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The future of Canadian cafe culture is… robots?

Tired of getting your coffee from humans? Well, the automation of cafe culture is here. RC Coffee, a company based in Mississauga, has introduced Canada’s first robotic barista. It promises “premium specialty coffees with unparalleled precision by performing all the functions of a human barista.” Cool, but also kind of

A third of Americans think the U.S. had a better COVID strategy than Canada

A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center sought to shed some light on how people felt their country has responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Turns out Canadians are overwhelmingly impressed by our federal response – 88% say Canada has done a “good” job. Meanwhile, only 47% of respondents

Canadians are increasingly looking to ditch city life for the suburbs

There was a time not so long ago when suburbia struck dread into the souls of cosmopolitan Canadians. According to a recent survey by Remax Reality, however, an increasing number of city dwellers are seeking to sprawl. Nearly one third of Canadians (32% of those surveyed) say they want to

American traveller thinks seeing Alberta is worth a $750k fine

Thinking about breaking quarantine? Be prepared to pay the price of a house if you’re caught. Canada has some of the world’s strict penalties for those defying mandatory quarantine. According to the Quarantine Act, anyone who fails to comply with the country’s 14-day self-isolation measures after arriving from abroad is

American boat invasion forces Canada to step up border control

The word ‘caravan’ first entered the mainstream lexicon at the end of 2018, when U.S. President Donald Trump complained of an “invasion” of foreign asylum seekers. (In this context, the word ‘caravan’ refers to a group of travellers). Now, it’s the United States sending caravans to Canada. And they’re arriving