Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Ontario still short of long-term care bed goal, data in fiscal update show
TORONTO - Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028, numbers released i...
Nov 06, 2025
N.S. NDP leader becomes housing critic, says government doing nothing to solve crisis
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Opposition leader has taken on the role of housing critic to draw attention to the province's housing crisis and what she says is the provincial government's lack of interest i...
Nov 04, 2025
Manitoba homelessness adviser to leave job after less than a year service
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud will, as of Dec. 1, be president and CEO of the...
Oct 30, 2025
Ontario proposes to rebate HST for some first-time homebuyers
TORONTO - Some first-time homebuyers in Ontario could soon save tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of a home under a proposal from the provincial government to rebate the HST, but opposition lea...
Oct 28, 2025
Ontario backs off idea to consult on changing security of tenure renting rules
TORONTO - Critics are calling for more protection for renters after Ontario backed off a proposal to consider changes to rules that prevent landlords from evicting tenants without a legal reason and a...
Oct 27, 2025
Ottawa hopes Canadian labour will support building agenda, Hajdu says
OTTAWA - The federal government wants to use "as much Canadian labour as possible" to achieve its infrastructure and homebuilding ambitions, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday. Hajdu announced that...
Oct 27, 2025
Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help
TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...
Oct 27, 2025 Leisa Muthra, who uses food banks, is seen in Toronto in an undated handout photo. Both Food Banks Canada and Daily Bread released reports Monday morning that reveal a deepening reliance on food banks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Leisa Muthra
Montreal's mayoral election is about affordability and the homeless -- and bike lanes
MONTREAL - In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor compari...
Oct 27, 2025
Premier Smith affirms Alberta's 2050 net zero goal in testy committee appearance
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reiterated her province's commitment to becoming a carbon neutral economy by 2050 at a parliamentary committee on Thursday, where MPs are studying Canada's emis...
Oct 23, 2025
Motion for City of Vancouver to create new rental housing corporation fails
VANCOUVER - A motion on the recommendation that Vancouver city council create a new corporation tasked with developing an estimated 4,000 units of rental housing on six city properties has failed to s...
Oct 21, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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