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Ahh — the free parking spot. If you know where to find one you probably keep it to yourself; you hoard it like a secret ambition. Free parking has become vanishingly rare in Canada, as cities and small towns look for ways to make money from available land. And yet, as Danielle Nerman finds ... we still dare to dream.

Back in the 80s, you didn't just wear random colours. You figured out what season you were (winter, summer, spring, autumn) — and dressed in the colour palette that corresponded with your season. It was called "Doing Your Colours." Today, it's called "Colour Analysis" and producer Danielle Nerman asks why this retro fashion advice is, once again, big business.

Tannis Sparks and Susan Knorring felt something was off in their house. Blinds would fly up and down. Lights would turn off and on. Luckily, they were renting — so they could get the heck out. But some homeowners aren't so lucky. Danielle Nerman talks to a real estate agent who explains what sellers do and don't have to disclose about their home's checkered past, and how buyers can find out if an unnatural death happened in a house they're thinking of making an offer o...

Crowdshipping aims to hack international mail service like Uber did with transportation

What on Earth's Molly Segal takes a look back at how the oil crisis of the 1970s sparked concerns about energy costs and security, prompting research that's taken on new meaning today in a warming world.

Buying a mobile home and moving into a community in Calgary has made Stephan Gardner’s life measurably better, especially from a financial perspective. But don't call it a trailer park, says one advocate.

According to a new survey from Statistics Canada, small and medium-sized business owners are feeling optimistic about the year ahead — even though pandemic-made problems linger. Danielle Nerman talks to three small business owners who are emerging from the last two years with very different outlooks.

The "subscription economy" is expected to be worth more than $1.8 trillion around the world by 2025, according to UBS. That's a lot of money, and companies want to hold onto it — even if you don't want to give it up. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on companies that try to trap people into subscriptions. Danielle Nerman explores what the laws are in Canada and the fight to make it easier to cancel what you once wanted, but no longer...

A management strategy known as the results-only work environment (ROWE) has seen a surge in interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, says one of the architects of the system.

Every autumn, seasonal costume shops haunt defunct retailers like Sears, Target or Future Shop for a couple months before vanishing without a trace in November. Insiders and real estate experts scare up the facts about how the stores manage to turn a profit on a single spooky holiday.