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In this issue

Homeward Bound: Twentysomethings, unable to afford rent, are staying in their childhood bedrooms. Why Generation Z will never move out.
BY CLAIRE GAGNÉ

THE BIG IDEA: Instead of demolishing homes, we should carefully deconstruct them for parts.

THE BUILDING: Winnipeg’s pumphouse is a model for modern mixed-use development.

Trade wars, climate change, Bitcoin-B.C. Premier David Eby is preparing his province for everything

BACK IN JANUARY, with an inconveniently prorogued Parliament and the U.S. president pressing on their necks with some very un-ally-like tariff threats, Canada's premiers decided to defend themselves.

8 mins

Reuse Construction Materials

Much is lost when homes are demolished in the name of speed. With careful disassembly, high-quality materials could be used to make something new.

4 mins

Early Retirement

I'm a university student who moved into a seniors' home in Calgary. I get affordable housing, and the residents get companionship.

5 mins

Pipe Dream

Winnipeg's pumphouse is a heritage building retrofitted for the housing crisis

2 mins

Canada's Economy Is Stronger Than It Seems

Fixating on GDP blinds us to our other assets, like good health care and happiness

5 mins

Why America Will Never Invade Canada

Donald Trump's nonsensical threats are an attempt to distract from his own country's self-destruction

7 mins

Stuck at Home

Thanks to soaring housing costs, a generation of twentysomethings are still in their childhood bedrooms. A portrait of aily life with no empty nest.

10+ mins

DEATH WISH

A group of Canadians with crushing mental illness are suing the federal government for the right to physician-assisted death. The ethics are muddy, the country is divided and the world is watching Canada's next move. Inside the crusade for a polarizing cause.

10+ mins

The Diabolical World of Phone Scams

Criminals impersonating the CRA, Canada Post and other government agencies are often employed by elaborate overseas operations with thousands of workers. How the RCMP busted the biggest fraud ever to target Canadiansand why they can't keep up anymore.