A mobile home fire in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada is due to a crack in a fire box in a faulty furnace according to a story in DailyHeraldTribune.com. Fire Marshall Mark Whelpton tells reporters the cause has been determined to be a recalled furnace, which caused some $25,000 in damages. …
From Canada and NetNewsLedger.com, MHProNews.com learns more about the ongoing dilemma over modular homes destined for the Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada. In the exchange, member of Parliament for Timmins James Bay Charlies Angus and Minister John Duncan, the Aboriginal Affairs Minister, debated progress of shipping modular homes to Attawapiskat …
Canadian Officials Debate Modulars for Attawapiskat Read More
GlobeandMail of Toronto tells MHProNews.com the economic recovery in the U.S. is beginning without help from the housing market. Recovery from economic slumps going back decades meant the real estate market pulled everyone else along, according to columnist Brian Milder. Karl Case, who co-developed the S&P Case/Shiller Index that tracks …
From Canada and Nunatsiaq Online, MHProNews.com has learned the business arm of the Kivalliq Inuit Association, Sakku Investments Corp announced this week the company has signed a joint venture agreement with ATCO Structure and Logistics, a firm that specializes in workforce housing. The new company, Sakku ATCO Buildings and Services, …
Newswire from Canada tells MHProNews.com eight leading Saskatchewan credit unions are teaming with the HeadStart on a Home program to provide down payment loans for entry -level buyers to purchase a home. The loans are repayable within five years at Credit Union prime. This $200 million program will provide 1,000 …
MHProNews.com hears from Canada there has not been a better time to buy a home in nearly 30 years. Mark Weisleder says in TheSpectator in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, mortgage rates are at an all-time low, the political and social climates are stable, as is the real estate market. According to …
A student-led team from the University of Calgary has been chosen to take part in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon for the third consecutive time, pitting its unique housing concept against another Canadian team and entries from across the United States and around the world. Team Alberta’s concept …
University of Calgary Begins Work on Solar Modular Read More
From Ontario and the Daily Commercial News, MHProNews.com learns about a new modular housing complex utilizing shipping containers. Unlike many projects, the units here do not look like shipping containers. Toronto developer InvestorCentric Inc. used the containers as the basis for two multi-family buildings. According to the report, the containers’ …
Shipping Container Complex Could Rise in Just 11 Days Read More
CTV in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada tells MHProNews.com that people displaced by the flooding of Lake Manitoba eight months ago are finally getting a more permanent place to live. Manitoba Housing has brought in 15 modular homes to house flood victims in St. Laurent on the southeastern edge of the lake. …
From Canada, MHProNews.com learns that Black Diamond Group Limited announced recently they will be presenting at the 15th Annual CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference occurring today. Presenting for Black Diamond Group Limited will be Trevor Haynes, President and Chief Executive Officer. A live and archived webcast of the presentation will …
Black Diamond Group Limited to Present at CIBC Whistler Investor Conference Read More
From Billings, Montana and KRTV.com MHProNews.com learns a new modular assembly plant will be coming to the community of Bynum. The new plant will bring an initial 80 jobs and more than 100 more. Lauren Engineers & Constructors of Abilene, Texas have not specified the exact number of jobs, saying …
From British Columbia comes word that the BC Coroners Service and Office of the Fire Commissioner are urging owners of mobile and manufactured homes and community operators to take special care to prevent fires in the wake of a calamitous New Year’s weekend for fire deaths in British Columbia. From a CBCNews photo, the …
Contrary to Reports, Manufactured Homes Do Not Pose Increased Fire Risk Read More
From Victoria News, MHProNews.com has learned that the Greater Victoria housing market improved at the end of 2011. The report says annual sales for single-family homes, town homes and manufactured homes increased in December. Carol Crabb, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board was quoted in the article saying the …
From Oregon comes another story about a fire in a manufactured home. While stories about home fires are common, few specify the construction method for stick-built or modular homes, but make the exception for manufactured or mobile homes. From Ontario, Oregon, The Argus reports that a Friday evening fire in a …
A report from Fort St. John in British Columbia published by Energetic City tells of a Christmas morning fire in what the paper calls a modular home, then later a mobile home. The home was located at the Peace Country Mobile Home Park in Fort St. John. The article says …
Article About Christmas Fire Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story Read More
Ordering homes for a Canadian region in desperate need of housing is one thing. Getting them to the remote location is another. The first modular homes destined for the Canadian region of Attawapiskat are now about half way there. That’s according to a report from CBCNews. MHProNews.com has learned four …
Modular Homes Destined for Attawapiskat Traverse Wind, Travel on Ice Road Read More
