Municipalities issued $9.7 billion worth of permits for the month – down 2.1 percent from July. Significant declines in Ontario and British Columbia pulled the national results lower.

The contract with the National Capital Commission sees the contractor responsible for remediation work at the 5.6-hectare island in the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Gatineau.

Avoiding future lockdowns is Ontario's "ultimate goal," as laid out Monday in a throne speech that emphasized recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but made no mention of child care or education.

The city has 225 tower cranes in operation across the city—more than four times as many as second-place Los Angeles, RLB reports in its Crane Index for the third quarter of 2021.

The project will create a new corporate headquarters for OPG on a campus setting in Clarington. It builds on a promise by OPG to consolidate non-station staff by 2024.