The investment is part of the province’s broadband and cellular action plan which aims to bring faster internet to more than 7,000 households and businesses across the North.

The worst-kept secret of Canadian politics right now is that there’s likely to be a federal election this year. Could that derail the COVID-19 funding that municipalities are waiting for?

Construction is complete on latest in the series of nine police detachments across the province that are being built by Bird Construction under a single P3 arrangement.

The provincial allocation is open to those municipalities with populations of less than 100,000 and the money will be shared among 424 communities. The overall funding allocation for 2021 is identical to the funding issued in 2020.

Plans by Canadian National Railway to develop 400 acres of land in Milton into a new truck-train logistics hub have been approved by the federal government—with conditions. Halton Region mayors say not enough is being done to address residents’ concerns.