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Easy Ways To Elevate An Accent Wall In Your Home
Global News Toronto,  ON
Easy Ways To Elevate An Accent Wall In Your Home

Décor YouTuber Alexandra Gater shares her tips for painting and elevating an accent wall in your bathroom, bedroom and more.

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Not Just A Place To Eat, Get Warm: Sudbury Agency Behind Trailer Idea Has Bigger Housing Plans
CBC Sudbury,  ON
Not Just A Place To Eat, Get Warm: Sudbury Agency Behind Trailer Idea Has Bigger Housing Plans

The agency pitching a place for people in Sudbury to get something to eat and warm up in the colder months of the pandemic says it will still pursue elements of the project if city council turns the proposal down.

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Feeling At Home In Your Own Skin? This Newfoundlander Says It Took Decades
CBC NL
Feeling At Home In Your Own Skin? This Newfoundlander Says It Took Decades

CBC N.L. sits down with Andrew Kim to talk race, identity and belonging.

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Dan Fumano: Vancouver Triples Vacancy Tax, Even As Many Condos Flooded Rental Market
Vancouver Sun Vancouver,  BC
Dan Fumano: Vancouver Triples Vacancy Tax, Even As Many Condos Flooded Rental Market

Owners of empty homes in Vancouver will get higher tax bills starting in the 2021 tax year, following a Wednesday council vote that the city’s voters can expect to hear more about between now and the 2022 municipal election.





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Vacancy Taxes Put More Rental Condos In Metro Vancouver Market: CMHC Study
The Star Canada
Vacancy Taxes Put More Rental Condos In Metro Vancouver Market: CMHC Study

Construction cranes tower above condos under construction near southeast False Creek in Vancouver on February 9, 2020. A study from Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. says over 11,000 condos were added to the housing supply pool in Metro Vancouver last year, spurred in part by taxes on empty homes.

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Flemingdon Park Residents Fear Planned Highrises Will Cause Overcrowding And Displace ‘vulnerable Communities’
The Star GTA,  ON
Flemingdon Park Residents Fear Planned Highrises Will Cause Overcrowding And Displace ‘vulnerable Communities’

A proposal for 25 St. Dennis Dr., calls for a new 37-storey residential building and another one that is 12-storeys, as well as 32 townhouses. Already on the property is a 17-storey apartment building that is home to low income residents.

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Calls For Emergency Rent Relief In Timmins
CTV News ON
Calls For Emergency Rent Relief In Timmins

Timmins Coun. Joe Campbell wants the city to extend a rent relief subsidy for organizations and businesses impacted by the pandemic.

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Would Rent Control Help Or Hinder Nova Scotia's Housing Shortage?
CBC NS
Would Rent Control Help Or Hinder Nova Scotia's Housing Shortage?

As N.S. caps rent increases at 2 per cent, we hear from two people on different sides of the rental control debate.

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Vancouver's Empty Home Tax Is Increasing To 3% Next Year
CTV News Vancouver,  BC
Vancouver's Empty Home Tax Is Increasing To 3% Next Year

The empty homes tax in Vancouver will more than double next year, the city announced Wednesday.

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Judge Deciding Whether Landlord-tenant Law Applies To YWCA
CBC Canada
Judge Deciding Whether Landlord-tenant Law Applies To YWCA

A Northwest Territories judge is now considering a decision that may have implications for the way temporary housing programs are run. The appeal was initiated by the NWT YWCA after a rental officer found it must obey the same rules as any landlord in administering its housing programs.

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‘If You Can’t Sell Your Condo You Can’t Move Up’: Will The Drop In Toronto’s Downtown Condominium Prices Spread To Detached House Prices?
The Star GTA,  ON
‘If You Can’t Sell Your Condo You Can’t Move Up’: Will The Drop In Toronto’s Downtown Condominium Prices Spread To Detached House Prices?

Prices of downtown Toronto condos have plunged nine per cent since this year’s first-quarter peak.

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Homes To Grow Into At King East Estates In Richmond Hill
The Star Canada
Homes To Grow Into At King East Estates In Richmond Hill

Ronald Chu and wife Phoebe Lam, with 6-year-old twins Theo and Chloe, and family dog Bear, enjoy outings inToronto but their search for a detached home with a backyard and home office took them to King East Estates on the Richmond Hill/King Township border.

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Laval Fire Forces Evacuation Of Residential Building
Global News Canada
Laval Fire Forces Evacuation Of Residential Building

The cause of the fire is unknown.