New legislation aims to create more small-scale and multi-unit housing in B.C. (www.cbc.ca)
To the delight of eager U.K. ecologists, London welcomes its first baby beaver in centuries (www.cbc.ca)
Hunted to near-extinction during Elizabethan times, there is now a concerted effort to bring beavers back to Britain for the benefits they offer in flood management, water quality and fostering biodiversity.
Brutalism could help Ottawa convert offices to housing (www.cbc.ca)
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady at 5% (www.cbc.ca)
We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)
Marketplace investigation recorded technicians peeping on personal photos, browser history
EU travel requirement for Canadians delayed again (www.cbc.ca)
Vancouver man pleads guilty to dangerous driving after crash that killed 2 UBC students (www.cbc.ca)
Toronto's new plan to build 65,000 affordable housing units hinges on billions in provincial, federal funding (www.cbc.ca)
Toronto unveils winter homelessness strategy as shelter system already stretched beyond capacity | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
City council in Penticton, B.C., votes to stop talking about separated bike lanes for 3 years (www.cbc.ca)
Trudeau not ready to accept U.S. finding that Palestinian militants' rocket was behind Gaza hospital blast (www.cbc.ca)
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The Speaker tried to make a speech about decorum — did anyone hear it? (www.cbc.ca)
In his seventh day in the chair, the new Speaker of the House of Commons sought to address MPs on the topic of decorum in the chamber. Much disorder followed....
How 9 people at a public hearing stopped a new child-care centre in Port Coquitlam, B.C. (www.cbc.ca)
Residents cited parking, safety issues — but also property values and children running into bears
Sask. woman can't access dialysis treatment close to home because clinic is just across Man. border (www.cbc.ca)
Maureen McBratney has to stay in Saskatoon, six hours away from home, because she needs dialysis treatment every other day and she's not allowed to be a regular patient at the dialysis unit 20 minutes from her home.
Newcomers are fuelling an African business boom in Thunder Bay, Ont. (www.cbc.ca)
Liberal MP Greg Fergus elected Speaker of the House of Commons (www.cbc.ca)
Greenbelt 2.0? Why Doug Ford's boundary changes in Ottawa and Hamilton could make developers rich (www.cbc.ca)
On the same Friday afternoon last November that Premier Doug Ford’s government announced its plan to take certain developers’ land out of the Greenbelt, it also made moves that benefited developers who own rural land on the outskirts of Ottawa and Hamilton....
Kamloops, B.C., mayor faces another investigation after recording phone call with city staffer (www.cbc.ca)
Newly revealed threats against Sikh activists in Canada, U.S. boost urgency to solve Nijjar's death (www.cbc.ca)
B.C. minister outlines housing plans, including support for 'missing middle' (www.cbc.ca)
This has been the worst wildfire season on record. What could 2024 have in store? | CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Dry conditions and warmer-than-usual temperatures helped fuel a long and unrelenting wildfire season that, to date, has burned more than 17,500,000 hectares, a 647 per cent increase over the 10-year average.