Laura Vanderkam is intrigued by the paradox of weekends. Although weekends are supposed to be a time to relax, the reality is that, to enjoy fulfilling weekends, you must plan them. As she puts it: "You have to set an appointment to go off 'the grid' as surely as to go on it." The grid here, of…

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In 1930, famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within his lifetime, the future economy would be powered with a quarter of the effort. In a hundred…

We hates us some poor people. First, they insist on being poor when it is so easy to not be poor. They do things like buy expensive designer belts and $2500…

A sky train on the Expo Line makes its way past the Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver May 29, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail Politicians and business leaders are flashing a giant warning sign to the province: Figure out a way to pay for a massive transit expansion in the Vancouver region or watch…

The Sporting Scene October 30, 2013 Photograph by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images. After Mariano Rivera, unarguably the greatest closer in baseball history, announced in March that this season would be his last, a fanfare accompanied his arrival at every stadium—a season-long celebration of Rivera’s…

.@sfj on @TriAngleRecords and defining a musical genre without a name: http://t.co/NGi73d95DS — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 30, 2013

George-Orwell-006 George Orwell has become a mirror into which any political position can look into and see itself staring back. But make no mistake – Orwell…

Heading south, it always surprises me how quickly downtown Los Angeles gives way to raw industry. The average building height drops precipitously as the average…

Deep below the streets of New York City lie its vital organs—a water system, subways, railroads, tunnels, sewers, drains, and power and cable lines—in a vast,…

Interesting article that applies Moneyball concepts outside of baseball: http://t.co/Z5VUueUUge — Bill Baer (@CrashburnAlley) October 28, 2013

Spoilers for the Breaking Bad finale follow. “It felt right and satisfying and proper to us that he went out on his own terms; he went out like a man,” Breaking…

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Bikes and business: riders come more often and down more money http://t.co/XIxiQzxjYh — Ryan Mottau (@ryanmottau) October 26, 2013

Cars of the future will be fitted with "shocka seats" that give drivers a jacksie jolt every time they shout at cyclists "oi, you don't pay road tax". Actually, cars won't need to be so equipped because the most dangerous component on the car – the loose nut behind the steering wheel – could soon be…

[Editor's note: Beautiful, eclectic, iconic, Pacific harbour towns: the words describe both Vancouver and San Francisco. Yet the two cities have taken different directions in the treatment of renters. Earlier this year, The Tyee Solutions Society's Jackie Wong spent some time in San Francisco to see…

Community whale mural triumphs over graffiti tag http://t.co/WEX5OvKsFu via @sharethis — kevin harding (@kevinharding) October 24, 2013

The wearable computing conundrum http://t.co/qoijXLyMUJ — Tristan Louis (@TNLNYC) October 20, 2013

Discover one of our 28 local entrepreneurial communities » Be the first to know as we launch in new countries and markets around the globe. Interested in…

Yale economist Robert Shiller won a Nobel prize on Monday (or, rather, a third of one) for his work suggesting that financial markets might not always be quite…

The fascist nightmare destroying Kitsilano: http://t.co/DEchxkl8gg — Mark Allerton (@MarkAllerton) October 22, 2013

To the rest of Canada, Alberta's conservative. Thing is, thanks to an influx of people coming for jobs, we're not. http://t.co/xbAAXnew96 — Tim Querengesser (@timquerengesser) October 22, 2013

It’s important for people to tell you what side they are on and why, and whether they might be biased. A declaration of members’ interests, of a sort. So, I am going to be talking to you about reading. I’m going to tell you that libraries are important. I’m going to suggest that reading fiction,…

Brewing apprentice Kieran Campbell samples a brew at Tofino Brewing Company’s warehouse in Tofino, B.C.Kari Medig/The Globe and Mail Arriving from England to study at the University of Victoria in 1991, I found a local beer scene dominated by the kind of insipid factory brews that could turn a…

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Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize, and a nation rejoiced. But to put it that way limits it, because it wasn't just a nation. On Thursday, I spoke with a Swedish newspaper editor. He wanted to know what I thought Ms. Munro's win would mean for Canada, if it would raise the profile of Canadian writers…

Alice Munro Alice Munro Photograph: Kriston Ross/PR Alice Munro is among the major writers of English fiction of our time. She's been accorded armfuls of…

An hour and a half before the Seahawks and 49ers were set to kick off, the air above Occidental Avenue smelled like weed and hot dogs. The jersey-clad had filled the bars outside CenturyLink Field for hours, but now the migration inside had begun. A drum line outfitted in the Seahawks’ neon-green…