11 h. ago SLR Consulting finds new home in historic Ribtor West building

Keeping in touch with clients after the deal is done worked well for Cody Watson, vice-president and office practice lead at JLL. When Rob Traynor, managing principal at SLR Consulting, received notice that the building his office was in was being converted into residential apartments, he had to move fast to find a new home. […]

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1 week ago Carney Says New Oil Pipeline Proposal ‘Highly Likely’ in Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney said a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast is “highly likely” to be proposed as a nation-building project, which could mean it becomes part of Ottawa’s push to fast-track major developments under new legislation.

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1 week ago Canada awaits private sector move on Pacific crude pipeline, minister says

Canada's Natural Resources Minister, Tim Hodgson, said that Ottawa has not been presented yet with any private sector plan to build a new oil pipeline to the west coast.

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3 w. ago Canada officially has a new tallest building and it's a Toronto condo

After a long saga of challenges and drama, the 85-storey megatower at One Bloor West officially claimed the title of Canada's tallest building this week.The enormous condo development long planned to take the title of Canada's tallest from previous record-holder First Canadian Place finally delivered on that promise with a ceremony attended by media on Tuesday that saw the building officially surpass the 300-metre mark.After 50 years of the 298-metre First Canadian Place's dominance as the country's tallest building, the centre of gravity for Toronto's skyscraper scene has finally shifted away from the Financial District to a new linear core along the spine of Yonge Street.But while One Bloor West has dethroned an aging titan as the tallest skyscraper in the country, its reign will last just a fraction of its predecessor — expected to be mere months.At 309 metres, One Bloor West will live on in history as Canada's first tower to reach to entirely arbitr...

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4 w. ago Vancouver building evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide

Firefighters detected slightly elevated levels of carbon monoxide in a West End apartment building

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4 w. ago 'Missing link' tunnel will soon connect 2 Toronto transit stations

After almost a decade of anticipation, construction is well underway on a long-promised pedestrian tunnel that will connect two of Toronto's key transit hubs, namely Bloor GO/UP Express Station and Dundas West subway station. Metrolinx started building the 270-metre-long pedestrian tunnel last year as part of the larger Kitchener Fourth Track and Go Expansion projects, which are aimed at transforming regional transit across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).The new tunnel is set to provide a direct connection between Bloor GO Station (a stop on the Kitchener rail corridor served by UP Express and regional GO trains) and Dundas West Station on the TTC's Line 2, which also connects to streetcars and bus routes. Currently, you have to make the frustrating above-ground transfer between the two stations. Although the walk is only a few hundred metres, it can take up to eight minutes or longer in bad weather or with luggage, which is especially inconvenie...

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4 w. ago Police seek public's help after bullet hole found at London office building

London police are asking for the public’s help after they say a firearm was discharged into an office building in the city’s west end.  At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, an employee of a business in the 1800 block of Oxford Street West contacted police after arriving at work and discovering what appeared to be a bullet […]

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