Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Ontario looks at counting student residences toward aim of building 1.5 million homes
TORONTO - Ontario is considering counting student residences toward its target of building 1.5 million homes in 10 years, a move opposition parties criticized as a new attempt to inflate the numbers a...
Apr 09, 2024
Infrastructure program falls short on tracking results, but on right path: auditor
Auditor general Karen Hogan says the government's $4.6-billion program to bolster transportation infrastructure across the country suffers from poor results tracking, but the fund is well-crafted over...
Mar 19, 2024
SaskEnergy offering new incentives on construction of energy-efficient homes
SaskEnergy is offering incentives on the construction of new, energy-efficient homes. On Friday, the Crown corporation announced its Homes Beyond Code Program. The program includes new rebate will mak...
Mar 15, 2024 A series of housing related bylaw changes have been passed by Saskatoon City Council. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Downtown Halifax getting new high-speed, net-zero commuter ferry service
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government announced Monday a $258-million plan for a new high-speed ferry service that will link Halifax with Bedford, a rapidly growing suburb about 10 kilometres northwest...
Mar 04, 2024
His son died in a 2021 B.C. crane tragedy. He wants to know why they still happen
VANCOUVER - When Chris Vilness heard about the crane accident that killed a construction worker in Vancouver last week, he was angry, and he didn't have to imagine what the woman's family was going th...
Feb 27, 2024
Canadian cities 'not gatekeepers': Head of mayors' group pushes back on Poilievre
OTTAWA - Mayors are community builders, not gatekeepers, Canada's municipal governments said Monday as their spokesman pushed back against language Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre often uses to a...
Feb 26, 2024
Trudeau announces funding for affordable housing construction in Cape Breton
MEMBERTOU, NOVA SCOTIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Nova Scotia on Thursday to announce $13.3 million in funding to fast-track construction of 367 housing units over the next three yea...
Feb 22, 2024
Prime minister announces $175 million for Edmonton to help build affordable housing
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday $175 million in funding to fast-track more than 5,200 new housing units in Edmonton over the next three years. "We're changing the way hous...
Feb 21, 2024
RCMP ask prosecutors to consider charge in B.C. crane collapse that killed 5
KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP investigators have asked British Columbia prosecutors to consider criminal charges in a July 2021 construction crane collapse that killed five people in the Interior city of Kelow...
Feb 20, 2024
Trudeau boosts B.C.'s housing plan with $2 billion in federal financing
VANCOUVER - The federal government is doubling the financing available for a British Columbia housing plan, which the prime minister called "transformative." Justin Trudeau was in Vancouver on Tuesday...
Feb 20, 2024
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