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Sault Ste. Marie sheds construction-employer designation
After 36 years, the City of Sault Ste. Marie is finally and officially a non-construction employer and no longer required to accept bids only from contractors signatory to two Ontario unions.
Ontario expects $1.3B deficit, to post surplus in a year
Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said his nearly $205-billion plan released Thursday shows that the province can spend responsibly.
MCS group awarded program delivery partner contract for two GTA subway projects
The members of the group are already working as an integrated team with Metrolinx to support the delivery of the GO Expansion. They will now also work as a unit on the Scarborough Subway Extension and Yonge North Subway Extension projects.
Canada needs 300,000 new rental units to avoid gap quadrupling by 2026: report
Canada's vacancy rate fell to 1.9 per cent in 2022, its lowest point in 21 years, from 3.4 per cent in 2020 and 2021.
Ontario to table budget amid both surging revenues, potential slowdown
Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the vision he will set out Thursday afternoon will be a plan to attract jobs and build — keeping on a favourite theme of Premier Doug Ford's infrastructure-focused government.