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Dozens of former short-term rentals have gone up for sale since the ban was announced in October, and not one has sold...

Among Montreal’s muncipal politicians, those who own the largest number of residential units also currently hold seats, or recently sat, on the Commission on Economic and Urban Development and Housing, the standing committee tasked with, among other things, finding affordable housing solutions....

According to AirDNA, a company that collects data and analytics on short-term rentals, the number of [short term rental] units in Alberta increased by 46 per cent between 2019 and 2023 — from 9,787 units in the first quarter of 2019, to 14,274 in 2023....

Facing oil spills, evacuations and illness — nations downstream of the oil sands grieve their way of life, as the corporations polluting their water get richer...

This reporting is part of the Investigating Airbnb project, a crowdfunded, multi-outlet effort to track the impact of short-term rentals on the housing crisis in Canada. You can donate now to fund more journalism like this, read this story in French over at Pivot or watch our video report on The Real News Network in the United...

Toronto Public Library branch removed a poem by a celebrated Palestinian poet killed in an Israeli airstrike in December, following pressure from pro-Israel lobby group B’nai Brith Canada, a move that advocates are calling a clear example of anti-Palestinian racism....

Last October, cabinet minister François-Philippe Champagne joined the CBC’s Rosemary Barton to discuss what the government billed as a series of new measures to stabilize the spiraling price of groceries. Even with this somewhat conservative framing onhand (“stabilizing” prices, it should go without saying, isn’t the...

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20013339