Closing the Research Funding Gap for Surrey’s Rapidly Growing Health System

As runners set their New Year’s resolutions, Simon Fraser University researchers have dug thousands of Strava posts to map the emotional highs and lows of running and see what makes people stick with it.

The global COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2023 showed just how vulnerable humanity is to such threats. In 2025, the World Health Organization reported 778 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and approximately 7.1 million confirmed deaths.

The debate over whether it is cheaper to live in Canada or the United States has continued since Canada formally became the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Comparing the cost of living in the U.S. versus Canada is challenging due to many variables and contradictions.

A will is a formal written and signed document, almost always on paper, that legally instructs those you leave behind—such as a spouse, children, dependents, and other family members—about who will inherit the assets you owned at the time of your death, including property, cash, financial assets, and other material goods.

Nearly 45% of Canadians report that inflation and the rising cost of living have significantly affected their ability to cover day-to-day expenses. Adjusted for inflation, prices for almost everything are 12 percentage points higher than they were two years earlier (33%).

Congratulations—if you own gold, whether in the form of bars, coins, or jewelry, you are even wealthier. The price of gold has surged by over 40% recently, with a remarkable 72% increase since mid-2023, when an ounce of gold was valued at under $1,800.

Canada has a fundamental economic growth problem. Something that has become more exacerbated since the global pandemic. Our economy is now smaller than it was in 2019 when adjusted for inflation and population growth. It has been almost stagnant for the last decade, according to the World Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.