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Canada’s housing crisis: Innovative tech must come with policy reform
Even if Canada’s housing plan supports innovative building techniques, implementation can be challenging due to high upfront costs for materials.
Ontario introduces new infrastructure loan program for municipalities
The Housing-Enabling Water Infrastructure program will provide up to $1 billion for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure projects.
Toronto breaks ground on transit-oriented housing project
The project at 50 Wilson Heights Blvd. is adjacent to the TTC’s Wilson Station and will deliver just under 1,500 homes.
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced that Ignace in northwestern Ontario will be the site.
Ontario eyes new electricity generation sites, possibly including nuclear
Ontario is already planning to bolster its output from nuclear generation, extending the life of the Pickering nuclear plant by two years while considering a larger refurbishment.