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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking the Bank of Canada to stop hiking interest rates, saying Ontario families and businesses are struggling to get by and can’t afford another increase. The bank has raised rates 10 times since March 2022 in an effort to curb inflation. It hit pause on …

Ontario’s Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark announced he is resigning, after weeks of pushback from political opponents and residents following multiple investigations into his department’s handling of the Greenbelt land swaps.  Move comes after multiple investigations into his department’s handling of the file. Ontario’s Municipal Affairs and Housing …

The legal consequences of this trial’s outcome will be the stuff of many disputes to come – both on the national, political stage and in smaller gatherings between friends and family.  Judge-alone trial for Tamara Lich, Chris Barber should last at least 16 days. When the highly anticipated trial of …

Long summer days choked with wildfire haze has made this the smokiest summer on record in Alberta’s biggest cities.  Smoke hour records tell the story of a smoggy Alberta summer. Long summer days choked with wildfire haze has made this the smokiest summer on record in Alberta’s biggest cities. Environment …

Passengers on board two Air Canada flights at Vancouver International Airport were delayed Sunday afternoon after the planes they were on came into contact on the tarmac. In an email, the airline said the incident happened while an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319 was being pushed back from the gate. …

Chronic underfunding and a national housing crisis are leaving many newcomers homeless or in precarious housing in Calgary. Some newcomers sleeping at airport, homeless shelters as others face housing prices and availability. Snizhana Bora was forced from her home in Kharkiv by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She left her father, …

Just over two years after the attack on the Afzaal family in London, the trial of the 22-year-old facing murder and terror charges begins this morning with jury selection in another southwestern Ontario location, Windsor. 4 of 5 Afzaal family members died after incident that led to charges against Nathaniel …

Stephanie Smith says she’s asked her co-operative housing board to fix her leaky basement and other issues for almost a decade. But when she returned home after the August long weekend, the Ottawa woman discovered a nasty surprise. Quarry Co-op denies all allegations of negligence with repairs in countersuit. It …

Halifax’s new rules for short-term rentals are now in full force, restricting how they can operate in residential neighbourhoods in the hopes of freeing up housing stock. But the city’s tactic of making different rules for various types of zoning is getting mixed reactions. Rules aimed at converting some vacation …

Violence between two clashing groups erupted in northeast Calgary on Saturday evening, shutting down traffic and prompting local police to recommend people avoid a neighbourhood. The Calgary Police Service (CPS) shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the incident occurred around 5 p.m. in the community of Falconridge. It …