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Nova Scotia Liberals highlight housing plan, NDP talks support for small business
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal and NDP leaders highlighted platform pledges related to housing and support for small businesses Friday, as Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston campaigned outsi...
Nov 15, 2024
$574 million in federal financing to help build Vancouver rental homes
VANCOUVER - The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver. The government says in a news release that a project on 42nd Aven...
Nov 14, 2024
New Brunswick's premier sends out minister mandate letters, outlines expectations
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has given marching orders to her new cabinet ministers to fulfil promises made during last month's election. The government released 18 mandate letters t...
Nov 14, 2024
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts
OTTAWA - The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says....
Nov 14, 2024
Nova Scotia NDP releases election platform focused on affordability, housing, health
HALIFAX - Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform r...
Nov 13, 2024
Affordability or bust: Nova Scotia election campaign all about cost of living
HALIFAX - A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care. And while the health system ...
Nov 09, 2024
Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program
OTTAWA - Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure. The government set aside $1 billion through the ...
Nov 07, 2024
House of Commons committee looks to recall Tom Clark about New York City condo
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament studying the federal government's decision to buy a $9-million luxury condo in Manhattan are preparing to recall Canada's consul general in New York to answer more quest...
Nov 05, 2024
Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA - Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage temporary foreign workers take effect on Friday. Groupe Nadeau, a Quebec-based trucking ...
Nov 04, 2024
Poilievre asks premiers to axe sales tax on new homes worth under $1 million
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre's own pled...
Nov 04, 2024
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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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