She has been in office for 31 years, and her city (Mississauga, the 6th largest in Canada) is debt free: The reporter asks, “How do you stay in office for 31 years?” She answers: “Well, you have to look after your people, and keep your taxes down, and bring lots of jobs to the city.” [...]

Have you ever wondered why your friends have more friends than you do or why people in the gym are in better shape than you are? Here’s the answer: This column will change your life I don’t know if you will change your life, but it definitely explains the phenomenon. [[[Jump to previous TIM]]]

A teenager writes to a famous cartoonist. Instead of getting blown off, he gets… Letters of note – Your pal, John K. In 1998, aged just 14, aspiring young cartoonist Amir Avni decided to get in touch with the creator of Ren & Stimpy, John Kricfalusi. Being a hardcore fan of Kricfalusi’s work, Amir sent [...]

We hear about people who walk 20 miles in a day for a walk-a-thon, or who walk the entire Appalachian Trail. And these stories are inspirational. But then there is this – a man named Ed Stafford who has made it his goal to walk across the Amazon Rain Forest: The REAL king of the [...]

A guy who is great at Gran Turismo turns into a real-world race car driver when given the chance: Champion Gran Turismo Gamer Becomes Real-world Racing Champion Lucas Ordoñez always loved cars and dreamed of being a professional race driver when he grew up. In 2008, though, he had abandoned that dream as he lacked [...]

So an aspiring filmmaker named Federico Alvarez created a little YouTube video called Panic Attack! He uploaded it a month ago: It paid off: Unknown filmmaker gets $30m for robot movie The 30-year-old was whisked to LA where he was offered a $1 million directors fee and up to £30 million to make the film, [...]