Food inspectors getting tough on olive oil fraud
Olive production in Italy was hard hit last year due to an early frost. The…
Colleges and polytechnics key to business innovation
By Sarah Watts-Rynard and Denise Amyot Canada is at an innovation crossroads. Productivity measures have…
B.C. education system performs well while holding line on spending
While other Canadian provinces experience decline in student performance despite increased education spending, in the…
Washington Consensus lit the fuse blowing apart the modern world
Pax Americana, the long-standing U.S.-inspired post-war world order, is unravelling like a cheap carpet. Apart…
The day the music died?
To quote Don McLean’s song American Pie, Feb. 3 marks the 60th anniversary of the…
Music can touch our hearts and give us hope
Lebanese-American writer Kahlil Gibran said, “Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the…
CPP takes bigger bite from Canadians
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss and Milagros Palacios The Fraser Institute Canadians likely noticed that…
Could guaranteed income help us cope with automation?
The revolution of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will be one of the most profound…
Is gambling a big deal to the NFL? You can bet on it
It’s late in Super Bowl LIII this Sunday. The driving New England Patriots, favoured by…
Why some of us prefer Conservative parties over their leaders
An intriguing phenomenon is beginning to occur in our nation’s politics. Some Canadians seemed to…
We can’t let outside powers dictate law in Canada
The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for the United Nations Declaration…
The tide of global freedom is receding, but there’s hope
Is the world losing its taste for freedom as we move further into 2019? Two…
Protect yourself against the rising tide of tech-based scams
“There’s a sucker born every minute,” 19th-century showman P.T. Barnum reportedly said. In fact, the…
Drinking the plant-based diet kool-aid
When the prestigious medical journal The Lancet published a 51-page report recently laying out a…
Temper your confidence in the science that runs your life
The big success stories of our time have scaled at exponential rates – Facebook, Amazon,…