Vancouver’s Freedom Mobile Arch at the PNE opens on Friday
The price tag for the venue skyrocketed during construction; the original budget was set at $64.8 million in 2023 and has since tripled to an estimated $183 million.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11892218/vancouver-freedom-mobile-arch-pne-opens/

Price estimate for Sask.'s refit of coal-fired power plants climbs to $26B
"I think we've got $26 billion ... more reasons today to not trust the government," said Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-coal-power-cost-9.7191232?cmp=rss

Edmonton's Lewis Farms rec centre could cost nearly $32M more than original estimate
Edmonton’s under-construction Lewis Farms Recreation Centre has a new price tag — and the project could cost almost $32 million more than the city expected.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-lewis-farms-recreation-centre-cost-9.7167629?cmp=rss

City of Winnipeg wound up $14M in the red in 2025
The City of Winnipeg ended last year with a $14.3-million deficit, mainly because of lower than expected revenue from regulation charges, higher costs for building materials and a modest cost overrun in the public works department.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deficit-2025-final-report-9.7162095?cmp=rss

Poor soil conditions inflate cost of future Barrhaven police station
Unfavourable soil conditions have added millions to the price tag of the Ottawa Police Service’s future Barrhaven station, according to an update presented Friday on the project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/soil-conditions-inflate-cost-of-new-barrhaven-police-facility-9.7145900?cmp=rss

6 years and millions of dollars later, there’s still no drop-in centre at this Cabbagetown site
A controversial drop-in centre for women in the works for six years in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood still has no opening date as its cost skyrockets.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homelessness-drop-in-centre-cabbagetown-9.7141922?cmp=rss

Toronto's brand-new $128M market building might end up costing millions more
The saga of Toronto's new St. Lawrence Market North Building just won't end, as the $128 million landmark that took a quarter century to realize is now at the centre of a heated back-and-forth legal battle between the City and the contractors that slowly brought the plan to life.Opened in April 2025, the new market building at th...
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/03/st-lawrence-market-toronto-lawsuit/

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