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OPG to lead construction of electric ferry infrastructure
The utility will lead the project to design, build, operate and maintain an on-shore battery storage system and charging infrastructure for the province’s first two hybrid electric passenger and vehicle ferries.
Building permit totals fall in August
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.
Algonquin-owned Decontie Construction to remediate Victoria Island lands
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.
Ontario focused on recovery, determined to avoid future lockdowns, throne speech says
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.
Toronto keeps crane crown
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.