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It’s been another year of breaking news from Parliament Hill. How many political stories can you recall from the past 12 months? Listen below as host Catherine Cullen ties a bow on 2024 and tests a panel of parliamentary journalists, including Nojoud Al Mallees of The Canadian Press, Brian Platt …
Read More »Dunbar fire aftermath: 2 houses destroyed, removing collapsed crane will take 2 weeks
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 10, 2024 3:40 pm Updated August 10, 2024 3:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials with the City of Vancouver say those displaced by a west side fire earlier this week should be able to return …
Read More »Vacant, burned houses in Winnipeg ‘a menace’: community members, advocates – Winnipeg
Winnipeg community members in the city’s north end are raising concerns over four homes that have been attracting, what they identify as illegal activity. Advocates and residents want to see change, but there are some barriers. The houses are in the 200 block of Powers Street. Three are on the …
Read More »P.E.I. woman returns to houses that her father built entirely out of bottles – New Brunswick
A Prince Edward Island woman took a trip down memory lane this week, as she explored a magical place her father built more than 40 years ago. “It’s a really special place,” said Regeanne Arsenault, whose father built the original ‘Bottle Houses’ in Cape Egmont near Wellington, P.E.I. They were …
Read More »More houses needed in West Kelowna, B.C. to match growth – Okanagan
West Kelowna, B.C., is currently the home to nearly 40,000 people and the city expects that number to grow substantially over the next two decades. Staff are outlining how they can improve the housing supply to meet demand. “We’re looking at somewhere in the neighbourhood of about 300 homes per …
Read More »Landlords struggle to evict tenants who turned Toronto homes into rooming houses, owe rent
Marissa Andersson and Oksana Kravchuk both own properties on the same Toronto street but didn’t know one another until they say they discovered a troubling connection. Their tenants, who told the landlords they were in a relationship, built extra bedrooms in their homes without their knowledge, leased them out to …
Read More »Future of Toronto rooming houses in limbo yet again after delayed report, advocates say
A delay in getting a report to city council is the latest disappointment following years of slow progress on the legalization of rooming houses throughout Toronto, housing advocates say. According to an update going to the Planning and Housing committee on Tuesday, a report on how to best regulate multi-tenant housing …
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