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Toronto looks to close short-term rental loopholes
Toronto city council says it has strengthened its short-term rental bylaw to crack down on operators who exploit regulatory loopholes.Council is raising registration fees, increasing vetting of hosts and allowing for snap inspections through changes to the city's short-term rental bylaw. The city will also hire nearly two dozen more inspectors.Council passed changes to the bylaw at a meeting on Thursday night.Mayor Olivia Chow said on Friday that the bylaw amendments will help to address the cit
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MPs grill 'incompetent' health agency on fired National Microbiology Lab scientists
OTTAWA — Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab defended security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations from MPs of bureaucratic incompetence Friday. "We acted as expeditiously as we could, given the information that was available," Public Health Agency of Canada head Heather Jeffrey said Friday. She testified at the House committee on Canada-China relations as it probes Ottawa's handling of two researchers at the Winnipeg lab, who left Canada after thei
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What is cloud seeding? How scientists hope to generate rain
Researchers have spent decades trying to ‘seed’ clouds and force them to generate rain or snow—with varying levels of success. Here’s how it works
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Judge orders shipping container removed from Surrey property
A B.C Supreme Court judge has ruled that a shipping container being used to store children's items on a residential property in Surrey, B.C., violates a city zoning bylaw, and must be removed.Praveen Kaur Koonar and Jaswinder Singh Koonar have been in a lengthy dispute with the City of Surrey over the container, which sits on a property Praveen Kaur Koonar owns. The property is zoned for single-family residential use.Justice Geoffrey Gomery's decision, which was handed down in February and poste
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Regina health-care workers picket for better pay and working conditions
Dozens of health-care workers picketed outside of Regina's Pasqua Hospital on Friday to ask the province to address conditions in Saskatchewan's health-care system.The rally, organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), was the fourth in a series across Saskatchewan, with the other three held in Weyburn, North Battleford and Prince Albert this month. CUPE 5430 president Bashir Jalloh said the union has been at the bargaining table since September 2023 and is frustrated with the pr
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VideoNewsroom Ready: Ottawa will 'go around' provinces that lack ambition on housing: PM Ottawa will 'go around' provinces that lack ambition on housing: PM
Canada's premiers have warned the federal government not to overreach into their jurisdictions when it comes to delivering the programs laid out in Ottawa's latest budget. In Victoria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’d always rather work with the provinces, but he will “go around” those that aren’t being ambitious when it comes to building more housing. April 19, 2024)
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VideoOttawa will 'go around' provinces that lack ambition on housing: PM Ottawa will 'go around' provinces that lack ambition on housing: PM
Canada's premiers have warned the federal government not to overreach into their jurisdictions when it comes to delivering the programs laid out in Ottawa's latest budget. In Victoria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’d always rather work with the provinces, but he will “go around” those that aren’t being ambitious when it comes to building more housing. April 19, 2024)
