31 h. ago VAUGHAN INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT: Infrastructure Development Bridge to Ontario’s Long

Vaughan, ON, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Vaughan Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Infrastructure Summit today. As tariffs continue to harm Ontario’s export economy and the housing crisis looming large in public policy conversations, industry leaders, government officials, and experts came together to discuss the critical role of infrastructure in shaping Ontario’s […]

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52 h. ago Five people injured, one seriously, in fire at London frat house

Five people were hurt, including one person with critical injuries, in a fire at a fraternity house near Western University

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3 d. ago From a renter's perspective: Housing shouldn't be a business | Letters to the Editor

Tuesday, Dec. 2: Citizen readers on the Order of Ottawa, housing, and disgust about conduct of local soldiers

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4 d. ago Housing starts in much of southern Ontario down for most of 2025: report

The Residential Construction Council of Ontario says housing starts in the Greater Toronto Area declined significantly in the first nine months of 2025 relative to recent years.

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4 d. ago Housing starts in much of southern Ontario down in first nine months of 2025: report

The Residential Construction Council of Ontario says housing starts in the Greater Toronto Area and broader Greater Golden Horseshoe region declined significantly in the first nine months of 2025 relative to recent years. A report by the University of Ottawa’s Missing Middle Initiative, which was commissioned by the council, says housing starts were down by […]

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6 d. ago Woman seriously hurt in Etobicoke crash; man critically injured in Danforth stabbing

A 27-year-old woman suffered life-altering injuries in a single-vehicle collision that shut down a section of a busy highway in Etobicoke Saturday morning. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash occurred in the southbound express lanes of Hwy. 427 near Rathburn Rd. around 4 a.m. The lone vehicle was heading south when it crashed into a […]

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7 d. ago Ontario university constructing Canada’s first 3D printed multi

University of Windsor begins building Canada’s first 3D-printed multi-storey, net-zero student residence with hopes of bringing a new solution to Ontario's housing crisis.

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7 d. ago Here's what experts predict will happen to Ontario's housing market in 2026

It's been another flop of a year for Canadian real estate, with once-frantic markets like Toronto now slowed nearly to a halt.The present recession, higher post-COVID interest rates, and more active listings than ever from people desperate to liquidate led to pitiful sales numbers and sinking price points over most of 2024, which worsened drastically in 2025.But, looking ahead, is there any hope for recovery for developers and homeowners? Or, will things plummet even further, presenting an opportunity for first-time buyers to get into the market for far less than they would have had to pay in years past — even this year?As we approach December, experts are releasing their predictions for the sector in the coming months, including RE/MAX, which just dropped its 2026 Canadian Housing Market Outlook.According to the firm, which is, of course, one of the biggest names in the industry, the average Canadian home will indeed ...

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8 d. ago 'Heading in the right direction': Nanton's Bomber Command Museum has big expansion plans

The museum needs more space to house a Halifax bomber, currently being worked on at an Ontario shop

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1 week ago Toddler, 3 women confirmed dead in massive Brampton house fire

Peel Regional Police say the death toll from a deadly Brampton house fire has reached four people, including a toddler. All others have been accounted for.

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2 w. ago Housing leaders confident they can help solve affordability crisis

Proposed new fund would provide low-interest, early stage loans to builders and developers of affordable housing The lack of affordable rental housing in Ontario is a hugely complex problem with no simple solutions but housing industry leaders gathered at a special lunch at Canoe Restaurant in Toronto earlier this week believe they have one idea […]

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2 w. ago Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11

A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. B.C. Emergency Health Services said seven more people were treated at the scene of the attack in the community about 700 kilometres northwest […]

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2 w. ago Treasury plans to change tax credit eligibility in a move critics say will hurt immigrant taxpayers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as “federal public benefits,” which will bar some immigrant taxpayers from receiving them, even if they file and pay taxes and would otherwise qualify. Tax experts say immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as children, […]

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2 w. ago 2 dead, 4 others critically hurt including child after Ontario house fire

Peel Regional Police say two people are dead while four people are seriously hurt, including a child, after a house fire in Brampton early Thursday.

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2 w. ago 2 dead, child among 4 others critically hurt after Ontario house fire

Peel Regional Police say two people are dead while four people are seriously hurt, including a child, after a house fire in Brampton early Thursday.

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2 w. ago Ford government still 100K housing starts short of 2025 goal

The Progressive Conservatives won the 2022 election partly under a promise to build 1.5 million new homes by 2031, setting themselves annual targets in the process.

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2 w. ago Ontario launches expanded rebate program for fridges, freezers and household appliances

The rebate program will offer up to $200 back to eligible households who purchase energy efficient appliances like fridges or laundry machines.

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2 w. ago Ford government resets housing focus, hoping to turn fortunes around in the spring

While issues with homebuilding in the province have festered for years, housing starts in 2025 plummeted even further as potential buyers sat on the sidelines.

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3 w. ago LiUNA and Fengate deliver more rental housing to Ontario, breaking ground on new transit

BRAMPTON, Ontario, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada (LPFCEC) and Fengate Asset Management (Fengate) celebrated the groundbreaking of Church & Main, a new rental community located in the heart of Brampton’s rapidly growing urban core. Church & Main is an LPFCEC project, developed in partnership with Fengate […]

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3 w. ago This Ontario city has seen rents plummet by almost $260 this year

A new real estate report reveals that housing and job markets in Ontario have drifted out of balance in most cities across the province, with the exception of a few, including one that's actually seen rents plummet by nearly $260 this year. Real estate agency Zoocasa analyzed rent prices and unemployment rates across Canada from January to September 2025 to see how unemployment trends are affecting housing trends.Although the report notes that in a healthy economy, unemployment rates range between 3.5 and 4.5 per cent, none of the Ontario cities analyzed had an unemployment rate below 5.7 per cent. However, while several cities recorded increases in average rents despite high unemployment rates, a handful of Ontario municipalities experienced declines in average rent during the first nine months of 2025.Rent prices versus unemployment rates in Canadian cities from January to September 2025. Source: Zoocasa.In Toronto, the average rent in January was $2,360 and dip...

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