Canada’s Housing Crisis: The Impacts and Way Forward

2023-11-23 09:02:40 Inflation is slowing across the country, but housing costs are exploding. Rent prices increased, on average, by 8.2% from October 2022 to October 2023, according to data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada. And the strong demographic increase in the country would not be at all unrelated to this situation. There is no precedent … Read more

44. Vienna Municipal Council (10) | PID Press

2023-11-22 20:31:49 Urgent request from the Green City Hall faction to Mayor Michael Ludwig regarding “real estate transactions in the City of Vienna” Vienna (OTS/RK) – GR David Ellensohn (GREEN) doubted that all mandates understood the reasons for scheduling the urgent inquiry. “I have known about the issue since I have been in this house. … Read more

Mental health: Toronto wants to have distress centers open 24 hours a day

2023-11-20 18:11:08 Toronto is facing a “crisis” in mental health and addiction, says the president of the municipal public health committee, Chris Moise, who is urging Ottawa and the province to fund the City’s new action plan. A report accompanying the municipal plan presented Monday includes alarming data: In 2021, only 55% of adults in … Read more

Humor training offered to CHUM bosses does not make Minister Dubé laugh

2023-11-20 23:39:45 The office of the Minister of Health of Quebec, Christian Dubé, finds “very questionable” an expense made by the Center hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) to offer training from the National School of Humor to executives of the establishment. Radio-Canada revealed on Monday the existence of this contract worth $60,000 entitled “Humor … Read more

Mother and child rescued from elevator | PID Press

2023-11-20 19:32:24 Three Viennese professional firefighters slightly injured Vienna (OTS/RK) – On Monday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. an emergency call was received in the Vienna Fire Department’s communications center. A fire broke out in a building on Leopold-Ferstl-Gasse. Thanks to the proximity of the site to the Am Spitz fire station, the first firefighters were … Read more

Canada Announces $20 Billion Plan for Carbon Capture and Carbon Neutral Projects

2023-11-20 21:05:37 The federal government will introduce legislation this month to provide grants for carbon capture and carbon neutral projects, as part of a plan worth about $20 billion over five years, according to an anonymous source with direct knowledge of the matter. Industry lobbies said in September that investments worth more than $50 billion … Read more

Argentina Elects Javier Milei: The Rise of a New Right-Wing Leader

2023-11-20 09:01:39 The United States had Donald Trump. Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. Argentina will now have, for the next four years, a certain Javier Milei, elected this Sunday by an overwhelming vote of 56% to 44% – or 13 million votes against 10 million for his unsuccessful rival Sergio Massa. Today begins the reconstruction of Argentina, … Read more

The 110th Gray Cup Final: Montreal Alouettes vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2023-11-20 05:05:26 The Montreal Alouettes and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers faced each other on Sunday in Hamilton in the final of the 110th Gray Cup. In a game that leaned in favor of the Manitobans for a long time, the Alouettes finally won 28-24 with a touchdown from Tyson Philpot with 13 seconds left in … Read more