5 d. ago CAPREIT Announces Timing of Second Quarter 2025 Results & Conference Call

TORONTO, June 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today it will issue its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 after markets close on: Thursday, August 7, 2025   A conference call to discuss the results will be hosted by the […]

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6 d. ago Real Canadians: Indigenous grandmothers pass teachings down to young mothers

Five Indigenous grandmothers are sharing traditional teachings with young Indigenous mothers to help give them and their children a healthy head start. The health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples is closely tied to cultural identity, which is established at a very young age. Residential schools and other colonization traumas disrupted the transfer of traditional knowledge, […]

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7 d. ago Canadians chime in after social media post accidentally invents 'No Name' brand

To anyone outside of Canada, the concept of a grocery store with generic branding may seem novel.This became clear after a content creator from India shared a concept of a store with no branding on X, and it went viral."Imagine a minimal store named 'Store' that sells nothing but products with no branding whatsoever," posted @immasiddx, with concept photos of a white "Store" and products with generic titles.It has garnered over 55 million views and received thousands of replies and reposts since being posted on Friday.Many replies and quote reposts came from Canadians who broke the news to the content creator that the concept has existed in Canada for decades as the No Name brand."You can tell someone isn't from Canada when they post stuff like this," reads one repost."Canada beat you to it," added another. The No Name brand is owned by Canadian grocery giant Loblaw. It's a staple at grocers like Real Canadian Superstore a...

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8 d. ago Report says hoping for Canadian housing prices to plummet is not realistic

Canada must dramatically increase the pace of home construction — nearly doubling current annual housing starts — to address the country's deepening housing affordability crisis, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).In its updated annual analysis of Canada's housing supply shortage, CMHC estimates that the country needs to build between 430,000 and 480,000 housing units annually until 2035, up from the current trajectory of about 250,000 units per year. The aim is to restore affordability to levels last seen in 2019, prior to the pandemic-driven housing boom.The federal Crown corporation has shifted its modelling framework to a rolling 10-year horizon, abandoning its earlier 2030 benchmark, which it now considers unrealistic due to the lengthy timelines needed for land use approvals and construction."Restoring affordability to levels last seen two decades ago isn't realistic, especially after the pos...

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2 w. ago Home sales up 3.6% in May after ‘delayed’ start to peak season: CREA

The Canadian Real Estate Association reports home sales were up 3.6 per cent in May compared to April, signaling the real estate market may be warming up.

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2 w. ago May home sales down 4.3 per cent from year ago, but activity up month

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in May fell 4.3 per cent compared with a year ago, however activity picked up when compared to the previous month. A total of 49,423 residential properties changed hands across Canada last month, compared with 51,642 in May 2024. Home sales rose 3.6 per cent on a […]

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4 w. ago CAPREIT Announces Results of 2025 Annual and Special General Meeting

TORONTO, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CAR.UN) (“CAPREIT”) announced today that, at its Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders held today (the “Meeting”), each of the items of business referred to in its management information circular dated April 10, 2025 (the “Circular”) were passed by a vote […]

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