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The federal government has slowed the timeline on a faster passenger railway set to stretch from Toronto to Quebec City. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said July 20 he hopes the high-frequency rail line will be running by the…

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…

The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) and its partners – the Canadian Construction Association, Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board, Apprenticesearch.com, BuildForce Canada and SkillPlan — launched their Canadian Apprenticeship Service…

The fallout from a massive network outage at Rogers Communications that shut down mobile and internet services across much of Canada continued to come into focus on Saturday, even as the company restored most services and began offering an…

LAVAL, Que. – Measures in the recently tabled federal budget such as a tax-free savings account for first-time homebuyers will help Canadians weather the Bank of Canada's new interest rate hike, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.…

According to a release by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), the alliance welcomes the focus on housing and infrastructure investment in the Federal Government’s Budget 2022 but is troubled that there is no…

A release from the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) announced that the organization is pleased the federal government has made the country’s housing crisis a major plank in its 2022 budget but it’s unclear how proposed…

OTTAWA – The Liberals have done enough to honour their agreement with the NDP, but that doesn't mean the federal budget will pass without opposition. ``We still have critiques and criticisms,'' NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday.…

TORONTO – The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market and help those trying to buy their…