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Society

How Neighbourhoods Are Built to Keep Out Single Women

June 27, 2019September 23, 2021 - by Cheryll Case

If we want more affordable housing, then we need to stop designing communities for traditional families

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Business / July/August 2019

Airbnb Versus Everyone

June 12, 2019March 29, 2023 - by Max Fawcett

How the tech platform crowds the housing market and threatens neighbourhoods

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April 2019 / Business

Thinking of Buying a Waterfront Property? Read This First

March 4, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Paul Gallant

As climate-related dangers increase, insurance companies are changing where and how we build homes

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Vanda sits with the girls’ stuffed-animal collection in their living room, which doubles as the parents’ bedroom. May 2016.
Society

Trying to Make Ends Meet in Vancouver

April 19, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Emily McCarty

How one family is living on the fine line between poverty and homelessness

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Illustration by Christy Lundy
September 2017 / Society

Why You Can’t Afford an Apartment in Canada’s Biggest Cities

August 15, 2017December 22, 2020 - by John Lorinc

As housing prices soar, a chronic shortage of rental units is creating a new market squeeze

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Business

The Dark Side of Higher Interest Rates

August 3, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Liam Sarsfield

They’re billed as the answers to our economic problems—but they will affect everything from labour to home ownership

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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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Business / June 2017

Meet the Frugal Millennials Planning for Decades of Retirement

May 24, 2017February 8, 2021 - by Tara Henley

At best, their philosophy might change your life. At worst, you’ll save lots of money

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June 2017 / Society

Wheelchair Parkour

May 15, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Stephen Trumper

When you live with a serious disability, your own home becomes an obstacle course

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Uncategorized

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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