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Built Green Canada awards third community certification with Canmore’s Spring Creek
CANMORE, ALTA. — The Spring Creek community in Canmore, Alta. has earned Phase 2...
Projects
New North Vancouver elementary school taking shape in Cloverley
NORTH VANCOUVER – Construction has started on a new elementary school in the Clo...
Infrastructure
Phase one of Marine Landing development complete
VANCOUVER — Developers Wesbild and KingSett Capital have announced the completio...
Projects
Making a $1B investment in the US? Trump pledges expedited permits
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits...
US News
Canada preparing retaliatory tariffs, as Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S.
OTTAWA — Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. president-e...
Government
Roadway infrastructure upgrades complete at iconic Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, ALTA. — A $12 million road infrastructure project in the Lake Louis...
Infrastructure
Business Council report states B.C. faces ‘economic plateau’ as megaprojects wrap up
VANCOUVER — The Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) has released its las...
Economic
Trudeau says dealing with Trump will be ‘a little more challenging’ than last time
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Dona...
Government
Two contracts, one improvement, two acts, one single lien stream
Five-and-a-half years after the Construction Act (OCA) passed into law and repla...
Government
‘Are they going to walk away?’: Charges 10 years after B.C.’s Mount Polley disaster
VICTORIA — Doug Watt won't forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the...
OH&S
Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a disput...
Labour
One last chance: Calgarians can retrieve inscribed Olympic Plaza bricks before demo starts
CALGARY – The City of Calgary, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and Art...
Projects
Vancouver Empty Homes Tax continues to show results for rental housing supply
VANCOUVER – According to data released in the 2023 Empty Homes Tax Annual Report...
Economic
B.C. selects nine wind power projects to boost energy supply by eight per cent a year
VANCOUVER — British Columbia has given the green light to nine wind energy proje...
Infrastructure
Reducing urban heating and lifetime GHGs with concrete roads
“By mid-century, two out of every three persons on the planet will be living in...
Resource
Alberta provides $1.5M to Trade Winds to Success for skilled trades training
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is giving more than $1.5 million over three ye...
Labour
Helping people stay on the move: B.C. highway contractors honoured with awards
VICTORIA — Contractors that build and maintain British Columbia's transportation...
Infrastructure
Industry divided: Manitoba apprentice ratio change lambasted by some, embraced by others
Regulatory changes that came into effect recently and restored the 1:1 apprentic...
Labour
Alberta’s rural municipal infrastructure deficit pegged at $17.25B
A newly released study indicates the infrastructure deficit in rural municipalit...
Infrastructure
Holiday season safety reminder: WorkSafeBC issues working at heights advisory
RICHMOND, B.C. — WorkSafeBC has issued an advisory urging workers and employers...
OH&S
Port Coquitlam’s first transit-oriented, highrise community proposed by Wesbild
VANCOUVER – Developer Wesbild recently submitted a rezoning application to the C...
Projects
AEG, ICBA file constitutional challenge against federal government’s Bill C-59
CALGARY, ALTA. – The Alberta Enterprise Group (AEG) and the Independent Contract...
Government
FIFA construction work to start in January
Full-scale construction converting two Vancouver community parks into profession...
Projects
Alberta minister wants to see $100B in data centre infrastructure in next five years
EDMONTON — Alberta's Technology Minister Nate Glubish says he's hoping to see $1...
Government
Seven B.C. First Nations get support for clean-energy projects
VICTORIA — Seven remote First Nations in B.C. are on the receiving end of fundin...
Infrastructure
Taiwan firm halts plan for $1B battery plant in B.C. that had federal support
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — A $1-billion lithium-ion battery cell production plant that...
Projects
First Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project
CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbo...
Resource
40-unit temporary housing project opens in Campbell River
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. — A new 40-unit temporary supportive housing project in Cam...
Projects
CCA applauds ‘long overdue’ federal leadership on the National Infrastructure Assessment council
OTTAWA — The federal government’s recent announcement that it has appointed the...
Associations
Vancouver Art Gallery scuttles $600M design of new building, parts way with architect
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Art Gallery says it is not going ahead with a planned...
Projects
Untangling contracts caught between OCA transition periods
A recent adjudication review by Ontario’s Divisional Court suggests avoiding put...
Government
Supply gains drive home sales increase in Calgary as benchmark price up 3.5%: board
CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says November home sales were similar to...