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Halifax home prices expected to tick higher in 2026: Royal LePage report
Royal LePage is forecasting an uptick in home prices for 2026 as it says the Canadian housing market is primed for a “reset” with more buyers making their move. Halifax home prices are expected to rise no more than two per cent in 2026. Prices are forecast to rise to 538,968 year over year, according […]
Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A separatist group has seized control of an oil-rich region in southern Yemen, shattering a relative calm in the country’s stalemated civil war — a significant move in a country located along a key international trade route that also threatens to bring new risks to the Persian Gulf region. The secessionist […]
Sipekne’katik First Nation bans N.S. premier, ministers after cannabis directive
The move comes after Justice Minister Scott Armstrong issued a directive last week to the province’s police agencies to crack down on illegal cannabis dispensaries.
Ride-hailing companies like Uber should face more municipal scrutiny: Halifax report
A new staff report for Halifax regional council is recommending requirements for ride-hailing services should be brought in line with those covering all taxi and limousine drivers.
N.S. is still below targets set in federal agreement for $10 a day daycare: report
The Nova Scotia government says the province needs more money from the federal government to reach their 2021 target of creating 9,500 new affordable childcare spaces.
Options positions and strategies suggest selling could intensity if S&P 500 falls toward 6,500 next week
Momentum trading strategies tend to amplify market moves into option expiry and UBS warns if the market has a 5% downtick, delta hedging could exaggerate that and make it much worse.
Ontario business owner fined $36.9M for failing to declare exported used vehicles
The Canada Border Services Agency says its investigation determined the Ontario business owner failed to declare hundreds of used vehicles exported from Canada.
‘This seems absolutely insane’: Our children pay rent on our investment properties. Our lawyer says they should still buy us out.
“They have already paid the mortgage. It makes no sense to require them to ‘pay’ it again.”