National
Evacuation order downgraded to alert as wildfire is held in West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA — Joe Gluska, his wife and his daughter had 45 minutes to pack…
Carney announces national food security strategy meant to expand choice, lower prices
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has announced a national food security strategy aimed at giving…
Addressing homelessness should be considered nation-building project: big city mayors
EDMONTON — Mayors of Canada’s big cities say fixing homelessness should be considered a nation-building…
Slashing development fees is not a cure-all for housing affordability: CMHC
OTTAWA — Slashing municipal development charges could help spur building in some of Canada’s most…
As governments pour billions into new affordable housing, existing units in disrepair
MONTREAL — Mercedes Rodriguez says she and her seven kids struggle to sleep at night…
By the numbers: Quebec’s struggles with social housing
MONTREAL — Nearly one-third of Quebec’s social housing units — roughly 21,500 homes — is…
Ottawa still pledging to double construction pace despite home building headwinds
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is sticking to its pledge to double the pace…
B.C. privacy adjudicator finds short-term rental addresses should remain private
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says the City of…
Québec solidaire targets rent increases and landlord practices
MONTREAL — Quebec’s leftist sovereigntist party closed its convention Sunday with a sharpened focus on…
B.C. man’s killing spurred housing law reform. Relatives wonder why it’s unsolved
It’s been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead in a Victoria…
Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can’t search it yet.
Canada’s new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that…
Audit finds flood hazard mapping behind schedule, doesn’t account for climate change
OTTAWA — Federal efforts to map parts of the country facing the highest risk of…
‘Who we are’: Albertans remember Fort McMurray wildfire 10 years later
FORT MCMURRAY — Rob Rice says many residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., still can’t stand…
Amnesty International report warns of deepening Indigenous people’s housing crisis
MONTRÉAL — A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in…
In the news today: New affordability poll, Online harms rally, Ontario housing
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…