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Increase in Quebec City Spring Activity Hampered by Lack of Properties for Sale
The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the month of April 2023. The most recent market statistics for the Quebec City Census Metropolitan…
Montreal Market Rebounding Slowly Due To Lack of Listings as Prices Confirm Their Uptrend
The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the month of April 2023. The most recent market statistics for the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area…
Ontario Residential Building Permits Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels Across All Categories
For the first time in three years, Ontario saw the number of residential building permits drop after reaching all-time highs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, 108,080 building permits were issued across Ontario for new…
Canada Infrastructure Bank Commits to Fund up to $100 million in Ameresco Building Retrofits
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Ameresco Canada Inc. (Ameresco) have reached financial close on an agreement which sees the CIB committing to fund up to $100 million towards energy efficient building upgrade projects.The…
SHIFT2023 Challenge Announces Five Selections for “Health and Architecture” Competition
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), regulator of the architecture profession in the public interest, is proud to announce the five selections of its SHIFT2023 Challenge, which focused on the theme of "Health and Architecture." …
Canada’s costly housing market leaves international students open to exploitation
Many international students face abuse and struggle to find decent and affordable housing.
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Tania Das Gupta, York University, Canada and Yvonne Su, York University, CanadaSkyrocketing rent prices in Canada’s major…
Division hopes province dumps P3 deal in school builds
Winnipeg trustees in a growing division that has been promised two of the nine new schools the province wants to build through a public-private partnership are urging officials to stick to the status quo.
Maria Santos of the Seven Oaks…
Canada won new Volkswagen battery plant despite ‘way, way more’ money from U.S.: PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a number of U.S. jurisdictions outbid Canada in the recent race to secure Volkswagen's new battery plant.
But Canada prevailed, he says, because of its clean energy supply, educated workforce, critical…
Average home price will not revert to pre-pandemic levels this year: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the average home price will not revert to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 because the recent declines in prices are tapering off in many markets and are expected to bottom out this quarter before…
Deal reached on $1.2B Calgary Flames arena project, Alberta government pitching in
A deal has been reached to replace Calgary's aging Saddledome with a new event centre and make improvements to the surrounding area east of downtown.
The City of Calgary, Alberta government, Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp. and…