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New federal entity to prioritize Canadian-made, affordable housing projects
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised new entity to spur massive amounts of housing construction will prioritize the building of affordable housing and the use of Canadian materials, says a c...
Aug 11, 2025
Ottawa Senators, NCC finalize land deal for new arena at LeBreton Flats
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are one step closer to having a new arena in the city's downtown core. The Senators and the National Capital Commission have agreed on the sale of 4.5 hectares (11 acres) ...
Aug 11, 2025
Ontario records low housing starts, even using new ways of counting them
TORONTO - Ontario's final tally for housing starts in 2024 is well off what's needed to achieve Premier Doug Ford's goal of getting 1.5 million homes built, even with various new categories the govern...
Aug 11, 2025
New Saskatoon BRT stations and platforms expected to be completed by October
Saskatoon's spring and summer construction season is always busy, but possibly even more so this year. It includes construction on the Broadway Bridge, which began on May 12, a variety of resurfacing ...
Aug 10, 2025 An artist's rendering of what a the bus platforms will look like in the future, with a shelter. (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
AtkinsRéalis says the slowdown in the United States is temporary
MONTREAL - Montreal-based engineering firm AtkinsRalis revised down its forecasts for the engineering sector slightly due to a decline in activity in the United States. New orders in the United States...
Aug 07, 2025
Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves
HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air con...
Aug 06, 2025
Newfoundlanders who fled cod moratorium are returning — and creating a housing crunch
NEW-WES-VALLEY - The affordable housing complex Mike Tiller is hoping for is unlike anything else in his community. The sleek, modular buildings with sloping roofs and wide windows pose a sharp contra...
Jul 31, 2025
Migrant worker calls proposed spike in housing cost payroll deduction 'wickedness'
OTTAWA - An Ontario migrant farm worker says there is "wickedness" in a federal government proposal that could allow employers to charge some workers 30 per cent of their income for housing. The Migra...
Jul 30, 2025
N.S. reform of care of people with disabilities behind in housing 'complex' cases
HALIFAX - There's been a surge in the number of Nova Scotians with complex disabilities stuck in temporary housing, according to recent figures released by the province. This rise in what are called "...
Jul 28, 2025
Alberta immigrants say seeing an uptick in anger, rise of racist narratives
EDMONTON - Alberta resident Shamaila Akram says she can handle the increase in racial slurs and derogatory comments being thrown at her, but she worries about her newcomer and immigrant clients. As de...
Jul 26, 2025
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