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Posthaste: Canada's unemployment rate could reach 7.5% on still strong immigration, says economist
Shoreline Beacon
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Will add to pressure tariffs already applying to hiring and jobs market Canada's jobless could rise higher than expected as new arrivals to the country continue to increase. Postmedia Article content Canada’s...
At a time when large residential construction has stalled, this developer is pushing forward with a big Burnaby project
The Province
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Business Real Estate News Local News There are reasons Grosvenor is feeling hopeful enough to proceed with construction, including selling 100 units in just 30 days. The construction site of the Brentwood Block project by...
'We're people too': Canada's homeless population aging
Castanet
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Photo: The Canadian Press Mo Singh Khunkhun, 68, sits on a bed in the Union Gospel Mission overnight shelter in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in...
Valérie Bah wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for ‘Subterrane’
Brandon Sun
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June 6, 2025
TORONTO – Valérie Bah’s speculative comedy “Subterrane” has won the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. The Quebec author and filmmaker accepted the prize at a ceremony in Toronto on Thursday night. The novel follows a filmmaker documenting...
Bedbugs retreat, but trouble still exists in North Bay social housing units
North Bay Nugget
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June 6, 2025
Bed bugs in social housing units throughout the Nipissing District have received eviction notices.Article content The Nipissing District Housing Corporation board heard an update on the bed bug situation during last week’s meeting. “Bed bugs are...
Affordable housing needs increase after population surge on the Southern Gulf Islands
CHEK
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June 6, 2025
Over two decades of living in the Southern Gulf Islands, the area director for the region says he’s seen affordable housing projects struggle to get off the ground. Paul Brent, CRD’s director of the electoral area of the Southern Gulf Islands, has...
How UBC's sustainability hub is helping reduce embodied carbon in the construction industry
The Province
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News University of B.C. scientists are helping to regulate embodied carbon, the total greenhouse-gas emissions from material extraction, construction and the disposal of materials. Megan Badri, research manager at...
India News | Delhi Minister Ravinder Indraj Inspects Under-construction Facility for Persons with Disabilities in Narela
Latestly
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June 6, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Ravinder Indraj, the Delhi government's Minister of Social Welfare, SC & ST Welfare, Cooperative, and Election, inspected the under-construction building for mentally challenged individuals in Narela on Friday....
IMRF Commits $125 Million to Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII
Times News Global
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June 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has committed up to $125 million to the Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, as detailed in a recent statement. This investment adds to IMRF’s existing contributions of $275 million...
Grand Forks Builders and Traders Exchange marks 75-year milestone with annual Canadian fishing trip
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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June 6, 2025
NEAR MORSON, Ontario – He hadn’t gone fishing in a couple of years, but Toni Troftgruben of Grand Forks found himself the talk of Amason’s Obabikon Bay Camp on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods last Friday, May 30, after catching a 28½-inch...
Victoria real estate market sees biggest new listing jump in 28 years in May
CHEK
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June 5, 2025
Anyone making their living in real estate was up with the sun on Wednesday. “When you’re as obsessed with real estate as I am, you’re just clicking refresh at 6:45 in the morning on their website,” said Fair Realty realtor and associate broker...
Posthaste: Canada's unemployment rate could reach 7.5% on still strong immigration, says economist
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Will add to pressure tariffs already applying to hiring and jobs market Canada's jobless could rise higher than expected as new arrivals to the country continue to increase. Postmedia Article content Canada’s...
Major 500-unit New York City housing project to be constructed using mass timber
ConstructConnect
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June 6, 2025
Mass timber is taking a big step in New York City with the recent announcement of a project to develop more than 500 mixed-income housing units with the innovative wood product on city-owned land in Staten Island. “In New York City this is a huge...
Construction begins on new affordable housing development in NW Calgary
CityNews Calgary
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June 5, 2025
Ground has broke on a new affordable housing development in the northwest Calgary community of Mount Pleasant. The 16-home mixed-income development will be built on the site of the former St. Joseph School and is expected to serve up to 45...
Construction Industry Participants Beware: CISG and CISOP and Their Impact on Overseas Procurement
JD Supra - California
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June 5, 2025
SUMMARY It is common for construction industry participants to source various machinery, materials or components from overseas for construction projects in Hong Kong, or to have part of the construction and fabrication or assembly works carried...
Mumbai real estate: Apple India leases retail space in Borivali for ₹2 crore annual rent
Hindustan Times
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June 5, 2025
Apple India has leased 12,616 sq ft retail space in Mumbai’s Borivali suburb for ₹17.35 lakh monthly rent, according to documents accessed by data analytical firm Propstack. Apple India has leased 12,616 sq ft retail space in Mumbai’s Borivali...
Canadian regulator says Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project has started
KFGO - North Dakota
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June 5, 2025
(Reuters) -British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office has determined that work on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been substantially started, the provincial government said on Thursday. The decision...
Brian Kemp heads to Canada for trade talks amid Donald Trump’s tariff war
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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While President Donald Trump dreams of making Canada the 51st state, Gov. Brian Kemp is heading north this weekend with a different goal: strengthening ties with Georgia’s biggest trading partner. The second-term Republican will join other...
Canadian investment firm Brookfield pumps $10 billion into AI infra in Sweden
RCR Wireless News
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June 5, 2025
In sum – what you need to know: Swedish AI infra push – Brookfield will fund a major AI hub in Strängnäs, doubling data center capacity to 750MW and creating thousands of jobs. Government AI strategy – the initiative strengthens Sweden’s national...
Canada and CERN forge stronger ties for future scientific breakthroughs
Innovation News Network
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June 5, 2025
This pivotal agreement will drive international collaboration on advanced technologies, large-scale research infrastructure, and the next generation of particle physics exploration. Announced by Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Economic...