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Vancouver’s Yes In My Backyard movement – which is pushing for real estate developers to be given a blank slate to build for-profit housing all over the city – is once again coming under fire after a vocal member verbally…
By Chen Zhou A controversial mega federal project has once again been halted by tiny bird nests and facing the accusation of covering up conservation incompetence. Since the Trudeau government bought the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) which will…
By Chen Zhou Startups that promise to help Canadians priced out of the real estate market realize their dreams of homeownership for just a loonie are becoming a nightmare for renters. In May 2022, a volunteer-run organization RenovictionsTO tweeted the…
Vancouver’s real-estate-speculator-turned-MP Taleeb Noormohamed owns shares in Airbnb – the short term accommodation platform blamed for taking long-term rentals out of Vancouver’s tight rental market while bringing crime and violence to residential neighbourhoods. Vancouver-Granville Member of Parliament Taleeb Noormohamed, who…
At least 24 people were injured, three of them seriously, when a footbridge collapsed Saturday during the inauguration ceremony in Cuernavaca, Mexico, authorities said. Mayor José Luis Urióstegui was among those who fell about 10 feet (3 meters) onto rocks…
Canada's benchmark 5-year bond yield rose to its highest levels since April 2010 on Monday as investors prepared for the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates again next month. Canada’s central bank had raised its main lending rate by…
By Chen Zhou The Canadian government once again expanded the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) citing “labour shortages” last month, making it easier to hire migrant workers even in areas facing higher unemployment. But labour advocates and academics insist…
Dear Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Disclosure documents from your office show a full one third of Canada’s federal cabinet ministers, including the Finance Minister and Housing Minister, to real estate investors. At least a fifth of the Members…
An innocent homeowner is facing threats of violence after an anonymous YIMBY account’s viral tweet claiming to show a rental ad on Craiglist looking for “vaccine-free family of European heritage” went viral. Internet mobs are calling for the burning down…
An anonymous YIMBY account’s viral tweet claiming to show a rental ad on Craiglist looking for “vaccine-free family of European heritage” shared over 15,000 in just over 24 hours offers a stark example of how rapidly misinformation spreads on the…