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Waterloo community centre tapped for $3M retrofit
The funding will be used to retrofit the Albert McCormick Community Centre to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions through lighting and building envelope upgrades.
To reach affordability, 3.5 million more homes need to be built by 2030: CMHC
The agency released a report last week explaining the need for a different approach to the housing supply shortage at a time of rising demand and affordability concerns.
Metrolinx opens design competition for joint corridor
A two-kilometre stretch of rail corridor will bring the planned Ontario Line into close proximity with a GO Transit line. Metrolinx is inviting designers to make the resulting corridor more aesthetically pleasing.
Ford says he'll have an 'aggressive' housing plan, will focus on vacant property
The premier says that supply is one of the main reasons for the crisis in housing and he wants to focus on finding vacant or surplus government property.
Key construction employment metrics enter record territory in May
Across the country, unemployment rates are at or near all-time lows, job vacancy rates are among the highest they have ever been, and employment continues to grow.