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Building permit values drop 4% in December, close 2020 down 2.3%
Permit activity in Ontario in December dropped more than 13 percent, due in large part to a drop of more than 30 percent in non-residential activity. The province finished the year with an increase of 41 percent in the residential sector, and a drop of 37 percent in non-residential activity.
Preliminary GDP data suggests 2020 was worst year on record
Canada’s economy appears to have suffered its worst year on record as the national statistics agency’s preliminary estimate showed a contraction of 5.1 per cent in 2020.
$11M invested in broadband infrastructure
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.
Will a federal election disrupt critical municipal COVID-19 projects?
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?
Moosonee OPP detachment opens
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.