The end of the year always makes me want to hit refresh—on my home, my wardrobe, and the little rituals that make up my everyday. It’s my brain’s way of preparing for what’s ahead, clearing out the old to make space for something new. That process of letting go always reminds me of what I…
Growing up, my family always ate dinner together. Zero exceptions. Even on the busiest nights, when we came home from sports practices, play rehearsals, or late games at 9 p.m., we still made it a point to sit down and share a meal. It wasn’t fancy or elaborate—often, it was leftovers—but it was ours. And…
Monday, 24 November 2025 Although some may believe in keeping their feet firmly on the ground, today is the day when your imagination can take you anywhere you want to go. Plans are coming to fruition, with new beginnings now possible. So don’t stop dreaming about the future and the good fortune that can be…
Harvard’s endowment has made Bitcoin its largest publicly disclosed investment. Harvard University’s endowment has been quietly and massively increasing its Bitcoin holdings. The university bought more than 6.8 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as of September 30. The investment is valued at $442.8 million. This marks a 257% increase from Harvard’s previous holding of…
Faire co-founder and chief architect Marcelo Cortes argues that his company, a privately held online wholesale marketplace based out of Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco, has the numbers of “a very good public company,” but he won’t say when it might make the leap. Cortes said market conditions would need to be aligned for Faire to…
An AI chatbot built by one person as a proof-of-concept on a Friday afternoon, with no guarantee it’ll get off the ground. Has a government project ever sounded so much like a startup? That’s what I was thinking listening to Canadian Digital Service’s Michael Karlin at the Ottawa Responsible AI Summit this week. His team…
Once again, the International Space Station’s live stream has raised more questions than answers. Just days ago, viewers watched the ISS feed suddenly glitch out, right after a strange, dark object drifted past the station. Moments before the cut, the ISS radio chatter sounded completely normal. Then something slid across the right side of the…
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” ~Lucille Ball The first time I experienced burnout, I was twenty-six. I was at the height of my career in London, doing it all, and yet I somehow found myself back at my parents’ house, sobbing in my mom’s car, after signing myself off from work,…
The climate creed that once ruled unquestioned is cracking as energy needs, geopolitical reality, and basic science force the West to admit carbon isn’t dying anytime soon. For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned. Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but…
“Valley or Bust.” It has been a common refrain amongst Canadian entrepreneurs over the years, but recently it sounds more like a rallying cry. New data shows that only one-third of “high-potential startups” created in 2024 are still headquartered in Canada in 2025, with half of those companies fleeing to the US. “In the beginning,…
