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An early Monday fire caused “significant damage” to a three storey building in central Hamilton, according to firefighters. The multiple alarm blaze started sometime around 4 a.m. and spread to the second and third floor of a building under construction on Barton Street east between Milton and Stirton Streets. Flames …
Read More »Winnipeg police car crashes into building after collision on Friday – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg police car crashed into a building after a collision on Friday. At 11:23 p.m. officers were travelling on Marion Street at Kenny Street when they were involved in a crash with a car travelling perpendicular to them. After the impact, the police car struck a nearby building. One …
Read More »Vacant downtown Winnipeg apartment building to be demolished after morning fire – Winnipeg
A vacant apartment building on Gertie Street will be demolished after a fire early Tuesday, Winnipeg fire officials say. Fire crews were called to the scene at 4:44 a.m., where they found heavy smoke and flames that made it impossible to enter the building. TRAFFIC ALERT:GERTIE ST CLOSUREDue to a …
Read More »Calgary company out $280k after work on former Kensington Manor building – Calgary
A local restoration company says it’s out hundreds of thousands of dollars for work on the former Kensington Manor apartment building. Tenants in the seven-storey apartment building were evacuated in November 2017 after an inspection found it wasn’t structurally sound. At the time, people living in the building were told …
Read More »Pedestrian injured after car drives into Toronto building, officials say – Toronto
A man is in hospital with serious injuries after a car collided with a building in Toronto and hit a pedestrian, officials say. Toronto paramedics told Global News they responded to a collision in the area of Church Street and Carlton Street. Two people from the vehicle were taken to …
Read More »Man in life-threatening condition after Toronto apartment building shooting
Emergency crews were called to Lawrence Avenue and Orton Park Road at around 4:45 a.m. Friday for reports of a shooting. News Source link
Read More »Toronto apartment building faces 84 city complaints. But owner’s appealing order to fix it
The owner of an apartment tower dubbed one of the worst in the city by tenant advocates goes before a city panel Monday morning facing a list of property standards violations that is 15 pages long. Carolyn Krebs, who also goes by Carolyn Goodman and Marian Linton, has appealed to the Toronto and …
Read More »More problems with the Calgary Municipal Building trusses
The City of Calgary is going to spend $8 million on repairs to a truss located between the fourth and fifth floors of the Municipal Building. Located roughly above council chambers, details of the project were included in this week’s new civic budget. “It’s important to note that the truss is …
Read More »In Calgary, apartment building construction is booming as more Canadians embrace rentals
Across the country, competition is stiff among apartment hunters as the rental market gets tighter. In Calgary, that struggle to find rental space is fuelling an unprecedented amount of rental construction. As of September, construction has begun on 2,799 new rental apartment units in Calgary this year. That’s the highest number on …
Read More »North Vancouver lowers age requirement for affordable seniors building over rental vacancies
A non-profit organization that operates an affordable seniors’ building in the District of North Vancouver is looking for more tenants to rent its below-market units after council unanimously voted earlier this week to lower the age requirement to live there. Stefan Baune, executive director of the Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society, said the non-profit …
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