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The City of Vancouver is asking residents to consider a dramatic change in the kind of development that will be allowed in one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods, proposing towers of up to 32 storeys and loosening restrictions on the amount of market housing allowed.City planners are positioning their proposed changes as a way to provide more social housing and more “housing options” by encouraging new development in the Downtown Eastside.
April 24, 2025 - 07:39 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
The department store company filed a notice of motion asking to separate the charter along with 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts from an ongoing sales process.
April 24, 2025 - 07:24 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Good morning. Donald Trump’s return to the White House has upended Pierre Poilievre’s messaging – more on that below, along with Ukraine’s imperilled peace plan and Air Canada’s class-action payout. But first:Today’s headlinesThe sex-assault case begins for former Canadian world junior hockey playersCanada’s red-ink era is here to stay as parties promise deficitsAn earthquake in Istanbul injures more than 230 people and prompts widespread panic
April 24, 2025 - 07:09 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Throughout the 2025 campaign, the Conservatives have frequently referred to what they call the “Lost Liberal Decade,” a reference to the fact that Canada has lagged dramatically on virtually every available indicator since the Liberals first came to power in 2015.
In sum, the economy is worse, crime is worse, public services are worse, affordability is worse — and there’s a whole galaxy of niche indicators, such as firearms...
April 24, 2025 - 07:00 | Tristin Hopper | National Post
The Calgary company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak at several daycares across the city in 2023 has pleaded guilty to bylaw offences while charges against its directors were dropped Thursday.
April 24, 2025 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
This election, the biggest issue for many voters is how the government will tackle affordability. Expectations are high for immediate and tangible relief to Canadians’ wallets.
The parties know this. Both Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney have promised a tax cut to the lowest income bracket. Poilievre promised a cut of 2.25 percentage points, which would reduce the tax on that tax bracket from 15 percent to 12.75 percent, while Carney pledged a one percentage point cut from 15 to 14 percent.
What that translates to, according to the Conservatives...
April 24, 2025 - 06:30 | Renée Sylvestre-Williams | Walrus
