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New Development
The Surrey City Development Corporation (SCDC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) have submitted their development permit application for Phase One of Centre Block, which will be home to SFU’s new Stephens Family School o...
Garry Marr
Vacancy tax is trying to force owners to sell but may just be adding more costs
Housing Market
Home sales in Calgary fell 3.8% in September compared with the same month last year as prices also ticked lower overall.
Government & Policy
Explore key issues shaping municipal elections in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, including housing affordability, infrastructure, public safety, and regional governance. Jason Mercer sits down with journalist Jessica Smit...
Mortgage Rates
By Rita Nazareth (Bloomberg) — A sharp slowdown in the U.S. jobs market drove stocks higher as bond yields fell on speculation the Federal Reserve won’t be forced to raise interest rates any time soon. Those bets revived...
Mortgage Rates
Canada has about 300,000 more residents than previously estimated, with revised figures overturning earlier indications that the country’s population was shrinking, according to a new analysis by Vancouver-based credit u...
New Development
Amid news of a wave of Starbucks closures, a new location has opened along Vancouver’s Central Broadway corridor. The coffee chain has moved into the ground-floor retail space designated for a cafe in the newly built The...
Government & Policy
David Xie says he is no longer pursuing a seat on Burnaby City Council, but his name will still be on this month’s civic election ballot. He previously entered the municipal race under the New Burnaby civic party and is...
Government & Policy
If elected, mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk and his Imagine Surrey party would pursue creating a discounted one-zone monthly TransLink public transit pass for Surrey residents, with the City of Surrey covering the remain...
New Development
Drivers heading east out of Downtown Vancouver face months of vehicle traffic disruptions on the Georgia Viaduct, beginning with the closure of its Main Street off-ramp on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. The City of Vancouver issu...
Government & Policy
The proposed new additional oil pipeline from near Edmonton to Metro Vancouver that would carry an additional one million barrels of crude a day to overseas markets is moving onto a faster federal government review track...
Government & Policy
A former Vancouver mayoral candidate is running in the Vancouver-Strathcona riding for the BC NDP. Amanda Burrows, a renter, prominent social justice advocate, and the executive director of the First United Church in the...
Mortgage Rates
Rising bond yields are pushing fixed rates higher, but experts are divided on whether Bank of Canada hikes will erode the savings offered by variable mortgages.
Mortgage Rates
The Bank of Canada’s second in command said the central bank is limited in what it can do to address home prices, arguing that the housing market should remain an input and not a target of interest rate decisions.
Opinion
Written for Daily Hive Urbanized by Jonathan Reid, who is a senior vice president of Wesbild Okanagan. ---------------------------------------- There is no sugar-coating the reality facing the Okanagan and many other com...
Government & Policy
Plans for a new outdoor aquatic facility in Medicine Hat are moving forward, with city council giving the go-ahead to restart design work on the project. The proposed aquatics facility has been in the works for a few yea...
Renting
Rental prices in Canada have been driven by more than just population growth. A new Bank of Canada (BoC) research paper breaks down the factors that can explain the recent surge in 1 bedroom rents from 2020 to 2026. They...
Renting
In back-to-back announcements, Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk promised to both create a “Senakw-style partnership” for rental housing as well as create a ‘no new casino’ moratorium. This is in the run-up to the O...
Housing Market
They say the home was destroyed and neighbouring homes were seriously damaged, while others were doused in an accelerant but didn't ignite.
Housing Market
Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Hospital Network says it's a more humane approach to helping the vulnerable and is also cost effective.
New Development
The Mondria 1 condo project in Clarington, Ontario was placed under receivership over the summer, according to filings in Ontario Superior Court, and the series of events that resulted in the receivership is more unique...
New Development
For one night each year, Nuit Blanche renders Toronto a de facto art gallery, with exhibits taking over streets, parks, public buildings, and unexpected corners of the city. But while Nuit Blanche can feel spontaneous to...
Housing Market
'The housing gap has become one of the most significant constraints on the Toronto region’s long-term economic growth'
Housing Market
The Toronto Region Board of Trade is urging the province to amend zoning and building code rules as it says Ontario is on pace to fall well short of its goal of getting at least 1.5 million new homes built by 2031.
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