Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 13 to 17
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 13 to 17
It was a headlining grabbing week for the DCN, with major announcements and breaking news items coming at every twist and turn. A massive new record-breaking roller coaster is slated to rise at Canada’s Wonderland; we delve into the highly anticipated fed...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Crosslinx Transit Solutions and Metrolinx involved in Eglinton LRT legal dispute
Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS) and Metrolinx recently went before the Ontario...
Infrastructure
More details released on government decision to mull safeguards preventing cheap steel imports
OTTAWA — The federal government extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trum...
Government
PHOTO: Do You See The YC
Work continues for the YC Condominiums at Yonge and College streets in Toronto....
Projects
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12 Mid-August Economic Nuggets
The U.S. quarter-to-quarter annualized advance in gross domestic product (GDP)...
Economic
Batteries being stolen from construction sign trailers, Kingston police say
KINGSTON, ONT. — Police in Kingston, Ont., say they are investigating after batt...
Projects
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 13 to 17
It was a headlining grabbing week for the DCN, with major announcements and brea...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Ontario working out details on how rules around new pot plan would be enforced
TORONTO — A day after announcing plans to sell recreational cannabis in private...
Government
Canadian home sales tick higher in July led by Greater Toronto Area market
OTTAWA — The Canadian housing market is finding its footing after a prolonged st...
Economic
FOLLOW UP: Toronto police charge woman who climbed crane cab near waterfront
TORONTO — A young woman who climbed a construction crane near Toronto's waterfro...
OH&S
Ontario government appoints new chair of Metrolinx transit agency
TORONTO — The Ontario government has appointed a new chair of the board for Onta...
Government
Glace Bay arena receiving $9.75M in upgrade funds
CAPE BRETON, N.S. — Representatives of three levels of government have announced...
Projects
Federal gas tax funding now available for over 600 communities across Ontario
TORONTO — The Government of Canada delivered the first of two $408-million annua...
Infrastructure
EY Canada wins contract to audit Ontario government spending
TORONTO — Ontario has awarded a contract for a promised line-by-line audit of go...
Government
PHOTO: Do You See The YC
Work continues for the YC Condominiums at Yonge and College streets in Toronto....
Projects
More details released on government decision to mull safeguards preventing cheap steel imports
OTTAWA — The federal government extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trum...
Government
Crosslinx Transit Solutions and Metrolinx involved in Eglinton LRT legal dispute
Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS) and Metrolinx recently went before the Ontario...
Infrastructure
The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 36
This episode of The Construction Record podcast is about one topic only – the li...
A carbon tax will cost households, hurt housing and not affect the world’s climate
In our Snapshot titled “Sustained global growth and a buoyant U.S. economy bode...
Economic
Ontario’s July Construction Unemployment Rate, at 1.3%, a Record Low
How tight have construction labour markets become in Canada? Accompanying Grap...
Economic
UPDATE: Woman in custody after another Toronto crane climbing
TORONTO — A woman was rescued and taken into police custody in downtown Toronto...
OH&S
Videos show workers on Florida bridge before collapse
MIAMI — New videos show construction workers labouring on a pedestrian bridge in...
OH&S
Massive new roller coaster coming to Canada’s Wonderland
VAUGHAN, ONT. — Canada's Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto wil...
Projects
Key figure in Quebec corruption inquiry nicknamed ‘Mr. 3 Per Cent’ has died at 79
MONTREAL — Bernard Trepanier, a former political fundraiser in Montreal and a ce...
Government
Municipalities get funding for 159 green initiatives
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada will provide over $12.1 million in funding for...
Government
Firms fined for destroying swallow nests on worksite near London
LONDON, Ont. — Two Ontario construction companies have been fined for destroying...
Projects
One trillion litres of sewage leaked into lakes and rivers over last five years
OTTAWA — On Aug. 8 a team of people from the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper environmen...
Resource
PHOTO: Raking for the Blue Diamond
Workers rake freshly poured concrete at the Blue Diamond at Imperial Plaza Condo...
Projects
Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto development agreement unveiled
Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs have signed a Plan Development Agreement (P...
Projects
Welland works to get shovels in the ground quickly
The City of Welland has achieved what many other Ontario municipalities have yet...
Government
UPDATE: Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins
GENOA, ITALY — Italian emergency experts pulled two more bodies out of tonness o...
Infrastructure
Aecon Group receives approval to rejoin Gordie Howe bridge consortium
TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. says it has received approval to rejoin the group sel...
Economic
Qatar says Nepali worker dies building World Cup stadium
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Qatar says a Nepali worker has died while helping...
OH&S
Caplan steps down as ORBA COO
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — After about eight months as chief operating officer for the...
Associations
Trump can’t reach NAFTA deal without Canada: Quebec chief negotiator
STOWE, VT. — The Trump administration doesn't have the legal authority to sidesw...
Government
Seahawks and Raiders at Wembley as Tottenham stadium isn’t ready
LONDON — The new stadium being built for English Premier League club Tottenham i...
Projects
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Chamber creates ‘blueprint’ for Ford government ministers
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has published a paper directed at each of Ontari...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure
Fanshawe College incorporates Safety Pass tool into curriculum
Fanshawe College’s Building Technology program will be incorporating the Safety...
OH&S , Technology
PCL lawyer chosen as f inalist for prestigious litigation award
A lawyer from PCL Constructors Canada was selected as a finalist for the litigat...
Labour
Concrete Pictures captures construction cinematically
Construction projects are exciting — it just takes the right kind of cinematic t...
Labour
CEO urges Ford government to set out infrastructure priorities
Ontario is facing a massive infrastructure deficit and the new Doug Ford governm...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure
Talladega Superspeedway set for $50 million renovation
TALLADEGA, ALA. — Talladega Superspeedway’s infield will undergo a $50 million r...
Projects
Worker suffers life-threatening injuries after falling on construction site
VAUGHAN, ONT. — A worker in his 50s has been transported to hospital with life-t...
OH&S
New power transmission towers connect Muskrat Falls, mainland Nova Scotia
AULD’S COVE, N.S. — Nova Scotia Power says it has completed installation of six...
