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Like other Alberta cities, Lethbridge is experiencing a housing crunch, as the supply of homes continues to lag behind population growth. But some housing advocates say one new strategy might help – bringing more rent-to-own options to the market. Since the summer of 2019, the number of residents in Alberta’s fourth-largest city has expanded by about 16 per cent, Statistics Canada estimates, causing both house prices and rental rates to swell at an accelerated pace.
September 25, 2025 - 08:30 | Ximena Gonzalez | The Globe and Mail
By now, you’ve probably noticed that the garden centres and corner stores are starting to fill up with potted mums. Now, mums are a classic – and almost care-free – choice for colouring in bare spots left by spent annuals and for adding instant life to a garden that’s starting to wind down. But personally I […]
September 25, 2025 - 08:26 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
Peel Regional Police say a pedestrian has died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Brampton early Thursday.
September 25, 2025 - 07:15 | Gabby Rodrigues | Global News - Canada
My holiest and most humiliating year was the second grade.
My teacher, a skinny, autumnal Mrs. Claus type named Mrs. V, was old school in that she was super religious and maintained the threat of physical violence decades after it was acceptable to hit children at school. She’d rap a long HB pencil against her twiggy fingers as she patrolled our desks and pop kids on the back of the head for chatting, doodling, nose picking, or having bad posture (among other sins). It’s possible she thought she was doing the Lord’s work since our school was named St. Jude, after the patron saint of lost...
September 25, 2025 - 06:30 | Carla Ciccone | Walrus
When we arrived in Yellowknife, the high school residence, Akaitcho Hall, felt like the biggest building I’d ever seen. Even though so many of us were arriving at the same time, there was no disorder at all; it felt almost scripted. Arrive, walk in the door, go up the steps, wait in a room, and then a supervisor comes in and does their checks; the absence of chaos added to this complex feeling of controlled confusion. Everything was so structured and ordered, but it was at odds with how I was feeling on the inside. I never felt truly clear about my role in that environment; I was just...
September 25, 2025 - 06:29 | Susan Aglukark | Walrus
Good morning. Promising Canadian entrepreneurs and startups are leaving the country in droves, and a recent study suggests the brain drain has accelerated. We take a close look into where they are going, and why. Plus news on ostriches and Blue Jays. But first:Today’s headlinesCanada’s population saw near-zero growth between April 1 and July 1 An OB/GYN shortage in B.C. threatens collapse in maternity care as local hospitals send patients far away to give birth Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges world leaders to help stop Russia, after Donald Trump’s about-face on the conflict...
September 25, 2025 - 06:08 | Sean Silcoff | The Globe and Mail
