27 m. ago Pace of rent increases slows, but housing costs still rising in Metro Vancouver

Nearly 40 per cent of Metro Vancouver households are renters, and the report said the 'trend toward renting continues'

Economics

78 m. ago ‘The Accountant 2’: Life on the spectrum, with knuckles bared

Ben Affleck is in full furrow-browed golden retriever mode in “The Accountant 2,” a convoluted, overcomplicated follow-up to the 2016 action drama that, when it became an unexpected hit, seemed to bode well for the theatrical fortunes of original movies aimed at grown-up audiences attracted to violence and arcane techno-speak in equal measure. Those qualities […]

Economics

84 m. ago SNOBELEN: ‘Real Canadians’ should be ignoring America’s culture wars

You have to give U.S. President Donald Trump credit — he sure has made Canadians patriotic. This is an unexpected benefit of the frazzled American urge to simultaneously cut off the world and expand its borders. In plainer language, we will be ready to be the 51st state the day after hell freezes over, and […]

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4 h. ago Ontario’s new mining bill is a ‘vendetta’ against species at risk: environmentalists

Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say.

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5 h. ago Woman faces deportation after wrong turn on Costco run ends at Ontario

What should have been an ordinary afternoon of shopping at Costco turned into a nightmare ordeal at the U.S.-Canada border for one woman and her family.NPR reported that a woman living in the Detroit area of Michigan had been on her way to Costco when a wrong turn led her to the U.S.-Canada border.On March 8, Sarahi, who chooses to go by her first name, said she was travelling with her two young daughters, ages one and five, and brother, 19, to shop and get lunch at a local Costco.However, they didn't know at the time that the GPS was directing them to a Costco in Canada — one located across the border in Windsor, Ont. Sarahi and her brother are immigrants from Guatemala and don't have legal status in the U.S. However, Sarahi's daughters are both U.S. citizens. She said she realized what was happening when U.S. immigration officials approached their car.Both brother and sister were separated and told that they were to be deported. They also had the right to speak t...

Economics

6 h. ago Anthony Stolarz’s strong playoff start stirs Maple Leafs memories for Ken Wregget

'I was 6-foot-1 in the 1980s and considered big. He’s 6-foot-6, but’s he’s moving well and playing great.'

Culture

6 h. ago Outrageously colourful cluster of towers will be unlike anything else in Toronto

Ambitious plans surfaced in April for a proposal to redevelop a tract of City of Toronto-owned lands at a major transit hub with a multi-tower residential community that would look like nothing else in town.The sprawling site at 2444 Eglinton Avenue East, a commuter parking lot just north of Kennedy GO and TTC station and adjacent auto body shop, is set to be redeveloped with three new residential towers.But unlike the monotonous blue-grey glass Toronto residents are used to, these towers would feature wildly colourful designs from Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects.The City's real estate asset management agency, CreateTO, has long planned to leverage this and other sites adjacent to transit, launching the Housing Now initiative in 2019 to activate underutilized City lands and work with private developers to get affordable housing built.CreateTO announced in January 2024 that Civic Developments, Windmill Developments, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto...

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7 h. ago Heineken® Joins Forces with Joe Jonas and Global Influencers to Help Tackle Digital Overload and Get Social ‘Off Socials’

Global superstar Joe Jonas and some of the world’s most-followed content creators joined forces at an exclusive event in New York City last night to demonstrate that connecting in real life is one of the easiest ways to disconnect from the sometimes overwhelming world of social media NEW YORK, April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — […]

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8 h. ago LPT Realty – The Fastest Growing Real Estate Brokerage Firm in the U.S. – Is Now in All 50 States and Canada

CEO Robert Palmer’s Three-Year-Old, Cloud-Based Brokerage Firm Ranked #10 In Transactions Nationally by both RealTrends Verified and T3 Sixty LAKE MARY, Fla. — Robert Palmer, founder and CEO of LPT Realty and RP Funding, announced that his cloud-based real estate brokerage firm is now in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and three provinces of Canada […]

Economics

8 h. ago What ’Conclave’ the movie got right — and wrong — about real

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honoured tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to Hollywood. “Conclave” the film, a moody 2024 political thriller, introduced many laypeople to the ancient selection process with its arcane rules and […]

Other

8 h. ago 5 features to watch at this year's DOXA documentary film festival

Nechako: It Will be a Big River Again is one six B.C. films to be highlighted in the 24th edition of the festival

Culture

9 h. ago Detroit woman looking for nearest Costco takes a wrong turn at the U.S.

The woman used a phone app to find the nearest Costco and didn't realize the closest store was on the Canadian side of the bridge

Economics

10 h. ago SmartStop Self Storage Expands Digital Capabilities With Mobile App Rollout Across All Locations

LADERA RANCH, Calif. — SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop”) (NYSE:SMA), an internally managed real estate investment trust and a premier owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States and Canada, is pleased to announce that its SmartStop Self Storage Mobile App is officially available at all 220 locations across the United States […]

Culture

11 h. ago Canada’s national housing strategy remains ‘under construction’

Robert McLister: Any improvements in housing affordability in recent years have happened despite the government's plan

Society

11 h. ago Film review: The Accountant 2 arrives overdue and full of liabilities

If they made James Bond films at the same pace, we'd be waiting until AD 2178 for No Time to Die

Economics

17 h. ago Rent prices in and around Toronto plummet for yet another month

Tenants in and around Toronto have been benefiting from lower housing costs so far this year as the city's real estate market endures the impacts of tough and uncertain economic times.Average rents across the GTA have plummeted to prices not seen in years, and the most recent figures from April show a continuation of the recent trend, with the price of a typical apartment in downtown Toronto, Etobicoke, Mississauga, North York and other areas falling further still.According to liv.rent, one of the platforms that collects such data nationwide each month, one-bedroom renters in the 6ix are now paying about $130 less for a home than they were this time last year, and $7 less than they were even last month, based on present rates.While Toronto remains generally known as one of the priciest places to live in Canada, it is not even listed in liv.rent's top five places in the country to rent right now, all of which are in ...

Economics

22 h. ago Opinion: The climate conundrum facing political leaders: The public wants to have it both ways

Opinion: Overall, the public believes climate change is real and that we need to shift to alternative energy. But they also oppose carbon pricing and think we should consider building new pipelines

Politics

23 h. ago Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Election of Trustees

TORONTO — Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“Choice Properties”) (TSX: CHP.UN) announced today that all of the trustee nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 14, 2025, were elected as trustees of Choice Properties. The vote was conducted at Choice Properties’ Annual Meeting of Unitholders, held virtually, on April 24, 2025. The […]

Politics

23 h. ago Canada’s cybersecurity crisis isn’t a lack of talent — it’s a lack of experience

Why the future of our digital safety hinges on building real-world, hands-on cyber skills

Events

26 h. ago Sex assault accuser’s roommate testifies at Weinstein retrial

NEW YORK (AP) — Hovering in the doorway of her roommate’s bedroom one evening in July 2006, TV production assistant Miriam Haley said Harvey Weinstein — her boss — had forcibly performed oral sex on her, her then-roommate testified Thursday at the ex-movie mogul’s retrial. “I said, ‘Miriam, that sounds like rape. I think you […]

Events