Tag Archives: Construction

HALIFAX - Halifax landlords are trashing a reduced rate hike by Halifax's water utility, saying a proposed 17.6 per cent increase this year is still too expensive. Late last month, the provincial regu...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has dropped the threshold for its homeowner grant program for the first time in six years as assessed values for homes fall in the province's Lower Mainland...

OTTAWA - Trade issues dominated headlines for Canadian business in 2025, but the stock market seemed to shrug off the economic woes as it hit record highs. Heading into 2026, trade will remain in the ...

HALIFAX - A Halifax councillor is urging the public to call police if construction crews show up next week on a part of the city's harbourfront known as Dartmouth Cove. Coun. Sam Austin says the city ...

DEBERT - A former Cold War fallout shelter in rural Nova Scotia is being transformed into luxury condominiums for elite clients seeking refuge from global crises. Project co-owner Paul Mansfield says ...

EDMONTON - Alberta's primary care minister and its first permanent chief medical officer of health since the last one was fired say they're looking forward to working together as the province enters a...

VANCOUVER - Downtown Eastside resident Brian O'Donnell lives in a single-room occupancy hotel in Chinatown, although he says it's not really a home. "It's livable," said O'Donnell, who added that he f...

OTTAWA - The federal government's 'Buy Canadian' policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the str...

OTTAWA - Natural Resource Minister Tim Hodgson says he'll launch a task force early in the new year to look at ways to ensure the long-term health of the softwood lumber industry. Speaking in Toronto,...

VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and liv...