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Vancouver grandmother can’t find accessible housing, resorts to sleeping in abandoned home ( CTV NEWS STORY )

Posted on August 13, 2023

Updated Aug. 12, 2023 10:52 p.m. ADT Published Aug. 12, 2023 10:12 p.m. ADT A Vancouver woman wants to be spending time with her grandchildren as the summer months wind down. Instead, Leona, who…

Ont. mayor can’t afford to buy house in township she leads

Posted on August 12, 2023

Waterloo Region’s red-hot housing market hits close to home for Wilmot Township Mayor Natasha Salonen. Despite earning around $90,000 a year between her work as mayor, regional councillor and with the local…

Toronto is facing a crushing housing shortage. Here’s how a new city committee plans to tackle it ( CBC NEWS )

Posted on August 12, 2023

Advocates, committee members hope new mayor’s vision helps speed up construction, planning Vanessa Balintec · CBC News · Posted: Aug 12, 2023 5:00 AM ADT | Last Updated: August 12 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has put…

Children of man who died in N.S. floods question why roads open, alerts delayed

Posted on August 12, 2023

TANTALLON, N.S. – It doesn’t make sense to Robie Holland that — as 250 millimetres of rain poured down in rural Nova Scotia — there was nothing to stop his father from…