British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's "hard to understand'' why other politicians still believe in relying on the private sector to deliver affordable housing and instead it's time for governments to step up. Eby says there are proposals at the federal level to sell public land and buildings to help solve the crisis, but B.C. is doing the opposite by taking inventory of provincially and municipally owned land in order to build more homes. He told the BC Non-profit Housing Association's annual conference his government is the right one to tackle the housing crisis as the province fac

Edmonton's population is growing rapidly and according to a recent report from the Conference Board of Canada, 30,000 new immigrants are expected to arrive in the city this year. Last year, 33,000 new people came to the city, which was three times the number of the previous 20 years. According to the director of the Conference Board Economic Forecasting, there are several reasons behind the large number of people coming to the city. The biggest reason is that the federal government has increased the speed of immigration. In addition, Edmonton and Calgary have more reasonable housing prices a

More Canadians say they prefer the Conservative Party than the Liberal Party in a recent Angus Reid poll. The Conservatives are 14 percentage points ahead of the Liberals in the survey. The Tories led in all regions outside of Quebec, where 30 percent chose the Bloc Québécois, 29 percent supported the Liberals and 23 percent said they would vote for Pierre Poliev's Conservatives. Forty-one percent of women over the age of 54 supported Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's party, while 28 percent supported the Conservatives. 2 in 5 voters said they would support whichever party considered the issue

Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 3.1 per cent in October. Statistics Canada says the year-over-year rate was down from 3.8 per cent in September. The drop came as the price drivers paid for gasoline in the month fell nearly eight per cent from a year earlier, compared with a 7.5 per cent increase in September. Grocery prices continued to rise faster than overall inflation --up 5.4 per cent last month -- but Statistics Canada says the pace of increases continued to slow.

No Canadians are on today's list of foreign nationals approved to leave the besieged Gaza Strip and cross into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing.Global Affairs Canada said in its latest update on Monday afternoon that 90 Canadians, permanent residents and their family members made the trip over the weekend.More than 450 people with ties to Canada have now managed to escape the Palestinian territory, where Israel is waging war against Hamas.The war began Oct. 7 with attacks on Israel, in which Hamas militants killed an estimated 1,200 people in Israel and took roughly 240 people hostage.Healt

Brampton truck driver Harvinder Singh has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Sarnia court for smuggling $3.5 million worth of cocaine. Harvinder Singh has been sentenced for smuggling cocaine into Canada through the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia. Canada Border Services Agency officials arrested him on March 31, 2021 at Edward, the crossing point connected to Port Huron.Harvinder Singh was 25 years old at that time. During a search of his truck trailer, officers found approximately 62 kilograms of cocaine in two suitcases. Continuing the investigation on this, RCMP.He was charged with br

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking to reporters about the mini budget to be presented today by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, said that the fall economic statement focuses on the things that are causing Canadians to go through tough times right now. He said that it will include measures like jobs related to housing, grocery prices and green industrial strategy. It's also expected to include new housing measures aimed at boosting the construction of housing across Canada. One senior government official says the federal government is set to announce 15-billion dollars in low-cost loan

The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says the city will mount a constitutional challenge to the province's appointment of an administrator to take over the police board and oversee the transition to a municipal police force.Brenda Locke, who opposes the transition, says an amended court petition will be filed today, after the city already requested a judicial review of the province's directive to proceed with the switch away from the RCMP.Locke says the city will not approve any transition if it is unaffordable to taxpayers and the province has no right to run "roughshod" over any municipal government "

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government will appeal a recent Federal Court ruling that struck down a cabinet order underlying Ottawa's ban of some single-use plastics.The decision on Nov. 16 said Ottawa had overstepped by labelling all "plastic manufactured items" as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.The toxic designation is required for the government to regulate the use of substances in Canada.Without it, the ban on six single-use plastic items, including straws, grocery bags and cutlery, won't be able to stand.The court's ruling did not suggest