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July building permits: residential gains can’t offset non-residential drops
Statistics Canada reports that building permit values reached $11.7 billion for the month, a drop of 1.5% from June’s total.
'They were looking at the Greenbelt:' Inside the deal from 2 developers' perspectives
No one explicitly told developers that Ontario planned to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing last year, but the government nonetheless telegraphed that message to builders.
New Ontario minister touts progress on housing recommendations, but without detail
Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.
Axium announces plans to build Brampton facility
The $80-million building will be the company’s first in Brampton.
AECL, CNL celebrate completion of Chalk River science centre
The six-storey, 9,500 square-metre Science Collaboration Centre will serve as the central planning and collaboration space for CNL’s science and technology program.