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'There's definitely demand': How homes without basements, stairs could ease northern Ontario housing crisis
Builders in Sudbury and elswhere in northern Ontario are focusing on slab-on-grade construction to give more housing options to seniors looking to downsize.
Sault Ste. Marie PC candidate promises 'seat at the table,' while NDP opponent says she knows 'the north'
Sault Ste. Marie is listed by many as one of the ridings to watch in this Ontario election and candidates there made one of their final pitches in a debate held Tuesday night at Algoma University.
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Housing help: what the parties are promising in this Ontario election
Candidates of all political stripes, in every riding in northeastern Ontario, say they are getting a lot of questions about housing costs at the doorsteps. And each has a different answer.
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Why is this new house priced at $600K? A northern Ontario developer breaks it down
A northern Ontario homebuilder outlines the costs that go into a new home.
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'I have never seen anything like this before': on the apartment hunt in Greater Sudbury
One of the best ways to check the temperature of the Sudbury rental market is to go along on an open house tour, where they show five apartments in one evening.
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'It's not one thing. It's many things': northern Ontario realtors say no end in sight for housing crisis
A few years into a national 'housing crisis,' real estate brokers in northern Ontario don't see much relief on the horizon for those who can't afford a place to live.
Trout Creek hoping to keep the Hockeyville crown in northern Ontario
After Elliot Lake's big win in 2024, another northern Ontario town is now shooting for the Kraft Hockeyville title, in hopes of keeping their local rink open.
Transition to private blue box has been bumpy in at least one northern Ontario city
Cities across the province are handing over the responsibility for recycling to the private sector, but it hasn't gone smoothly everywhere, including in Timmins.
2 elections in 2025 could be tricky for party organizers in northeastern Ontario
This could be a double election year for voters in northeastern Ontario, with a federal vote set for sometime in 2025 and wide speculation that a provincial election will be called about a year ahead of schedule.
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'You're completely lost': Iroquois Falls woman marks 2 sad 10-year anniversaries
Ten years ago, Lynn Festarini-Jones was facing a new year without her hometown's main employer and without her son Scottie, who died of drug overdose four days after the mill closed.