Ignoring climate change won’t fix the economy – it’ll just get worse

In 2005 (how long ago that seems!) ex-Presidential candidate Al Gore premiered “An Inconvenient Truth”, that seminal documentary that introduced the public at large to the concept of anthropogenic climate change, global warming and greenhouse gasses. Almost immediately, his radical…

Watch: Made By Refugee project highlights the contributions of refugees

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY How many of us stroll through a store, tossing various items in our cart or nestling them in our arms, without questioning the origins of these products that we so greatly cherish: frankly we’re all guilty of…

Don’t speak Trump? Let the Dutch teach you in this satirical video

This video is a hilarious satire on the style of the newly-elected president of the US. Unlike the rest of the Europe, the Dutch do not care much about the frenzy around Trump’s presidency. They have found their place on…

Inauguration Weekend: strange scenes from the circus in Washington DC (PHOTOS)

BY MIROSLAV TOMOSKI   Inauguration Day On the morning of Inauguration Day there was a solemn air of silence as the city prepared for something it had equally anticipated and loathed for months. Donald J. Trump was to be sworn…

What a gun auction taught me about ‘middle America’

“Do you know why Lincoln was splittin’ wood?” My grandpa’s question, inspired by the sight of decades old split rail fences lining Highway 40, abruptly broke the silence. As my phone signal aggressively cut in and out, I couldn’t help…

The artists who bought Trump’s bus want you to decide if they should throw it into the ocean

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Chased down by screaming mobs through a two-year spectrum of adoration and rage, it only seems fitting that artists Mary Mihelic and David Gleeson would take one last trip on the T.RUMP bus to drive it into…

Studies show that Earth will face mass extinction in the next 50 years

If you thought there was no way 2017 could be worse than 2016, unfortunately you are probably wrong. That is unless the new US government actually starts making strides to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the recently signed Paris Agreement…

The world’s poorest countries are going 100% green in the next 4 years

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP We all know global warming is an international issue; we all got scared when Al Gore threw the movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ at us in 2006; we’ve seen Leonardo DiCaprio try to persuade the world away from…

What history’s greatest barriers can tell us about Trump’s border wall

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI It’s been two weeks since we were all forced to finally take Donald Trump seriously. Make no mistake, the Donald has a plan and he’s even gone through the trouble of laying out exactly how Mexico will…

What Americans can look forward to with President-elect Donald Trump

By: Zoe Melnyk One week ago, Americans woke up in complete shock that the “strong” and “bold” United States of America actually elected former reality T.V. celebrity and former beauty pageant owner Donald Trump as its leader. To be fair, Trump…

Dawn of the Final Day: Get used to hearing the words President Donald Trump

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI At some point in the night, things got weird and there are no other words to describe the sharp burst of confused laughter that split the room when we realised it wasn’t a joke. President Elect, Donald…

What ten months on the campaign trail taught me about the next four years

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A huge part of all of our lives is about to die on Tuesday night and after ten sleep-deprived months in the gutter across more than 20 states I just might miss it. Not least of all…

How to navigate the US Presidential Election night

BY: ZOE MELNYK Does anyone else feel like this election has been going on for decades and that it would never actually end? Well, the day that basically everyone in the entire world has been waiting for is three days away on…

Gay dating app Grindr is pushing its users to vote this election for one very important reason

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Grindr, a gay-dating app, is urging its American users to get out, get loud and vote. Before the huge presidential debate on September 26th, the app took a poll on their American users’ opinions on the upcoming election…

Trump is using an old Clinton strategy to tear down women and it’s backfiring

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Nothing good has ever come of a brooding late-night rant on social media. It’s often the kind of thing that is exclusive to jilted ex-lovers and sudden revelations that were discovered at the bottom of a bottle.…

Watching the presidential debate from Canada’s largest cannabis lounge

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI What a night for the Great American Bloodsport! And what better place to watch it than from behind a well secured border with the Detroit River between us? Hyped-up to the level of a heavyweight match the…

A child is running Donald Trump’s campaign in one of Colorado’s largest counties

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A 12-year-old named Weston Imer is now in charge of Donald Trump’s campaign office in the town of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. At a population of over half a million, Jefferson County – which Imer’s office is in…

Naked statues of Trump have seared the eyes of Americans across the country (NSFW)

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI The eyes of American commuters were scarred for life on Thursday as five naked statues of Donald Trump appeared in the streets of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Cleveland. According to the Washington Post,…

Comedian Paul F. Tompkins talks about the impact of political correctness in comedy

By David Silverberg He’s the actor you can’t always place (“Wasn’t he that teacher in Weeds?”), but for years, Paul F. Tompkins has been one of the busiest comedians in the U.S. Not only did he host four seasons of…

Protesters wouldn’t let Trump get a word in during his scripted speech in Detroit

BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Teleprompters on either side of the podium were Donald Trump’s best friends on Monday afternoon when he spoke in front of the Detroit Economic Club. The event was supposed to be an unveiling of his plan to…