In downtown Montreal, a neighbourhood built on mutual aid
‘We are really a last resort’: A vital support system in Milton Park prevents unhoused people from falling through the cracks
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Conflict of interest: Montreal politicians making decisions on housing are also landlords
A review of financial declarations revealed major omissions and over a dozen evictions tied to just three politicians from across the political spectrum
You’ve changed, man: How the Alberta NDP lost its way
Current and former members describe a party that has sacrificed principles and centralized control in pursuit of power
Homelessness in Canada has reached a humanitarian crisis level, experts warn
‘Many Canadians, especially renters, are closer to homelessness than they might imagine’
‘Today is a good day to die’: Brandi Morin reports from a new RCMP raid at Fairy Creek
Inside the fight to save one of the last ancient old growth forests on the planet
Airbnb in Victoria: Three words that keep hundreds of rentals off the housing market
Victoria banned most short-term rentals in 2018 — but allowed ‘legal non-conforming’ units to remain. Why?
Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan
Presentation highlights darker truths behind violence and intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction
B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports
As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel
‘The islands are being sold to tourists’: summer rentals leave locals homeless on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands
The race to buy houses to convert them to short-term rentals is accelerating the housing crisis on the rural islands
Nearly 1,500 people in Canada have died in custody in the past two decades, according to new analysis
The lack of consistent tracking by government reveals a system that is ‘deeply broken and designed to obfuscate responsibility’
The Montreal shuffle: Inside the Airbnb hustle taking homes off the market
This new short-term rental scheme is earning big money for entrepreneurs and property owners — and leaving renters homeless
City for sale: Airbnb scam quadruples rents, replaces long-term tenants with ghost hotels
Landlords partner with illegal Airbnb operators to evict long-term tenants, raise rents and inflate property values. Everyone wins — except people who need a place to live
Jasper, Alberta has hundreds of Airbnbs, but not a single place to live
‘Desperate to find housing’: In resort towns, landlords are pulling units from the long-term rental market to convert them to short-term rentals
With Olivia Chow, Toronto might be worth fighting for
But we must lead the change ourselves, and bring the new mayor along with us
How an ‘explosion’ of renovictions have been left unchecked in Quebec
More and more tenants are the victims of bad-faith maneuvers so landlords can hike up rents. A look at the rising phenomenon and its impacts on renters