‘People have almost died’: Soaring N.S. lobster fishing tensions revealed

In his 1977 classic “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” Billy Joel sings about a young grocer who is working too hard to save up for “a house out in Hackensack.” Today, if Anthony were Canadian, he’d likely need to be a lawyer or banker to have much hope of buying his own home. And he wouldn’t get a house so much as a duplex or a condo. In a recent poll, respondents cited the cost of living as the most important factor when deciding how to vote in the upcoming federal election, outpacing Canada’s relationship with the US. For respondents aged eighteen to forty-four, housing affordability...