A Toronto resident sold a hybrid SUV after repeated battery problems and has spent several months living without a car, using walking, cycling, car-share and public transit; the transition has brought both practical savings and occasional anxiety.
A Canadian study finds that climate change will sharply reduce the number of reliably snowy host sites for future Winter Olympics and Paralympics — estimating about 16 of 93 locations could reliably host the Paralympics in March by 2080 — and it highlights timing shifts and snowmaking as key adaptation options.
A University of Toronto course by Brent Berry examines how long work hours, digital life, managed play and social inequalities shape leisure so that free time can feel more like work.
Quebec Premier François Legault told reporters he expects the Coalition Avenir Québec to remain a political force after he steps down, saying the party balances economic priorities and the protection of the French language.
Mark Carney told a Davos audience that the post‑1945 rules‑based order is weakening, and the article argues that middle powers like Canada may need to form issue‑based coalitions and invest in capacity to sustain cooperative rules.
At a California show Billie Joe Armstrong altered a line in “American Idiot” to reference the MAGA agenda and spoke about protests in Minneapolis after the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good; the NFL has announced Green Day will open Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8.
A Japanese court sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to killing former prime minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022. Defence lawyers said they will consider an appeal.
Mark Carney's Davos speech drew wide international attention, and the article notes his experience as a central banker and a likely near-term political boost.
The ALMA ARKS survey imaged 24 exo‑Kuiper debris disks and found a wide range of substructures — multiple rings, halos, asymmetries — and signs that some disks retain gas longer than expected.
The visualization ranks countries by electric vehicles per public charger using Benchmark Mineral Intelligence data as of Q3 2025, with the Netherlands leading at about five EVs per public charger.
