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Canada's Rent Slide Is Finally Stalling — What It Means If You Rent or Rent Out

  Published August 13, 2026 For nearly two years, "Canadian rents are falling" has been one of the safest headlines in personal finance. The August 2026 National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, released last week, suggests that streak may finally be running out of road — and the shift matters whether you're the one paying rent or the one collecting it. The Numbers National avg. asking rent (July) $2,037 Year-over-year change -4.0% (22nd straight monthly decline) Month-over-month change +0.2% (4th straight monthly rise) Toronto, month-over-month +1.6% to $2,577 Falling, But Not as Fast Rent is still dropping on a year-over-year basis nationally — that's now been true for 22 straight months. But the pace of the decline has been easing since it bottomed out in March, and July marked the smallest annual drop since February. On a month-to-month basis, rent has now risen for four months running, which typically happens every summer as the market hits its season...
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UN Launches Major Cleanup to Reduce Gaza Health Risks

People walk past a huge mound of rubbish at a landfill site surrounded by residential buildings in Gaza City.

The United Nations Development Programme has begun clearing a massive waste dump that has accumulated in Gaza City during the ongoing conflict. The pile, which grew after access to the main landfill was cut off early in the war, has reached alarming size and sits in the heart of the historic Fras Market district.

Local authorities have warned for months that the growing mound of debris and household waste poses serious health and environmental dangers to nearby residents. With sanitation systems disrupted and municipal services strained, the dump became an unavoidable hazard.

The UN-led operation will relocate the waste to a temporary site in southern Gaza City over the coming months. Officials say the effort is an essential step toward restoring safer living conditions and reviving commercial activity in one of the city’s oldest market areas.


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