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Throne speech reiterates key housing, infrastructure promises from Ford government

Throne speech reiterates key housing, infrastructure promises from Ford government
Ontario’s throne speech reiterated the Doug Ford government’s commitment to continue building key infrastructure, hospitals, housing, transit and highways while recognizing the skilled trades shortages and looming economic challenges that lie ahead. “Tog...
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Millbook First Nation receives funding for Resilience Centre
MILLBROOK FIRST NATION, N.S. — The federal government and Millbrook First Nation...
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Governments announce $18M supportive housing project for Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE, ONT. — The federal government has announced $15 million in funding to...
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Feds, Ontario fund 50 affordable housing units in Hamilton
HAMILTON, ONT. — The federal government and other funding partners have announce...
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Throne speech reiterates key housing, infrastructure promises from Ford government
Ontario’s throne speech reiterated the Doug Ford government’s commitment to cont...
Government

Millbook First Nation receives funding for Resilience Centre
MILLBROOK FIRST NATION, N.S. — The federal government and Millbrook First Nation...
Government , Projects

Governments announce $18M supportive housing project for Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE, ONT. — The federal government has announced $15 million in funding to...
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Feds, Ontario fund 50 affordable housing units in Hamilton
HAMILTON, ONT. — The federal government and other funding partners have announce...
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Update: Two years after two crane incidents, what has been learned
It’s been over two years since two crane collapses took place in Toronto and alt...
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Procurement Perspectives: Making decisions during a time of constant change
Managers develop as they become progressively more adept at learning how to iden...
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Whitby geothermal project gets feasibility study funds
WHITBY, ONT. — A large-scale geothermal district heating project in Whitby, Ont....
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Toronto adds five new Construction Hubs
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced the launch of five new Construct...
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Feds, FCM fund pair of Toronto net zero studies
TORONTO — The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...
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Your Top DCN Headlines: Aug. 1 to 5
Your top Daily Commercial News headlines for this week include how unregulated d...
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Manitoba government releases first transportation infrastructure strategy
The Manitoba Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) recently post...
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Legal Notes: Access to project emails is critical to dispute resolution
Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) organizations are losing huge...
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$18M supportive housing project for Cambridge, Ont.
CAMBRIDGE, ONT. — The federal government has announced $15 million in funding to...
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Canada’s debt level sustainable over long term: parliamentary budget officer
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says Canada's current fiscal policy is...
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Funding provided for new supportive housing units in Windsor
WINDSOR, ONT. — The Ontario government is providing nearly $1.8 million to help...
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Procurement Perspectives: Managerial skills for purchasing professionals
If character expectations must be balanced against performance expectations, per...
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Banks far from hitting Paris climate targets, groups warn
The world's most influential banks need to substantially accelerate climate effo...
Economic , Government , Resource , US News

Ontario throne speech set for Aug. 9 as legislators prepare for summer sitting
TORONTO — Ontario's lieutenant governor will deliver a throne speech on Aug. 9....
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California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel
SACRAMENTO, CA - A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern Cali...
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Skills Ontario lauds provincial government for making STEM a priority
TORONTO — Skills Ontario is applauding the Government of Ontario for its recent...
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CAF receives funding to tackle apprentice opioid use
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) has received $575,000 from the federal g...
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Former Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath announces bid for Hamilton mayor
Andrea Horwath, who helmed Ontario's NDP for more than a decade before stepping...
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Feds support EllisDon project to advance mass timber modular construction
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada is contributing over $110,000 to the Mass Timb...
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Ontario to contribute to Cyclone plant expansion
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is contributing $1.5...
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Deal for $5.5B Hyundai plant in Georgia nears final approval
SAVANNAH, GA. - The local economic development agency that worked with Georgia o...
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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog projects smaller deficit due to lower than planned spending
TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog is projecting a deficit that's $5.4 billion...
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Legal Notes: Never underestimate the Importance of contract notice provisions
Construction project contracts need to be read and understood fully. Nothing wri...
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Let’s make a deal with Canada on softwood, U.S. senators urge Biden administration
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. lawmakers are urging the Biden administration's trade amba...
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Feds taking applications for small projects through Natural Infrastructure Fund
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada is accepting applications for new projects thr...
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Procurement Perspectives: An organization’s management of a crisis
When times are tough and challenging, people are naturally depressed and pessimi...
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Net-zero Fredericton longhouse project welcomes funding
The federal government and other partners have confirmed $19 million in combined...
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Federal government supports RHI projects in Peel, east Toronto
TORONTO — The federal government has announced two Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI...
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UPDATE: Rescue crews recover two bodies from construction site trench collapse in Ajax
AJAX, Ont. — The bodies of two men have been recovered from a construction site...
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Finch West LRT build keeps rolling
Metrolinx is planning to open the $2.5 billion Finch West Light Rail Transit (LR...
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Gordie Howe bridge deck and access ramps taking shape
The first signs of roadway connecting the two towers of the new Gordie Howe Inte...
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GO expansion tunnels under major Toronto highway interchange
When construction of two rail tunnels below, what is arguably the most congested...
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Alberta’s new wind infrastructure capacity leading Canada
Alberta, the nations' epicentre of oil and gas, has taken to the wind, leading...
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GBC’s mass timber Limberlost Place to become a living lab
A new 10-storey, tall-wood, mass timber building being built on the George Brown...
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Health Canada issues recall for DeWalt saw due to laceration hazard
OTTAWA — Health Canada and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission...
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Bruce Power’s $13B refurbishment nears next phase of completion
When the project is as big as the Bruce Power nuclear reactor refurbishments, it...