Elise Stolte

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Elise Stolte

Sam Van Uden, 21, runs the seeder on a prairie farm in southern Alberta. It’s good hours, but the paycheque doesn’t stretch the way it did for young adults who used to start this way. That’s what he wants this federal election campaign to focus on, and he’s not alone. “Talking to my parents, the money that I’m making now would have done them really well 15 or 20 years ago. But now it’s nothing,” he said. “Grocery prices are through the roof, gas prices, vehicle prices….

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Elise Stolte

YouTube host Anhelina Taran carried her own plant into the rented studio, then helped hang a brown sheet to frame the makeshift set. It looked like an old bedsheet, but soon studio owner Luiza Yaromchuk was busy steaming the wrinkles out. By the time the volunteer crew was ready to shoot their weekly local news instalment, it looked smooth and professional. This is the fledgling news upstart, Taran, a Ukrainian-language media outlet serving newcomers in the Calgary community.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Elise Stolte

It's a Monday night — a full nine months before the next municipal election — and Denis Perron is at a political pub night. For decades, he was happy to just vote. That was all the politics he needed. But now? "The freaking cost of living is just, like, insane," Perron said. "I just got fed up last year. The straw was the 8.6% tax hike.

Dec 9, 2024 | msn.com | Elise Stolte

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Dec 8, 2024 | cbc.ca | Elise Stolte |Karina Zapata

CalgaryNearly 100,000 people moved to the Calgary area in just a year. They're drawn here by the lower cost of living ... at least when compared to Toronto and Vancouver. We explore what that's like for those newly arrived, and for long-term residents. CBC Calgary is looking deeper at the impact of growth all weekElise Stolte, Karina Zapata · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2024 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago (Brooke Schreiber/CBC)This is not another oil boom.