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Communities across the GTA are lowering flags and holding vigils Monday in remembrance of 215 children whose bodies were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia.

Toronto-area communities mourn after remains of 215 children found at former B.C. residential school Communities across the GTA are lowering flags and holding vigils Monday in remembrance of 215 children whose bodies were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia. Social Sharing Sebastian Leck · Posted: May 31, 2021 7:07 PM ET | Last Updated: June 1 A memorial for the 215 children found buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is pictured at ...

Montreal is going orange — with orange cones, that is. Heres a breakdown of some of the 48 major construction projects the city has planned for summer.

Article content As hardworking taxpayers tightened their belts last year to cope with pay cuts and job losses, Toronto’s municipal employees were busy cashing in bigger paycheques with your tax dollars. The City of Toronto currently employs 34,603 workers. Last year, only 104 of them didn’t get a raise. That means over 99.6% of Toronto municipal employees got a pay hike. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or GOLDBERG: A tale of two downturns in To...

Article content The public will be able to learn more about plans for a proposed 25-storey office tower atop the Bay at 585 Ste-Catherine St. W. on Wednesday evening. The Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) is holding a virtual question-and-answer session on the real estate project at 7 p.m. You can join in via the OCPM’s website, Facebook page or YouTube channel. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Consultations start Wednesday on...

Article content Montreal developer Brivia Group is betting big on a downtown revival. Not content with building what will be the city’s tallest residential structure on Phillips Square, Brivia is now planning to erect a 19-storey condominium tower on the site of the former Loews Theatre. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Brivia planning new 19-storey condo project on site of old Loews Theatre Back to video The project, located at Ste-Catherine ...

"When there is work outside the large metropolitan regions like Montreal and Quebec City — in Outaouais, in Abitibi, in Gaspésie — these companies take contracts there and, when they arrive, they bring the workers they know," says Éric Boisjoly, general manager of FTQ-Construction. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette Article content The FTQ and FTQ-Construction unions are asking the Quebec government to ensure that construction sites being set up in the province’s regions during t...

Article content A report last week by the Urban Development Institute and Montréal Centre-Ville found 70 per cent of downtown employees were working from home more than three days a week during the fourth quarter of 2020. Two-thirds say they want to continue teleworking most of the time once the pandemic is over. The vacancy rate for downtown offices was 12.4 per cent at the end of 2020, up from 9.8 per cent six months earlier, and is expected to rise as leases expire. Hardest hit are the leas...

Article content A 25-storey office tower will be built atop the 130-year old Bay store at 585 Ste-Catherine St. W., according to a proposal submitted to Montreal city council. The Hudson’s Bay Co., which owns the site, proposes to demolish a 1966 addition to the landmark store, which occupies the block bounded by Ste-Catherine, Union Ave., de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. and Aylmer St. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or 25-storey office tower planned ato...