Tag Archives: Construction

OTTAWA - Nearly half the immigrant service organizations in the Greater Toronto Area are braced for program closures in the near future due to federal funding cuts that began in 2024. A survey of 48 n...

OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada's military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia property companies controlled by prominent developer Terry Hui are taking the federal government to court, claiming a tax bill of more than $91 million will jeopardize fut...

VANCOUVER - The Competition Bureau says it has obtained a court order to expand its ongoing investigation into potential anti-competitive conduct in Canada's real estate sector to include Greater Vanc...

WINNIPEG - A former chief administrative officer with the City of Winnipeg testified Tuesday it wasn't right of him to meet with a contractor bidding on a major project. Phil Sheegl also said it was s...

MONTREAL - Montrealer Marianick Baril says she's had eight flat tires since Christmas. Now, she plans her daily commute less on travel time and more by choosing the streets that have the fewest crater...

MONTREAL - In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crme - a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of chu...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge will be resolved following a call with the U.S. president Tuesday. "I ex...

WINNIPEG - A public inquiry into cost overruns at a Winnipeg construction project has heard of an unusual change that helped the winning bidder. The inquiry is examining the city's development of a he...

MONTREAL - Tacked on the plywood fence keeping intruders away from the long-closed St-Eusbe-de-Verceil church in Montreal, next to "Free Gaza" and anti-police graffiti, is a poem. "This church is no m...