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A screenshot shared by a pro-Beijing group purporting to show the suspected Atlanta shooter posting an anti-China rant on Facebook is fake, the social media platform confirmed today. Facebook’s Policy Communications Director Andy Stone confirmed the screen capture was fake.…
Alberta’s New Democratic Party is surging ahead in opinion polls, leading incumbent Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party by 15 points. 41% of Albertans were likely to vote for former Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP if an election were to be…
The Conservative Party of Canada is coming under heavy criticism for promoting conspiracy theories about “election rigging” a day after riots incited by similar statements by US President Donald Trump left five people dead. A fundraising page on the official…
Vancouver housing advocate Ulrike Rodrigues, who fought to stop Airbnb and other short-term rentals platforms displacing renters, has died at the age of 59 from neurological complications, her family announced today. Rodrigues, who founded the “Homes not Hotels” movement in…
Vancouver’s City manager is running a thriving Airbnb on Cortes Island – a small island dealing with a crushing housing crisis caused by homeowners listing properties on short-term rentals instead of renting them long term to residents. Sadhu Aufochs Johnston…
Chinese companies could sue Canada over losses incurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic under the terms of a trade agreement championed by opposition leader Erin O’Toole when he was part of the Harper government. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative…
Metro Vancouver townhouse prices are projected to reach an all time high in December 2020 as condo prices slide, the early real estate data for the month show. The OpenHousing Home Price Index for townhouse properties – calculated using the…
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found that a Burnaby insurance agent and his marketing director obstructed justice when they coached an investor to lie to regulators in order to get his money back. The panel has made…
By Sean Bennett A ‘substantial portion’ of Airbnb’s annual revenue comes from facilitating illegal rentals, according to an open letter delivered to the regulator in September ahead of the short-term rental platform going public on the stock market. A collection…
Metro Vancouver townhouse prices rallied in November 2020, amid a pandemic-fueled push for somewhat affordable larger homes. The OpenHousing Home Price Index for townhouse properties – calculated using the generally-accepted and transparent repeat sales or Case-Shiller method 1 – rose…