Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117 (www.cbc.ca)
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like? (www.cbc.ca)
The industry’s trade association, the Retail Council of Canada, said the new policy “unfortunately” targets large grocers exclusively....
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
The kids are not all right: How young people are dealing with increasing climate anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
With climate concerns on the rise, experts warn existing mental health resources won’t be able to keep up. By Brishti Basu · CBC News
Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
Two years after Valérie Plante’s administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn’t seen a single one....
More cities offering loans to cover upfront cost of heat pumps, solar | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
New COVID-19 subvariant EG.5 confirmed in Manitoba (www.cbc.ca)
It’s unclear if the new subvariant causes any unfamiliar symptoms that haven’t already been documented by other Omicron subvariants....
Canada may need to double — if not triple — the power we make to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 (www.cbc.ca)
Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% (www.cbc.ca)
Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I’ve kept using them because there’s rarely a line (and I’m a misanthrope). I’d probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought....
Canada will soon have new rules for clean fuel. Here's what they'll cost when you fill up (www.cbc.ca)
New federal clean fuel regulations, which take effect on Canada Day, are designed to cut pollution from vehicles. Although there won’t be much of a change to pump prices across the country on July 1, experts say, there will be a noticeable increase several years down the road. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)
Canada calls on Israel to reverse thousands of West Bank settlement approvals | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Canada's inflation rate slows to 3.4%, lowest level in almost 2 years (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s inflation rate decelerated to 3.4 per cent in the year up to May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, led by sharply lower gasoline prices. But beneath the headline slowdown in consumer prices, many facets of the cost of living are still increasing at an eye-watering pace. Grocery prices went up at an almost nine per cent...