What It’s Like

First-person Canadian experiences, big and small.

What It's Like

He Stepped Outside for the Recycling and Didn't Come Back for Four Hours. His Wife Called the RCMP.

A Yukon writer on the night the sky did something it shouldn't have — and the search party that found him exactly where he started, holding the same blue bin.

Theo Whitebear · 7 min read

What It's Like

She Volunteered to Host the U16 Boys' Team for Breakfast. By 7:51 AM She Was Crying in the Pantry.

Twelve teenage forwards. One frying pan. A fridge that held out for nine minutes. The Costco run that saved a marriage.

Theo Whitebear · 6 min read

What It's Like

She Moved From Lagos to Regina in November. By January Her Eyelashes Had Frozen Shut at a Bus Stop.

What -54°C with windchill actually does to a body, a phone, a plan, and a person who has never owned a pair of mittens.

Jordan MacIsaac · 7 min read

What It's Like

What It’s Actually Like to Be in a Toxic Relationship — And Why You Don’t Realise Until You’re Out

It rarely looks like the movie version. It looks like apologising for things you didn’t do, in a calm voice, on a Tuesday.

Jordan MacIsaac · 7 min read

Microdrama

Is DramaBox Worth the Coins? A Canadian Late-Night Stress Test

We loaded a fresh DramaBox account, paid C$30 in coin packs, and watched five shows back to back to find out where the app earns it and where it doesn't.

Stash Editorial · 7 min read