As energy costs soar across the nation, so do the number of apartment buildings offering bills of less than $500 a year, and more are on the horizon.
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Monthly Archives: February 2023
House price slide expected to continue into next year, survey shows
House prices have been falling for over a year, and many people think the downward trajectory will continue into next year, a new survey shows.
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Nearly half of Canadians think mortgage fraud is common, some are willing to do it: Survey
Nearly half of Canadians say they think mortgage fraud is common in Canada, while a sizeable portion think it’s acceptable to inflate income or misrepresent your employment to secure a mortgage.
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Job vacancies stagnant, wage growth slowing: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says job vacancies were little changed at 848,800 in December, compared with 849,200 in November, levelling off after trending downward from a peak of more than one million in May.
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Edmonton kills 50-year-old higher apartment tax, other homeowners will pay more
Owners of rental apartments in Edmonton will get an 11.7 per cent tax cut over five years after city council scrapped a half-century-old policy Wednesday afternoon.
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Town closing in on acquiring further water licencing
Continued rapid growth has brought Cochrane within 6,000 people of tapping out its water licence capacity and with new major developments coming onstream, time is running out on acquiring an additional volume.
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Downtowners recognized
Grande Prairie’s downtown has always had a uniqueness thanks in no small measure to its distinctive businesses.
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County pushes through on community centre location
Tensions were high at Cypress County council’s Wednesday meeting as members once again voted in favour of Irvine Community Resource Centre’s construction on the current site of the Woodward Memorial Park.
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Region of Waterloo to raise taxes by 8.5%, about $187 for the average property
The region of Waterloo has approved its total operating and capital budget for 2023 and it comes with a tax increase.
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City mayors from across the UK are now calling for a rent freeze
The mayors of London, Manchester, and Liverpool have called for an immediate rent freeze and a ban on evictions in England to help renters deal with the cost of living crisis.
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