Tag Archives: Construction

OTTAWA - Canada's new housing minister says he didn't have the tools he needed to address housing affordability issues when he was mayor of Vancouver - the country's most expensive housing market. Gre...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list of all 28 Liberal cabinet members, as well as 10 secretaries of state. Returning members of cabinet: Anita Anand, mi...

OTTAWA - Former housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it's "impossible not to feel disrespected" after being dropped from cabinet. In a series of social media posts Tuesday, the member of Parliamen...

Gregor Robertson set himself a bold goal as the newly elected mayor in Vancouver in 2008 - ending street homelessness in the city by 2015. Seventeen years later, British Columbia remains immersed in t...

Canada's business community will be monitoring files across various portfolios after Tuesday's swearing-in of Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet. Corporate leaders and business associations say ...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: HBC Hudson's Bay is expected to return to court Tuesday to seek permission to extend its creditor protection, curr...

With Regina's construction season getting underway, residents of the Queen City will have an extra tool available to help map out their commutes. The City of Regina has launched an online map that inc...

HALIFAX - A provincial official acknowledged Tuesday that some Nova Scotia landlords are abusing fixed-term leases, but the government is not looking to change tenancy law because there could be "unin...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election. Here's a qu...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has granted short-term rental platforms an extra month to confirm their listings are legal. But the extension announced Wednesday doesn't apply to rental hos...