Canada’s Hottest Housing Markets: The Maritimes Rule (Yes, Really)
By MONTREAL ― The West is out, and the Maritimes are in. That’s the broad view of Canada’s housing markets in a new comparison from Scotiabank, which found that things sure have changed in Canada’s housing markets since a policy-induced slowdown hit Toronto and Vancouver over the past few years. While both of those pricey cities […]
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Ontario PC MPP Amy Fee Reportedly Facing 2 Domestic Assault Charges
TORONTO — A member of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government says she has been facing a year of “tremendous personal struggle” and is seeking help to start a “fresh life.” Amy Fee, parliamentary assistant in the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services as well as deputy government house leader, issued a statement late Friday evening saying […]
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Liberals Launch Chinese Ad To Debunk Claim They Want To Legalize All Drugs
TORONTO — Liberals have launched a new Chinese-language ad in the last week of the election campaign to challenge Conservative accusations that leader Justin Trudeau has a plan to legalize hard drugs. The ads, authorized by the Liberal Party, show screengrabs of a Globe and Mail story and a Vancouver Sun column about the misleading online […]
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Houston, We Have The World’s 1st All-Female Spacewalk Team
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world’s first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network. As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir emerged one by one, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking […]
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Cannabis Creating ‘Micro-Booms’ In Canada’s Housing Markets: Report
MONTREAL ― The recreational cannabis industry has been very good to some small cities in Canada, which are experiencing a “micro-boom” in their housing markets, a new report has concluded. The report from real estate brokerage Re/Max ― released a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of legalization ― points to a number of […]
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2019 Advance Voting Turnout Was The Highest Ever For A Canadian Election: Estimates
It appears a lot of people had a side of democracy with their turkey this Thanksgiving. In a preliminary estimate, Elections Canada says 4.7 million people voted in advance polls on four days over this past long weekend. This marks an increase of 29 per cent from the 3,657,415 people who voted in advance in […]
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Quebec Cannabis Stores To Sell Weed For $4.49 A Gram In Battle With Black Market
Cannabis company Hexo Corp. is moving to undercut prices in the illicit market with a new 28-gram product that costs consumers as much as one dollar less per gram than at the average illegal dispensary. The product, under the brand Original Stash, which will be on sale in Quebec cannabis stores starting Thursday for $125.70, […]
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Canada Winter Forecast Predicts Stormy Weather In Ontario, Quebec
Winter is coming, and it’s shaping up to be cold and snowy for a good chunk of Canadians. But depending on where you live, the coldest months of the year may not be as harsh as past winters. Accuweather released its Canadian winter forecast Monday, and it warns residents of Ontario and Quebec to brace themselves […]
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Green Party Turfs Candidate After He Asked Supporters To Vote NDP
TORONTO — The Green Party dumped a candidate after he announced Wednesday his decision to stop campaigning in Edmonton Strathcona and encouraged supporters to vote for the NDP. Michael Kalmanovitch, a longtime environmental activist, announced his decision in a statement citing “scant resources and limited historical Green party success” in the federal riding. “I ran […]
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Scheer Won’t Explain Visits To U.S. As Citizen Without Valid U.S. Passport
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is refusing to explain how he travelled to the United States as a citizen without a valid U.S. passport. Multiple requests to the party for an explanation have been ignored over the last 11 days. The United States Immigration and Nationality Act says it is against the law for […]
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