Four people were arrested and a gun was seized outside a Toronto home that was being rented out on Airbnb.

“Police said the man was shot inside a 16th floor Airbnb rental unit where a gathering was taking place.”…

A student at Humber College in Toronto is warning others to know their rights after she and her roommates found out their landlord was collecting thousands of dollars in rent from them while subletting their rooms and listing them concurrently on Airbnb this summer…

Call it Scare bnb…

On Monday, journalist Nathaniel Friedman unleashed a tweetstorm about his girlfriend’s bad experience as an Airbnb guest. She and two other friends needed a place to stay at the last minute, and all the local hotels were booked, in Friedman’s retelling. Since they were desperate, they looked past the bad reviews and rented “what was […]

Airbnb says that its rating and review system builds trust between people and accomplishes the impossible — convincing people to let complete strangers sleep in their homes…

Airbnb is improving the security of its app and website after a BBC investigation found people’s homes had been burgled by scammers using stolen accounts…

A Winnipeg man thought he had booked a dream vacation but it turned out to be a nightmare after the condo he rented through Airbnb was anything but glamorous…

An Airbnb rental was turned into a pop-up nightclub last weekend, for a 200-person party that sleep-deprived neighbours compared to London nightclub Fabric. It’s awkward timing for the home-sharing site, which this week launched its “music experiences” project, which encourages hosts to hold events in their homes…

An American artist had her apartment trashed by thugs who used a ‘fake’ Airbnb profile to rent it for a New Year’s Eve party…