Airbnb

• Are Quebec hosts skirting the new rules on Airbnb?

  Global News found some listings with a 123456 license number. In another instance, two separate listings with different hosts shared the same registration number.

  Canada

  Mar 30
  
• Montrealer feels ‘grateful’ to be alive after surviving deadly heritage building fire

  As Airbnb pulls unauthorized Quebec listings from their platform, a Montrealer who survived the deadly fire in Old Montreal says she's lucky to be alive.

  Canada

  Mar 29
  
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• Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says

  A tenants' rights association says vacancy rates in most regions of Quebec would be at three per cent or higher if the units on Airbnb were put on the long-term rental market.

  Consumer

  Mar 28
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• Montreal police confirm 6th and 7th bodies found in ruins of heritage building fire

  The bodies of seven missing people have been found and extracted to date since the fatal fire on March 16, according to Montreal police. Five of the victims have been identified.

  Canada

  Mar 27
• Montreal police confirm fifth body found in rubble of historic building fire

  Police say the body has been turned over to a pathologist for identification as the search for others in the burned-out structure continues.

  Canada

  Mar 26
• Airbnb to pull listings that don’t have proper permits in Quebec

  The San Francisco-based company made the announcement eight days after a fatal fire destroyed an Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• Police say it’s ‘improbable’ there are more than seven missing in Old Montreal fire

  Searchers have pulled four bodies from the rubble, and only one victim has been identified: a 76-year-old woman who had lived in the building for decades.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• Quebec’s tourism minister meets with Airbnb officials after Old Montreal fire

  Tourism minister Caroline Proulx says she's unequivocal. Airbnb will have to comply with new regulation she's planning to introduce to clamp down on illegal rentals.

  Canada

  Mar 23
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• Police ID first victim as search continues at site of fatal fire in Old Montreal

  Montreal police Insp. David Shane identified the victim as 76-year-old Camille Maheux.

  Canada

  Mar 22
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• Calls continue for stronger rules around short-term rentals following Old Montreal fire

  Oversight of these establishments like Airbnb has long been a problem, even though, according to experts, there are strong provincial rules governing them.

  Canada

  Mar 21