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As claustrophobic congestion on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway worsens with years-long lane closures to accommodate road repairs, Ontario’s minister of transportation is suggesting around-the-clock construction could dramatically shorten the time frame. Parts of the Gardiner, between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, have been reduced by one lane in each direction for …

Solving a longstanding construction worker shortage will be key to boosting housing supply, experts say, as Canada’s national housing agency continues to forecast housing start levels that fall short of growing demand. The growing construction labour shortage was cited by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. as one of three …

Toronto police say a construction worker was injured in a hit and run on the Don Valley Parkway early Tuesday. Police said the worker was hit at around 1:11 a.m. on the expressway near the Spanbridge Road overpass area. Investigators said the northbound curb land and middle lane were closed …

Toronto commuters will soon run again into lane closures of parts of the Gardiner Expressway starting Monday night. The expressway, which is undergoing what the city calls “critical rehabilitation work,” will see its one of its eastbound lanes closed between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue for rehabilitation work as of …

The construction of purpose-built rentals and condominiums hit “record levels” in 2023, data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released on Wednesday shows. According to the CMHC’s Spring 2024 Housing Supply Report, purpose-built rental construction in six major markets combined to hit record levels in 2023. Rentals also accounted …

After living in a construction zone for close to three years, residents of a west Toronto neighbourhood are demanding accountability, and some are calling for compensation. The basement flooding protection program and storm sewer upgrades on Old Mill Drive and Catherine Street had an original end date of August 2022, …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A construction worker was airlifted to hospital after he fell into a pit in Mississauga Monday morning, officials say. It happened in the area of Novar Road and Dundas Street West, which is near Confederation Parkway, around 8:30 a.m. The worker was …

The effects of sudden cold weather along with a viral social media post from a Manitoba First Nation have put the housing crisis that exists in many communities back in the spotlight. But one community’s chief and council say it equally highlights the need for better home maintenance education for …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A crew installing a water service line uncovered human remains Jan. 5 at their worksite site on Withrow Avenue, according to City of Toronto officials. Const. Laura Brabant with the Toronto police says an anthropologist was called to identify the remains. “The …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was a Christmas morning to forget for some residents on Gildersleeve Boulevard in Bath, Ont., like Jon Mayne. “We all woke up to the smell of smoke and feeling hot, it was almost like a summer’s day” Firefighters say at about …