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Factory-built homes are in the election spotlight as a fix for Canada’s housing crisis. It’s a faster, easier way to build, and less polluting than traditional construction methods. So why aren’t neighbourhoods packed with prefab homes?

Japanese car maker says reports it was mulling moving manufacturing from its Alliston, Ontario plant down to the US “not based on an announcement Honda made”, as sector strains under market uncertainty linked to Trump levies.

General Motors will begin laying off hundreds of workers at its CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., starting Monday — a major economic hit to the town of 14,000.

Only 1.3 per cent of the country’s electricity came from photovoltaic projects last year, despite it having “all the building blocks” to be a northern solar superpower. That’s a big opportunity for the next government to take, says the lead author of a new report.

A $30 billion-plus project would link the two continents via a 4,000-kilometre underwater interconnector. Industry experts see it as financially and technologically viable. But could it really become a reality by 2040?

Ontario rolled out an $11-billion support package Monday to help businesses and workers under pressure from US tariffs — but industry experts and new polling suggest the relief may not be enough for a crisis expected to drag on well beyond the six-month window the Ford government has proposed.

A coalition of Canadian and American mayors is sounding the alarm over sweeping US tariffs on Canadian imports. They warn that the tariffs could devastate regional economies, drive up inflation and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border.

Boost to sputtering Canadian electric vehicle market as Munich-headquartered company plans for trio of AI-powered research and development centres in Ontario.

On the same day that Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his plan to protect the domestic auto industry, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 25 per cent tariff on all cars not made in the United States.

U.S. annexation threats have revived talk of new oil and gas pipelines to bolster Canadian energy security. There’s a cheaper, greener alternative that's been debated for decades, say advocates of a coast-to-coast electricity 'backbone' – and it could be built in five years.

When Maureen Palmer took possession of her Tesla Model 3 in June of 2018, it felt like a statement of hope. A longtime environmentalist and grandmother, she wanted to reduce her carbon footprint and invest in what she believed was a forward-looking company.

It’s a good time to consider buying a used electric vehicle and avoid the sticker shock and depreciation of a new EV as Trump tariffs loom. But do your homework to make a sound buying decision, used EV owners say.

Action Canada study concludes "re-mined' tailings from 10,000 abandoned and 200 operating mines could be processed for a wealth of residual minerals and metals that are deemed key to the energy transition and national security

The Canadian government and international building materials supplier Heidelberg sign deal to move forward $275 million pilot project in Edmonton that would capture 95 per cent of CO2 product during manufacturing of cement.

The search for a new owner for the troubled $7-billion manufacturing facility south of Montreal is underway, said the federal minister for innovation, science and technology, as debt-freighted Swedish battery sector pioneer files for bankruptcy.