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A new iteration of ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ that delivers stories and action from the game beyond the NHL would stand in contrast to the gambling-filled NHL broadcasts that have so irritated many viewers. Fans cheer before a Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers game in Edmonton in 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

CBC’s NHL hockey loss points to the need to rethink public media for the digital age

Canadians fund our public media at a far lower level than many countries, but this could change if CBC articulated a strong vision for the digital and AI age.
There’s a long history of children revising, adapting and remixing language and games. Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

The 6‑7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children

From Pig Latin to Punch Buggy, kids have long used nonsensical language, gestures and games to carve out cultures of their own.
Zohran Mamdani, recently elected mayor of New York City, talks in the Oval Office of the White House, next to United States President Donald Trump, after a Nov. 21, 2025 meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelings

Representation matters, but Zohran Mamdani’s story is about what’s possible when people organize across differences for a common cause.
How will we preserve technologies so deeply embedded in daily life? BrAt_PiKaChU/Istock via Getty Images

Saving broadcasting’s past for the future – archivists are working to capture not just tapes of TV and radio but the experience of tuning in together

Scholars, preservationists, archivists, museum educators and curators, fans and the public are meeting in late April in the nation’s capital to figure out how to preserve broadcasting’s history.

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