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
Minister says Build Canada Homes wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing
OTTAWA - The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of home building in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and into Ottawa's affordable housing project...
Feb 01, 2026 Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson speaks with media before appearing at the House of Commons transport committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
B.C.-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted ...
Jan 30, 2026
Canadian companies criticized over ties to U.S. immigration enforcement
OTTAWA - Canadian companies are coming under fire over their ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a mass deportation campaign to expel vast numbers o...
Jan 28, 2026
Federal money for Arctic projects should go to the territories: N.W.T. premier
OTTAWA - Federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said on Wednesday. Simpson made the remarks while taking question...
Jan 28, 2026
Pattison firm says it did not know warehouse was intended to become ICE facility
The property arm of Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group says it did not know that a Virginia warehouse it owns was intended as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility at the time it...
Jan 28, 2026
Robertson calls on provinces to boost funding for transitional housing
OTTAWA - The federal housing minister says he wants to see the provinces step up their support to get people off the street and into long-term homes. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Gregor Ro...
Jan 28, 2026
Creditors accept ex-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre's debt-repayment plan
MONTREAL - Creditors of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre have unanimously accepted a proposal for him to pay back less than a quarter of his roughly $1.1-million debt. During a virtual meeting Mond...
Jan 26, 2026
ICE wants to buy Pattison building in Virginia to use for 'holding and processing'
VANCOUVER - The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Cu...
Jan 26, 2026
Rental market swings back in tenants' favour with lower prices and move-in incentives
The "new year's special" advertising a two-bedroom unit at a midtown Toronto highrise might be what draws you in when searching for your next home - an offer for up to three months of free rent, plus ...
Jan 25, 2026
Montreal scraps social and affordable housing bylaw, will offer city land for housing
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is following through on a campaign promise to rewrite her predecessor's signature bylaw on affordable and social housing. Former mayor Valerie Plante'...
Jan 23, 2026
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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 ...