All three teams that were prequalified last fall for the RFP stage submitted bids.

Year over year, the number of projects and rooms under construction are up 9% and 20%, respectively.

New construction will add 32 modern long-term care beds to the community.

The national unemployment rate ticked up to two tenths of a point to 6.9 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said Friday, returning to a recent high seen in November.

Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas ordered the government last month to keep its hands off the 19 kilometres of bike lanes until he could decide the case.