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Last updated Oct 16, 2026 · 6:15 AM ET
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Housing Market
A new real estate report is out detailing home sales in the luxury sector, and it isn’t looking too good for sellers in West Vancouver. This comes after 2025, which saw “serious stagnation” in the luxury sector, and it h...
Housing Market
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Marks 20 Years in West Vancouver with New Luxury Market Insights VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Over the past two decades, West Vancouver’s luxury rea...
New Development
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley does not have an uncontested path to re-election this time around. After securing a second term by acclamation ahead of the 2022 civic election, when no other candidates stepped forward for the...
Government & Policy
White Rock Mayor Megan Knight’s name will no longer appear on the City’s 2026 mayoral civic election ballot, after the provincial government approved her withdrawal from the race. In a statement issued this afternoon, in...
Mortgage Rates
Households continue to buckle under the weight of their supersized mortgages. That’s the takeaway from the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) mortgage data for July. The data shows banks have seen the number of mortgages...
Renting
Colleen Hardwick, a former Vancouver city councillor and the mayoral candidate for the TEAM For A Livable Vancouver party, is calling for governments to take a more direct role in creating new homes that middle-income re...
Government & Policy
A high-speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton just took another step forward. The Province of Alberta is getting ready to launch a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) process this fall for a high-speed rail project c...
Mortgage Rates
Lenders say they’re still approving qualified borrowers, but incomplete files and unanswered questions are slowing deals down.
Renting
A B.C. renter initiated a legal fight against her former landlord in hopes of getting her security deposit back, all while making some fairly substantial claims against him. According to the renter and the BC Civil Resol...
Government & Policy
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk wants to introduce a new municipal tax on homes left empty for much of the year, with the revenue dedicated to building new affordable housing projects within the city. The Imagine...
Government & Policy
On October 26, voters across Ontario will elect the municipal leaders who will make some of the most important decisions affecting housing affordability and supply in their communities. This is a housing election, and vo...
Government & Policy
The Conservative Party of British Columbia is promising that they will neither introduce new provincial taxes nor increase existing ones if their party forms the next government. In an announcement yesterday, the party s...
Government & Policy
British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby said a new tax on unsold condominiums would improve housing affordability, but the election promise is drawing criticism from the Conservatives and mixed reaction from experts.
Government & Policy
COPE Vancouver, a municipal party with candidates for City Council, the School Board, and the Park Board in Vancouver’s upcoming municipal election, has unveiled its 2026 platform. Some of the party’s key promises are to...
Mortgage Rates
Canadian consumer confidence showed little sign of improvement in late September, as uncertainty over oil prices and a riskier interest rate outlook continued to weigh on households that were already feeling pessimistic....
New Development
A $73-million flood protection project in Calgary has wrapped up after almost a decade of planning and construction, with the Sunnyside Flood Barrier now officially operational. The 2.4-kilometre barrier is designed to p...
Government & Policy
Authored by: Grant Cameron, Senior Director of Public Affairs, RESCONCanada’s housing market may finally be moving in the right direction, but industry leaders, economists, policymakers and housing experts agree the coun...
Housing Market
Housing market analysts say many more homes in North America could be pre-fabricated in plants
Opinion
B.C. Premier David Eby already has the job, the majority power, and the authority to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic war. He has yet to explain convincingly why doing that job required interrupting the...
Government & Policy
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk is proposing a new Fraser River waterfront destination and a cricket and rugby stadium as part of a push to bring major international sporting events to the city. Starchuk’s Imagine...
Government & Policy
The possibility of flying non-stop between Vancouver and Vietnam has moved a major step closer to reality, following a new agreement between the federal governments of Canada and Vietnam that allows direct flights betwee...
This Week’s Top Stories
Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories. Canadian Real Estate Canadians Still Leaving At Near Record Pace Echoing 90s “Brain Drain” Canada may be attracting immigrants, but it’s failing to keep its citizens...
Garry Marr
What's in it for workers returning? Landlords and employers are trying to make it worth your while
Housing Market
Two independent reservoirs, separate EC monitoring and flexible grow heights bring more variety—and less daily work—to home growing Key Facts LetPot LPH-Home will launch on Kickstarter on October 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. E...
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