Why Doom creator John Romero says video games are 'the greatest art form' (www.cbc.ca)
Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117 (www.cbc.ca)
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like? (www.cbc.ca)
The industry’s trade association, the Retail Council of Canada, said the new policy “unfortunately” targets large grocers exclusively....
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
The kids are not all right: How young people are dealing with increasing climate anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
With climate concerns on the rise, experts warn existing mental health resources won’t be able to keep up. By Brishti Basu · CBC News
Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
Two years after Valérie Plante’s administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn’t seen a single one....
More cities offering loans to cover upfront cost of heat pumps, solar | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
New COVID-19 subvariant EG.5 confirmed in Manitoba (www.cbc.ca)
It’s unclear if the new subvariant causes any unfamiliar symptoms that haven’t already been documented by other Omicron subvariants....
Canada may need to double — if not triple — the power we make to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 (www.cbc.ca)
Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% (www.cbc.ca)
Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I’ve kept using them because there’s rarely a line (and I’m a misanthrope). I’d probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought....