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Video: Dream Weavers
Artists Jess Klassen and Chantel Mierau invited people to weave together a better Winnipeg at Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2025. A strip of blue fabric for…
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Cash cow: Assessing child care space creation progress
Canada’s $10-a-day child care program isn’t creating enough spaces to meet demand and isn’t doing enough to make sure that new spaces are non-profit
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Millennium Library/Community Connections Space
You don’t forget the sound of a body falling from a great height. First there’s the shuddering impact itself, then, almost instantaneously, startled cries from…
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Beyond the count: Homelessness in Western Nova Scotia
Rural homelessness is often hidden, occurring in cars, campers, backcountry locations, overcrowded homes, or from couch to couch. Yet, the service providers who participate in…
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Canada’s post-Trump economy will need a much broader strategy: New report
OTTAWA—U.S. tariffs and other economic attacks on Canada require a comprehensive strategy for economic self-sufficiency, not a narrow focus on building petroleum pipelines, cutting regulations,…
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With out-of-control rents, why is the Saskatchewan government allergic to rent controls?
The current affordability crisis in Saskatchewan is proving particularly acute for renters. Over the past five years, the cost of rent in purpose-built apartments in…
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Reversing cuts to Rent Assist to support housing affordability in Manitoba
Reversing the cuts to Rent Assist would be a way for the Manitoba government to meaningfully support Manitobans struggling with the high cost of living.
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“Getting tough”: A social history of street gangs in Winnipeg
A look at the historical and social context in which Winnipeg street gangs emerged and why “get tough” approaches only work to make the problem…
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Internal trade stunt puts Canada’s inshore fisheries at risk
Canada’s deleted CFTA fisheries exception Sector: FisheriesSub-Sector: Fishing; services incidental to fishing Industry Classification: CPC 04, 882 Type of Exception: Article 201 (Non-Discrimination), Article 301 (Right of Entry…
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The Ottawa region’s student housing is a disaster
Ottawa is in the midst of a student housing crisis that, despite its severity, is rendered nearly invisible in public discourse. While media coverage often…
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Now is the right time for green industrial strategy
The following is a re-print of the June 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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Remembering Paul Martin’s disastrous 1995 federal budget
A few short years ago, we were talking about how to “build back better” from the devastation of the pandemic. Today, in the midst of…
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It’s time to rethink Canada’s approach to U.S. trade negotiations
July 21 was supposed to be Canada’s deadline to secure a new trade and security agreement with the United States. What it got instead was…
