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Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market
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Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market

Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash Investors now make up 25 per cent of the housing market, making it harder for average incomepeople to own a home. According to CBC Radio, with house prices consistently rising, many Canadians are worried that owning a home is just a dream these days.  Garrett McPhee has been trying…

Job market hunting: Tips on how to get back in the job market after the COVID-19 pandemic
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Job market hunting: Tips on how to get back in the job market after the COVID-19 pandemic

Isabella Cardarelli, RSJ A student stressed out about his academics in a library on Jan. 30, 2019. (Justin Lockhart/The Informer) As the job market continues to change in the aftermath of COVID-19, many students and recent post-secondary grads may be feeling more uncertain about their future. Michelle Mullings Copan, a career education coordinator at Ryerson…

The COP26 2021 Climate Change Summit
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The COP26 2021 Climate Change Summit

Environmentalists Slam Trudeau’s Climate Change Plan By:  Erica Wedgbury Justin Trudeau at the COP26 Climate Change Summit 2021, speaking on carbon taxes in Glasgow. Canadian environmentalists are criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to cap oil and gas emissions. At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Trudeau called this a “necessary action” and said Canada will reach net-zero by 2050….

Lack of consensus among global leaders may lead to climate change skepticism, expert warns
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Lack of consensus among global leaders may lead to climate change skepticism, expert warns

November 17, 2021 By MacKenzie Legere As the 26th United Nation’s Conference of the Parties came to a close in Glasgow last week, many climate activists were left disappointed by its outcome despite two weeks of rallies and protests. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg notably called the event a “failure”. The annual conference offers an…

Canadian food prices are set to soar in 2021
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Canadian food prices are set to soar in 2021

Canadian food prices have been increasing for many years but the jump from 2020 to 2021 was the highest predicted. This is due to the continuing loss of the food manufacturing sector, the national ban on some single-use plastics, continued actions to mitigate the effects of climate change, and the impact of the U.S. presidential election outcome on food policy and our currency.