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Rental supply gains help cool pace of rent growth in 2024: CMHC

Rental supply gains help cool pace of rent growth in 2024: CMHC

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of rent growth cooled significantly this year amid Canada's largest gain of purpose-built rental supply in more than three decades.
Surrey needs 170K more homes by 2043 to meet city’s housing needs, says report

Surrey needs 170K more homes by 2043 to meet city’s housing needs, says report

In strategic shift, city council will ‘facilitate’ rather than ‘regulate’ housing development
B.C. inflation outpaces national rate in November despite cooling trend

B.C. inflation outpaces national rate in November despite cooling trend

Consumer Price Index ticked downward slightly for both Canada and the West Coast, says StatCan
Canada sees drop in number of family physicians for the first time in decades, study finds

Canada sees drop in number of family physicians for the first time in decades, study finds

Canadian Institute for Health Information report also finds that the average family doctor saw fewer individual patients in recent years than they did 10 years ago.
Federal banking regulator OSFI keeps domestic stability buffer on hold at 3.5%

Federal banking regulator OSFI keeps domestic stability buffer on hold at 3.5%

OTTAWA — The federal banking regulator says the amount of money Canada's big banks must keep on hand in case of economic shock will stay at its current level.
Mario Canseco: Canadians expect more holiday stress in 2024 than during COVID

Mario Canseco: Canadians expect more holiday stress in 2024 than during COVID

Generational gaps emerge as Canadians reflect on holiday traditions and childhood memories
Canada’s quarterly population growth hits slowest pace since early 2022

Canada’s quarterly population growth hits slowest pace since early 2022

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada estimates the country's population grew by 176,699 people between July 1 and Oct. 1, marking the slowest pace of growth since the first quarter of 2022. Canada’s population is estimated to have reached roughly 41.
Conservatives win B.C. federal byelection amid turmoil in Ottawa

Conservatives win B.C. federal byelection amid turmoil in Ottawa

LANGLEY, B.C. — In another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, the federal Conservatives have won a byelection in the British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City.
Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns

Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped his top fixer in cabinet, Dominic LeBlanc, to replace Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after she suddenly tendered her resignation from cabinet Monday morning in a fight over the nation's finances.
Eight highlights from the Liberal government’s fall economic update

Eight highlights from the Liberal government’s fall economic update

Business-focused tax incentives, $1.3-billion for the border over six years, and putting Terry Fox on the $5 bill