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Montreal limits short-term rentals like Airbnb to summer months

Tue, 2025-03-18 11:59

Montreal has put in place new rules that will limit most short-term rentals to the summer months in an attempt to ease the city's shortage of affordable housing.

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PM Carney planning to hold virtual meeting with premiers on Friday: sources

Tue, 2025-03-18 11:26

Prime Minister Mark Carney is aiming to hold his first meeting with Canada's premiers on Friday, sources tell CBC News.

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Court dismisses $2.5B class action alleging systemic racism in the public service

Tue, 2025-03-18 10:20

A Federal Court judge on Monday dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class-action lawsuit launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service.

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Liberals lagging other parties in candidates as election call could be days away

Tue, 2025-03-18 10:08

With a federal election call likely in a matter of days, no political party has nominated candidates to all 343 ridings, with Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals behind all the other national parties.

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Ottawa lawyer guilty of harassment, extortion, death threats

Tue, 2025-03-18 09:24

A suspended Ottawa criminal lawyer has been found guilty of threatening to kill a former client who had publicly accused him of extorting her for sex, as well as criminally harassing another woman and trying to get her to obtain a firearm for him.

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Holt Liberals project $549-million deficit in their first N.B. budget

Tue, 2025-03-18 09:08

The Holt Liberal government is projecting large budget deficits as far as the eye can see. In his first provincial budget, Finance Minister René Legacy is projecting a fiscal shortfall of $549 million in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

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'It's the perfect storm': Doctors urge measles vaccinations as Alberta case counts rise

Tue, 2025-03-18 07:25

As concerns about measles grow, and case counts tick up, health-care workers are preparing for a surge and pleading with Albertans to ensure they're fully vaccinated.

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Annual rate of inflation accelerates sharply to 2.6% in February as tax break ends

Tue, 2025-03-18 06:13

The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

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Canadian soprano, conductor Barbara Hannigan among recipients of Polar Prize

Tue, 2025-03-18 05:58

Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan of Nova Scotia was named one of three recipients of music's Polar Prize on Tuesday, alongside jazz legend Herbie Hancock and the rock group Queen.

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'Staggering' reach of 'shadow' mortgage broker revealed as B.C. real estate agents lose licences

Tue, 2025-03-18 05:00

B.C.'s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a real estate agent who used the services of a so-called 'shadow' mortgage broker to buy a house using fake documents a year after declaring a negative annual income of $459.

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N.B. Liberals prepare 1st budget amid economic uncertainty

Tue, 2025-03-18 02:00

The Holt government tables its first budget today, a document the Liberals once confidently predicted would feature campaign promises fulfilled, combined with a modest fiscal surplus.

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Black Council of Windsor-Essex doesn't want police chief's racist comments to be swept 'under the rug'

Tue, 2025-03-18 01:00

The Black Council of Windsor-Essex is looking for change at the Windsor Police Service as well as an apology after CBC News confirmed an internal investigation substantiated racist comments from Jason Bellaire, chief of the southwestern Ontario force.

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Alberta pioneered industrial carbon pricing. Now, Poilievre says he'd kill the federal mandate for it

Tue, 2025-03-18 01:00

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed a promise from the Conservative Party of Canada on Monday to eliminate the federal backstop on industrial carbon pricing, if it were to form the next federal government. Although it appears unlikely the province would abandon its longstanding pricing system altogether.

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Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February

Tue, 2025-03-18 01:00

Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs have shaken bilateral relations.

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Carney pushes back when questioned about financial assets

Mon, 2025-03-17 18:11

Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back on reporter questions about his financial holdings during a news conference on Monday.

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