16 h. ago B.C.’s attorney general introduces changes for credit fraud protection bill

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Attorney General says the province is working to “modernize” consumer protection laws to help safeguard residents against credit fraud and other misleading business practices. Niki Sharma says it comes after speaking with residents who “felt powerless” after having “their financial lives turned upside down because of credit fraud, identity theft and […]

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18 h. ago Police lay charges in copper wire theft that cut telecommunication services to 1,200 residences and businesses

Five telecommunication cables servicing the area north of Memorial Drive S.E. were damaged, resulting in the loss of phone, internet, and television services.

Economics

2 w. ago Dream Residential REIT Announces Mailing of Management Information Circular for Special Meeting of Unitholders to Approve Acquisition by Morgan Properties

This press release contains forward-looking information that is based upon assumptions and is subject to risks and uncertainties as indicated in the cautionary note contained within this press release. TORONTO — DREAM RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (TSX: DRR.U, TSX: DRR.UN) (“Dream Residential REIT” or the “REIT”) announced today that it is mailing its Management […]

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2 w. ago Europe Residency Gets Harder to Buy as Trump Sells Gold Card

While President Donald Trump is creating new options for the world’s wealthy to move to the US, Europe has been heading in the opposite direction.

Economics

3 w. ago Dream Residential REIT Announces September 2025 Monthly Distribution

TORONTO — DREAM RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (TSX: DRR.U and TSX: DRR.UN) (“Dream Residential REIT” or the “REIT”) today announced its September 2025 monthly distribution in the amount of US$0.035 per unit (US$0.42 annualized). The September distribution will be payable on October 15, 2025 to unitholders of record as at September 30, 2025. About […]

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3 w. ago Surrey extortion threats: B.C. government, police and Crime Stoppers to make announcement

Surrey police said they are investigating 44 extortion cases against residents and business owners, including 27 that involved shootings.

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3 w. ago Halifax police lay charges for hateful graffiti painted on synagogues

'The swift and seamless collaboration between police and the community represents our city taking a strong and unified stance against the promotion of hatred,' said the city's police chief

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3 w. ago QuadReal Acquires Realstar Residential Operating Platform in UK and Ireland, Expanding Presences in BTR and Student Living

Transaction reflects evolution of the QuadReal and Realstar partnership VANCOUVER, British Columbia — QuadReal Property Group (“QuadReal”), a global real estate investment, development and operating company announced today that it has fully acquired the UNCLE brand in the UK and Europe as well as Realstar’s UK&I residential operating platform, which will be re-named. The transaction […]

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3 w. ago Many school bus routes still cancelled in Quebec because of Lion inspections

MONTREAL — Many Lion electric school buses remained off the road in Quebec on Monday after the company said over the weekend the vehicles needed more inspections and repairs. The 1,200 Lion buses operating in Quebec were pulled from service Thursday night as a precautionary measure after a bus caught fire in Montreal earlier in […]

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3 w. ago School bus fire: Quebec pulls all 1,200 Lion electric buses off roads for inspection

MONTREAL — Schools across Quebec have been forced to cancel bus service after the government pulled all of the roughly 1,200 Lion electric buses in the province off the roads. The provincial government said it took the precautionary measure after a Lion electric school bus caught fire in Montreal earlier this week. Several children and […]

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4 w. ago Proposed Halifax Water rate hike angers residents and businesses

HALIFAX — Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore says his office has received more than 2,000 emails from residents who are angry about the proposed rate increase from the city’s water utility. In a letter sent to a regulatory board, Fillmore says the residents have told his office they worried the proposed hikes would make them unable […]

Economics

last month Silicon Valley enabled mass detention, surveillance in China, documents show

BEIJING — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network […]

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