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Oshawa motoring ahead according to Mayor
According to Oshawa Mayor John Henry, this is a perfect time to be living, working or operating a business in the city. Henry says over the past 6 months, Oshawa has seen a flood of good news, from a new pro basketball team to expansion at UOIT and a new vehicle coming to the GM […]
Continue readingWhitby putting plans in place to protect heritage in the downtown
Whitby is trying to protect its downtown heritage, while also creating a more appealing and upscale area. The Town recently completed its Downtown Heritage Conservation Study, and once implemented the plan would hold building owners to a higher standard. Mayor Pat Perkins says they’ll reach out to the community to find out what people do […]
Continue readingPickering company awarded contract to collect garbage in Toronto
After much debate on Monday, Toronto City Council voted in favour of privatizing garbage pick up from Yonge Street west to the Humber River, north to Steeles Avenue and south to Lake Ontario. The seven year contract was awarded to Picketing based GFL Environmental East Corporation. The deal is worth more than $185-million. City officials […]
Continue readingWhitby building permits down in September
Building permit sales were down in Whitby last month compared with a year earlier. The town issued 73 permits, a fair drop from the 96 sold in 2010. Despite the lower amount, total construction value was over $15 million which represents a 19 percent spike over last year. Year over year sales in Whitby remain […]
Continue readingLHEARN Centre opens at Lakeridge Health Oshawa
The doors of the new Lakeridge Health Education and Research Network Centre are now open. The $6.6 million facility features a 210-seat lecture hall, classrooms, conference rooms, health sciences library and simulation labs to be used by Lakeridge Health and students from Queen’s University to train the next generation of health care practitioners. The LHEARN […]
Continue readingOshawa collects over $18 million in building permits for August
Big numbers from the city of Oshawa as the totals for new building permits in the month of August were released. Almost $18.8 million has come in, including $11 million in residential with commercial and industrial making up the final $7 million. 120 building permits in total were handed out. http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/33980
Continue readingDurham Region Experiences Healthy Sales Growth
DURHAM REGION, October 6, 2011 – Durham Region REALTORS® reported 870 sales in September, up 6% when compared to 815 sales in August. “Although the number of active listings remains virtually unchanged from last month, September brought 1,624 new listings to the market place. The sales-to-new listings ratio for September stands at 54% indicating a […]
Continue readingConstruction value for building permits in Oshawa down in September
139 building permits were handed out by the City of Oshawa in the month of September, totalling almost $19.5 million. $15.9 million was for residential developers, while industrial and commercial development made up the remaining $3.6 million. The totals are down from 2010, when the city handed out over $27 million in permits. http://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/34851
Continue readingDurham College approved for $750,000 partnership with local businesses
A new partnership between Durham College and sixteen businesses in southern Ontario is aimed at improving productivity and competitiveness. The college was approved for up to $750,000 to team up with businesses, under the federal ‘Applied Research and Commercialization’ initiative. Finance Minister and Whitby- Oshawa MP Jim Flaherty says these agreements allow students and businesses […]
Continue readingDurham housing remains affordable compared to the rest of the GTA
House prices in Durham Region and across the GTA are continuing to rise. According to Deirdre Mullen, president of the Durham Region Association of Realtors, the average price of a home in Durham in September was just over $317,000, while it was more than $500,000 for the rest of the GTA. Mullen says the types […]
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