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Fire destroys and damages new homes in Caledon

Fire destroys and damages new homes in Caledon
CALEDON, ONT. — An early morning fire destroyed two houses and damaged others. The incident occurred Monday (Nov. 27) on Swamp Sparrow Court in Caledon, Ont. A spokesperson from the Town of Caledon said the call came in at approximately 3:30 a.m. Four...
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Twenty-two per cent of construction cones in downtown Montreal are ‘useless’: report
MONTREAL — A new report by Montreal's chamber of commerce says about one in five...
Infrastructure

Ontario nixes cities’ ask to allow more of them to get housing infrastructure money
TORONTO - Ontario's housing minister is shooting down a request from big city ma...
Government , Infrastructure

Province to take control of two Toronto highways in ‘new deal’ for city
TORONTO - Ontario will upload two Toronto highways to help alleviate the city's...
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Fire destroys and damages new homes in Caledon
CALEDON, ONT. — An early morning fire destroyed two houses and damaged others....
Infrastructure

Twenty-two per cent of construction cones in downtown Montreal are ‘useless’: report
MONTREAL — A new report by Montreal's chamber of commerce says about one in five...
Infrastructure

Ontario nixes cities’ ask to allow more of them to get housing infrastructure money
TORONTO - Ontario's housing minister is shooting down a request from big city ma...
Government , Infrastructure

Province to take control of two Toronto highways in ‘new deal’ for city
TORONTO - Ontario will upload two Toronto highways to help alleviate the city's...
Government , Infrastructure

Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog
TORONTO — The dangers of a changing climate could add more than $4 billion per y...
Economic , Infrastructure

EllisDon employees become plant protectors on Port Lands project
Construction workers have quite a lot of tasks to complete in building a new mou...
Infrastructure

Fast-tracking Brownfield development will require political will, focus and money
To steal a line from Mark Twain, everyone talks about brownfield development, bu...
Infrastructure

City of Toronto announces supportive housing milestones
TORONTO - The City of Toronto announced milestones for two supportive housing pr...
Government , Infrastructure

Municipalities say $600 billion in infrastructure needed to build 5.8 million homes
OTTAWA - The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says new research it commissi...
Government , Infrastructure

Building Trades, CECCO press NextStar to discuss precise skills need on Windsor battery plant
Directors with the provincial and national building trades say they are still wa...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects

Go big or go home: Brownfield math complex and challenging
The plan was to build 40 tiny homes in St. Thomas, Ont. on the site of a former...
Infrastructure

Stockholm’s urban congestion strategy built from the bottom-up
Strategies to reduce traffic congestion and the associated GHG emissions can be...
Infrastructure , Resource

EllisDon lands Toronto Warden Station redevelopment job
TORONTO — EllisDon has announced it has been selected to lead the Warden Station...
Infrastructure

A deep dive into the successes, challenges of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
The use of the P3 model on transit projects has been scrutinized in the past few...
Infrastructure

City of Hamilton commissions Woodward wastewater plant upgrades
HAMILTON — The City of Hamilton, Ont. has officially inaugurated its Woodward Wa...
Infrastructure

Smoky Falls dam safety project on budget and ahead of schedule
Despite hurdles such as COVID-19, supply chain disruptions and the logistics of...
Infrastructure

Ontario tables legislation to reverse city and regional land boundary changes
TORONTO - Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra has tabled legislation that wil...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects

Nova Scotia opens key facility in its major health care overhaul for Halifax area
HALIFAX — A key component of Nova Scotia's massive health-care redevelopment pla...
Infrastructure

Residential Report: Offsite construction could propel housing sector into the realm of affordability
To build enough homes to restore affordability to the market we must find ways o...
Infrastructure

Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 13 to 17
Making headlines in the DCN newsroom this week is news a construction manager ha...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Projects

Puerto Rico signs multimillion dollar deal with Texas company to build a marina for mega yachts
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Puerto Rico's government on Thursday signed a multimilli...
Infrastructure , Projects , US News

American P3 projects less of a threat, more of a learning opportunity: Panel
As the United States embarks on generational infrastructure improvement, there’s...
Associations , Infrastructure , US News

California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire
LOS ANGELES - The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last we...
Government , Infrastructure , US News

Metrolinx pushes ahead with contentious elevated rail line through sensitive wildlife corridor
Metrolinx is pushing ahead with plans to build 1.5 kilometres of the Eglinton Cr...
Infrastructure

P3 2023: Ontario’s nuclear sector a model for the world, delegates told
Two Ontario nuclear stakeholders sang the praises of the province’s sector to an...
Associations , Infrastructure , Resource

Western Memorial Regional Hospital construction complete
CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Construction on the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital...
Infrastructure

Brightwater bioswales: A massive Brita system for rainwater
A system that acts as a natural filtering for rainwater while protecting the wat...
Infrastructure

Hydro One forecasts early completion of Chatham line
CHATHAM-KENT, ONT. — Hydro One Networks has announced that the Chatham to Lakesh...
Infrastructure

Interactive Transport Futures mobility pricing webinars celebrate the past, encourage discussion
Transport Futures (TF) is celebrating its 15th anniversary by reflecting on the...
Infrastructure

Hydro One seeks feedback on St. Clair Transmission Line project
CHATHAM, ONT. — The draft environmental study report (ESR) for the St. Clair Tra...
Infrastructure

Towering column of blue racks forms to become Conestoga cold storage facility
Just off Highway 407 in Halton Hills, Ont., a towering column of blue racks is r...
Infrastructure

Road improvements to Bloor Street West accelerated
TORONTO — Road reconstruction work on Bloor Street West, between Avenue Road and...
Infrastructure
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Construction manager named for massive revamp of Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre
EllisDon has been selected as the construction manager for the $280 million reno...
Projects

Supreme Court Sudbury appeal ruling shocks construction industry
There will be far reaching implications resulting from a Supreme Court of Canada...
Government , OH&S

P3 2023: How did Ottawa’s LRT project go off the rails? Panel explores lessons learned
A session at the recent P3 conference examined how the Ottawa LRT went off the r...
Associations

Smoky Falls dam safety project on budget and ahead of schedule
Despite hurdles such as COVID-19, supply chain disruptions and the logistics of...
Infrastructure

A deep dive into the successes, challenges of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
The use of the P3 model on transit projects has been scrutinized in the past few...
Infrastructure

Building Trades, CECCO press NextStar to discuss precise skills need on Windsor battery plant
Directors with the provincial and national building trades say they are still wa...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects

Renco unveils interlocking building block technology
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLA. — Renco USA has announced the launch of its first housin...
US News

Near-term Risk of Recession in Canada Remains High
Tighter-for-longer monetary policy The Organization for Economic Co-ope...