The companies will transform the 67-year-old Golden Mile shopping centre on Eglinton Avenue in Toronto into a mixed-use, mixed-income transit-oriented community. Phase one of the work will include two condominium towers, and a purpose-built market rental building.

A project being run by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in conjunction with McMaster University will received nearly $600,000 from the province to train 150 people in engineering disciplines.

The $1 billion planned for capital works projects is only slightly lower than the actual spend in 2020. This year marks the second in a row in which the city plans to spend more than $1 billion on its infrastructure works.

Criminal charges have been laid against four companies and three individuals in connection with an alleged conspiracy to commit fraud and rig bids for condominium refurbishments in the Toronto area, the Competition Bureau of Canada announced Monday.

Great Lakes Copper Ltd. pled guilty in provincial court to a violation of the Occupational Health & Safety Act that led to the injury of a worker.