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How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick
Housing experts, advocates and industry groups agree new developments are hindered by hefty municipal fees, exclusionary zoning bylaws and other roadblocks at the city level.
Aug 15, 2023 1:00 AM
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City of Yellowknife declares state of local emergency due to wildfires
YELLOWKNIFE — Hundreds of northerners were being airlifted from at least three communities in the face of wind-whipped wildfires as the Canadian Forces arrived in the Northwest Territories and ashes rained down on its capital city, where a state of l
Aug 14, 2023 7:32 PM
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Housing minister says federal government should have stayed in housing game
BURNABY, B.C. — Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing.
Aug 14, 2023 7:10 PM
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Long way home: Blamed for affordability crisis, Liberals look to pivot on housing
OTTAWA — Chris Burke and his fiancée have been less than a year away from buying their first home for the past three years. Saving for a down payment was the first challenge.
Aug 14, 2023 6:19 PM
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Alberta premier offers up contradictory versions for imposed wind and solar pause
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith offered up conflicting explanations Monday for why her government put a temporary ban on large wind and solar energy projects.
Aug 14, 2023 5:28 PM
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Records tumble as heat wave spreads from B.C.'s south coast to Interior, hitting 40 C
VANCOUVER — During British Columbia's heat dome in 2021, Nasrin Moshiri had to resort to putting the children in her daycare in the bathtub to stay cool. This week, she's taking them to the beach.
Aug 14, 2023 4:37 PM
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Singh joins Alberta NDP in push for 2035 net-zero grid, while Sask. NDP wants 2050
OTTAWA — New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.
Aug 14, 2023 2:57 PM
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Coroner to hold inquest into officer cadet's suicide at Royal Military College
OTTAWA — The Ontario coroner will hold an inquest into the death of an officer cadet who took his own life while attending Royal Military College last year, a move the family's lawyer says is rare — and welcome.
Aug 14, 2023 2:10 PM
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National security committee submits classified report about RCMP federal policing
OTTAWA — A committee of parliamentarians that oversees national security has submitted a report to the prime minister about the RCMP's federal policing mandate.
Aug 14, 2023 1:14 PM
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Quebec government says it is open to studying whether to relaunch nuclear reactor
MONTREAL — Quebec Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Monday he agrees with Hydro-Québec's decision to study a possible reopening of the province's only nuclear power plant.
Aug 14, 2023 12:29 PM
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