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Managing tax in a “tenancy in common” situation Nov 25th
Q. I am a co-owner of a cottage in Ontario. The other co-owner would like to buy out my 50% share of the cottage as tenant in common. Do I have to claim capital gains if the cottage isn’t being sold?
–Claudia
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Ex Amaya CEO asks court to order the release of details in insider trading case + MORE Dec 14th
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Sophie Melchers told a Quebec Court judge on Tuesday that although l’Autorite des ma.... More »
60 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
3.5 year – 2.30%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
4.5 year – 2.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Developers hope luxury athletes village for 2016 Rio Olympics will become top-end real estate
– canadianbusiness.com
RIO DE JANEIRO – Developers brag that the athletes’ village for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will rival a five-star resort.
The village will be turned into a private condominium complex after the games with some of the 3,600 luxury apartments selling for up to 2.3 million Brazilian reals ($700,000).
The lavish layout — called “Ilha Pura” (Pure Island) — should pamper thousands of athletes in Barra da Tijuca, the western Rio suburb that’s the centerpiece of the games.
It also reinforces complaints that South America’s first games are being run by powerful construction and real estate interests, oblivious to the city’s sprawling favelas (slums) and stark inequality.
The village is mammoth: It has 31 17-floor towers with 10,160 bedrooms that will sleep 18,000 athletes and staff for the Olympics.
“All of the visitors here, the ex-athletes and athletes who know many villages, say this village is amazing,” said Mauricio Cruz Lopes, the chief executive officer of Ilha Pura, in an interview with The Associated Press…
The village will be turned into a private condominium complex after the games with some of the 3,600 luxury apartments selling for up to 2.3 million Brazilian reals ($700,000).
The lavish layout — called “Ilha Pura” (Pure Island) — should pamper thousands of athletes in Barra da Tijuca, the western Rio suburb that’s the centerpiece of the games.
It also reinforces complaints that South America’s first games are being run by powerful construction and real estate interests, oblivious to the city’s sprawling favelas (slums) and stark inequality.
The village is mammoth: It has 31 17-floor towers with 10,160 bedrooms that will sleep 18,000 athletes and staff for the Olympics.
“All of the visitors here, the ex-athletes and athletes who know many villages, say this village is amazing,” said Mauricio Cruz Lopes, the chief executive officer of Ilha Pura, in an interview with The Associated Press…
90 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
