Monday, September 08, 2025 | | |  | | | | Last month, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a new $100 back-to-school benefit. "Nothing is cheap anymore," the director of a non-profit that helps families with the expenses of school supplies told CBC News.
In a 1999 CBC News report from Calgary, a young girl in a stationery store read aloud from a list of what she needed for the classroom, including glue sticks and a red pen. Parents lamented the costs of shopping for the new school year.
"I hate it," said one woman with a laugh. She was unsure of what she needed to buy until after classes started for her three teenagers. "It's like you've got to sell your house to, you know, put the kids in the first day of school." | | |  | | | | The clothing store Aritzia recently held its annual warehouse sale in Vancouver, reported CBC News. The report said the crowds lining up for the event, some overnight, are "a reflection of clever marketing and the cost-of-living crisis."
In 1982, The National found that economic conditions were fuelling a trend: second-hand stores that functioned as go-betweens for sellers and buyers. The CBC's Cathy Farrell said people were discovering there was "cash in castaways," showing appraisers' offers for a polka-dot lingerie set and an Ultrasuede jacket.
"The stores can afford to be fussy: they only accept clean, good-quality merchandise," Farrell said. She said a second-hand shop would offer a seller $1,500 for a used mink coat and price it at $3,000. “Most second-hand is strictly consignment," she went on. "If your goods don't sell, you get nothing." | | |  | | | | "Canadian pop-culture nostalgia rules at this year's TIFF," said a recent story from CBC Arts. Writer Leah Collins explored why four features at the fest look back at "the stuff of national lore." Among them is Degrassi: Whatever It Takes.
Collins says the documentary explores the legacy of every iteration of the show, including the one in which the rapper Drake began his career: Degrassi: The Next Generation. He played Jimmy Brooks, a student who used a wheelchair. (Collins notes he appears in the new documentary.)
Mony Yassir, who used a wheelchair in real life, was also on the show. In a 2004 episode of the CBC program Moving On, the late actor recalled auditioning for the part. "I was up against one girl from Easter Seals and 10 able-bodied girls," she said. "So I went into the audition and came out kicking their butts."
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