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Provincial authority freezes assets of Highbridge Construction, suspends licence
The Orléans company suddenly shuttered Feb. 3, leaving numerous clients, employees and contractors in the lurch.

Home sales in Canada post worst start to the year since 2009: CREA
The drop came as January sales also fell on a month-over-month basis as they dropped three per cent compared with December.

Region’s annual rate of housing starts fell 58% in January: CMHC
The six-month rolling average – designed to smooth out monthly fluctuations – was 1,735 units, compared with 4,095 units in December.



Affordable housing in Ottawa gets $18.5M boost from feds
At least 48 new units of affordable housing will be built in Ottawa thanks to funding announced Monday by the federal government.



Construction group calls on Competition Bureau to probe Ottawa Hospital deal
A group representing construction companies across Canada says the hospital’s agreement with a local trades union “shuts out” competing workers and businesses and will drive
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