Land-title

• Impersonators posing as homeowners linked to 32 property fraud cases in Ontario and B.C.

  Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and B.C., investigators and official warnings suggest.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia bill to speed up land title claims in African Nova Scotian communities

  In 2017, the province created the Land Titles Initiative, which assists applicants to get title at no cost.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2021
  
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• N.S. announces $3M fund for land title claims in African Nova Scotian communities

  African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Tony Ince said today the money will help resolve claims without requiring residents to go to court.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2021
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• Wolastoqey Nation filing lawsuit against N.B., Canada to seek Aboriginal land title

  The six chiefs said they are not seeking the return of any land or compensation.

  Politics

  Oct 5, 2020
• West Vancouver councillor outs ‘shocking’ racism in B.C. real estate — but it’s not the only example

  Vancouver's British Properties isn’t the only Canadian neighbourhood that has a history of real estate rules that promote racial segregation.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2020
• West Vancouver land titles bar African and Asian residents. This councillor wants to change that

  Land titles in the community include a covenant that seeks to bar people of African or Asian origin or descent from living on the luxury properties.

  Jan 22, 2020
• Elsipogtog First Nation, federal government agree to memorandum of understanding

  Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, made the announcement Thursday at Elsipogtog First Nation.

  Politics

  May 9, 2019
• ‘Timing is everything’: Group calling for N.S. government to expedite black land title issues

  It’s been a month since the NS government announced new funding to help solve black land title issues. But the process is off to a slow start and those involved say the clock is ticking.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2017
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• Nova Scotia announces $2.7M to help black residents get titles to their land

  The residents have struggled for decades to gain clear title to land that has been in their families since many arrived as Loyalists in the 1800s.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2017