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White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect a part-time teacher, game developer

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The suspect ​arrested in the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a …

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$10M deal gives Winnipeg developer control of land from First Nation he advised

A former golf course north of Winnipeg purchased with money Peguis First Nation received as reparation for broken treaty promises is now mostly in the hands of a property developer who used to advise the band and its real estate trust. The band’s lawyer said the transfer of ownership is …

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$32M case against Ontario developer falls apart at provincial regulator hearing

A developer that had been facing the potential of more than $30 million in fines from Ontario’s Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) has had all counts against it dropped.  In the biggest case ever brought before the HCRA’s discipline committee, Briarwood Development Group was accused of violating the province’s code …

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Ontario developer coalition asks governments for tax breaks to pass on to homebuyers

A coalition of Ontario developers has written to three levels of government to ask for a reduction in taxes on new housing, saying it will pass on those savings dollar for dollar to homebuyers. The new group, called the Coalition Against New-Home Taxes, or CANT, is composed of 18 developers who collectively …

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Developer to build 5K rental units, cites Liberals’ GST break as motivator

A Toronto-based real estate company says it is planning to build 5,000 new rental units in urban centres across the country as a result of the federal government’s decision to eliminate GST charges on rental developments. The CEO of Dream Unlimited Corp., Michael Cooper, says high interest rates and construction …

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Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress

TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …

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Developer, Indigenous groups unveil Belleville housing project – Kingston

There is exciting news in Belleville, as plans are in motion to turn a surplus federal office building into affordable housing, in partnership with three First Nations groups. There were smiling faces all around Tuesday as a formal announcement was made about plans for a “luxury apartment complex” that will …

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Wealthy Ontario developer close to winning long battle to build homes on protected Greenbelt

Almost 20 years after taking the province to court, attempting to embarrass a former premier and pushing to change local zoning rules, a prominent Ontario developer may now finally be set to cash in on his multi-million dollar gamble involving the Greenbelt. In 2003, Silvio De Gasperis of the Tacc Group of companies started …

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Ontario homebuyers stunned by extra $175K charge from developer, call for government action

Some buyers who years ago purchased builds in a housing development in Stayner, Ont., are fuming and calling for government intervention after they were told they would need to fork over $175,000 above what was agreed upon in contracts with the developer before their homes will finally be built. CBC …

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Qapita, a developer of equity management software for startups, raises $5M led by MassMutual – TechCrunch

  Qapita’s co-founders. Fom left to right: Vamsee Mohan, Ravi Ravulaparthi and Lakshman Gupta Qapita, a Singapore-based fintech that provides capitalization table and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) management software, has raised $5 million in pre-Series A funding. The round was led by MassMutual Ventures, with participation from Endiya Partners …

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