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NATIONAL HOUSING starts rose 13.3% in February to 109,700 units at a season- ably adjusted annual rate (SAAR), reported Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Urban multiple unit con- struction moved up 52.7% to 44,600 units (SAAR) while starts of urban — single- detached dwellings fell 5% to 47,100 units (SAAR). in February relative to January. January starts were 96.800 units (SAAR). British Columbia urban starts, on a Seasonally adjust- ed basis, increased 23.1% in February compared to the previous month, despite fewer single starts. Multiple starts, mostly condominiums, rose as much in Vancouver as elsewhere in the province. Ontario urban starts rose 3.8%, on a seasonally adjust- ed basis, in February com- pared with January. Construction of multiples : . vf rose but fewer singles were mans Same ° ; smn sitar “ns cman sacred ET ae built. 13 aan Sih went Up TREE PLANTING volunteers (left to right) Tom Cox, lan Jarvis, Barb Ellis, Harold Foster and North Vancouver District planning 2.1% fie ebruary over department emyloyee Phil Chapman plant one of 22 maple, ash and flowering cherry trees along Ross Road in Lynn Valley on. - January figures, on a seuson- Saturday. Members of the Lynn Valley Community Association, district parks and the district street trees cc-umittee combined their.’ |:

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