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Resilient market drives hotel investment strength
There’s been no shortage of domestic capital propelling the market.
The Ontario Government Increases Rent by 2.2 Per Cent Starting in 2020
Starting January 1st, landlords across the province of Ontario will be able to increase rent by a maximum of 2.2 per cent in 2020, according to Ontario’s new rent increase guideline.The province calculates the guideline using the…
Quebec issues moratorium on construction and reconstruction of buildings in high-risk flood zones
According to the Quebec government, the major floods that occurred in the spring of 2019 in several regions of Quebec affected more than 250 municipalities, flooded thousands of homes, forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people and…
As 2026 host city decision looms, dust settles on Calgary’s aborted bid
CALGARY – As the International Olympic Committee prepares to elect a host city for the 2026 Winter Games next week, Calgary sifts through the ashes of its defunct bid.The International Olympic Committee shortlisted Calgary with…
Liberals’ mortgage help for first time buyers lands Sept. 2, weeks before vote
OTTAWA – A new federal program aiming to give homebuyers some help covering their mortgage costs will kick in on Labour Day – weeks before a federal election – with the first payments flowing in early November, just days after voters across…
More than half century after construction, Montreal’s Habitat 67 still captivates
MONTREAL – Surrounded by river and silhouetted against a blue sky, the futuristic stacked concrete cubes of Montreal's Habitat 67 jut out of the landscape like a child's building-block project brought to life.More than 50 years after…
How a Montreal working class neighbourhood’s activists changed Quebec and Canada
MONTREAL – The Pointe-St-Charles neighbourhood is isolated from the rest of Montreal by the Lachine Canal and the railroad, meaning that for years it was the kind of place that many people, even other Montrealers, never visited.But…
Protesters denounce Montreal’s housing shortage, pointing to condo boom, Airbnb
MONTREAL – A Montreal-based tenants' rights group led a demonstration on June 15 in the city's Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood to protest a housing shortage, which it blames partly on the condo boom, real estate speculation and short-term…
Feds announce $10M for RCMP to fight money laundering after ministers’ meeting
VANCOUVER – The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money laundering after a special meeting of Canada's finance and justice ministers to discuss the pervasive problem.British Columbia has been…
Vancouver mayor blames Ottawa for continued growth of homelessness in city
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says it's ''devastating'' to see the homeless count rise and the city needs more investment from Ottawa if it's going to solve the problem.Preliminary figures released Wednesday show the homeless count…