-versus-Goliath battle with Trump's tariffs to stay afloat. I'm one of them.
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January / February 2026
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Sports
Sidney Crosby will cement his legacy, while newbies like Gavin McKenna and Trey Yesavage become household names. The WNBA, meanwhile, makes its long-awaited debut in Toronto.
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January / February 2026
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The Condo Crash Will Reverberate Across the Country
Vancouver and Toronto's troubles are harbingers of more housing issues to come
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January / February 2026
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Business
Carney will turbocharge trade in the wake of Trump tariff woes, while workers will reluctantly come back to the office— that is, if they can find jobs at all
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January / February 2026
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Pipelines Will Remain a Pipe Dream
Danielle Smith's promise of a bitumen pipeline is nothing but a political abstraction
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January / February 2026
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Politics
Ottawa will pour billions into defence, Arctic development and nation-building, all the while facing off against power-hungry premiers. Outlandish deepfakes, meanwhile, will become a mainstay on social media.
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January / February 2026
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The Fight For My Farming Future
I'm suing the country's largest pension manager to protect my retirement fund
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January / February 2026
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culture
Justin Bieber will bring his comeback to Coachella. A Dragon's Den villain will crash Hollywood. And B.C. will transform into feudal Japan, ancient Scandinavia and a zombified Pacific Northwest.
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January / February 2026
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Keep Classrooms Al-Free
A humanities education is vital in our polarized world. But students need to read the books.
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December 2025
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Teach Kids Digital Nutrition
Instead of fixating solely on screentime, parents should help children discern between healthy and junky content
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December 2025
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STILL LIVES
A new retrospective traces how Jeff Wall built a career out of meticulously staged moments
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