9 of the week´s best long reads
(The Star Business)

From an underground network of Canadians helping in Hong Kong to an essay on late-in-life motherhood, we’ve selected the best long reads of the week from across the Star’s newsrooms and our wire services.Want to dive into more long features? Sign up for the Weekend Long Reads newsletter to get them delivered straight to your inbox every Saturday morning. 1. How much do you need to earn to afford rent in your neighbourhood? A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows you need to earn about $20 an hour to afford an average one-bedroom apartment in Canada. Search our interactive maps of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Halifax to see how your neighbourhood stacks up. Tess Kalinowski | 6 min. read2. Why the moon landing really was the greatest thing ever — and gives me hope for the futureBy Mitch Potter | 8 min. readIn July 1969, the U.S. seemed to be coming apart at every seam — divided and riotous under a president half the country despised. And then Apollo 11 rocketed to the heavens.3. 10 takeaways from the Star’s Undeniable climate change seriesBy Kenyon Wallace | 6 min. readFor the past nine weeks, the Star’s Undeniable project has brought readers to the frontlines of climate change in Canada. In every region chronicled in the 16-part series, climate change is already affecting people, infrastructure, wildlife and the natural environment.4. Notre Dame nearly collapsed from fire. This is how it was savedBy The New York Times | 14 min. readThe New York Times conducted scores of interviews and reviewed hundreds of documents to reconstruct the missteps — and the battle that saved Notre Dame cathedral in the first four critical hours after the blaze began.5. How Canadians in underground network are helping Hong Kong protesters fight Chinese controlBy Joanna Chiu | 10 min. readOrganizers are careful not to expose the identities of the protesters they are trying to help and use encrypted apps to comm ...