
In Canada’s 2025 federal election, is anyone paying attention to rural communities?
The 2025 federal election is characterized by anxiety, primarily driven by the actions and economic consequences of United States President Donald Trumps agenda. As tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty continue, it...

More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company
The bankruptcy of the Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is often framed as the fall of Canadas oldest company. Media narratives typically treat HBC as if it were a straightforward retail firm, albeit one with an exceptionally long...

Much of the world is finding out its a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States. That includes the major parties vying for power at the May 3 federal election. While voters may be preoccupied with...

The trouble with Labor in Victoria - and what reckoning there might be at the federal election
We have seen a version of this movie before. In 1990, the Victorian Labor government of John Cain Jr was dying on its feet. Cains premiership had been history-making. He was the states first Labor leader to win consecutive...

Once upon a time, children fought for control of the remote to the sole family television. Now the choice of screen-based content available to kids seems endless. There are computers, tablets, phones and gaming consoles...

Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too
Youre about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings. You probably think your sensitive data is now safe. But there is more...

3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps
About 14% of Australians experienced personal fraud last year. Of these, 2.1 million experienced credit card fraud, 675,300 were caught in a scam, 255,000 had their identities stolen and 433,000 were impersonated online....