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Foreign buyer tax alone won't fix Toronto housing crisis: report
A new report suggests a foreign buyer tax alone can't solve Toronto's soaring housing prices. The report released Monday by Ryerson University's City Building Institute, favours a tax on foreign buyers but suggests it should be implemented in addition to a "progressive surtax" on expensive homes owned by people who aren't paying income tax, including people with foreign capital. A real estate sold sign hangs in front of a west-end Toronto property Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Demand fuels Toronto house prices, not lack of supply, study finds
A new study argues the rate of new home building – including condo units – has more than kept pace with the population growth in Toronto based on historical norms.
Poland confirms Minnesota man as Nazi commander
FILE- In this May 22, 1990, file photo, Michael Karkoc whom The Associated Press identified as a former commander in an SS-led unit stands in Lauderdale, Minn. Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of Karkoc, a Minnesota man, after confirming he was a Nazi unit commander suspected of ordering the killing of 44 Poles during World War II, a prosecutor said Monday, March 13, 2017. (Chris Polydoroff/Pioneer Press via AP, File)
Toronto health officials recommend prescribing heroin to opioid addicts
Those receiving prescription heroin experienced better physical and mental-health improvements than those on methadone, the most common heroin replacement drug.
EU extends Russia sanctions over Ukraine for 6 more months
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Duterte asks military to tell China vast sea area 'is ours'
Dutch election rivals clash in televised debate
Oil industry will continue to lose money this year: Conference Board of Canada
Laukkanen's brisk pacing gives urgency to 'Forgotten Girls'
This cover image released by Putnam shows, "The Forgotten Girls," by Owen Laukkanen. (Putnam via AP)
Saudi king visits Japan, seeks help in diversifying economy
TD Bank allegations raise 'serious concerns,' says banking ombudsman
Bharat Masrani, president and CEO of TD Bank, attends TD's annual meeting in Toronto on Thursday, March 26, 2015. The head of Canada's main financial services ombudsman says allegations about aggressive sales tactics by TD Bank employees raise "serious concerns" and the watchdog will be keeping an eye out to see if similar issues persist in the broader industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Court condemns former Catalan chief for vote on independence
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo, the then President of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, Artur Mas, talks during a rally in Barcelona, Spain. Former Catalonia regional government chief Artur Mas faces a 2 year ban from holding public office for ignoring a Constitutional ban and organizing a vote on the region's independence from Spain, a court in Barcelona ruled Monday March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
As Brexit nears, a look at how 5 people are coping
In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, Katrina Rubina a High school student at Riga 2nd Gymnasium, poses for the Associated Press outside her school in Riga, Latvia. Rubina's dream is to study at a university in London, but she fears an unfriendly Brexit policy might get her chances blown away. (AP Photo/Vitnija Saldava)
Canada’s defence spending among lowest in NATO despite increase last year
A Canadian Armed Forces member looks on as a Polish soldier fires a C9 machine gun at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland during Operation REASSURANCE on March 15, 2016.
Hundreds on ATV, snowmobiles, jeeps protest off-road vehicle ban in Castle area
Philly police find autistic teen with bound feet out in cold
Fueled by Trump opponents, Maddow's popularity rises
This image released by NBC shows Rachel Maddow, host of "The Rachel Maddow Show," on MSNBC. Maddow says she can track the mood of her liberal viewers by her ratings: they sank like a stone right after Donald Trump then slowly rose as civic engagement caught on. In February, the MSNBC host had her best month ever. (MSNBC via AP)
Squatters' urban garden comes to life with pope's tacit OK
Postelection dominoes create 5 open House seats
Second part of ancient Egyptian statue lifted from site
Nova Scotia firm gets $7.3 million rescue boat contract for Arctic patrol ships
University launches Biden policy institute
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden smiles in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Biden is joining officials at the University of Delaware, his alma mater, for the launch Monday, March 13, 2017, of the Biden Institute. The Institute is a new research and policy center focused on domestic issues including economic reform, environmental sustainability, criminal justice and civil rights. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Canadian defence spending among lowest in NATO despite small increase last year
A Canadian Forces door gunner keeps watch as his Griffon helicopter goes on a mission, February 20, 2017 in northern Iraq. A new NATO report says Canada saw a small bump in defence spending last year, but also notes that the country remains in the bottom half when compared to the rest of the military alliance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Big week for markets: Brexit, Fed and elections to collide
Demonstrators, one dressed in a Theresa May puppet head pose near parliament in London, Monday, March 13, 2017. The action represented their concern that the Prime Minister is whipping MPs to endorse a 'blank cheque Brexit', as MPs vote on the Lords amendment of Article 50. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
'Dying one by one:' Somalia drought crushes herders' lives
Documents: Reckless murder case against ex-astronaut delayed
AP Exclusive: Under radar, Florida spent $240M on lawyers
FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. An analysis by The Associated Press shows that state taxpayers have spent roughly $250 million on outside lawyers and settlement costs during the time that Gov. Rick Scott has been in office. No one in state government, not even the state's legal officer Attorney General Pam Bondi, closely tracks this spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Kim Kardashian West opens up about gunpoint Paris robbery
FILE - In this May 16, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West attends the 20th Annual Webby Awards in New York. In a clip of an upcoming episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" released by E! on March 12, 2017, Kardashian West emotionally recalls being held at gunpoint during a jewelry heist in Paris last year. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Blatter 'reckless' to pay Platini $2M, new court ruling says
FILE - In this Thursday Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, for his appeal on a six-year ban on football related activities in Lausanne, Switzerland. Details are revealed in a 68-page verdict newly published in March 2017, written by Court of Arbitration for Sport judges to explain why they dismissed Blatter’s appeal against a six-year ban in December. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP, File)
Russian doctor Portugalov banned for life in doping case
Sergei Portugalov of the Federal Scientific Center for Physical Culture and Sport, poses in Moscown in this May 15, 2015 file photo. The Russian sports doctor accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes has been banned for life, the Court of Arbitration for Sports said "clear evidence" of multiple offences justified the ban.(Aleksander Chernykh/Russia Photo News via AP)
The Latest: UK Parliament passes Brexit authorization bill
Demonstrators, one dressed in a Theresa May puppet head pose near parliament in London, Monday, March 13, 2017. The action represented their concern that the Prime Minister is whipping MPs to endorse a 'blank cheque Brexit', as MPs vote on the Lords amendment of Article 50. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
EU clears Siemens' acquisition of wind turbine maker Gamesa
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Marijuana plants stand in a room at the grow facility for Sense of Healing dispensary in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
EU: Moldova needs to do more to improve rule of law
Moldovan Foreign Minister, Andrei Galbur, left, and his Finnish counterpart Timo Soini take part in a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, March, 13, 2017. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
Guinness, Airbnb offer Dublin brewery bar for 1 night only
The sun rises over Dublin Bay as viewed through Guinness’ planned penthouse suite atop their brewery in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday March 7, 2017. Guinness is getting its first overnight guest in the Dublin brewery’s 258-year history _ by creating a penthouse in a rooftop bar that offers the city’s most panoramic view. (Enda Cavanagh/Enda Cavanagh Photography via AP)
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State probes into NY utilities' windstorm response sought
Intel drops $15B on Mobileye in race for a driverless future
FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows a Mobileye camera system that can be installed in your car to monitor speed limits and warn drivers of potential collisions, mounted behind the rearview mirror during a demonstration of the system, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Intel is buying Mobileye in a deal announced Monday, March 13, 2017, and valued at about $14.09 billion, the latest push by a major tech company into autonomous vehicles that could change the way traffic moves globally. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calls for second independence referendum
A saltire flag and Union Jack flutter in the wind on March 9, 2017 in Glasgow,Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon has said in an interview that the autumn of 2018 would be a common sense date for a second Scottish Independence referendum.
Egypt pardons 203 people jailed for illegal protests
Conservation award honours slain philanthropist Glen Davis 10 years after death
Lawyered up? A look at what Florida has spent money on
Police in Cape Breton seek driver in connection with fatal hit-and-run accident
Trudeau approved blocking of Montreal candidate from Liberal MP race
Emmanuella Lambropoulos, centre, celebrates with supportes after winning the Liberal party nomination for the riding of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Wednesday, March 8, 2017.
Vista Equity Partners to buy Toronto-based DH Corp., merge it with U.K. company
Woman questions Spicer at DC Apple store, tweets video
White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up a Trump Administration document to "repeal and replace Obamacare" as he talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Man charged after leading New Jersey police on 30-mile chase
B.C. Premier Clark set to promise independent commission on campaign finance reform
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is expected to acknowledge mounting criticism over the province’s political fundraising rules on Monday by promising an independent commission to usher in campaign finance reform.
Snowstorms hit Ontario as Eastern Canada faces a second icy blast
NATO chief seeks to reassure Trump on defence budgets
Afghan official: Kabul blast kills 1, injures 19
Monday’s TSX breakouts: A stock from the top performing sector in 2017 with 11 ‘buy’ calls
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Weather delays sentencing of man who wanted 'martyrdom'
Scotland seeks new independence referendum amid Brexit spat
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 file photo, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, delivers a keynote address on the benefits of EU membership for work and living standards at an event hosted by the Resolution Foundation at St John's in London. Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon will seek authority to hold a new independence referendum in the next two years because Britain is dragging Scotland out of the European Union against its will, she said Monday March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Russia announces its Eurovision entry
Boston's police body camera pilot program extended
CPP Investment Board commits to invest $325 million in two logistics ventures
Before the Bell: Markets await Fed, Brexit developments
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Massachusetts retirees knit sweaters for chilly chickens
In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 photo, Barbara Widmayer adjusts a sweater for ‘Prince Peep,’ a rooster native to Malaysia, at the Fuller Village retirement home in Milton, Mass.
Analysts cut TD stock targets as bank reviews, rebuts allegations
Man: Women posing as Uber driver robbed him in New Orleans
Ex-Guinea military head extradited over stadium massacre
EU solves antitrust spat with Russia's state gas producer
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An employee at an A&W in North Vancouver in 2008 gives change back to a costumer.
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General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff speaks as the Canadian Armed Forces addresses the findings of a Statistics Canada Survey on sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces during a news conference at National defence headquaters in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. The military’s top police officer says his service will review all sexual assault cases that were dismissed as unfounded going back to 2010.
Death toll reaches 62 in Ethiopia landfill collapse
In this Sunday, March 12, 2017 photo, residents look on as rescue efforts take place at the scene of a garbage landslide, on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, killing dozens and leaving more missing, residents said. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
In Syria, deal struck to allow rebels to leave city of Homs
FILE -- In this February 26, 2016, file photo, a Syrian boy rides a bicycle through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria. Syrian opposition fighters will be allowed to leave the last rebel-held neighborhood in the city of Homs under a Russia-backed deal signed on Monday, March 13, 2017, a Syrian official and an activist said.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Storm sends flying canoe into woman's bedroom: 'It came through everything'
The damage from Saturday's windstorm is evident Sunday, March 12, 2017 in the St. John's metro area. Residents in Newfoundland and Labrador are taking stock of the damage caused by this Saturday's fearsome windstorm.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Albanian premier replaces 4 Cabinet ministers
Trial begins for 2015 slaying near Spanish pilgrimage route
'Brotherhood' : 100 tow trucks to honour Saskatchewan driver before funeral
Nigerian police say 35 killed when truck loses control
Merkel postpones visit to meet with Trump due to weather
U.S. Justice Dept. asks for more time to back Trump’s wiretap claims
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting on healthcare with opponents of the Affordable Care Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 13, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
EU official Tusk summoned for questioning in Poland
European Council President Donald Tusk speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, March 10, 2017. EU leaders are debating the future of their bloc as Britain eyes the exit door and far-right parties look to get strong results in upcoming elections. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
China law would outlaw insults to Communist heroes, martyrs
In this Sunday, March 12, 2017 photo, delegates attending a plenary session of the National People's Congress stand for a group photo near the Monument to the People's Heroes on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Damaging the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs could be a civil offense under a proposed draft of China's civil law as the Communist Party further tightens the space for public discourse on historical issues. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Blogger goes on trial for playing 'Pokemon Go' in a church
Justice Dept. asks for more time on wiretapping evidence
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is interviewed by Howard Kurtz during a taping of his "MediaBuzz" program on the Fox News Channel in New York, Friday, March 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Obama books to be published worldwide, from Ireland to India
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 46th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington. The publishing of the upcoming books by Barack and Michelle Obama will be a global event. Penguin Random House announced Monday, March 13, 2017, that it has lined up publishers from Ireland to South Africa for the two books, to be released by the Crown imprint in the U.S. and Canada. Titles and release dates have not been announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Berlin ground staff strike, hundreds of flights cancelled
Nigeria's president resuming work after weeks overseas
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, speaks at the presidential palace upon his arrival from medical vacation in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, March 10, 2017. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country on Friday after a medical leave of a month and a half that raised questions about his health and some calls for his replacement, but he made clear that whatever was ailing him was not yet over. (Sunday Aghaeze/Nigeria State House via AP)
Democrats warn against funding border wall in spending bill
FILE - In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington about news reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign. Top Senate Democrats are warning Republicans controlling Congress against adding billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall to an upcoming $1 trillion-plus catchall spending package. The warning from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and others came in a letter on Monday, March 13, to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Students at Cross Lake Indian Residential School in Cross Lake, Man., in February, 1940.
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The Latest: Dutch minister blasé about Turkey going to court
A riot police officer stands guard outside the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The escalating dispute between Turkey and the Netherlands spilled over into Sunday, with a Turkish minister unable to enter her consulate after the authorities there had already blocked a visit by the foreign minister, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch " fascists." (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
Kenya governor says police block him from president's event
Rechargeable lithium batteries come with fire risks
FILE - In this April 2014 file image frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. The International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards, decided last year to ban shipments of lithium ion batteries on international passenger flights and require that the batteries be no more than 30 percent charged on cargo flights. As a result, countries around the world have been adopting the new international safety standard for their domestic flights as well. The United States is a notable exception. (FAA via AP, File)
North Korea blames US and South Korea for Malaysia attack
Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, informs to the media during a press conference after he presented his report to the 34th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 13, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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German minister seeks way to cut funding for far-right party
French candidate Fillon on defensive over suits, caricature
French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon presents his program in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2017. Once the front-runner in the race for the April 23-May 7 election, Fillon is presenting a new version of his campaign platform Monday in an effort to claw back support. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Palestinian marchers seek Abbas resignation over Israel ties
FILE- In this Feb. 23, 2017 file photo, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas listens to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun address a speech, at the presidential palace, in Baabda east Beirut, Lebanon. Abbas will speak by telephone with U.S President Donald Trump in the first contact between the two leaders since Trump took office. Trump's planned phone call to Abbas was revealed in a White House notice Friday, March 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Israel denies entry to prominent British boycott activist
Hungary's president re-elected for 5-year term
Hungarian President Janos Ader delivers his speech during the plenary session of the unicameral Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 13, 2017, when the deputies elect the President of Hungary for the next term of five years. Janos Ader is up against the candidate of the opposition coalition Laszlo Majtenyi for the post. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
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