The cost of living is being felt on campus as students in university grapple with increasing tuition and rent as well as low youth employment.
Aliyah Ehwaniyk, in her first year of business studies at the University of Calgary, says she will be paying nearly $20,000, which includes room and board, a meal plan and tuition."It is really difficult to worry about. Like, I haven't really started processing it yet," she said."I know it'll be a big commitment to have to pay for it," Ehwaniyk said.
For students like Ehwaniyk and Zinn, who plan on taking on student debt, paying it off will take longer. The Canada Revenue Agency has provided new data on the number of employees who were found to have received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic.Israeli strikes on Lebanon Monday killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
A Medicine Hat man faces charges after police say they found him in possession of drugs and a .22-calibre pen gun.Despite the heavy rain, plenty of muscle turned up for United Way’s annual Pull the Bus fundraiser in Lethbridge Friday.The mother who died after an RCMP shooting in Surrey, B.C., last week was an activist and prominent union member who fled Colombia due to death threats, according to her former colleagues.
With the federal government’s plan to phase out coal power stations by 2030 the provincial government says another $10 million dollars will be given to the Coronach and Estevan regions to help those in the area with the transition.The Saskatchewan Roughriders unveiled their special First Nation-designed logo ahead of Saturday's kisiskaciwan game, recognizing truth and reconciliation, against the Ottawa Redblacks.
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