Sewing happiness

Sewing happiness

A worker processes traditional clothing on a production line in Zaozhuang, East China’s Shandong Province on March 7,2023. The local manufacturing base has received 12,000 orders so far this year, offering vacancies for more than 100 local female employees with a monthly income from 3,000 yuan ($432.71) to 8,000 yuan. Photo: cnsphoto

Happiness in the 'Garden of Eat 'N'

There were plenty of smiles in the Garden of Eat’ N last week in Newport as local leaders, community organizers and others gathered for a groundbreaking to dedicate a new community teaching garden near the Boys and Girls Club.

The End of Happiness?

Life is so expensive it’s painful. Over the past year, inflation in Canada hit record highs, and the cost of living shot up. Food costs, especially, increased significantly, along with the cost of many consumer goods. In December 2022, RBC published a report on housing affordability in Canada that discussed the skyrocketing cost of buying a home. RBC’s aggregate affordability measure is now the worst it has ever been at 62.7 per cent, having dro…