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Brandon Rhéal Amyot, director with the Lakehead University Student Union, works on their computer at the Lakehead Universities Thunder Bay campus. (Photograph by David Jackson)

Brandon Rhéal Amyot, director with the Lakehead University Student Union, works on their computer at the Lakehead Universities Thunder Bay campus. (Photograph by David Jackson)

University

The pandemic has ramped up students’ money woes

There are no jobs. But there are bills to pay. And there are online classes to attend. Luckily, there are some lifelines.

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Society

14 things we thought were true before 2020

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Society

2020 proved that women's hard-earned place in the workforce is shakier than we thought

Traders at the NYSE in late February; fears over COVID prompted a stock market plunge (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Traders at the NYSE in late February; fears over COVID prompted a stock market plunge (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Economy

This year has proven that the stock market has no bearing on our grim economic reality

Workers in personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York during the state’s spring surge of coronavirus deaths (John Minchillo/AP/CP)

Workers in personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York during the state’s spring surge of coronavirus deaths (John Minchillo/AP/CP)

Politics

The pandemic has finally busted the myth that rich countries can overcome anything

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Science

How a Quebec rock-collector amassed a multi-million-dollar ‘national treasure'

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Opinion

Canada needs more infrastructure spending, but not as short-term stimulus

Near-empty toilet paper shelves at a grocery store in North Vancouver, B.C., during the first wave of the pandemic. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

Near-empty toilet paper shelves at a grocery store in North Vancouver, B.C., during the first wave of the pandemic. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

Canada

A good citizen’s guide to preparing for the second wave

Demand for office space in the immediate future could drop by 10 to 25 per cent (Emiliano Granado/fStop Images/Getty Images)

Demand for office space in the immediate future could drop by 10 to 25 per cent (Emiliano Granado/fStop Images/Getty Images)

Real Estate

Out-of-office is the new office. Can the work-from-home boom last?

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Society

COVID-19 has drastically affected Canadian travel spending