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B.C. Housing Minister Boyle rejects calls for repeal of high-density housing laws
VICTORIA - A coalition of municipalities in British Columbia is calling on the province to repeal housing legislation designed to increase supply through higher density, but the housing minister says ...
Dec 11, 2025
Rent growth slowed in 2025 as national vacancy rate continued to rise: CMHC
Canada's housing agency says the pace of rent growth ticked lower this year as vacancies continued rising, while increased rental supply also contributed to softer market conditions. Canada Mortgage a...
Dec 11, 2025
Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase
VANCOUVER - An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of "uncertainty" caused by ...
Dec 11, 2025
Inside the Ring of Fire: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything
WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. The...
Dec 10, 2025
Why northern First Nations still rely on diesel fuel - and what could power the coveted Ring of Fire
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. D...
Dec 10, 2025
Carney announces $400M joint fund with city of Ottawa for affordable housing
OTTAWA - The federal government is partnering with the city of Ottawa to put $400 million to help build up to 3,000 affordable homes in the capital, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. The city wi...
Dec 08, 2025
BC Hydro takes ranchers to court, says they blocked 'nation-building' hydro line work
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Crown utility is taking a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., to court for allegedly blocking access to properties that BC Hydro needs to enter as it prepares for wo...
Dec 03, 2025
Budget office sees modest boost in housing supply from Build Canada Homes
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office projects in a new analysis that Ottawa's new housing agency will fill only a small gap in the housing market. The Liberals launched Build Canada Homes in Septe...
Dec 02, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to construction workers as he tours a housing development in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Treasury board president "looking into" potential changes to return to office rules
OTTAWA - Treasury Board president Shafqat Ali on Monday denied having any knowledge about discussions to potentially order public servants to return to the office full time in 2027. Ali was responding...
Dec 01, 2025
Ontario signs deal with Marten Falls First Nation to fast track road to Ring of Fire
TORONTO - Another northern Ontario First Nation has signed a partnership deal with the province to fast track construction on the road to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire, with its chief saying they hope...
Nov 27, 2025
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