Author: Judith Mendiolea
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A how-to on vitamins for BIPOC folks in the Canadian winter
The sun was already gone when I checked the time. We’ve all been there. Five o’clock. Somewhere else, or “back home”, that would still have been the afternoon, the hour when people are wrapping up work but the day feels unfinished. In Charlottetown, however, it was already evening. We all know Canada as being cold.…
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Housing on the Line: What PEI’s Proposed Tenancy Amendments Mean for BIPOC Communities
Prince Edward Island is facing one of the toughest rental markets in the country. In Charlottetown, more than half of households are renters, compared to only about a third across the province. At the same time, vacancy rates remain stuck below one percent. In practice, that means that for every 100 rental units, fewer than…