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Federal government says it will build 17,000 homes, pegs cost at $2 billion
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday in Kitchener, Ont., alongside Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, after meeting with local politicians, housing advocates and other stakeholders.
Three shortlisted for CHEO 1Door4Care project
Teams from EllisDon, PCL and Pomerleau have been shortlisted for the work and will be invited to respond to an RFP for the project this fall.
Floods, drought, storms could cost Canada's economy $139 billion by 2050: report
The report, titled Aquanomics, was published Monday by GHD, a global engineering and architecture services firm.
$20B needed to deploy ‘adequate’ EV charging infrastructure: study
New analysis released by the federal government concludes that, by 2030, Canada will need to have around 200,000 publicly accessible chargers, with a ratio of one charger for every 24 electric vehicles and with the chargers varying in charge-time.
Markham, Stouffville projects share in $4M of federal funding
Announced on August 24, the funding sees $900,000 allocated to work on two projects in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, and $3.1 million allocated to seven projects in Markham.