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North Bay sets building permit record – with another quarter of the year remaining
The City of North Bay has issued more than $200 million worth of building permits for the year to date. That total is already well beyond the $150 million in permits it issued in all of 2021.
Ontario safety inspectors ratify agreement with TSSA, ending 11-week strike
The 170 union members -- who inspect elevating devices, boilers and pressure vessels, and fuels throughout the province -- walked off the job in July.
Province commits $3.7M to Merit Ontario job bank
Ontario’s construction sector had 28,360 jobs waiting to be filled in the second quarter of 2022, up from 20,895 in the second quarter of 2021.
CIB finances retrofit for Kingston building
The scope of work calls for the 220,000-square foot building to be upgraded to reduce carbon emissions by more than 80 percent.
Housing starts will fall below 2030 supply targets in Ont., Que. and B.C.: CMHC
A CMHC report concludes that Ontario, Quebec and B.C. will have to double the number of starts that they can produce under best-case scenarios to help reach CMHC's national affordability target of 3.5 million more homes built by 2030.