Infrastructure Ontario and Niagara Health will evaluate proposals from EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare and Niagara Care Partners with a view to selecting a preferred proponent early next year.

The council is calling for reforms to the immigration system, more funding for municipalities, and a shortened, streamlined development-approvals process.

Funded in part by the college, the federal and provincial governments and several industry partners, the facility will host applied research in life sciences diagnostics and novel cosmetics formulations.

The federal and provincial governments committed nearly $1.3 million to a series of projects to deliver broadband infrastructure service to four communities in the region.

The mass-timber building at George Brown College in Toronto is the first of its kind to be built in Canada, and features a host of sophisticated innovations. It will compete for a global architecture prize in Portugal this fall.