Unpublished Newswire
I was at a farmers’ market perusing a selection of squash, dithering over whether to splurge $5 on just one. I pulled out my phone, in part because I wanted to check what you can do with squash, but mostly because I reflexively look at my phone whenever I encounter any difficulty. Just as I did so, a news alert popped up, informing me that Elon Musk could soon become the world’s first trillionaire.
“How much is a trillion?” I asked out loud.
“I think . . .” My boyfriend, a mathematician, squinted into the distance. “It’s a billion billions.”
He was wrong. A trillion...
November 4, 2025 - 06:31 | Kathy Chow | Walrus
It’s safe to say a lot of Canadians are feeling lousy about their ability to make ends meet. A recent Royal Bank of Canada survey found that nearly half of respondents say they can’t maintain their standard of living, while an October poll from Abacus Data found that 62 percent of respondents cited the rising cost of living as one of their top concerns.
In other words, little has changed since the spring, when the major parties’ federal election campaigns burst with pledges to make life more affordable for Canadians, including by lowering taxes and building homes (along with parties’...
November 4, 2025 - 06:30 | Renée Sylvestre-Williams | Walrus
“It’s the job of the body double to take the risks that you yourself are too sedate or chicken or unaccomplished to take,” Margaret Atwood writes in the opening of her 2025 memoir Book of Lives. She then tells us that every writer has a body double, that some writers—like herself—have many body doubles. When a writer enters a piece of fiction, she seems to be saying, they cease to be themselves. Their fascination with this theme or their penchant for that turn of phrase may remain unchanged, but the makeup of their soul is moulded to suit the story and characters. Similar on the surface...
November 4, 2025 - 06:29 | Amarah Hasham-Steele | Walrus
A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes.
November 4, 2025 - 06:22 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Just one-third of Ontarians say their province is heading in the right direction,
according to a new Leger poll.
The polling finds that, despite Premier Doug Ford having an approval rating of 45 per cent, a majority — 55 per cent — of Ontarians believe the province is on the wrong track. Only 33 per cent say the province is on the right track.
“There’s been a shift in moods in Ontario. Ontarians are growing more pessimistic,” said...
November 4, 2025 - 06:10 | Tyler Dawson | National Post
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Todd McCarthy announced he would be creating a new central agency to oversee the province's conservation authorities.
November 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
