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The Problem with Kid-free Condos

June 15, 2017July 1, 2020 - by Tim Querengesser

In Alberta, developers and managers can create adults-only buildings. Families are being pushed out of cities—and pushing back

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You Don’t Need to Buy that House

April 21, 2017December 22, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

Canada’s housing market is not the problem. Our fixation on home ownership is

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Mordecai Richler Deserves a Better Tribute

October 31, 2016March 3, 2022 - by Taylor C. Noakes

It took five years and $750,000 to open the modest pavilion in Montreal

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Right to Camp

October 12, 2016June 22, 2021 - by Tessa Vikander

Vancouver’s tent city is more than just a political occupation

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October 2016

Once We Were Builders

September 20, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Peter Shawn Taylor

A bridge in limbo symbolizes our modern aversion to ambitious engineering projects

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Vancouver’s Flimsy Foreign Tax

August 15, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Kerry Gold

The 15 percent charged to offshore buyers won’t slow the real estate market—there are too many loopholes to make it effective

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Owning Our Privilege

August 11, 2016April 28, 2020 - by Zachariah Wells

Think you can go it alone in today’s real estate market? Think again

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July/August 2016

Bridgespotting

June 21, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Angela Mombourquette

Halifax’s Big Lift becomes an unlikely tourist attraction

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July/August 2016

Map Quest

June 17, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Pasha Malla

Getting lost on the California coast, with the help of a TripTik

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The Ridiculous Saga of Montreal’s $3.5 Million Stumps

June 14, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Amanda Cockburn

Why the mayor’s new public art project must be stopped

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