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  • B.C. government introduces new home-flipping tax legislation
    Under the proposal, first announced in the 2024 budget, anyone who buys a home and then sells it within two years of purchase will be taxed.
    Canada
    Apr 3
  • Deadline to submit Toronto vacant home tax declaration extended
    The City of Toronto says it has extended the deadline for homeowners to submit their vacant home tax declaration by an additional two weeks.
    Canada
    Mar 1
  • N.S. Liberals pledge two percentage point cut to harmonized sales tax if elected
    Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill told delegates the measure would drop the sales tax to 13 per cent from 15 per cent, making it the lowest in Atlantic Canada.
    Politics
    Feb 10
  • B.C. Budget 2024: New house-flipping tax, help for first-time homebuyers
    B.C.'s finance minister has unveiled this year's budget, which contains a new 'home-flipping tax' to target the profit made from selling a residential property within two years.
    Politics
    Feb 22
  • Hamilton politicians approve citywide bylaw that taxes vacant homes
    The vacant unit tax takes effect in January with a goal of discouraging properties from being left vacant and addressing the ongoing housing crisis.
    Politics
    Apr 24
  • Mayors approve ‘stopgap’ 2024 TransLink funding, but ‘fiscal cliff’ still looms
    TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn described the investment plan as a 'stopgap' measure to address congestion on the system as work continues to secure stable, long-term funding.
    Canada
    Apr 25
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  • ‘We screwed up’: Toronto admits major flaws in vacant home tax rollout
    After being inundated with complaints from frustrated residents who received incorrect vacant home tax bills, City of Toronto staff were grilled by councillors.
    Canada
    Apr 18
  • Saskatoon morning news rewind: Monday, April 15
    Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, April 15.
    Canada
    Apr 15
  • Toronto’s Pearson Airport to get multibillion-dollar renovation: GTAA
    Toronto’s airports authority has announced a multibillion-dollar plan to update and modernize Toronto Pearson Airport. Here's what you can expect.
    Canada
    Apr 12
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  • Edmonton video game industry sees boom in size, international clout
    Caldera Interactive recently brought their game concept, The Rabbit Haul, to a pitch competition at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco and they won.
    Tech
    Apr 3
  • Surrey Police Service to take over from RCMP in November: Farnworth
    Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth announced the SPS will become the police of jurisdiction on Nov. 29, 2024.
    Politics
    Apr 23
  • ‘No legal mechanism’ for RCMP to work under municipal Surrey police: memo
    In an internal memo the head of the Surrey RCMP detachment says there is no legal mechanism in place for his members to work under Surrey Police Service supervision.
    Politics
    Apr 12
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  • Montreal mobile health clinic helps get homeless people out of tents, into apartments
    Old Brewery Mission says its mobile health clinic has intervened 2,691 times to help homeless people in the community in its first year.
    Canada
    Apr 15
  • Dubai airport says flood recovery ‘will take some time’ after record rain
    The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport
    World
    Apr 17
  • Flair Airlines CEO says spring flight cuts not a reflection of finances
    Flair Airlines is trimming some 600 flights from its March, April and May flight schedule in 2024 compared with last year, data provided to Global News confirms.
    Money
    Mar 22
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  • Honda’s $15B Ontario EV plant marks ‘historic day,’ Trudeau says
    Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford and Honda executives are expected to announce the automaker is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston part of a $15-billion investment.
    Canada
    Apr 25
  • Montreal-based Lightspeed Commerce cutting 280 jobs
    The Montreal-based technology company said the move represents about 10 per cent of its head count-related operating expenditures.
    Canada
    Apr 3
  • Ottawa changing RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan, some mortgage amortization rules
    Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled changes on Thursday aimed at making it easier for first-time buyers to break into the housing market.
    Money
    Apr 11
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  • Trudeau should meet with premiers on carbon price, MPs say as motion passes
    With the support of the NDP and Bloc, the non-binding Conservative motion calling on the prime minister to have a carbon price meeting with the premiers has been adopted.
    Canada
    Apr 10
  • Flair Airlines faces seizure order as carrier owes feds $67M in unpaid taxes
    Flair CEO Stephen Jones says the Edmonton-based company has a deal with the Canada Revenue Agency to pay the taxes, and that it is "current with that plan."
    Canada
    Jan 29
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