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Federal budget 2023: Long-term investments are needed to fix Canada’s infrastructure gap
The budget is focused on building communities through infrastructure, housing, transit and connectivity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Kerry Black, University of CalgaryThe federal government’s 2023 budget unveiled investments in…
2023 Federal Budget: Ontario Construction Secretariat
The Federal Government has unveiled 2023 Budget. Below is a brief recap from the Ontario Construction Secretariat that includes an economic overview and additional information about the Clean Technology and Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax…
‘Uncomfortable heritage’: how cities are repurposing former slaughterhouses
Smithfield meat market.
Cedric Weber
Yiwen Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University and John Pendlebury, Newcastle UniversityIn the second half of 2022, the Museum of London threw a five-month-long leaving do in anticipation of…
Canadian economy slowed by more than expected in Q4, contracted in December
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy ended 2022 with a deeper slowdown than anticipated amid higher interest rates but appears to have gained momentum at the start of the new year.On Tuesday, Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product…
Montréal en Lumière
The 24th edition of Montréal en Lumière, presented by Loto-Québec in collaboration with Scotiabank, takes over Quartier des Spectacles until 5 March 2023. The glowing 1000-ft-long aerial skating loop is a unique multimedia experience that…
Canadian government gives funding to help Vancouver’s Chinatown revitalization
VANCOUVER — The federal government is spending $1.8 million to help make Vancouver's historic Chinatown lighter and brighter.Harjit Sajjan, minister responsible for the Pacific economic development agency of Canada, says the COVID-19…
Hazel McCallion, former longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dies at 101
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Hazel McCallion, who developed a legacy of feisty advocacy during more than three decades as mayor of one of Canada's fastest-growing cities, died Sunday morning after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. She was 101.…
Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening of parts of the Greater…
Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns
BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he'd consider intervening in Ford's plans to develop parts of the protected lands.The…
Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts
Toronto's recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say.Toronto city council voted on Wednesday…