Learning how to make sausages from my dad fills my fridge – and my heart
Months ago my friend Gillian Byrne got herself some attachments for her KitchenAid mixer: a meat grinder and sausage stuffer. She then bought pork meat and we attempted to make sausages. There were a series of failures. First, she bought way too much meat for a first-timer. Twenty pounds of pork, bone-in. She butchered it […]
How to live for a week without ultraprocessed foods, according to our health reporter
Open this photo in gallery: Health reporter Kelly Grant shops for non-ultraprocessed foods. Her family of five spent seven days experimenting with avoiding ultraprocessed foods.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail On June 4 at 1 p.m. ET, Kelly Grant answered reader questions about her family’s week without ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and what she learned in the […]
How to fight back against superbugs, according to an antibiotic expert
Open this photo in gallery: Gerry Wright, professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences, holds a petri dish in the Wright Lab at McMaster University on Jan. 27.Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail On Tuesday, professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences Dr. Gerry Wright and The Globe’s health science reporter, Jennifer Yang, answered reader questions about the […]
How to ease the price squeeze on the construction industry
Ontario and the federal government have joined forces to try to breathe life back into the province’s moribund residential construction market. In the past two weeks, Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney have announced a combination of tax cuts that they hope will shake homebuilding out of its torpor. First, they’ll each pitch […]
How to get your sleep schedule back on track after a time change
Open this photo in gallery: On March 9, sleep expert Dr. Rébecca Robillard answered reader questions on how to have a better rest, which lifestyle factors affect your sleep and how to offset the impacts of the daylight time change – especially in B.C., which changed clocks for the last time and switched to permanent, […]
Eighteen ideas on how to kickstart the Canadian economy
The Canadian economy faces an un-precedented challenge – several of them, actually. Luckily, ideas abound on how to give this country the productivity boost we need to thrive no matter what the man in the White House throws at us next. We spoke to leaders in a range of sectors – from manufacturing and finance […]
In Denver, lawmakers explore how to counter the force of federal agencies
The early morning darkness had not yet broken when Franci Stagi pulled out a phone to record federal agents as they detained a father and two children. One of the agents batted away her phone. She placed a hand on him. He spun around and grabbed her, wrapping his arms around her neck. Ms. Stagi, […]
How to rebuild the foundations of teaching math
Ontario’s math test results in recent years are adding up to be a real embarrassment for the province. The latest test results show half of Grade 6 students and 42 per cent of Grade 9 students in English-language schools are not meeting the provincial standard. This comes after years of promises and changes from the […]
How to weather the markets in 2026, according to our experts
Open this photo in gallery: The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Our experts said although the valuation spread between the U.S. and international markets isn’t as wide as last year, a diversified approach is still appropriate.Richard Drew/The Associated Press On Jan. 22, investment editor Darcy Keith, investment columnist Tim Shufelt, investment reporter David […]
How to find your joy in the year ahead? Six Canadians offer their tips
Why do a series on joy? And why now? We admit these are not gleeful times, with real challenges dominating headlines in Canada and around the world. But sometimes it’s helpful to take a breath, look around and see the myriad ways in which happiness, fun and play still exist alongside those challenges. In our […]