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Construction work starts on York Battery Energy Storage System
Once completed, the system will store and release 120 MW of electricity, enough to power 120,000 homes.
Construction set to start on Waasigan Transmission Line
The line project, which will run west of Thunder Bay, is expected to bring an additional 350 megawatts of electricity to the region.
Ontario to speed up environmental assessments, property acquisitions for Highway 413
The new bill would designate Highway 413, the Bradford Bypass and the Garden City Skyway bridge as priority projects to speed up their construction.
Non-residential investment levels reach all-time high in August
Driven by a 14th increase in a row in Ontario’s institutional sector, non-residential investment values rose to a record level of $6.4 billion for the month.
CMHC reports September pace for housing starts up from August
The national housing agency said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 223,808 units in September, up from 213,012 in August.