Considering the current mania for all things home-renovations-related, a new national network of contractors spawned by a partnership between CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and Contractors.com Canada seems well-timed indeed. The new network boasts more than 90,000 contractors coast-to-coast, and in addition to user searches by contractor, also allows homeowners looking for help to post pictures and information on their projects and let the contractors come to them. Other available content includes user-submitted stories and anecdotes about their projects, a Q&A feature, and calculators for loans and project cost-estimates. The network also has a prime spot on CanWest’s Canada.com network: www.canada.com/contractors.

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