New Brunswick home builders see an increase in prices amid a shortage of construction materials – New Brunswick
The construction season is just getting underway across the Maritimes and some builders say they are starting to experience a shortage of materials and fear they may run short for the summer. Read more: Lumber industry and home building materials seeing a drastic increase in price, shortages “Worst case scenario is that mid-summer, we…
Ontario’s new COVID-19 restrictions still allow for builders to keep working on condos, other jobs
TORONTO – Ontario’s new COVID-19 emergency measures allow construction to continue on many developments, including condos. Residential Construction Council of Ontario president Richard Lyall says the exception is important because the province has not been producing enough housing to meet demand. Read more: Ontario attempts to clarify what is essential under COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home order But…
People with disabilities, autism carry a heavier pandemic burden, advocates say – National
People with intellectual disabilities and autism are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates than other people in at least two states in the U.S., according to new data collected by NPR. In Pennsylvania, people with intellectual disabilities and autism are dying at a rate twice as high as other people who contract the virus. In…