
So Prime Minister Mark Carney's priority during what he calls Canada's biggest crisis is to burn fuel to fly across the country to attend a Pride event so he can get a photo op? Read More
August 9, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
OTTAWA — Canada’s housing crisis may get worse before it starts to show much relief, as new projections say that the number of housing starts will actually decrease this year and next.
These new estimates, from both public and private sector housing forecasts, contradict political promises from all levels of government to boost supply of homes across the country.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) forecasts that the total number of housing starts in Canada this year will be about 237,800, down from 245,367 in 2024. CMHC, a Crown corporation that acts as Canada’s...
August 9, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
If it seems like this has been an unusually dry growing season, it's now official. Read More
August 9, 2025 - 04:00 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
The piece of land in question is a 750-hectare parcel in Richmond, including city and port lands, farms, golf courses and commercial properties.
August 8, 2025 - 20:55 | Amy Judd | Global News - Canada
Some of the changes made at the end of March involved a significant reduction in the size of the site, including capping the number of tents allowed at 60.
August 8, 2025 - 20:54 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority has quietly cut more than 50 staff and eliminated more than 60 vacant positions amid a government-ordered spending review and a previously unpublicized directive to balance its budget, internal memos show.Members of the health authority’s executive leadership team announced the layoffs in a series of five memos sent to their staff between July 23 and Aug. 5 and obtained by The Globe and Mail.
August 8, 2025 - 20:45 | Moira Wyton | The Globe and Mail