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Lack of inventory will be the greatest challenge facing housing markets across the country this Spring, according to a report released today by RE/MAX.

The RE/MAX Market Trends Report 2010, which examined real estate trends and developments in 16 markets across the country, found that unusually strong activity during one of the traditionally quietest months of the year has led to a sharp decline in active listings in 81 per cent of markets surveyed. The threat of higher interest rates, tighter lending criteria, and in British Columbia and Ontario, the introduction of the new Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) have clearly served to kick-start real estate activity from coast-to-coast, prompting an unprecedented influx of purchasers. As a result, 87.5 per cent of markets posted an increase in sales in January. Average price appreciated in 81 per cent of markets surveyed.

 

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) today launched textED.ca, an innovative and interactive website designed to teach teens to be safe, responsible and respectful users of texting technologies.

Concerns surrounding teens sending sexual messages, nude photos and videos via text messaging is on the rise, yet the vast majority of kids doing so are unaware of the short-term costs and the long-term ramifications associated with their actions.

Health Canada is advising consumers not to use TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles, with the distinctive red EZ-OPEN CAP, which is being recalled in the U.S. after consumer reports of an unusual mouldy, musty, or mildew-like odour that has been associated with nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.

The odour has been linked to trace amounts ofthe chemical 2,4,6-tribromoanisole in the product. Only TYLENOL® ArthritisPain Caplet 100’s are affected by this recall.

This product is not authorized for sale in Canada and has not been found in the Canadian marketplace, but it may have been brought into the country by travellers or purchased over the Internet.

A New Brunswick judge has ordered a Miramichi woman to reveal how often she uses the social-networking website Facebook to a man she's suing after a 2004 car crash.

Actress Brittany Murphy has died at the age of 32.

According to reports, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a medical request at 8:00am on December 20, 2009 at the West Hollywood home Murphy and her husband shared. She had apparently collapsed in a bathroom. Firefighters attempted to resuscitate Murphy when they arrived on scene and she was subsequently transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 10:04am after going into cardiac arrest.  Authorities are examining her medical history, and an autopsy will be conducted  this week.

Brittany Murphy may be best known for her roles in "Sin City," "Girl, Interrupted," "Clueless," "8 Mile," and for voicing a character in the animated "Happy Feet."

 

A Nanos Research study of more than 1,000 Canadians confirms strong support for local television stations securing financial compensation from cable and satellite companies.

An overwhelming majority of Canadians (70% of respondents) support the statement that “local TV stations should receive a portion of the amount that customers pay on their monthly bill for cable or satellite TV.”