"There is no single Canadian farmland market," Gervais cautions, noting that while the national average appears stable, regional dynamics are significantly influencing buyer behavior.
It's impossible to say how many firsts were had within the walls of G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street. An innumerable number of LGBTQ+ people, young and old, will have flocked there from far and wide over the years to have perhaps their first experience of a gay bar, maybe even their first alcoholic drink, as well as their first taste of a different, brighter, queerer life.
Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market. For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution which recently celebrated its 18th birthday.
This summer, however, the 12-day war in June between Israel and Iran shook the city and its cultural life. The conflict and lingering fears of its recurrence have battered the country's already crumbling economy, driving up inflation. Art sales slowed as collectors tightened their purse strings, while rising costs, nearly daily electricity outages and water shortages added new pressures.
