Choosing a Builder
August 5, 2021
When you buy a new home you want to get full value for your investment. This means choosing an established and reputable builder-someone you can trust, someone who has the technical skills, a proven track …
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‘We all collectively care’: Developers, City of Barrie getting creative on affordable-housing options
May 28, 2021
Chris SimonBarrie AdvanceWednesday, May 26, 2021 GIMME SHELTER – Few things are more fundamental in life than having a place to lay your head. That is why, every week in May, we will be taking …
Building still booming in Innisfil
May 15, 2021
‘We’re expecting an increase this year’ May 14, 2021 1:30 PM By: Innisfil Today Staff Housing construction in Innisfil has continued through the pandemic. Miriam King/Freelance In all of 2020, the Town of Innisfil issued a total of …
New Skilled Trades Ontario praised by stakeholders
May 12, 2021
Ontario’s construction stakeholders generally expressed universal support for the bold strokes of the Ontario government’s new direction on the skilled trades, with enthusiasm for the new Crown agency to be known as Skilled Trades Ontario …
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Ontario to Modernize and Streamline Apprenticeship Training
May 7, 2021
The Ontario government is introducing new measures to help tradespeople get their certification from one reliable, streamlined destination through a new Crown agency, Skilled Trades Ontario, that would replace the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT). …
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City officials, local experts look at changing space and face of Barrie
April 16, 2021
By: Nikki Cole ‘Let’s be honest. In the past, Barrie was a poster child for urban sprawl with almost universally low-density residential and commercial forms of development,’ says mayor. The City of Barrie has grown significantly …
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