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25 Bold, Entirely Doable Ways To Make Canada Affordable Again
It's an election year and, for once, all our federal party leaders agree on something: Canada is in the throes of a debilitating housing crisis that's wreaking political, economic and societal havoc.
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April 2025
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A Lament for Canadian Nationalism
To confront Trump’s threats, Canada needs to once again find acommon purpose
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April 2025
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Canada's Economy Is Stronger Than It Seems
Fixating on GDP blinds us to our other assets, like good health care and happiness
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March 2025
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Pipe Dream
Winnipeg's pumphouse is a heritage building retrofitted for the housing crisis
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March 2025
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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.
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March 2025
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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.
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March 2025
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Early Retirement
I'm a university student who moved into a seniors' home in Calgary. I get affordable housing, and the residents get companionship.
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March 2025
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"I repaired war-torn homes in Lebanon.Now I'm building houses in Canada."
I work on a construction site, overseeing a 19-acre housing development in Brampton, Ontario.
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March 2025
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Why America Will Never Invade Canada
Donald Trump's nonsensical threats are an attempt to distract from his own country's self-destruction
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March 2025
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HARLEM OF THE NORTH
A new exhibit spotlights the birthplace of Montreal's Black anglophone community
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March 2025
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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.
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March 2025
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GLASS ACT
A couple trade Toronto condo life for a sun-powered hideaway in farm country
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March 2025
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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.
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March 2025
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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.
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March 2025
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A Teacher's Tale
My career in Quebec ended because I chose to keep my hijab
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January/February 2025
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Top Marks
InSaguenay, Quebec, Ecole de l'Etincelle embodies the school of the future
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January/February 2025
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Modernize Parental Leave
Canada's birth rate is dropping, and the cost of living is partly to blame. A more supportive leave plan would make parenthood more affordable
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January/February 2025
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"I spent years trying to learn English.Now I use ChatGPT."
AI isn't perfect, but it helps me write complex emails and understand Canadian culture
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION - The National School Food Program Will Transform Kids' Health
When students have access to nutritious food, they do better in school and life
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January/February 2025
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FOOD
The exorbitant cost of food will have ripple effects on the restaurant industry and grocery stores. The good news? There's a plan to save the country's salmon supply.
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION - New Mortgage Rules Will Drive Up Housing Prices
Looser lending policies will encourage more people to buy homes they can't afford in the first place
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January/February 2025
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HOUSING
Politicians will spar over how to tackle the housing crisis. Falling interest rates will draw young people into the real estate market. And a rude awakening is coming for homeowners renewing mortgages.
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION - Stuctured Literacy Will Help Level the Educational Playing Field
Canadian students have struggled to read and write. That stops this year.
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January/February 2025
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EDUCATION
Quebec's classrooms will take centre stage in the secularism debate. Chatbots will help students create A-plus work, while others will grade themselves. And thousands of international students will be sent home.
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION - The Indigenous Economy Will Take Off
Reconciliation is becoming Canada’s biggest business story—and its greatest economic opportunity
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January/February 2025
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BUSINESS
Generational change, culture shifts and labour activism will reshape workplaces, while slowing inflation, rising wages and a surge in side hustles will finally put a little more money in Canadians' pockets
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION - Rogers Will Reshape Toronto Sports and the City
The telecom will build stadiums, condos and real estate
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January/February 2025
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SPORTS
A women's sports boom, a Raptors rebuild and a no-nonsense Leafs makeover are all on the docket for 2025. Meanwhile, the feds will tackle sports betting ads, while Alberta ramps up its own gambling scene.
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January/February 2025
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MY PREDICTION: Tech Outages Will Be More Frequentand Disruptive
As companies offload tech systems to third-party suppliers, their supply chains will become vulnerable
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January/February 2025
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TECH
Canadians will make pioneering advances in artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and quantum computing. And we'll all finally get plugged into high-speed internet.
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