Tag: COVID-19

Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market
Bussiness, COVID-19, Journalism, Lifestyle, News, Newsroom, Real Estate

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…

How COVID-19 has made art more accessible online
COVID-19

How COVID-19 has made art more accessible online

The communal grief caused by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many artists and gallery owners such as poet Yasmeen Nematt Alla and artist and gallery owner Laureen Marchand to reevaluate the accessibility of their artistic spaces.  In the wake of COVID-19, many artists have turned to showcasing their art virtually on social…

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.