Ontario Infrastructure
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Peterborough mayor urges collaboration with townships to attract businessMayor Jeff Leal says the city is willing to consider extending municipal services to neighbouring townships if it were to result in serviced lands where manufacturers could locate.PoliticsDec 21, 2023
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Climate change effect on public transportation infrastructure to cost billions: FAOBy 2030, changes in extreme weather mean climate-related costs will accumulate to a total of $13 billion, the Financial Accountability Office said.EnvironmentSep 22, 2022
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Ontario invests $3M for upgrades to King Street in Omemee: MPP Laurie ScottHaliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Conservative MPP Laurie Scott says the funding will be delivered through the province's Connecting Links program.PoliticsApr 21, 2022
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Ontario to invest additional $1B over next 5 years in rural, northern infrastructureThe $1 billion in funding will support 424 communities throughout the province, Premier Doug Ford announced in Westwood.EconomyDec 8, 2021
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Mayors, construction industry call on Ontario and feds for infrastructure moneyMayors representing the province's largest cities say the global health crisis has created revenue shortfalls that will prevent municipalities from doing state-of-good-repair work on key pieces of infrastructure.CanadaOct 26, 2020
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Peterborough County to receive more than $615K in infrastructure funding from Ontario governmentPeterborough County will receive $522,622, while Douro-Dummer receives $93,165.PoliticsFeb 3, 2020
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Doug Ford says he won’t be drawn into federal election campaignFord made the comments during only his second media availability since the campaign began in September.PoliticsOct 16, 2019
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Kathleen Wynne rejects idea of raising taxes to pay for Ontario infrastructureOntario residents already pay eight per cent in provincial sales tax and Wynne said she would not entertain raising that figure any higher.PoliticsAug 15, 2017
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Poor oversight of Ontario road and transit contracts cause for concern: auditor generalOntario's government watchdog says taxpayers spend millions of dollars paying repair bills for shoddy work by contractors hired for road maintenance and public transit projects, including part of one bridge that was installed upside down.CanadaNov 30, 2016
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Federal, Ontario governments provide $1.1B for clean water and wastewater projectsThe Ontario and federal governments are providing more than $1.1 billion under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund for municipalities looking to upgrade treatment plants and enhance water quality.PoliticsSep 14, 2016
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