According to the results of the latest monthly survey conducted by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), residential construction increased last month in Quebec centres with 10,000 or more inhabitants. In all, 4,223 dwellings were started in June 2010, compared to 2,990 a year earlier.

Via Rail Canada is proud to introduce today significant service improvements to its Quebec City-Montreal route. With the assignment of newly rebuilt F40 locomotives to this route, travelers now have for the first time an opportunity to enjoy the VIA experience between Montreal and Quebec City while reaching their destination more frequently, and at more convenient times.

According to the 17th Annual RBC Homeownership Survey, 90 per cent of Quebec residents believe that buying a house or condominium is a good investment, with 26 per cent saying they are likely to purchase a home in the next two years, up from 22 per cent in 2009.

Photo: Photo Courtesy Porter Airlines Inc.

"We're going from a leisure schedule to a schedule that's more business oriented," said Porter Airlines spokesman Brad Cicero.

Cicero was referring to the new schedule that daily will take more passengers from Jean Lesage International Airport to within minutes of downtown Toronto in a little over an hour and a half.

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Homeowners in Quebec City can rest easy about real estate values, despite the sub-prime mortgage crisis wreaking havoc on real estate prices south of the border. The crisis is unlikely to creep north according to industry experts, because of Quebec City’s uniquely guarded housing market and well-regulated Canadian banking system.