Morning Update: How hidden fees are choking house construction | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: October 16, 2025 - 06:28

Morning Update: How hidden fees are choking house construction

October 16, 2025

Good morning. Cities have hiked development fees on new housing projects, a tax buyers never see but have to pay – more on that below, along with a made-in-Canada generic Ozempic and Ottawa’s threats to sue automaker Stellantis. But first:

Today’s headlines


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Three audits of campaign expenses related to the 2022 municipal election have cost Ottawa more than $450,000, the city clerk reported Thursday. Read More
October 16, 2025 - 18:41 | Gord Holder, Postmedia | Ottawa Citizen
Municipal workers are clearing another homeless encampment in Toronto after officials cited a fire hazard.
October 16, 2025 - 18:15 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A B.C First Nation regains 80 hectares of land in Nanaimo and $42M in compensation under a treaty claim settlement with the federal government.
October 16, 2025 - 18:13 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada