Best Lazy Superfan Podcasts (2025)

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How can you improve your and your kids’ smartphone habits? 24:21

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Got bad phone habits? We know being on our phones too much isn’t good for us, especially for kids. Yet we all keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. Kaitlyn Regehr, author of Smartphone Nation, explains how our devices are designed to be addictive, and shares practical, effective tips for what parents can do to help kids build healthier habits…

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Flu season is here: What you need to know 19:46

14h ago19:46

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Experts are warning the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain could mean a difficult influenza season at home, with flu cases now on the rise in Canada. We speak with an infectious disease doctor about why it’s important to get the flu shot, despite a possible mismatch, and to a public health official about regaining the public’s trust around va…

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Me + Viv: How can we navigate human-AI relationships? 24:21

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Alexandra Samuel spent the better part of a year taking often helpful advice and direction from an artificial Intelligence bot who she named Viv. Alex came to realize that her personal relationship and sometimes dependency on Viv was dangerous, because Viv had no capacity to understand or feel the uncomfortable parts of being human that are in fact…

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Minister Anita Anand isn't going to "hide under a rock" 19:59

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Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs joins Matt Galloway as the G7 foreign ministers meeting gets underway in Ontario's Niagara region. She defends Canada's approach to relations with the U.S. and policy of engagement with countries like India and China.

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A soldier's letters gives an inside look at the horrors of the Great War 20:46

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Lester Harper was a farmer from Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, who found himself on the frontlines of the First World War, in France. Now a new book tells his story, based on hundreds of pages of letters he sent home to his wife Mabel. Brandon Marriott, historian and author of Till We Meet Again, explains how Harper felt about the punishing conditi…

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How a bear attack story helped this author understand her cancer diagnosis 25:59

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Claire Cameron has been obsessed with bears since hearing about a bear attack while she was working in Ontario’s Algonquin Park as a teenager. But when she was diagnosed with cancer, Cameron revisited the details of that attack and the wilderness environment that’s shaped much of her life. She tells Galloway about her new memoir How to Survive a Be…

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How should we rethink the school lunch hour? 19:58

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Fighting with your kids over packing a lunch, or worrying about scraping together lunch money could be a thing of the past. The Canadian government has pledged to make a National School Food Program permanent, but not all school boards are putting those funds to lunch, opting for snacks and breakfast programs instead.…

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Susan Orlean: Why being curious gives you a richer life 42:52

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Susan Orlean is the best selling author of seven books including The Orchid Thief and The Library Book, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. On stage at the Vancouver Writers Fest, she talks about being curious about the world, and how that's led her to the most unexpected stories. She tells the stories behind her stories of th…

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A ceasefire proposal to Sudan's civil war 8:29

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Sudan's paramilitary force has agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. that could bring some relief to the country that's been gripped by conflict for over two years. The Sudanese Armed Forces has not weighed in yet. The UN is calling the conflict one of the worst humanitarian crises of the century. We talk to Professor Kahlid Medini, the Chair …

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Ukraine is using video game point systems to track kills 16:05

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12 points to kill a Russian soldier, 40 points to blow up a Russian tank — These are some of the points rankings in a new incentive program for Ukrainian drone operators, who can now compete for points against other units and cash their points in to buy new weapons. Ukrainian officials say this program is helping maintain motivation in a war that i…

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A mom's mission to stop her daughter's drug dealer 20:59

12h ago20:59

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In Vancouver's Lower Mainland, a dealer known only as "Jay" sold drugs to teens, making drop-offs right next to their high schools and homes, offering free "goodie bags" of Xanax and other drugs. When Julie Nystrom discovered her 17-year-old daughter was hooked on counterfeit pills from Jay, she went to the police. The cops told her that they neede…

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Canada is scaling back immigration. What will that mean? 20:03

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Budget 2025 promises generational investments but the housing measures are less than the Liberals promised in the election. We speak to the federal Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson about why they've scaled back their plans and what it means for people who are still priced out of the market — and the role immigration plays in Can…

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Is Eurovision Canada’s next big stage? 9:46

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest federal budget includes a proposal to explore Canada's participation in Europe’s biggest song competition: Eurovision. This annual competition sees countries battling for the top spot through musical performances. But not all Canadians are singing along. We’re joined by historian and unofficial Eurovision expert …

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706: $1,000 a Day Posting on Facebook 46:20

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Let me tell you about the side hustle I wouldn't have believed if I hadn't seen it myself. Jeff Rose from Good Financial Sense is earning over $1,000 per day by posting content on Facebook. And a lot of it is just screenshots of other people's tweets. He cracked the code of Facebook's content monetization program, where the platform pays creators t…

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How safe is melatonin for your heart? 9:59

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Sleep is essential for good health yet millions of Canadians struggle to get enough of it — and many turn to melatonin for assistance. A new study raises concerns on a possible link between long-term melatonin use and heart failure. But is there really a cause for concern? Sleep specialist Dr. Elliott Lee from The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre …

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Canada's debt is getting larger. Does it matter? 20:16

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Like racking up spending on a credit card, Ottawa can't keep adding to the debt forever. That may not spell trouble today. But eventually the country will have to get back on track — or become more and more vulnerable, say economists

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It’s finally time for Margaret Atwood to tell her own story 38:24

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Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in Trump’s America. The Queen of CanLit sat down with Matt Galloway to discuss her new memoir, Book of Lives — and ended up giving Galloway an impromptu palm reading.…

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The 2025 budget: what's in it for you? 19:36

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Our national affairs panel weighs in on the biggest political stories of the day. Prime Minister Mark Carney released his first federal budget. Presented as a "generational" budget that is pro-growth -we look at where the Liberals say they are making new investments, and where they’re making cuts. We break it all down with CBC's Chief Political Cor…

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What does it take to find a future hockey star? 21:20

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Hockey scouts live a vagabond life — driving from rink to rink, watching minor hockey games in big and small towns across Canada. Their job is to find a diamond in the rough...a young player who might have what it takes to make it to the big leagues. We talk to Sportsnet anchor Ken Reid about his new book, the Next One, pulling back the curtain on …

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Why did this robot vacuum have an emotional breakdown? 10:25

6d ago10:25

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What happens if you cross ChatGPT with a Roomba vacuum? Turns out it spins into a comedic doom spiral and then rhymes to the lyrics to musicals. Researchers at a startup in San Francisco recently did an experiment where they gave a simple task to robots powered by large language models, known as LLM's, like ChatGPT. And let's just say things did no…

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What Zohran Mamdani’s win means for the Democratic Party 15:35

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Zohran Mamdani is mayor-elect of New York City. But this win reflects only one part of a wider Democratic Party civil war. New York Magazine writer Simon van Zuylen-Wood believes that the Democratic Party is in the middle of picking a new path — but is it through Mamdani, or is it something else?

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Stop worrying about using exclamation marks! They’re great!! 12:51

2d ago12:51

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Women use exclamation marks way more than men — and worry a lot more about it too! That's according to a new research paper co-authored by Cherly Wakslak of the University of Southern California! She says the results allowed her to fully embrace her love of the punctuation mark!

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Why are groceries so expensive? 19:14

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As Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils his much anticipated federal budget, the rising cost of food is top of mind for many Canadians. We'll hear from Canadians struggling to make ends meet and ask a food economist what policy tools the federal government has to control grocery costs.

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Can Aboriginal title and private property rights co-exist? 24:54

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Tempers flared in a jam-packed meeting in Richmond, BC last week. Mayor Malcolm Brodie held a public information session to answer questions about the potential impact of a BC Supreme court ruling on a Vancouver suburb. We speak to the Cowichan Tribes chief negotiator - and legal experts - about the significance of the decision and whether Aborigin…

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Will the U.S. Supreme Court stop Trump's tariffs? 12:10

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the challenge to Donald Trump's use of emergency tariffs. But Canadians probably shouldn't hold their breath waiting for the court to come to its rescue, says Atlantic writer and lawyer Paul Rosenzweig.

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705: 17 Marketing Tips from Side Hustle Show Listeners: What’s Working Now? 42:45

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Marketing can feel like shouting into the void, especially when you're just getting started with your side hustle. To find out what's actually working today across a wide range of industries, I've crowdsourced some wisdom from Side Hustle Show listeners. One common theme from the past couple years is the strategy of using social media content to tr…

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Arundhati Roy: My mother and I were like two nuclear powers 23:34

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Her mother Mary's death left acclaimed Indian writer, author of The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy feeling "unanchored in space with no coordinates," even though she'd often been a target of Mary's wrath. Roy talks to Matt Galloway about her new memoir, "Mother Mary Comes to Me," revealing their fraught relationship, and how her mother's trailb…

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Why doctors are threatening to leave Quebec 19:50

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Doctors are calling a new law passed by the Quebec government draconian and anti-democratic. The bill, which changes how doctors in the province will be compensated, is being defended by Quebec Premier François Legault. The Premier says the changes are going to improve access to healthcare in the province. Doctors in Quebec disagree — and say the n…

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Jordin Tootoo says the North made him a better NHL player 24:44

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Longtime Nashville Predator Jordin Tootoo is the subject of a new documentary, Tootoo. The film highlights his life in the North, his struggle with substance abuse and how the serenity he felt on the land in Rankin Inlet was matched only by the peace he felt playing hockey.

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Weekend Listen: A hometown tour with Jean Chrétien (via The House) 50:26

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He may be known as ‘the little guy from Shawinigan’, but Jean Chrétien’s impact on his hometown has been anything but small. And at 91, the former prime minister seems far from slowing down. In this exclusive documentary from The House, host Catherine Cullen travels to Shawinigan, Quebec to spend the day with the former prime minister. She learns a…

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This Haunted Hike is so scary people are peeing their pants 8:06

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If you love a good scare, perhaps a haunted house is in your Halloween plans — like the ‘Haunted Hike’ in Vegreville, Alberta. It’s a nightmare-fueled experience staged in a building that was originally a creamery. But, this isn't your usual kids haunted house — this one bills itself as Alberta's scariest. So scary that some visitors are peeing the…

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Why unhealthy eating isn't always a matter of choice 25:47

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We all make a lot of assumptions about food, and healthy eating — including the idea that if you just make different choices, you can avoid obesity, or take the weight off. Turns out it's not so simple. We talk to health journalist Julia Belluz, and research scientist Kevin Hall, co-authors of a new book called Food Intelligence, to dig into the sc…

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Should Canada get cozier with China? 19:10

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Trade with the United States can seem dicey these days. Is more trade with China the answer? Or an even bigger risk?

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Blue Jays are one win away from the championship title 15:49

13d ago15:49

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One victory away from winning the championship. Buck Martinez, Blue Jays announcer and former Jays catcher talks about Game 6 and what the team needs to do to win the World Series. And how Canadian baseball fans are preparing for the big game, including Karla Courtney — who’s been knitting a Blue Jays post-season sweater, but only on game days.…

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704: $500k in Sales in 6 Months: A Dropshipping Case Study 52:01

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Is dropshipping dead? Not according to Holly Finnefrock, who hit $500,000 in sales within her first six months of launching a high-ticket dropshipping store. Holly runs a successful dropshipping business in the outdoor space, specifically selling ponds and water features. Today, she's pulling back the curtain on dropshipbreakthrough.com to show exa…

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Is Canada losing the battle against measles? 10:04

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Canada has held its measles elimination status since 1998 — but medical experts say that could change in the coming weeks. We speak with Dawn Bowdish, an immunologist, and professor of medicine at McMaster University, about what's driving the spread of measles in Canada, what it means for public health, and why she thinks Canada desperately needs a…

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Sudan’s civil war escalates into ‘horrendous’ outcomes 11:40

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The civil war in Sudan has been raging for more than 2 years now and the violence is only escalating. The paramilitary faction called the Rapid Support Forces pushed out the Sudanese army from most of Darfur, and have been accused of ongoing civilian massacres. It has become so bad, the results can be seen from space. Denise Brown is the United Nat…

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What our relationships with our pets reveal about us 22:53

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A new podcast, Furball Confidential, dives into one of our most intimate relationships — the ones we have with our pets. Veteran podcaster, Jen Moroz, interviews prominent actors, authors, musicians and influencers about living with their beloved animals, and speaks about what those relationships reveal about them and how they made them better huma…

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Health Canada approves new Alzheimer’s drug 20:21

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Lecanemab is a new drug that’s being made available in Canada to slow the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease. We speak to Linda McMaster, who is on the waitlist to receive it. And Drs Sandra Cohen and Samir Sinha about the efficacy, cost and reality of how this new drug fits in with the wider Alzheimer’s care environment in Canada today.…

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100 Days until the Winter Olympics 19:35

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The 2026 Winter Olympics are around the corner. This time the NHL is back, climate change could make snow scarce, and political spats are bound to make the podium. Hockey Night in Canada host and Olympic broadcaster Ron MacLean and Canada's Chef de Mission, Jennifer Heil talk all things Milano Cortina 2026.…

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What's a 'cobot'? Amazon's plan to replace jobs with robots 23:55

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Internal documents suggest Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million workers with robots — and automate 75% of its operations. We speak to Karen Weise, the technology correspondent for The New York Times. Karen spells out what she learned about Amazon's plan — and how they're talking about selling that plan. Hint: A 'cobot' is a collab…

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Jamaicans confront the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa 18:29

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Jamaicans on the island and in diasporas across Canada are taking stock of the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island Tuesday.

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Alberta teachers ordered back to work 19:25

9d ago19:25

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The Alberta government passed a new law forcing striking teachers back to work. It’s been three weeks since the strike began and more than 750-thousand students have been out of class. Danielle Smith has now invoked the notwithstanding clause and teachers are expected back in the classroom this week. We speak with a teacher and a parent about what’…

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Jamaicans brace for Hurricane Melissa 11:31

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Jamaica is preparing for Hurricane Melissa. The category 5 hurricane is the strongest storm on the planet this year — and it could become the strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica. The country has issued mandatory evacuation orders for people living in coastal areas, but there are concerns that not enough people have left their homes. We speak with t…

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A heart that stopped beating brought back to life 13:13

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In a Canadian first, Toronto doctors have carried out a groundbreaking transplant with a heart that previously stopped beating. We talk to Dr. Ali Rabi, a member of the transplant team at Toronto's University Health Network about what was involved — and what this breakthrough means for the people on heart transplant wait lists.…

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Canadian War Museum’s chief historian Tim Cook dies at 54 23:37

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Tim Cook was the chief historian and researcher at the Canadian War Museum, known for his passion for Canadian military history. He was recognized with many awards, including the Governor General's History Award and the Order of Canada. He died on Sunday at the age of 54. We hear Matt Galloway’s conversation with Tim Cook from 2022 about his book "…

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NAP: U.S trade talk, APEC, and the upcoming federal budget 19:16

10d ago19:16

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Our national affairs panel weighs in on the biggest political stories of the day. We’re about a week away from getting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hotly anticipated first federal budget that the Prime Minister says will be all about taking “big bold risks,” while warning that there will be sacrifices ahead for Canadians. Over the weekend, we’ve se…

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Is the diamond industry losing its sparkle? 22:43

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We've all heard the saying, diamonds are forever. That’s meant for the natural stone, but turns out lab-grown diamonds are also forever — and that is pushing the industry into a crisis, causing significant price drops in natural diamonds. So, what’s the future of the diamond industry in Canada and beyond — and what this shift to lab-grown diamonds …

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‘Lazy Girl Jobs:’ Can Gen Z hack work-life balance? 19:45

12d ago19:45

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Gen Z workers are rethinking what success looks like, and they’re doing it through career minimalism. Instead of engaging in the traditional corporate hustle culture or climbing the corporate ladder, many are seeking work boundaries and self fulfillment. Gen Z worker Jane Tsang shares how lazy girl jobs and multiple income streams fit into this app…

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Blue Jays superfans get ready for Game 1 of the World Series 8:17

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Will history repeat itself? The Toronto Blue Jays have made it to Game 1 of the World Series. Fans are hopeful as they face one of the best teams in the league: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Superfans Maddie Cholette and Tyler Carpentier share their excitement over Game 1.