thebigstory, Author at The Big Story

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What can we learn from the oldest of the old?

More people are living longer than ever before. And with longer lives come more complications—loss, loneliness, illness and other things we associate with our own

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January 18, 2019

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer makes his way to speak to media on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018

Canada’s Divide, Part II: What’s wrong with the Right?

Decades from now, historians may recall a time when there was such a thing as a “moderate conservative”. These folks believed in low taxes, and fiscal

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January 17, 2019

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau (behind) gesture during their visit to the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines in Amritsar, India, 21 February 2018. Prime Minister Trudeau is in India for a seven-day state visit to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two nations.

Canada’s Divide, Part I: What’s wrong with the Left?

What if you’re a Liberal, and Justin Trudeau’s insinuations about construction workers makes you feel ridiculous? What if you’re Conservative but you can’t stand the

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January 16, 2019

A STORM TO REMEMBER - A Canadian Forces Bison drives up Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, ON January 15, 1999. The Canadian Armed Forces were called in by Mayor Mel Lastman to aid Torontonians caught in the worst snow storm to hit the megacity. The city struggled under a record 113 centemetres of snowfall in the first half of January, 1999 (the average for the entire month is usually 35.5 cm).

Twenty years of laughing at Toronto

This week marks the 20th anniversary of an iconic Canadian moment—that time when the mayor of Toronto called on the army to come help dig

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January 15, 2019

This Feb 3, 2013 image provided by NASA shows a self portrait of the Mars rover, Curiosity. NASA's Curiosity rover has uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars that may have teemed with microbes for tens of millions of years, far longer than scientists had imagined, new research suggests.

Canada’s reaching for the stars. Literally.

It’s called a repeating fast radio burst. And we don’t yet know what it means. It could be anything from aliens (really) to a highly

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January 14, 2019

Hand taking photo of top view shot breakfast table with mobile phone. Poached egg with bread, sliced orange and avocado are on plates. Coffee mugs, cheese plate and salad with avocado, tomatoes and arugula are on the table with a grey tea towel. Hand slicing egg on the plate.

We’re changing the way we eat

You might never go vegan. You might even laugh at the thought. But even if you still savour a rare steak, the numbers show that

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January 11, 2019

Can technology predict your break-up?

Yes, probably. But how? And why would tech companies want to do this? Simple. They already have your data, and there’s money to be made

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January 10, 2019

Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (C) uses a cell phone while attending the US House Representative-elect office lottery in Washington, DC, USA, 30 November 2018. Incoming members of the 116th Congress, which convenes on 03 January 2019, participated in a lottery to determine their office space.

Our new politics of authenticity

What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have in common with Donald J. Trump? More than either of them would like to admit. The currency of social media

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January 9, 2019

ILE - In this Nov. 17, 2015, file photo, musical artist R. Kelly performs the national anthem before an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Atlanta Hawks in New York. A screening of an upcoming documentary detailing abuse allegations against singer R. Kelly was evacuated after phone threats were made to the Manhattan location where it was being held. The New York Police Department says the threats to the NeueHouse Madison Square came in Tuesday night, Dec. 4, 2018, when it was hosting a screening of Lifetime‚Äôs ‚ÄúSurviving R. Kelly‚Äù series.

How the music industry protected R. Kelly. And what happens now.

The horrific allegations against R. Kelly weren’t somehow revealed when Lifetime aired its six-part documentary on the hitmaker this weekend. They were common knowledge to