An extraterrestrial could identify King of Kensington as wholly Canadian within seconds. Read More

Happiness doesn’t always feel happy in the moment. I remind myself of this as I glide one cross-country ski in front of the next along the winding trails of Sentier des Caps in Charlevoix, Que. It’s not that I hate cross-country skiing. I just tend to dislike doing anything in the cold. Still, I push on, and like magic, after 10 minutes, my thoughts are drowned out by the rush of feel-good endorphins. Turns out there’s science behind my shifting mood. Read More

A couple of weeks ago, The Atlantic published an article by Rose Horowitch decrying a disturbing new cultural trend: the inability of contemporary film students to watch older films in one sitting, from beginning to end. Read More

As far as Stephen Amell is concerned, the World Series ended after the Toronto Blue Jays won Game 5 in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Read More