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Renting
A new report looks at the cost of living in major cities, revealing that the cost of rent in Vancouver is the highest in the world. Bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, released its Working Abroad Index, where it exami...
New Development
Work to widen Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley continues to progress this summer, and drivers are being notified that a new traffic-pattern change may impact overnight commutes starting as early as Monday evening. The...
Renting
While the news that the B.C. rent increase cap is being lowered in 2027 is good news for renters in the short term, it could have some negative long-term consequences. Last week, the B.C. government announced that the re...
New Development
A picturesque log cabin sitting near Scona Road in Edmonton has quite the history, with a connection to a small town in the Alberta Foothills. If you venture out to 9430 Scona Rd. NW, you’ll find the historic Northern Al...
Housing Market
It’s getting more affordable to purchase a Vancouver home, if you can believe it. Even though Vancouver has been ranked as one of the toughest places in Canada to buy a home and has been deemed impossibly unaffordable, i...
New Development
Northwest Calgary is getting a new library and community hub, with construction underway on Symons Valley Centre. In a July update, the City of Calgary said construction began in mid-June, with the site now cleared and p...
Government & Policy
An MLA of the Conservative Party of BC has received approval to launch a province-wide petition seeking the repeal of Government of British Columbia’s highly controversial Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...
Renting
Renters in Metro Vancouver and British Columbia are getting some good news as the B.C. government has announced a lower rent increase cap for 2027. The rent increase cap for 2026 is 2.3 per cent. Next year, B.C. says it’...
New Development
Earlier this month, the Government of Canada and City of Toronto announced a $2.7 billion partnership that will advance 18 housing projects, which will together deliver over 5,600 new rental homes. Construction is set to...
Government & Policy
Prime Minister Mark Carney matched the new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and announced new support programs for Canadian businesses hurt by the escalating trade war with the country’s largest trading partner.
New Development
A new mixed-use development is now under construction in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, thanks in large part to funding and contributions from four different governments in conjunction with those from several other parti...
New Development
On Monday, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow stood alongside federal officials at the site to promote the milestone for a project the city says will bring 74 new homes.
Government & Policy
The Government of British Columbia is officially cancelling Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) highly controversial plan to open an overdose prevention site (OPS) at 900 Helmcken St. in Downtown Vancouver. Vancouver Mayor...
New Development
A surface parking lot at Dundas Street West and Ossington Avenue is officially a construction site. The City of Toronto, CreateTO and the federal government marked the start of construction at 1113–1125 Dundas Street Wes...
Government & Policy
Conservative Party of BC MLA Reann Gasper is stepping down from her Abbotsford-Mission riding seat, clearing the way for party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to attempt to enter the B.C. legislature through a by-election. Th...
Government & Policy
The City of Vancouver could spend as little as $40 million to keep the existing Kitsilano Outdoor Pool operating for another 15 years — or as much as $300 million to completely replace it with a new facility offering mor...
Mortgage Rates
Surging government debt, inflation risks and geopolitical tensions have driven long-term yields toward multi-year highs, prompting lenders to raise fixed mortgage rates.
New Development
Medallion Corporation has broken ground on The Foundry District, a mixed-use rental community planned for a 23-acre former industrial site in downtown Oshawa.For 85 years, the land was home to the Fittings Factory, a cas...
Housing Market
Canada’s housing market showed further signs of stabilizing in July 2026, although sales remained below both last year’s levels and longer-term norms. Approximately 38,100 homes changed hands through real estate boards a...
Government & Policy
The Granville Street Pedestrian Zone in Downtown Vancouver may have just delivered its strongest indication yet that the momentum generated by the FIFA World Cup can continue without the international soccer tournament —...
Lifestyle
A travel website that looks at cool spots in the world recently named a popular neighbourhood in the city the “Brooklyn of Vancouver.” Brooklyn Of is a reputable independent travel website. “A ‘Brooklyn’ is a metaphor, a...
New Development
In 2021, Michael Piper was confronted with the reality that he wasn’t going to be able to afford a home in Toronto. He describes his family as “solid middle class,” but even with two incomes, they weren’t a match for the...
Government & Policy
Municipal governments across Metro Vancouver are spending and collecting substantially more money per resident than they did 15 years ago, even after accounting for population growth and inflation. The new analysis by Fr...
New Development
Mount Pleasant Station is increasingly beginning to look like a SkyTrain station. Recent construction photos newly shared by the Government of British Columbia provide a closer look inside the underground station being b...
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