Community Land Trusts
Conversations about how to fix Canada's housing crisis often focus on one idea: the accelerated building of more affordable units.
But, in the absence of a coordinated response to housing shortages and rising rents, communities — big and small — are taking matters into their own hands. Local organizers have created Community Land Trusts (CLTs), non-profits that buy up land within a given neighbourhood and keep it affordable and accessible for everyone in the community — indefinitely.
Credit Card Debt
Equifax Canada says credit card balances hit an all-time high of $107.4 billion in the second quarter of 2023, in a sign financial stress continued to build in the face of inflation and rising interest rates.
EV Anxiety
Half of those who don’t own an electric vehicle in B.C. are still worried about taking a road trip in one, unsure whether charging stations would be available on their route or at their final stop, according to new research from BC Hydro.
Psilocybin
As stigmas around psychedelics like psilocybin – the active ingredient in magic mushrooms – are torn down, there’s a corresponding push among scientists to expand our understanding of how they work and the role they could play in improving our health and well-being.
Titanic sub wreckage found
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) discovered a debris field within its search area near the Titanic. The ROV found five pieces of debris which led them to conclude they had found the remains of the Titan.
Sonar Buoys
Finding the missing "Titan" submersible has been compared to searching for a needle in a haystack, which is actually the Atlantic Ocean.
Missing Titanic sub: What's inside the OceanGate vessel?
Crews are working around the clock to try to find the OceanGate Expeditions submersible that disappeared on June 18 while taking tourists underwater to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
Alberta election: A look back at Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley's political history
On May 29th, voters were given the choice to either give the sitting premier a mandate, or return a former premier to office.
King Charles Coronation III
For the first time in 70 years, the United Kingdom, Canada and the entire Commonwealth are celebrating a new monarch as 74-year-old Charles was formally crowned King.
The Crown Jewels
The coronation of King Charles III will be the first time a King of England has his coronation televised and only the second-ever British monarch to do so after Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.