Society

Teachers, daycare workers, firefighters and nurses keep our cities running. Too bad most essential workers can’t afford to live in them.

Through a real story, learn to recognize sex trafficking—it’s not what you think

In Belleville, where I’m the chief paramedic, people were dropping like flies. Soon, the city declared a state of emergency.

In 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.

Many Canadian couples are having just one kid. Why a declining birth rate spells trouble for the country’s future.

In December, Ontario patients waited in ERs for an average of nearly 22 hours before being admitted to the hospital

“My family bought a house in Edmonton where we could all live together”

At the Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, where I’m the priest, people have lived in the churchyard—and taken care of one another—for two years now

When the home I loved went on the market in 2021, a friend suggested I start a collective to buy it. I said, “Oh come on, that’s ridiculous.” But the idea stuck in my head.

This isn’t your average strep throat infection—in some cases, it can cause flesh-eating disease or even meningitis