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Descrease article font size Increase article font size In a surprise move Tuesday night at Vancouver City Hall, Council approved the biggest tax increase in more than a decade. The City has approved the 2023 Operating Budget and homeowners are on the hook for a 10.7 per cent increase in …

Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and British Columbia, investigators and official warnings suggest. Insurance investigator Brian King, president and CEO of King International Advisory Group, said his firm had received 30 such claims in Ontario. They include six …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2023 11:47 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Another community in Nova Scotia has removed the name Cornwallis from municipal property — and the town of Lunenburg is now looking for new names from the public. Lunenburg council announced …

The owners of a Toronto home, who were out of town on a business trip, discovered that someone had impersonated them and sold their property without their consent, police allege. Investigators said in January 2022, two people allegedly pretended to be the homeowners and hired a real estate agent. Police …

Two Mississauga families are demanding answers after their six-year-old sons wandered of school property last week during lunch recess. Monica Magliocco said she received a call from the vice-principal of Janet I. McDougal Public School on Dec. 9. “He asked me if my son was with me and I said …

Just last year, Marco had two houses to his name, but for months has been sleeping in his car — all because his tenants, whom he’s been unable to evict, haven’t paid their rent.  Marco, 33, lost his marital home in a separation agreement in January. He still owns an income …

A veteran city councillor said he “screwed up” and will apologize to Calgarians for failing to report his interest in a property in his ward. The city’s integrity commissioner, Ellen-Anne O’Donnell, investigated following a 2021 complaint about Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra’s investment in a property.  She determined Carra violated council’s code …

A city councillor says she’s interested in having Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs look into the actions of one of her colleagues. This week, council sanctioned Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra for failing to disclose his financial interest in a property in Inglewood in the city’s southeast. That is something council members are …

Grand Falls-Windsor Pride co-chair Alyssa Frampton, left, and former co-chair Rebecca Blackmore say a local church refused to allow a Pride walk, planned by the local Lions Club, on its property. (CBC) An LGBTQ Pride organization in central Newfoundland says an event it was involved in was cancelled after a …

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