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Vancouver is proposing new regulations for short-term rentals including Airbnb and Expedia that would require hosts to hold a licence and only allow them to rent out their primary residence.

CALGARY — It's going to be a scorcher of a Stampede. Temperatures are expected to soar above 30 C on Friday, when Calgary kicks off its annual 10-day celebration of all things cowboy, and hover there throughout the weekend.

SASKATOON — A silverware set that belonged to Canada's first prime minister is up for sale at a Saskatoon antique shop for the princely sum of $59,500.

WINDSOR, Ont. — A southern Ontario man says he plans to keep using live sheep in his floats, despite receiving numerous complaints following two parades on Canada Day. Dave Szusz is the publisher of the Windsor, Ont.

NEW YORK — American talk show host Kelly Ripa spent most of her opening segment Wednesday extolling the virtues of Vancouver and British Columbia. Ripa has returned to New York after spending several days in B.C., last week.

MONTREAL — The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says area home sales increased by 10 per cent in June, driven by a hot condo market. There were 3,952 properties sold last month, the highest level for June in eight years.

HALIFAX — Forestry experts in Atlantic Canada are getting ready for the arrival of a new, invasive species that has destroyed millions of ash trees in other parts of Canada.

Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 6 ——— PM TRUDEAU GERMANY-BOUND FOR G20 After meeting with Queen Elizabeth in Scotland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads across the North Sea today to Hamburg, Germany to get ready for Friday's opening of

WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., have arrested and charged a 56-year-old man following a hit-and-run accident on Monday evening that killed a three-year-old boy.

RENFREW, Ont. — Provincial police have released the name of a 55-year-old Texas woman who died during a kayaking mishap in the Ottawa River.