Tag Archives: Construction

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing new legislation aimed at making sure construction workers and contractors are paid on time. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the bill is abou...

MONTREAL - Two years after their home was expropriated to make way for a rail bypass, Lac-Mgantic, Que., resident Raymond Savoie and Rita Boulanger are still fighting to stay in the stone cottage wher...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP leader is highlighting a pair of her party's housing bills she says were lost in the government's rush to wrap up the fall sitting of the legislature. Claudia Chender says ...

As the end of the 2025 construction season approaches in Regina, mild fall weather is helping workers finish their projects on schedule. Kurtis Doney, Regina's deputy city manager for operations, said...

BARRIE - For the past 15 years, Shania Steeves has slept on sidewalks and stayed in overcrowded, sometimes unsafe shelters. She has been homeless off and on for nearly half of her life, and she has al...

TORONTO - Every time Jason Miles walked out of prison, he would be bigger, stronger and meaner. Behind bars, he lifted weights all day and made connections that led him to commit more dangerous crimes...

In September, the public announcement of the federal government's Build Canada Homes agency sparked social media posts claiming a fake construction site with fake homes was used as a backdrop for the ...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada's housing affordability gap - but the picture looks very different across the country. Interim Parliamentary Budge...

OTTAWA - InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust says it has received Investment Canada Act approval for its deal to be acquired by a group including executive chair Mike McGahan and Singapore sovereig...

Standing in a boardroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Shawn Bouchard, vice-president of Quadra Homes in Abbotsford, B.C., said he initially planned to kick off his speech by burning a $20 bill befo...