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  Councillor calls convent project 'insult' - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 21 hours ago
Ashcroft Homes' proposed development on a former Catholic convent in Westboro is an "insult" to the ...
  ClubLink in talks to buy 7 Florida courses - Financial Post
posted : 1 Sep 2010 at 5:56pm
WCI Communities Inc., the US developer that owns the properties, only recently emerged from bankruptcy and is shedding assets, particularly in Florida where ...
  The Globe and Mail - Globe and Mail
posted : 1 Sep 2010 at 2:30pm
Investment in housing, a linchpin of Canada's initial rebound as record-low mortgage rates and government incentives spurred a rush of home buying and ...
  OneChip Photonics Opens New Regional Office in Shenzhen, China - National Post (registration) (blog)
posted : 1 Sep 2010 at 8:05am
OneChip Photonics is a privately held company, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, that develops and manufactures low-cost, high-performance optical ...
  No housing bust here: CD Howe - Globe and Mail
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 3:16pm
The report comes day after the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report saying six Canadian cities – Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, ...
  Housing prices and sales to slow, CMHC says - Financial Post
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:56pm
31, 2010 OTTAWA — Expect to see home sales and prices fall in Canada the second half of 2010, while housing starts moderate, according to Canada Mortgage ...
  Housing prices in hottest Canadian markets a concern - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:48pm
OTTAWA -- Steep housing price increases in six of Canada's hottest real estate markets since 2002 have all the hallmarks of an “accident waiting to happen” ...
  BoC urged to hold rate after GDP disappoints - CBC.ca
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:46pm
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew at a slower-than-expected 2% annualized rate in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, ...
  BoC urged to hold rate after GDP disappoints - National Post (registration) (blog)
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:40pm
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew at a slower-than-expected 2% annualized rate in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, ...
  Housing starts to stabilize: CMHC - Globe and Mail
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:39pm
In 2011, housing starts will be in the range of 146900 to 210500 units, CMHC said. Mr. Dugan also noted that existing home market conditions will remain ...
  Housing starts to moderate for rest of year; to stabilizing in 2011 - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 11:02am
OTTAWA - Housing starts are expected moderate in the second half of this year and stabilize in 2011 at levels consistent with demographic trends, ...
  Housing bubble threatens in six cities: Report - London Free Press
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 11:01am
... Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa, the think-tank said. In the past, inflation-adjusted home price in these “red-hot” markets have held ...
  Economy slows in second quarter - Toronto Star
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 9:25am
Builders work on the the roof of a new home under construction in the Montreal suburb of Brossard, August 10, 2010. OTTAWA—Growth in the real gross ...
  Housing prices due to fall, says think-tank - Toronto Star
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 7:49am
... Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa. It concludes that housing price appreciation is frothy in comparison to historic values. ...
  Housing prices in hottest Canadian markets a concern - National Post (registration) (blog)
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 7:23am
OTTAWA -- Steep housing price increases in six of Canada's hottest real estate markets since 2002 have all the hallmarks of an “accident waiting to happen” ...
  Housing bubble threat resurfaces as prices in major markets hit 30-year highs - The Chronicle Journal
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 3:51am
TORONTO - Home sales may be slowing, but prices in six of Canada's largest housing markets are in bubble territory for ...
  Bubbles feared in six cities - Montreal Gazette
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 1:19am
Steep housing price increases in six of Canada's hottest real-estate markets since 2002 have all the ...
  Housing bubble threat resurfaces as prices in major markets hit 30-year highs - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 1:06am
Vancouver saw housing bubbles in 1981 and 1994 and another one burst in Toronto in 1989. In Canada's other major markets — Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, ...
Housing market solidWinnipeg Free Press
  New boss to take on home care challenge - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 31 Aug 2010 at 12:57am
Lanteigne embarks on his new job at a time when a lack of affordable seniors' housing is putting pressure on the region's 7440 nursing-home beds. ...
  Local home construction slows - Ottawa Business Journal
posted : 30 Aug 2010 at 10:04am
The number of new homes built in Ottawa fell 12 per cent last year, according to a recent city report. There were 4427 dwelling units constructed in 2009, ...
  New CFL Hall of Famer not your average Joe - London Free Press
posted : 29 Aug 2010 at 11:33pm
When Joe Pistilli returned to his Rockland home from picking up his copy of the Ottawa Sun on Jan. 20, there was a message waiting ...
  Virginia Is for (history) Lovers - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 8:20pm
In a neatly tended world of lush green and southern sunshine, we walk across a bridge that ...
  $57M to combat spring flooding Federal, provincial governments target north ... - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 4:27am
Toews reiterated Ottawa's commitment Friday to flood-proof or relocate 75 homes in the community while pledging to work with the province and the First ...
  Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 4:22am
I'd take my Silkworm Developer LP. It's out of print, so you can't buy it anymore, and I purchased mine directly from the band after a show they played to ...
  A star is born - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 2:24am
The challenge is to stand out from the crowd, to tease but not offend, Ottawa sensibilities. Model homes are builder's major marketing tools, ...
  Ravine study under way for trailer park - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 2:24am
The owner of a Bells Corners trailer park has hired a firm to conduct a study to determine whether a ...
  Heading off a taxing problem - London Free Press
posted : 28 Aug 2010 at 1:00am
"There are rebates and exclusions for new-home construction, but none for renovations," says Plowright. "Unless they (the governments) want to stimulate the ...
  Canada's resale housing market plunges - Financial Post
posted : 27 Aug 2010 at 2:59pm
OTTAWA — Existing home sales plunged 11% between June and July and have fallen 31% year over year, the Conference Board said in a report Friday. ...
  Nowhere to turn - London Free Press
posted : 27 Aug 2010 at 1:28pm
Canada has only three respite facilities for the homeless - two in Toronto and one in Ottawa - but they're common in big US cities. ...
  Business Watch - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 27 Aug 2010 at 7:16am
But Stephen Harper also said Ottawa won't pay up if a similar situation happens again. AbitibiBowater filed a $500-million claim under the North American ...
  One day, we'll look back and thank Jim Flaherty - Globe and Mail
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 8:07pm
“One of the things I learned in Ottawa is it's not just about economies and it's not just about economic efficiency,” says Ragan. ...
  RCMP say homegrown terror suspects were preparing to build IEDs - The Province
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 7:36pm
The accused allegedly pursued terrorism plans in Ottawa and other Canadian sites, as well as Iran, Dubai and Pakistan, Therriault said. ...
Terror suspects had bomb-making components but were months from an attack: policeThe Chronicle Journal
  FC Edmonton seeks new stadium - London Free Press
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 6:50pm
While the man who made his money in paving and construction may have lost something approaching $2 million on a startup season prior to FC Edmonton joining ...
  Three Ontario men face terror conspiracy charges - National Post
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 4:55pm
Mr. Ahmed, who works as an X-ray technician at the Ottawa Hospital, rented the home about a year ago. Guy Morency, the hospital's director of diagnostic ...
  Three Ontario men face terror conspiracy charges - Financial Post
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 4:50pm
Mr. Ahmed, who works as an X-ray technician at the Ottawa Hospital, rented the home about a year ago. Guy Morency, the hospital's director of diagnostic ...
  Gilles Duceppe finds a perfect issue in Quebec arena - National Post
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 10:07am
Here's a shock: Gilles Duceppe wants Stephen Harper to “personally” back construction of a new hockey arena in Quebec City, and pick up most of the $400 ...
  Local housing market gets dramatic with new reality show - Ottawa Business Journal
posted : 26 Aug 2010 at 9:56am
"So it's unique that it's an Ottawa-based show," she added. Mr. Rushforth, for his part, told OBJ he's enjoying the fruits of the production process. ...
  Home prices continue to rise and ownership becomes less affordable - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 25 Aug 2010 at 6:26pm
As more resale houses come onto the market and fewer buyers compete for homes, the housing market is at a crossroads between a balanced market and one that ...
  Canadian home prices continue to rise - Globe and Mail
posted : 25 Aug 2010 at 5:53pm
As more resale houses come onto the market and fewer buyers compete for homes, the housing market is at a crossroads between a balanced market and one that ...
  Loonie to fall further; rate hike unlikely - Financial Post
posted : 25 Aug 2010 at 5:21pm
OTTAWA — Signs of an ever-weakening North American recovery have sent the loonie to its fifth day of losses and slashed the odds of a September rate hike ...
  Home prices rise 1.5% in June - London Free Press
posted : 25 Aug 2010 at 12:01pm
Tetranet said that given the overall slackening in housing sales, with more homes coming onto the market than were sold, it's difficult to say if the index ...
  Red River College energy centre expansion begins - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 24 Aug 2010 at 11:06pm
Also underway at RRC are new greenhouses and landscape construction shop at the Notre Dame campus and the redevelopment of the Union Bank Tower on Main ...
  Howell: For TIFF (and Dorothy), no place like home - Toronto Star
posted : 24 Aug 2010 at 6:50pm
The announced 2006 opening was quietly shelved, as the expected $120 million in construction costs ballooned to $196 million. Fundraising proved to be a lot ...
  Friday the 13th proves to be very lucky for $25M lottery winner from Ottawa - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 24 Aug 2010 at 4:06pm
Clement worked in circulation at the Ottawa Citizen and the Kingston Whig-Standard and now he's in construction. "Well, not anymore," he quickly clarified ...
  Sir John A's Kingston - Montreal Gazette
posted : 24 Aug 2010 at 1:22pm
Chrétien says that when Macdonald was on his death bed in his home in Ottawa in 1891, "a special telegraph line was installed to carry medical updates to an ...
  Year-round Arctic research station to be built in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 24 Aug 2010 at 11:08am
A further $18 million over five years was allocated in the 2010 budget for the pre-construction design phase. The station is targeted to be operational by ...
  Whither the tweeting politicians - London Free Press
posted : 23 Aug 2010 at 5:13pm
Trevor May, a Vancouver web developer who started the http://politwitter.ca/ website -- it tracks all senior Canadian politicians on Twitter, ...
  A workable plan for Les Soeurs site - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 22 Aug 2010 at 9:02am
Now, critical design changes have been made by developer Ashcroft Homes, president David Choo revealed in an interview this week. ...
  Weak inflation signals economic doldrums - Globe and Mail
posted : 20 Aug 2010 at 7:31pm
Ottawa — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 7:11AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 7:25PM EDT The world's recovery ...
  HST pushes up inflation - Toronto Star
posted : 20 Aug 2010 at 8:21am
OTTAWA—New harmonized sales taxes in some provinces pushed up Canada's inflation rate last month. Canada's annual inflation rate rose by five-tenths of a ...
  BDC small-business loans hit record level - Globe and Mail
posted : 19 Aug 2010 at 7:32pm
Ottawa — From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 7:11PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 1:24AM EDT Canadian ...
  New housing for homeless planned - Winnipeg Free Press
posted : 19 Aug 2010 at 1:32pm
Construction will begin in September, with completion scheduled for March. Ottawa is contributing $831000 through its Homelessness Partnering Strategy ...
  Hepburn: Are Tamil migrants an issue or distraction? - Toronto Star
posted : 19 Aug 2010 at 3:18am
They note that many illegal immigrants work in low-paid factory jobs, construction, hotels and fast-food restaurants across the country. ...
  Decline in Ottawa home sales blamed on HST - CBC.ca
posted : 17 Aug 2010 at 5:04pm
(CBC) The new harmonized sales tax (HST) introduced in Ontario last month is being blamed for the decline of housing sales in Ottawa. ...
  Home sales tumble - National Post
posted : 17 Aug 2010 at 8:54am
The Ottawa-based group, which represents 100 real estate boards across the country, said July sales plunged 6.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from the ...
  Steward: Inaction on immigration boondoggle - Toronto Star
posted : 17 Aug 2010 at 12:09am
Most of the people who come here to work in hotels and restaurants, construction sites (including oilsands projects), and meat packing plants want to stay ...
  Herb's Travel Plaza is halfway home - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 16 Aug 2010 at 7:18am
It's also a drop zone for divorced families shuttling kids between two homes. “Herb's is exactly halfway between Montreal and Ottawa, so it's handy,” says ...
  Hunger strikers seek money for women's shelter in Fort McMurray - Globe and Mail
posted : 15 Aug 2010 at 8:00pm
Many simply returned to the homes where their abuse took place. “It's just a horrible situation all the way around. Fort McMurray has grown so fast that the ...
  'You can do this' - London Free Press
posted : 14 Aug 2010 at 1:00am
Chesney had attended Conexpo, a showcase of the latest construction equipment, products, services and technologies in Las Vegas. ...
  The real housing issue - Toronto Star
posted : 14 Aug 2010 at 12:14am
... in homes where they can afford to pay the rent without skipping meals. Yet Queen's Park continues to dither on an affordable housing plan, and Ottawa ...
  Apartment dwellers decry bug infestation - CBC.ca
posted : 12 Aug 2010 at 9:14pm
(Robyn Burns/CBC) Residents of a low-rise apartment building run by Ottawa Community Housing in the west end are up in arms over what they say is an insect ...
  'Peace reigns in Oka' as new crisis averted - National Post
posted : 12 Aug 2010 at 1:50am
A standoff between a determined developer and angry native protesters. A federal government choosing to look the other way. At times this month, ...
  Group proposes nursing home for francophones - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 12 Aug 2010 at 1:20am
The Centre multiservices francophone de l'ouest d'Ottawa (CMFO) expects $50 million to $60 million in government money to establish the nursing home and ...
  Sales boom for Ottawa condos, town homes - CBC.ca
posted : 11 Aug 2010 at 3:21pm
The city of Ottawa is experiencing a record housing boom, with first-time buyers of town houses and condos leading the way. New numbers released by the ...
  Housing market continues to cool down - Toronto Star
posted : 10 Aug 2010 at 4:35pm
The top contributor to the increase was the Toronto area, up 0.3 per cent, followed by Ottawa and Montreal. Still, new home prices remain restrained in ...
  Canada's once-hot housing sector cools off - Reuters Canada
posted : 10 Aug 2010 at 10:24am
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian home construction fell in July and new home prices rose less than expected in June, further evidence a housing ...
  Housing starts rise 40 per cent in Ottawa - Ottawa Business Journal
posted : 10 Aug 2010 at 10:07am
“Job growth has reached record levels in recent months, helping to maintain activity in the Ottawa housing market. First-time purchasers were still ...
  Developer reaches deal with Oka official of disputed land: reports - Montreal Gazette
posted : 10 Aug 2010 at 9:22am
Kanesatake Mohawks march in Oka on Friday to protest against the proposed building of luxury homes on ...
  New housing prices rise 0.1 percent in June - Reuters Canada
posted : 10 Aug 2010 at 8:49am
OTTAWA (Reuters) - New home prices in Canada rose 0.1 percent in June, following identical increases of 0.3 percent in the previous three months, ...
  Piece of the puzzle: Public Works picks up L'Esplanade Laurier - Ottawa Business Journal
posted : 9 Aug 2010 at 6:09pm
Ontario Superior Court documents reveal the purchase was part of a $35.15-million settlement Public Works paid the Montreal developer to resolve their ...
  Federal mediator set to meet with Kanesatake elders - Montreal Gazette
posted : 7 Aug 2010 at 8:07am
MONTREAL - On Thursday, the town of Oka invited developer Normand Ducharme to a meeting on ...
  Ottawa recovers far faster than in 1991-92 recession - Ottawa Citizen
posted : 7 Aug 2010 at 2:47am
Construction isn't the only sector in Ottawa-Gatineau to exhibit odd patterns compared to the country as a whole. For instance, the region experienced a ...
  A cry for help unheard - London Free Press
posted : 7 Aug 2010 at 12:15am
He had moved three times and had several jobs - a variety store clerk, construction worker, box maker, farm worker - to maintain his parental rights. ...



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