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Province to begin removing stretch of Toronto bike lanes next week after court win

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:59:18 +0000

TORONTO — The province says work to remove bike lanes on a stretch of a major Toronto road will begin next week. It comes after Ontario’s top court overturned in August a ruling that blocked the government’s bid to remove protected bike lanes along stretches of Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue in Toronto. […]

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Cleveland-Cliffs CEO says Stelco workers would be recalled if trade deal reached

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:46:35 +0000

HAMILTON — Hundreds of southern Ontario steelworkers facing layoffs will be recalled if �鶹��ýӳ�� and the United States reach a trade deal on steel, the head of Stelco’s U.S.-based parent company said Thursday. Lourenco Goncalves, chairman and chief executive of Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs, said the Canadian market is too small to support galvanized steel production from […]

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Major government economic legislation C-39 clears first vote, heads to committee

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:38:09 +0000

OTTAWA — A key piece of the Carney government’s economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons Thursday when Conservatives voted with the majority Liberals to send the bill for study by a special committee. The 243-page bill proposes to extend the government’s one-project, one-review, within one-year approach to major […]

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A new adventure: Journey Behind the Falls undergoing $25M transformation

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:08:01 +0000

Niagara Parks most popular attraction, Journey Behind the Falls, is getting a $25 million renovation from its earned revenue. The attraction is undergoing its biggest transformation in decades by reopening a tunnel that has sat closed since the Second World War as well as adding two new, year-round, all-weather viewing platforms to replace the attraction’s […]

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BWXT �鶹��ýӳ�� selected to build and deploy reactor technology in New Brunswick

wp-poster — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:25:45 +0000

TORONTO — Ontario-based BWXT �鶹��ýӳ�� has been selected to fabricate and deploy �鶹��ýӳ��’s first Transportable Nuclear Power Plant (TNPP) using the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR) technology for the Indigenous-led 50-megawatt (MW) pilot project in Belledune, N.B. According to a release, the TNPP project will deliver baseload power for up to 40,000 homes, create more […]

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Liberals table bill to make Defence Investment Agency a Crown corporation

wp-poster — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:20:23 +0000

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has tabled new legislation to turn its Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation — a major revamp of the plan created just months ago. Bill C-40 will create an entity called the “Canadian Corporation for Defence Investment,” which will report to a new associate minister of national defence […]

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ICFMA announces new executive director, launches strategic plan

wp-poster — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:15:08 +0000

OTTAWA — The Insulating Concrete Forms Manufacturers Association (ICFMA) has announced the appointment of James (Jim) Facette as the association’s executive director. The announcement was made at the board’s in-person meeting in Toronto, where directors gathered to formally welcome Facette and receive an initial progress report on the development of the association’s new three-year strategic […]

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OAA launches call for proposals for 2027 webinar series speakers

wp-poster — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:10:14 +0000

TORONTO — The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has launched a call for proposals for speakers for its 2027 Continuing Education Webinar Series. This initiative provides a platform for experts to share innovative ideas and critical topics with Ontario’s architecture profession, explains a release. The OAA is seeking proposals covering such themes as project delivery […]

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Retailers face tougher search for space as �鶹��ýӳ�� drops to 10-year low: JLL

wp-poster — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:12 +0000

TORONTO — Store owners might be having a harder time finding rental properties as the amount of retail space under �鶹��ýӳ�� in major Canadian markets dropped to its lowest level in a decade. Retail �鶹��ýӳ�� starts amounted to 1.5 million square feet in the first half of this year, commercial real estate firm JLL said […]

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Living in the midst of Canadian history: Big plans for Picton’s Base31

wp-poster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:20:14 +0000

During the Second World War, thousands of air crew members from �鶹��ýӳ��, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand trained at the British Royal Air Force No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School in Picton, Ont. in Prince Edward County. After the war, the site became a station for the Royal Canadian School of Artillery, then […]

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Bank of �鶹��ýӳ��’s key rate ‘too blunt’ to fix housing unaffordability: official

wp-poster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:15:23 +0000

OTTAWA — A top official at the Bank of �鶹��ýӳ�� says monetary policy-makers are struggling to find new tools and pathways to address persistent housing affordability challenges. Senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave a speech in Victoria, B.C., recently that laid out the complex interplay between housing, regulation, the economy and the Bank of �鶹��ýӳ��. […]

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Wolseley �鶹��ýӳ�� donates $20,000 towards Indigenous skilled trades program

wp-poster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:10:59 +0000

BURLINGTON, ONT. – Wolseley �鶹��ýӳ�� has donated $20,000 to Indspire to help Indigenous students across �鶹��ýӳ�� reach their full potential with funding for skilled trades post-secondary education. The Wolseley �鶹��ýӳ�� Indigenous Bursary, which is part of the Building Better Futures program, provides funding for individual First Nation, Inuit and Metis students who are enrolled in […]

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