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The Link2Build group publishes news and information about the Ontario construction industry daily. Check here for the latest in trends, developments and insight from a wide variety of contributors, and visit regularly for updated information.
'Ontario's moment:' Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future
Nuclear power reactors provide about 14 per cent of Canada's total electricity. In Ontario, where most of the reactors are located, the proportion is more than 50 per cent.
How modular housing could speed up construction of much-needed homes
A big part of the challenge with ramping up modular construction is that it costs a lot to get a factory going, and it needs steady demand to pay for all the fixed costs.
Ontario developer coalition asks governments for tax breaks to pass on to homebuyers
The Coalition Against New-Home Taxes is composed of 18 developers who collectively plan to build 100,000 new housing units over the next 10 years.
Hospital in Whitby, Ont., to be built and operational in 10 years, province says
The province has given Lakeridge Health $12 million in grants as it works on a masterplan for the Durham region, east of Toronto, for several health-care projects.
Province enacts new measures to accelerate student housing construction
Publicly assisted universities will be exempt from the Planning Act, and be able to build more student housing faster.



