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Who Won the War in Iran?

To suggest Iran is winning requires fully ignoring among other salient facts, that the supreme leader is dead, its new Ayatollah is reportedly incapacitated, its military leadership has been eliminated, and its own civilians still don't have internet access. We're supposed to call that victory?

Should Crossing the Floor Be Allowed in Canada?

"This matters most of all because it erodes people's confidence in democracy. What is the point of voting for a party, or a person representing a party, if they can just switch teams whenever they'd like? For many, there is no point."

Canada's Sustainability Report Card Is in, and It's Not a Passing Grade

It’s rare to find a single document that tracks everything from the success of our $10-a-day childcare to the survival of wild Pacific salmon, but the recently released progress report on the 2022-2026 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) does exactly that. This report serves as a vital roadmap for

Okamoto to Murakami: How Japan Conquered Baseball's Biggest Stage

Sixty years ago, a twenty-year-old hummed a pop song on his way to a Shea Stadium mound and changed baseball forever. This week, Kazuma Okamoto brings the next chapter to Toronto.

World Cup Qualifying Math

A deep dive into the qualifying math for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Italy Deserved the World Cup. FIFA's Format Robbed a Nation.

Italy went 7-1-2 in the toughest confederation in the world and still missed the World Cup. The problem isn't Italy. It's FIFA's broken format.

Canada Invested Billions in AI. So Why Is Adoption So Slow?

Canada’s $3.3 Billion Head Start: The Rugged Road to AI Integration

Why Things in Toronto Keep Getting Worse

Toronto City Council voted 21-4 to ban ICE from the World Cup in the city. There's just one problem: they were never going to be there anyway.

4,374 Outs

A stream of consciousness while watching the Blue Jays home opener.

What is the right word to describe prejudice against Jews?

The word for this era needs to be Judeophobia. Let's start using it.

You Can Do This

There is a sentence that appears on screen near the very beginning of Celeste — before the first level, before the music swells, before you have died even once. Madeline, the game's protagonist, sits alone on a mountainside in the dark, and the words appear like a quiet instruction, or a dare

Aging Student Body

There is something about being a beginner again. About struggling with material that is genuinely hard and not yet knowing whether you have the capacity for it. I forgot what that felt like. I forgot how much I used to learn from the friction of not knowing. From the space and time in-between.

5 Ways to Have a Better Passover Seder

Last year I was invited to give a D’var (speech/address) Torah at my synagogue. It was two weeks ahead of Passover so I decided to take the opportunity to speak on my favourite holiday. I went through the timeline of all the Passover’s I had experienced thus

Knights of the Round

Jacob Citron on what a pickup hockey game reveals about men and belonging