Christmas market vendors, organizers say ‘too many markets’ are hurting business
November 15, 2025
Beverly Glover has been selling fruitcakes and other confections at holiday markets across Calgary for eight years. Now, she's feeling the effects of a seemingly oversaturated market.
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The students at Walkerton District Community School walked into the school cafeteria last month to a scene that might open their eyes to a future they haven’t considered.Instead of rows of tables and chairs, they were met with something more like an interactive science museum: hands-on stations introducing them to more than 10 skilled trades. There was an excavator to dig up dirt and a virtual welding station. At the electrical station kids could strip wires and set up an outlet. Another station focused on measuring, where students learned to use a tape measure and practise their fractions by...
November 15, 2025 - 09:00 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
A Vancouver hotel designed to showcase Indigenous art and that garnered international praise is ceasing operations so it can be completely converted to supportive housing. The 18 hotel rooms in the Skwachàys Lodge, which had been decorated in Indigenous themes by local artists, along with another 24 rooms in the same building that had been rented for low rates to others working in the arts, will be completely repurposed for people needing supports. The B.C. Indigenous Housing Society, which operates the building with funding from the province, says the building would be better used for...
November 15, 2025 - 09:00 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
In a classroom at the University of Western Ontario on Thursday, 58 masters of public health students were being trained as measles outbreak detectives.This was not just a theoretical scenario.
November 15, 2025 - 08:15 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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