Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joined Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and half-a-dozen other politicians to mark the 50-per-cent completion of the Confederation Light Rail Transit line in Ottawa. ...
Category: Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Duguid to Ford: ‘Let’s just build these damn transit lines’
Exasperated minister of infrastructure shoots down Toronto mayor's proposal to bury the eastern end of the Eglinton Crosstown, saying it will be too costly. ...
Wynne challenges Ottawa to quadruple infrastructure spending
At Toronto summit, Premier calls on federal government to spend $30 billion a year - $12 billion of that in Ontario - and to make it permanent and predictable so that localities can plan accordingly. ...
Happening: Another big insurer joins industry anti-fraud system
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Infrastructure funding needs overhaul, a report urges
Just in time for a summit about the subject, the Mowat Centre calls for renewed federal funding of infrastructure, funnelled to projects in new ways. ...
Raitt, Del Duca, Augimeri welcome new TTC streetcars
The federal and provincial ministers of transportation, with the chair of the TTC, officially welcomed the TTC's new streetcar to Toronto's streets. ...
$78 million in highway projects to create nearly 800 jobs
Northern Development Ministry announces $78.3 million in highway upgrades for northeastern Ontario, which is expected to create 786 jobs. ...
Heard: London’s 401 connections to get facelift
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Happening: Three groups to bid for York Region rapid bus project
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Seen: Toronto rehab clinic fined $200,000 for auto insurance fraud
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