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Months After Displacement, Kelowna Tenants Feel Forgotten As UBC Construction Continues
CBC BC
Months After Displacement, Kelowna Tenants Feel Forgotten As UBC Construction Continues

Tenants of a Kelowna, B.C., subsidized housing building say they feel scattered and forgotten after being displaced earlier this spring due to unsafe conditions in the building from ground settling linked to a UBC Okanagan construction site next door.

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Chinese Custom Or Suspicious Sale? Judge Questions Debtor's Sale Of House To Son For $1
CBC BC
Chinese Custom Or Suspicious Sale? Judge Questions Debtor's Sale Of House To Son For $1

When Hai Huang and his wife transferred ownership of their half-million-dollar home to his son for $1, the man to whom Huang owed $436,000 had questions. In April, a B.C. Supreme Court judge found the transfer of the home was a suspicious sale.

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These Caldwell First Nation Members Installed Home Security Cameras. Now, They're Being Evicted
CBC Windsor,  ON
These Caldwell First Nation Members Installed Home Security Cameras. Now, They're Being Evicted

At least eight tenants at Caldwell First Nation are getting evicted on Boxing Day for installing security cameras around their houses.

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'Best Christmas Gift Ever': Kingsville Gym Members Rally To Help Friend After House Fire
CBC Windsor,  ON
'Best Christmas Gift Ever': Kingsville Gym Members Rally To Help Friend After House Fire

A Sarnia, Ont., man who lost his home in a fire at the start of December says he just got the best Christmas present ever after members of his former gym at F45 Kingsville delivered a truckload of supplies to his new rental home.

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Man Camping On Winnipeg Riverbank Embraces Premier's Plan To Address Homelessness
CBC MB
Man Camping On Winnipeg Riverbank Embraces Premier's Plan To Address Homelessness

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's promise to get people out of encampments and into housing sounds good to Dano Mason, who is rebuilding his winter shelter on the banks of the Red River. One expert CBC spoke to is optimistic, but hopes the plan doesn't merely involve shuffling people into temporary shelter beds.

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'We May Have To Look At Other Sensible Locations': Where Will Windsor’s New H4 Be Located?
CTV News Windsor,  ON
'We May Have To Look At Other Sensible Locations': Where Will Windsor’s New H4 Be Located?

The search for a site to house Windsor’s new Homelessness and Housing Help Hub (H4) is back underway after the city scrapped plans at 700 Wellington Avenue on Monday.

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Winnipeg To Implement New Homelessness Plan In 2025
Global News Winnipeg,  MB
Winnipeg To Implement New Homelessness Plan In 2025

The City of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba will introduce a plan to clear out encampments and move people into housing in 2025, the mayor and the premier said.

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Regina Now Home To Canada's First 'sustainable' Tim Hortons
CBC SK
Regina Now Home To Canada's First 'sustainable' Tim Hortons

After 60 years, Tim Hortons has opened its very first sustainable restaurant in Canada and has chosen Regina as the location.

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As Governments Try To Solve Housing Crisis, Modular Homes Emerge As Potential Solution
CTV News Montreal,  QC
As Governments Try To Solve Housing Crisis, Modular Homes Emerge As Potential Solution

With all three levels of governments looking to find ways to build more housing and faster, one Quebec builder says it has the solution.

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'Sigh Of Relief': Cambridge Gets Provincial Cash For Meeting Housing Targets After Initially Being Denied
CBC Kitchener,  ON
'Sigh Of Relief': Cambridge Gets Provincial Cash For Meeting Housing Targets After Initially Being Denied

Earlier this year, municipalities received funding from a three-year provincial project that awards millions to those who meet 80 per cent of their housing targets. The province told Cambridge it hadn't met the mark - but after months of recalculating, it was confirmed that Cambridge had actually exceeded the target and would be given funding.

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House To Home Organization In Ottawa Helps Newcomers Set Up Their Lives
CTV News Ottawa,  ON
House To Home Organization In Ottawa Helps Newcomers Set Up Their Lives

Refugees and some immigrants who arrive in Ottawa can come with nothing, and a local organization is working to help them build new lives by providing everything they need.

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Nenshi Criticizes UCP Government’s 'exceptionally Slow' Rollout Of Interim Housing For Jasper
CTV News Calgary,  AB
Nenshi Criticizes UCP Government’s 'exceptionally Slow' Rollout Of Interim Housing For Jasper

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says the UCP government has been “exceptionally slow” when it comes to Jasper’s wildfire recovery.

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Court Rules B.C. Law To Push Through Vancouver Housing Project Is Unconstitutional
CTV News Vancouver,  BC
Court Rules B.C. Law To Push Through Vancouver Housing Project Is Unconstitutional

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a law passed by the provincial government to stave off opposition to a supportive housing development in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano is unconstitutional.