Morning Update: How hidden fees are choking house construction | Unpublished
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Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: October 16, 2025 - 06:28

Morning Update: How hidden fees are choking house construction

October 16, 2025

Good morning. Cities have hiked development fees on new housing projects, a tax buyers never see but have to pay – more on that below, along with a made-in-Canada generic Ozempic and Ottawa’s threats to sue automaker Stellantis. But first:

Today’s headlines


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The parents of an infant who was killed, along with his grandparents, in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., in April 2024 are suing Durham police.
October 16, 2025 - 13:53 | Caryn Lieberman | Global News - Canada
The parents of an infant who was killed, along with his grandparents, in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., in April 2024 are suing Durham police.
October 16, 2025 - 13:53 | Caryn Lieberman | Global News - Ottawa
A British Columbia restaurant linked to prominent Bollywood star Kapil Sharma has been shot at for the third time this year.Officers in Surrey, B.C., responded to the shooting just before 4 a.m. and say Kap’s Cafe was damaged by several gunshots.
October 16, 2025 - 13:49 | | The Globe and Mail