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While Canada’s average national vacancy rate sits at a record low of 1.5 per cent, there is one kind of property much more likely to have a “for rent” sign out front: retirement homes.  Vacancies at seniors’ residences open the doors to options like renting to students. While Canada’s average …

Click here to view the video An unbelievable amount of snow walloped eastern Newfoundland over the past 24 hours. So much snow fell that history was made for St. John’s International Airport this month. March 8, 2024 now stands as the snowiest day in history for the weather station, going …

Amy and Greg Hoyt want their son to be acknowleged in his school’s yearbook, but the district has said no, citing ‘suicide contagion.’ Carson Hoyt died in 2021, education minister says he should be included in yearbook. WARNING: This story contains details about suicide. From kindergarten until the end of …

CBC’s Marketplace documented driving schools and instructors in Ontario offering a shortcut to beginner driver education certificates for a fee, making drivers eligible for insurance discounts and a reduced wait for road tests. Schools submit false information to government saying drivers completed 40 hours of training. Many Ontario driving instructors …

With a wagon full of sandwiches, juice and clothing trailing behind him, Gerald Jorgensen walks the downtown Ottawa streets where he says he’s died and been revived a dozen times. The 54-year-old recovering addict says he was homeless, pushing around a shopping cart and unwilling to make eye contact with …

Exclusive security video obtained by The Fifth Estate reveals the elements of a highly co-ordinated attack that ended with the killing of a prominent Canadian Sikh separatist. Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death sparked Canada-India diplomatic row. Exclusive security video obtained by The Fifth Estate reveals the elements of a highly co-ordinated …

Then-public safety minister Marco Mendicino’s chief of staff was briefed by the head of the Correctional Service of Canada about Paul Bernardo’s upcoming prison transfer almost two weeks before it happened — but the minister wasn’t told about it until after Bernardo had been moved, says an internal government email. …

Toronto’s push to address its mounting housing crisis could see it convert parking lots on prime land across the city to build new homes. Plan to transform city-owned parking coming to council later this month. Toronto’s push to address its mounting housing crisis could see it convert parking lots on …

More than 2,500 people have signed a petition demanding a public inquiry to determine why the electricity bills of some Nova Scotia Power customers have jumped far more than 6.5 per cent, after the utility instituted a rate hike of that amount on Jan. 1. More than 2,500 people are …

A legal tussle over a dog has cost both sides thousands in legal fees — and plenty of heartache — while highlighting how the law treats pets in estate battles. Former partner appeals ruling that the pet belongs to dead man’s estate. A legal tussle over a dog has cost …