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Moishe Alexander applauds the Government of Canada’s announcement today that the Town of Rimbey has been approved for an infrastructure loan as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.
The announcement was made by Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin, on behalf the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible [...]

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Moishe Alexander, Better Building – An estimated 2.1 million households in 10 major surveyed centres indicated they completed renovations last year according to the Renovation and Home Purchase Survey released today by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The average cost of renovations was approximately $12,100.
The Renovation and Home Purchase Survey reports on actual renovation [...]

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Canadian Funding Corp knows that sound control in multi-unit residential construction is one of the key factors affecting occupant privacy and well-being. Insufficient sound isolation can lead to lawsuits against architects and builders. This is part one of a two part feature post on reducing the negative impacts of sound.
This CMHC better building information posted [...]

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