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Toronto announces start of work on first Housing Now project
Construction is expected to begin in July at 5207 Dundas St. W. and at two other shovel-ready sites, 50 Wilson Heights Blvd. and 140 Merton St., before the end of this year.
Hamilton reaches $1B permit mark in record time
The city issued $1 billion worth of construction permits for 2023 on June 14 – three days sooner than it did a year ago.
Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to build more spaces
The money will be rolled out over four years and will help providers renovate, retrofit and build new not-for-profit and public child-care facilities.
Future infrastructure funding to require climate change be taken into account
By 2025, provinces and territories will have to build climate resilience into recovery efforts to get federal help after a disaster.
Richards Landing aggregate company fined $60,000 for 2021 incident
A worker was critically injured when a motor fell during maintenance work being performed on a portable cone crusher.