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0123: Okay, fine, Heated Rivalry then

0123: Okay, fine, Heated Rivalry then

"Why you heff to be mad? It's just a game."

Carney's Canada 🍁

a network-based geopolitical strategy

The Year Canada Recalled Pop

Resurfacing that time, in the summer of 1979, when the Canadian government recalled every large soda bottle on the shelf because the bottles would literally explode when shattered.

The Scrolling Orb

The evolution of the trackball, which is more than an upside-down mouse. It's the Royal Canadian Navy’s greatest gift to modern-day computing. Really.

Nov 12, 2021

Canada’s Vegas Vacation

The tale of the star player you’ve probably never heard of … unless your definition of “football” extends past the Canadian border.

Canadian Fakin’

How Canadians got so good at making generic products that are as good—or possibly, even better—than the name-brand equivalent.

Behind By A Century

What it’s like to experience The Tragically Hip’s catalog for the first time, as a complete outsider, in 2017. Long story short: The U.S. really missed out.

Maximum Cargo

Sometimes the overhead bin just isn’t enough. Learn more about combi planes, nonstandard types of aircraft that mix passenger seating with cargo shipping.

Sep 26, 2017

Floating Fast Food

The history of the McBarge, the former McDonald’s location created for Expo ’86 in Vancouver. Shockingly, it wasn’t the only fast food joint designed to float.