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Saving for a home in Edmonton 7 decades faster than other Canadian cities: Report
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (248+ words) Canada's Wonderland is officially implementing its new chaperone policy for the 2026 season after first introducing the concept in the previous year to combat against 'unruly behaviour.' A powerful storm batters Greece, killing one man and flooding homes near Athens. Emergency…...
Waterloo Region home sales soar in March, prices 'stable"
4+ day, 20+ min ago (552+ words) Posted Apr 7, 2026 04: 12: 58 AM. A very wet March didn't hold back home buyers in Waterloo Region. Compared to February, home sales were up nearly 40 per cent month-over-month, with the number of newly listed properties up nearly 45 per cent. This is according…...
Housing advocates rally as renoviction bylaw is discussed
1+ week, 4+ day ago (593+ words) Posted Mar 30, 2026 04: 26: 14 PM. Housing advocates will rally outside Kitchener city hall on Monday, as council's Finance and Corporate Services committee discusses a renoviction bylaw. The Waterloo Region Chapter of ACORN organized the rally; in part to keep the pressure on…...
Ottawa and Queen's Park fund Guelph affordable housing project
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (471+ words) Posted Mar 27, 2026 04: 32: 50 PM. Guelph MP, Dominique O'Rourke was joined by Guelph MPP and Green Party Leader, Mike Schreiner and other local dignitaries to make the announcement on Friday. The funding comes from by way of the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative…...
Vacation home prices expected to rise again this year: Royal Le Page report
2+ week, 2+ day ago (759+ words) Posted Mar 26, 2026 04: 00: 09 AM. Vacation home prices are expected to grow this year, despite concerns about the economy and global turmoil putting a damper on demand in some parts of the country. A report released Thursday by Royal Le Page forecasts…...
Ontario to temporarily expand HST rebate to all homebuyers of newly built homes
2+ week, 2+ day ago (526+ words) Posted Mar 25, 2026 09: 28: 03 AM. The province, in partnership with the federal government, is planning to temporarily expand the 13 per cent Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) break to all buyers of newly built properties in Ontario and not just first-time homebuyers. The rebate…...
Win a 4 Pack of Passes to the KW Home & Garden Show on SEEKR
3+ week, 5+ day ago (190+ words) Returning March 27-29 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, the KW Home & Garden Show enjoys more than 150 exhibitors and an estimated 15, 000 visitors yearly. Visitors can expect to find answers to their home d'cor, renovation and landscaping questions " all in one place!...
Tower development in heart of Uptown Waterloo inches closer
4+ week, 1+ day ago (555+ words) Posted Mar 12, 2026 07: 28: 50 AM. On Monday, Waterloo council approved the expropriation of a parcel of land that's home to the now-empty Atrium building at 33 Erb St. , a move that will consolidate the land there in preparation for significant development. The Atrium…...
Parks, condos, or an arena: Exploring options for 'valuable' lot in Kitchener that could be declared surplus
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (812+ words) Posted Feb 25, 2026 07: 10: 02 AM. Whether or not the land will be declared surplus will be a topic of discussion at a Region of Waterloo council meeting on March 25. The bus terminal halted operations after the ION began rolling through Kitchener in…...
CMHC reports January housing starts down 15 per cent from December
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (286+ words) Posted Feb 16, 2026 09: 23: 42 AM. OTTAWA " Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts declined 15 per cent in January. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 238, 049 units in January compared with…...