Tag Archives: Construction

Ground was broken on Fire Station No. 8 on Friday, and the city's fire chief says the new station will help reduce response times in southeast Regina. Fire Station No. 8 is located at 5051 E. Primrose...

After months of work, Regina's 11th Avenue is scheduled to reopen on Monday, wrapping up this year's construction season. The City of Regina said the street will reopen to vehicle traffic between Broa...

TORONTO - Ontario is lowering projections for new home construction levels in its fall economic statement, putting the government further away from building 1.5 million homes in 10 years - a goal the ...

TORONTO - Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028, numbers released i...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Opposition leader has taken on the role of housing critic to draw attention to the province's housing crisis and what she says is the provincial government's lack of interest i...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud will, as of Dec. 1, be president and CEO of the...

TORONTO - Some first-time homebuyers in Ontario could soon save tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of a home under a proposal from the provincial government to rebate the HST, but opposition lea...

TORONTO - Critics are calling for more protection for renters after Ontario backed off a proposal to consider changes to rules that prevent landlords from evicting tenants without a legal reason and a...

OTTAWA - The federal government wants to use "as much Canadian labour as possible" to achieve its infrastructure and homebuilding ambitions, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday. Hajdu announced that...

TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...