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The Planning and Housing Committee today approved a new by-law to help protect tenants from bad-faith evictions for renovations and repairs.
The Rental Renovation Licence By-law would require landlords to obtain a licence from the City when seeking to evict tenants to renovate or repair a rental unit. It aims to prevent landlords from evicting tenants under the pretext of renovation or repairs, but with the goal of renting the unit to a new tenant at higher rent. Such bad-faith evictions tied to renovations or repairs are known as renovictions.
While the Province sets...
July 8, 2026 - 16:45 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
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July 8, 2026 - 16:40 | Robert Cross | Ottawa Citizen
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The Brunswick and Ainslie Creek fires continues to burn out of control in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon.
July 8, 2026 - 16:36 | | CBC News - Canada
Law enforcement officials described the arrests and charges as having dismantled leadership at the top of organizations that have preyed on the Indian diaspora for years, but Sikh advocacy groups said there are larger questions left unanswered.
July 8, 2026 - 16:23 | | CBC News - Canada
Quebec's highest court has struck down the mandatory one-year minimum sentence for distributing child sexual abuse material, ruling it is unconstitutional in some cases.
July 8, 2026 - 16:18 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
