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olympics
International competition for ideas on how to reuse old Montreal Olympic Stadium roof
<p>An aerial view of Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Monday Feb. 5, 2024. Montreal's Olympic Park has launched an international competition to find a second life for its tattered old roof. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi</p>
economy
Annual pace of housing starts in Canada down 7% in March from February: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is forecasting that real estate prices could match peak levels seen in early 2022 by next year and reach new highs by 2026. New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Ottawa eases mortgage rules for first time in a decade, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories
Home of the Week, 7 Hurndale Ave., Playter Estates, Toronto
canada
Companies selected to replace crumbling, rodent-infested Newfoundland jail – again
Her Majesty's Penitentiary, a minimum security jail in St. John's, overlooks Quidi Vidi Lake on June 9, 2011.The Newfoundland and Labrador government has once again selected a company to help replace a Victorian-era jail home to rodent infestations so bad, one inmate was bitten in his sleep.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
real estate
Ontario moves to allow 18-storey timber buildings
Limberlost renderings.
report on business
Montreal airport CEO unveils $4-billion plan to boost capacity, reduce congestion
Travelers look at a departure information board at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 23, 2023. The authority overseeing the Montreal airport is rolling out a nearly $4-billion plan to reduce congestion and improve access. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
real estate
Fourplexes are a complicated niche that could provide some housing relief
economy
Home prices in Canada could hit peak levels by next year, set new highs in 2026: CMHC report
Housing data will be in spotlight Thursday when the Canadian Real Estate Association is expected to release is January home sales figures. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will also release its latest reading on housing starts in the country the same day. New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
home of the week
A home of retreats, both outdoor and underwater
Home of the Week, 70A Hillside Dr., Toronto
energy and resources
Trans Mountain to finish final segment of oil pipeline expansion in April, filing says
FILE PHOTO: The last section of pipeline is assembled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before operations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024, near Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
canada
Vancouver wastewater treatment plant four times over budget and 10 years late
The North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen under construction, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, October 22, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
canada
Critics say Ontario’s new space for press conferences means less access for media
<p>Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy speaks in the government's new communication centre in the basement of a building connected to the Ontario legislature by tunnel on Tuesday March 26, 2024. The Ontario government is spending about $310,000 on a new space for press conferences, which opposition parties say duplicates a room that already exists and will mean less access for the media. THE CANADIAN PRERSS/Liam Casey</p>
economy
Housing starts stable in 2023, but demand still outpaces growing supply of apartments
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of new homes in Canada's six largest cities remained stable at near all-time high levels last year, driven by a surge of new apartment starts despite demand still outpacing supply for rental housing. New homes are built in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Canadian bridges are safe, officials say after U.S. bridge rammed by ship, collapses
People watch as workers place a new section of the deck for the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge spanning the harbour in Halifax on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities are attempting to reassure Canadians about the safety of their bridges following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early Tuesday morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
energy and resources
With completion in sight, what’s next for the Trans Mountain pipeline project?
<p>Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. After more than four years of construction and at least $34 billion in costs, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is nearly complete. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</p>
energy and resources
AtkinsRealis awarded engineering contract for green hydrogen plant in Quebec
AtkinsRealis reported a profit in its fourth quarter compared with a loss a year earlier as its revenue rose 20 per cent. AtkinsRealis headquarters is seen in Montreal, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
british columbia
Proposals for new towers in Vancouver’s Broadway Plan worry homeowners and tenants
Pedestrians walk along Broadway street in Vancouver, British Columbia, on February 16, 2024. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail) �
british columbia
B.C. funds nearly 600 new affordable rental homes in the Interior, North
Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon talks during a news conference in the rotunda at the legislature in Victoria on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The latest funding to flow through British Columbia's Community Housing Fund will add nearly 600 rental homes to communities in the Interior and northern B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
real estate
Bedrooms without a view could be Toronto’s new normal
A one bedroom unit at 68 Abell St. in Toronto's Little Portugal neighbourhood. The bedroom in the middle of the apartment has a sliding opaque glass door.
opinion
Canada needs to get real about addressing the housing crisis
Mary Van Buren
canada
Winnipeg city council votes 11-3 to reopen landmark Portage and Main to pedestrians
Winnipeg's historic intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. The fate of the landmark intersection was expected to be decided Thursday by city council. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
canada
Tentative deal would see Ottawa scrap Highway 413's impact assessment designation
Ontario has struck a tentative deal with the federal government to drop the Highway 413 project's designation under Ottawa's impugned Impact Assessment Act. Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes an announcement about building transit and highways in Bowmanville, Ont., Friday, May 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
the architourist
The old Peterborough ‘Y’ revived as loft spaces
Dave LeBlanc
home of the week
A Jerome Markson mid-century modern original
Home of the Week, 79 Amelia St., Hamilton
energy and resources
Trans Mountain begins filling oil pipeline expansion ahead of final construction challenges
After being hamstrung for years by a lack of export capacity, Canada's oil industry will have reason to celebrate when the much-anticipated Trans Mountain pipeline expansion comes online, expected to be sometime this spring. Workers place pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Timelapse reveals Notre Dame’s rebuilt spire
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canada
Government of Ireland commits $2-million to Irish cultural centre on Toronto waterfront
Artist renderings of the Corleck Building on Eireann Quay and Dr. George Robert Grasett Park.
property report
A way forward for Iqaluit architecture
opinion
Vancouver high rises home to few children
Kerry Gold
Kerry Gold
opinion
This is a good plan to lower Canada’s housing costs, but it won’t be enough
Tony Keller
world
Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns
FILE - A giant tarp, bottom, covers a section of rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Federal investigators determining why the Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday, March 7, 2024, that there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
british columbia
WorkSafeBC says no injuries in fourth crane accident in Metro Vancouver
A load on a crane fell from the top of the building, smashing multiple floors of the Oakridge Mall construction in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. There has been another crane accident in Metro Vancouver, in what B.C.'s workers' safety agency says is the fourth such incident this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
soccer
More games means Vancouver unsure of hosting costs for 2026 FIFA World Cup
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 1 - France v Netherlands - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - September 9, 2018 France players celebrates with the World Cup trophy during a ceremony after the match REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
the architourist
How a dryer fire became the catalyst for a house-wide rethink in this Roncesvalles home
Dave LeBlanc
Dave LeBlanc
toronto real estate
Time to rethink Toronto’s tall buildings
The Toronto skyline as seen from an inbound Porter airlines flight from Quebec City on Feb. 4, 2017.
the architourist
Daycare combines natural light and a warm materials palette
Dave LeBlanc