Real EstateMy Retirement Project? Building Affordable Co-housing.Bureaucratic barriers make housing inconvenient and expensive to build. If you get creative, it doesn’t have to be.
SocietyWhy Alberta isn’t ready for its population boomAt the Edmonton migrant centre where I work, 100 people come through our doors every day. We can’t help them all.
TechnologyThe Big Idea: Neurochips will fix our brainsI invented the world’s first brain chip. It can cure epilepsy, dementia, chronic pain and addiction—if Canada is ready to invest.
Society“I fled the war in Ukraine. Now I help other newcomers settle in Canada.”My daughter and I were lucky to find a host family in Ottawa. I want to pay it forward.
Real EstateHabitat: Inside a technicolor kids’ wonderland in Toronto’s east endThe owners gutted the place and turned it into a retro fun house
SocietyThe Big Idea: Give essential workers cheap housingTeachers, daycare workers, firefighters and nurses keep our cities running. Too bad most essential workers can’t afford to live in them.
HealthParamedics in our Ontario city were burning out. Then the opioid crisis came to town.In Belleville, where I’m the chief paramedic, people were dropping like flies. Soon, the city declared a state of emergency.
SocietyA Killer Among ThemIn the spring of 2022, four women went missing within the same few blocks in downtown Winnipeg. This spring, the man accused of their murders will go on trial. So will the city they all called home.
HealthWhy patients are waiting so long in emergency rooms across CanadaIn December, Ontario patients waited in ERs for an average of nearly 22 hours before being admitted to the hospital
SocietyI Moved From India to Alberta to Live the Multigen Lifestyle“My family bought a house in Edmonton where we could all live together”