With home prices rising across the country, many of us would likely assume that housing costs (including rent and mortgage payments) are the most expensive…
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Breaking Silence Around Elder Abuse
Asking seniors subtle questions about their daily routines opens up dialogue – and can point to signs of elder abuse, which rarely reveals itself in…
View More Breaking Silence Around Elder AbuseFalling Dollar Benefits Some Immigrants, Industries
Canada’s falling loonie has added extra dollars to the pockets of residents who rely on financial assistance from abroad. Foreign investors in real estate and…
View More Falling Dollar Benefits Some Immigrants, IndustriesRefugee Housing Hiccups Show Opportunity for Change
Like a Northern Ontario lake in January, the cracks are starting to show in the Syrian refugee housing strategy. It was to be expected, given…
View More Refugee Housing Hiccups Show Opportunity for ChangeHousing Refugees Won’t Affect Low-Income Rentals
For most of the Syrian refugees arriving in Canada this month, their first challenge will be to find affordable housing as they transition into a…
View More Housing Refugees Won’t Affect Low-Income RentalsResettlement Agencies Prepare Despite Few Details
While the Liberal government announced this week that there would be 10,000 Syrians admitted to Canada by the end of 2015 and 15,000 by the…
View More Resettlement Agencies Prepare Despite Few DetailsLow Rates Create Opportunities for Immigrant Homeowners
Shahzad Shamim recently settled in Canada with his family – three school-aged children, a wife and a mother – after emigrating from the United Arab…
View More Low Rates Create Opportunities for Immigrant HomeownersSaving Vancouver from Silo Culture
A woman moves her hand in a delicate arabesque, as a Spanish guitar plays distinctive chords that can only be flamenco. A husky voiced alto…
View More Saving Vancouver from Silo CultureYouth Volunteers Support Chinatown Seniors
One outreach worker is creating a bilingual volunteer program because there’s not enough support for Chinese seniors, especially those in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Chanel Ly, a…
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