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Housing prices will continue to drop well into the first quarter of 2023, but home ownership remains an elusive, if not unfeasible, milestone for young Canadians.ย Since their peak in February of this year, average housing prices in Canada have decreased by about 11 per cent. In a housing outlook released last month, the Canada…
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The average price of houses jumped by 34 per cent in Waterloo region, and 23 per cent province wide year over year. This has made it increasingly unaffordable for community members to rent or purchase homes. A report showed that Ontario needs to add one million homes to keep up with population growth in the…
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Since the zoning bylaw amendment in April, Simon Wong has become the first property owner to receive a building permit for Kitchenerโs first legal tiny home.ย After receiving his building permit in August, Wong began the construction of his tiny home in his backyard and is on track to complete the project by the end…
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On Oct. 28 the Kitchener city councillors ruled to approve a new residential bylaw that will allow up to three residential units on a property. The bylaw will permit adding units like tiny houses, granny flats and above-garage apartments to a property. โWe have been working on updating our zoning bylaw for over five years,…
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Revolutionary Student Movementโs (RSM) Waterloo chapter organized a student housing rally that took place on Sept. 23 after a massive data leak of over 6000 maintenance requests that came from the tenant portal for users living in buildings owned by Accomad8U, especially pertaining to many buildings on Albert Street. Although almost 800 students had said…
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawksโ mixed varsity golf team had an eventful weekend at both the Western Invitational and the Brock Invitational, with the menโs team scoring a third place win at Western and then a second place finish at Brock. The womenโs side finished fifth in the Western tournament and improved to a fourth…


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