COVID-19

Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market
Bussiness, COVID-19, Journalism, Lifestyle, News, Newsroom, Real Estate

Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market

Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash Investors now make up 25 per cent of the housing market, making it harder for average incomepeople to own a home. According to CBC Radio, with house prices consistently rising, many Canadians are worried that owning a home is just a dream these days.  Garrett McPhee has been trying…

Social Media and its effects on adolescents Mental Health
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Social Media and its effects on adolescents Mental Health

By Bana Yirgalem This video discusses a person’s journey of social media and its impacts on her mental health, the disadvantages, and the advantages. She also ends with 5 tips on how to have a good relationship with social media so you don’t hurt your mental health. (Youtube/Psych Hub) According to a study from Canadian…

Musicians Continue To Explore Online Performance in The Post-COVID Music Industry
COVID-19, Entertainment

Musicians Continue To Explore Online Performance in The Post-COVID Music Industry

Musicians perform among neon lights and fog in Athens, Greece (Unsplash/Yannis Papanastasopoulos) By Hannah Mercanti According to some musicians, the initial struggle to adapt to a fully online environment now makes for new, innovative methods of performance. According to a study from Statistics Canada, the sound recording industry suffered the least during the pandemic, yet…

Yes, newsrooms still have a chance to survive
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Yes, newsrooms still have a chance to survive

By Charlotte Pottier-Bonneville The Canadian journalism industry is struggling and has been for many years. The pandemic and the disappearance of advertising funds are only making it worst for journalists to survive. The Canadian journalism advertising market was amongst the hardest hit in the world in 2020, according to the Reuters Institute However, new sources…

How COVID-19 has made art more accessible online
COVID-19

How COVID-19 has made art more accessible online

The communal grief caused by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many artists and gallery owners such as poet Yasmeen Nematt Alla and artist and gallery owner Laureen Marchand to reevaluate the accessibility of their artistic spaces.  In the wake of COVID-19, many artists have turned to showcasing their art virtually on social…