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NDP ask competition watchdog to investigate potential rent-fixing by landlords
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian landlords are using the same AI software that sparked an antitrust lawsuit in the United States. The U.S. Justice Department filed the lawsuit last month against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A corrective to a story that moved Sept. 18 about short-term rental policy in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – In a story that moved Wednesday, Sept. 18, The Canadian Press erroneously referred to a “McGill report” related to short-term rentals in British Columbia. In fact, while the report was produced by researchers based at McGill, it was not produced by or for the university... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec minister accuses organized crime of using 14-year-old ‘to do their dirty work’
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s public security minister says he’s shocked by reports that a 14-year-old boy’s death southeast of Quebec City is linked to organized crime. François Bonnardel was reacting to multiple media reports that the body of a teenager from Montreal was found near a Hells Angels bunker in Frampton, Que., about 50 kilometres southeast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victims, including three Canadians, claim former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women, lawyers say
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of alleged victims – including three Canadians – of Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, said Friday their clients assert that he was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women. Lawyer Bruce Drummond said three of Al Fayed’s alleged victims were from Canada, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Could a cap on grad students from abroad hurt more than help? Experts raise the alarm
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
TORONTO – Experts are raising questions about the need for the federal government’s planned cap on international graduate students, and suggesting it may prompt some top talent to look elsewhere. Students attending master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral courses were previously exempt from the overall cap on international students that Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in January ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers say former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused women and girls
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Lawyers representing dozens of women who say they were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of the famous London department store Harrods, said the case was akin to the crimes of sex offenders Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. At least two published reports have said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. election campaign starts Saturday; but Eby takes bus on test run, Rustad at UBCM
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling. Eby spoke to local politicians yesterday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look back at nearly three decades of British Columbia provincial elections
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
British Columbians are voting in the next provincial election on Oct. 19. The NDP is hoping to hold on to power, while those on the right are running in a new political landscape after the former Opposition BC United folded and its Leader Kevin Falcon placed his support behind the B.C. Conservatives. Here’s a look ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some key issues to watch for in B.C.’s provincial election campaign
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday, but party leaders have been vying for votes for months in the lead up to the Oct. 19 fixed election day. Here’s a look at some of the issues that are expected to be front and centre over the next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labour Day train delay isolated incident, Via Rail CEO tells MPs
By The Canadian Press on September 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – The head of Via Rail says a train delay over the Labour Day long weekend was an isolated incident. Mario Péloquin appeared in front of a parliamentary committee to answer to an incident that stranded passengers between Montreal and Quebec City for 10 hours as they ran out of food, water and working ... Read More »
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