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Nova Scotia

Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year

Nova Scotia·New Last year, the province announced it will pay $1.3 million over two years to Happipad, a Canadian non-profit…

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Nova Scotia

Entire apartment building evicted as fixed-term leases erode stock of affordable units

Keely Corrigan happily paid $754 a month for the last five years to rent a modest apartment in the north end of Dartmouth, N.S., but that’s…

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Health

Surrey Memorial Hospital leases motel to house patients to ease overcrowding

The health authority that oversees one of B.C.’s busiest hospitals is leasing transitional housing for dozens of patients who no…

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Halifax

Fixed-term leases: N.S. Tories won’t fix loophole landlords use to evict at will

It’s a problem we see or hear about every day. Tents in the park, people living in cars, being evicted…

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Halifax

Fixed-term leases that let Nova Scotia landlords avoid rent cap rules are popular and legal, but are they fair?

When Bridget moved into her north end Halifax apartment in late 2020, she thought it would be her final long-term…

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Canada

Gwich’in celebrate cancellation of oil exploration leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

For Gwich’in on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border it’s a major victory, even if it isn’t set in stone.…

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