Tag Archives: Construction

MONTREAL - The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on the eastern and western parts of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech ...

TORONTO - Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario's mun...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Carney in China Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he travels to China th...

MONTREAL - Montreal's Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof. In 2024, Quebec's tourism minister announced the province would spend $8...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications green-lit within six months. Prime Mini...

WINNIPEG - A public inquiry examining cost overruns on construction of the Winnipeg Police Service's headquarters is looking at higher-than-expected costs. The Manitoba government has approved $300,00...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has announced a new action plan it says will improve equity and community safety for LGBTQ+ people. It includes a commitment to boost funding and improve the appli...

CALGARY - A report says Calgary's catastrophic water main rupture in 2024 was largely the result of two decades of underinvestment and insufficient knowledge of the risk of pipe failures. The report w...

OTTAWA - Some First Nations chiefs say Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's recent refusal to commit to source water protections in a promised clean water bill shows the government is sidel...

TORONTO - The Canadian office vacancy rate dipped last year for the first time since the pandemic as the return-to-office trend accelerated, said a report out Wednesday from CBRE Ltd. The national off...