Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Construction
Tariff uncertainty foils 'slam dunk rebound year' for national home sales: CREA
The Canadian Real Estate Association downgraded its forecast for home sales this year, while it also reported Tuesday the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March fell 9.3 per ce...
Apr 15, 2025
Dewdney businesses want people to know they will be open during construction
With construction resuming on Dewdney Avenue on Monday, Bushwakker Brewpub's Grant Frew is feeling a combination of excitement and concern. The bar and marketing manager thinks the Dewdney Avenue Corr...
Apr 06, 2025 Bushwakker Brewpub has been on Dewdney Avenue for 34 years and bar and marketing manager Grant Frew said the business is aiming to draw customers with additional parking on Cornwall Street, beautifying the rear entrance, expanding event programming and potentially adding a summer seasonal menu. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Regina's 2025 construction season to kick off on Monday
Regina's 11th Avenue Revitalization Project and The Dewdney Avenue Corridor Revitalization Project will kick the city's 2025 construction season off on Monday. In a pair of news releases this week, th...
Apr 06, 2025 The 11th Avenue Revitalization Project will include upgrading roads, sidewalks, lighting and aging underground infrastructure on 11th Avenue between Albert and Broad streets. (City of Regina rendering)
B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government celebrated the first anniversary of one of its cornerstone housing programs at the groundbreaking of a 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver, whic...
Apr 04, 2025
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to ...
Mar 31, 2025
Downtown office market notches slight improvement despite tariff threats
TORONTO - Canada's downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic, said a report out Monday from CBRE Group Inc. The national vacancy rate for do...
Mar 31, 2025
Deed tax increase won't hurt demand for Nova Scotia recreational properties: Realtor
HALIFAX - Demand for cottages and recreational properties in Nova Scotia should remain strong despite the doubling of the province's deed transfer tax, says an executive with a major real estate agenc...
Mar 28, 2025
Montreal archdiocese launches real estate arm aimed at maximizing social impact
MONTREAL - As Montreal grapples with growing homelessness, the Catholic archdiocese in the city is forming a new real estate arm that it says will help ensure any redevelopment of church properties ad...
Mar 27, 2025
EV-ready parking spots should be required in new apartment builds: report
TORONTO - New multi-unit buildings across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a possible way to spur EV uptake, a report released Wednesday suggested. As Ca...
Mar 26, 2025
Federal government commits $187M to rebuild critical infrastructure in Jasper
More money is on the way for fire-ravaged Jasper, Alta., as the federal government has announced $187 million in new funding for the town's rebuild. It is the largest funding package to be announced s...
Mar 20, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...