Unpublished Newswire
The Ontario government is looking to reform the way that development charges are collected from homebuilders in a bid to get more homes built faster in Canada’s largest province.
On Thursday, Rob Flack, Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, announced the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act.
The bill tackles a huge swathe of development and housing-related issues in the province, including streamlining approvals, ensuring a single, consistent building design standard and removing Toronto’s ability to require new builds to have a green roof. The bill also tackles other...
October 23, 2025 - 20:09 | Tyler Dawson | National Post
Jeromy Farkas, Calgary's mayor-elect, said the pledge to repeal citywide rezoning is a priority but must include a plan to replace the contentious policy.
October 23, 2025 - 20:03 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
Ottawa police have ruled that the death of a 21-year-old man whose body was found in the city's east end on Wednesday was a homicide. Read More
October 23, 2025 - 19:24 | Gord Holder, Postmedia | Ottawa Citizen
Guy Pollock of Watrous, Sask., was transported to Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital to be treated for pneumonia. He spent more than 24 hours in a hallway before being transported to Saskatoon City Hospital.
October 23, 2025 - 18:56 | | CBC News - Canada
'He doesn’t like to lose," Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible wager as he stopped by the Jays' practice at the Rogers Centre.
October 23, 2025 - 18:54 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
If you’ve been trying to snag tickets to popular concerts and events, you have probably lost the resale pricing battle a handful of times. And as the Toronto Blue Jays gear up for the World Series, Canadian sports fans are revisiting that harsh reality. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s had enough, and he intends to do something about it. But how much can he do? Stephen Selznick is a partner with Toronto-based Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. He says there are rules around ticket pricing in some Canadian jurisdictions. However, besides barring bots or using platforms to...
October 23, 2025 - 18:45 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
