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Ontario Construction News staff writer Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she will tackle housing issues in Northern Ontario that have been long ignored. The NDP housing plan, Homes You Can Afford would help families buy their first home with 10 per cent of the purchase price from the government, to help with the down payment. The shared equity loan wouldn’t have to be paid back until the home is sold, or the owner moves out.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/ndp-housing-plan-tackl/

Ontario Construction News staff writer The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) says it is grateful for the work that the federal and provincial governments have done to get funds to municipalities but maintains urgent action is still needed to ensure they can balance their budgets. We recognize that the federal government has put historic amounts of money on the table and the province has been working collaboratively with municipalities to quickly administer the process to get those funds out, RCCAO board chair Peter Smith said in a statement last Thursday (Nov.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/urgent-action-needed-n/

Ontario Construction News staff writer Ontario is now accepting applications from municipalities for local infrastructure projects under the new local government sub-stream of the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure stream to allow local governments to proceed with tendering and procurement as soon as possible. Eligible projects include infrastructure to support physical distancing, social infrastructure, active transportation and disaster mitigation projects. Each municipality is allocated a certain amount of funding, with a minimum allocation of $100,000.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/ontario-opens-250-mill/

By John Devine Special to Ontario Construction Report Downtown Barrie has new infrastructure, wider sidewalks and more accessible storefronts, after more than a year of construction. COVID-19 has had a severe impact on Ontario’s economy, with numerous sectors being locked down as the previously unknown virus morphed into a global pandemic. Offices and schools were shuttered, only to gradually reopen in stages throughout the summer.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/barries-dunlop-street-/

Ontario Construction News staff writer The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) hosted a virtual ceremony last week to officially open a new advanced materials research facility last week. The facility will serve as a national clean energy hub, supporting and undertaking foundational research of new materials for clean energy and other applications and transitioning them to industrial use. The facility will bring companies, government, and universities together to collaborate on breakthrough projects in clean technologies and advanced materials.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/national-research-coun/

Each day, Ontario Construction News publishes a daily feed for project opportunities from DataBid.com. You can access this list by registering for a free subscription to Ontario Construction News. Southern Ontario Vaughan Scheduled & Emergency Water Service Repairs Valve Box Repairs & Daylighting Industry Name: Heavy/Highway/Utilities Trade Name: Water Utilities/Watermain Project Street: Various/Multiple Project City: Vaughan Detail Of Services: Water service repairs, valve box repairs and daylighting at various locations for the City of Vaughan both scheduled and emergency deploying vacuum excavation services.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/databid-current-projec/

The Canadian Press The federal government is launching a $1.75-billion fund to expand high-speed internet to Canadians in rural and remote communities. The Universal Broadband Fund that was part of the Liberal budget announcement in early 2019, months before last year’s federal election, has taken longer than expected to be officially launched. The program we are launching today reflects the advice and recommendations on how best to solve the most important infrastructure challenge of our time, how to strengthen our connections, said Maryam Monsef, minister for rural economic development.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/feds-pledge-1-75-billi/

Ontario Construction News Staff writer WSP says it has been named the prime consultant on the $30-million Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Subway Capacity Enhancement Program for Line 1, after achieving the highest score in a tendering process. The 11-year, $30-million program will deliver capacity upgrades to manage increased ridership Building on a long and successful client relationship with the TTC, WSP will provide consulting services for the capacity enhancement of the Line 1 subway in Toronto over a period of 11 years, the company said in a statement last Monday.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/wsp-named-prime-consul/

Ontario Construction News staff writer Results from the latest Building Information Modeling (BIM) survey have been published in a report that explores views about BIM from more than 800 Canadian respondents primarily BIM users over the past three years. The report provides valuable documentation and benchmarking indicators of Canada’s BIM transition progress and process. The annual BIM survey is a collaborative effort between academia and industry to capture and illustrate the state of BIM implementation within the architecture, engineering, construction and facility management industries (AEC/FM) in Canada.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/third-annual-building-/

Ontario Construction News staff writer Construction software management provider Procore Technologies, Inc. last Tuesday published the latest worker hours report for the Canadian construction industry, which showed construction activity during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to recover in Canada after an initial drop in the spring. While Quebec has seen the strongest rebound of all of the included provinces, Alberta continues to experience less activity than before the pandemic.... https://ontarioconstructionnews.com/canadian-construction-/