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Brampton announces the start of construction on all-electric fire station
The new station is set to enhance emergency response and support climate resilience.
Province launching new funding program to build long-term care homes
The Capital Funding Program will shift to a flexible, percentage-based funding model to better address construction and land cost variations.
Ontario sheds manufacturing jobs as tariff impacts felt, report says
Most of the losses were felt in the manufacturing sector, which was down 29,400 jobs. That drop of 3.5 per cent was the sharpest quarterly job loss in the sector since 2009, except for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Construction investment levels rise in June
An increase of just over 3% in residential investment offset a small contraction in the non-residential sector.
Hodgson 'hopeful' first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall
He says the federal government "would prefer sooner rather than later" and insists that "it will be in the fall" that announcements will start happening.