Parental Leave Is Broken
It’s a privilege to take paid time when your baby is born. But the system is far from equal
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“You Close Roxham Road, People Are Just Going to Cross Somewhere Else”
How a dirt path changed Canadian immigration policy forever
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Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless
Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help
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Exclusive: The Meeting House Megachurch Faces New Lawsuits
The multi-million-dollar civil suits add to a growing list of legal woes for the church formerly led by Bruxy Cavey
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You Don’t Have to Move into a Nursing Home. There’s a Better Way
A bold experiment in elder care is giving Canadians control over where and how they grow old
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Death Care Has Turned into a Gold Rush
How did a cemetery group amass $1.2 billion in assets—and so much power?
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Airbnb’s Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing
How Montreal priced out long-term renters as thousands of homes became vacation suites
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Why Do I Constantly Have to Prove My Disability?
Having to negotiate what it means to be disabled, and then fight for limited benefits and services if you are, is exhausting
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Don’t Get Sick in Quebec
What happens when a government decides to prioritize language laws over nurses and doctors?
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The Diminishing Romance of Train Travel
I took a sleeper train across the country. I learned Via Rail is still stuck in the twentieth century
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