B.C. tenants evicted for landlord's use after refusing large rent increase to take over neighbouring suite
Ashley Dickey and her mother rented part of the same Coquitlam duplex in three different decades under three different landlords.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
Innovation, Science and Industry Canada will host an auction of 3,500 MHz spectrum licences for use in 5G wireless networks on Tuesday. Shaw Communications Inc. will not participate due to its planned acquisition by Rogers Communications. Independent internet provider TekSavvy Solutions also said it would opt out due to a recent CRTC decision on wholesale internet rates.
The Canadian Real Estate Association is expected to release national home sales figures for May on Tuesday. The association previously reported that the furious pace of home sales that kicked off the year began to slow in April as the number of homes sold that month fell by 12.5 per cent compared with the all-time record high set in March.
Canadian Border Service Agency worker strike votes begin on Wednesday. The workers have been without a contract for nearly three years and are seeking better protections for staff that the Public Service Alliance of Canada union argues would bring them in line with other law enforcement personnel across Canada.
DavidsTea holds its annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday. The insolvent beverage company said on June 11 that creditors had approved its plan of arrangement to distribute about $18 million to them in Canada and the U.S.
Mark Carney will speak at an event hosted by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations about international finance as a key to fighting climate change on Friday. The former Bank of Canada governor told Davos World Economic Forum attendees in January that politicians can help markets finance the transition to zero-emission economies by setting credible forward commitments.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 13, 2021.
Ashley Dickey and her mother rented part of the same Coquitlam duplex in three different decades under three different landlords.
MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment which has been banned at Queen’s Park.
A man who fell into a crevasse while leading a backcountry ski group deep in the Canadian Rockies has died.
A Montreal-area family confirmed to CTV News that the body of their loved one who died while on vacation in Cuba is being repatriated to Canada after it was mistakenly sent to Russia.
A new survey by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab asked Canadians about their food consumption habits amid rising prices.
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would still send Canada Carbon Rebate cheques to Saskatchewan residents, despite Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's decision to stop collecting the carbon tax on natural gas or home heating, questions were raised about whether other provinces would follow suit. CTV News reached out across the country and here's what we found out.
A Montreal actress, who has previously detailed incidents she had with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, says a New York Court of Appeals decision overturning his 2020 rape conviction is 'discouraging' but not surprising.
A B.C. man has been found not guilty of assaulting two RCMP officers – with the court finding he was resisting an "unlawful entry and arrest" in his home before he was tasered, taken down and hauled away in handcuffs.
A rural Manitoba school trustee is facing calls to resign over comments he made about Indigenous people and residential schools earlier this week.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
A property tax bill is perplexing a small townhouse community in Fergus, Ont.
When identical twin sisters Kim and Michelle Krezonoski were invited to compete against some of the world’s most elite female runners at last week’s Boston Marathon, they were in disbelief.
The giant stone statues guarding the Lions Gate Bridge have been dressed in custom Vancouver Canucks jerseys as the NHL playoffs get underway.
A local Oilers fan is hoping to see his team cut through the postseason, so he can cut his hair.
A family from Laval, Que. is looking for answers... and their father's body. He died on vacation in Cuba and authorities sent someone else's body back to Canada.
A former educational assistant is calling attention to the rising violence in Alberta's classrooms.
The federal government says its plan to increase taxes on capital gains is aimed at wealthy Canadians to achieve “tax fairness.”
At 6'8" and 350 pounds, there is nothing typical about UBC offensive lineman Giovanni Manu, who was born in Tonga and went to high school in Pitt Meadows.