Contractors

• Brandon contractors plead guilty to conspiracy in social housing scheme

  Court heard that the group divided the contracts among themselves and established the price of taxpayer-funded projects. The combined value of all the contracts is $3.5 million.

  Crime

  Feb 6, 2025
  
• How protected are B.C. homeowners when home renovation projects go sideways?

  Consumer Protection BC – the province’s regulator told Consumer Matters the laws that its responsible for are pretty narrow in scope in terms of when it can intervene.

  Consumer

  Feb 28, 2023
  
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• Saskatoon snow removal begins in Nutana and other residential streets

  "No Parking" signs will go up in neighbourhoods about 24 hours before work begins, with the city saying vehicles that aren't moved will be towed to a nearby street.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2023
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• Demand for home renovations in Manitoba still high, staffing low

  The pandemic saw demand for home renovations in Manitoba climb — and according to Tina Driscoll, vice-president of Dynasty Bathrooms, it hasn't stopped.

  Consumer

  Jan 10, 2023
• Saskatoon business finds market for construction project management software in New York

  MyComply, a Saskatoon-based construction tech business recently secured $5.6 million by expanding its firm to the United States.

  Tech

  Apr 10, 2022
• ‘It gets worse and worse every year’: Truckers rally in B.C., citing unsafe highway conditions

  Truckers say highways through the province's Interior suffer from a raft of dangerous problems, ranging from potholes to black ice to improperly or uncleared snow.

  Traffic

  Jan 22, 2022
• Kingston Ont. tenant’s apartment left in disrepair by contractor

  A Kingston, Ont., man says a contractor made holes in his bathroom wall to fix a leak but hasn't come back to repair them. His landlord says there is a backlog for repair work.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2021
• A N.B. trade worker shortage and how it’s forcing construction companies to turn down jobs

  Skills Canada is trying to encourage more young people to enter trades professions in the wake of a provincial shortage of workers.

  Economy

  Jun 9, 2021
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• MD of Taber officials point to contractors for illegal dumping

  “The issue is when someone hires a friend, or a friend of a friend, and they throw [the waste] in the back of someone's pickup truck with a blue tarp and drop it off in the middle of someone's field."

  Nov 9, 2020
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• Okanagan retiree creates checklist of tips, hints for hiring contractors

  An Okanagan retiree says his bad experience with a contractor has prompted him to help prevent similar situations from happening in the community.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2020