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Government provides Pickering with $5.2M for exceeding housing targets
Government provides Pickering with $5.2M for exceeding housing targets
PICKERING, ONT. — Pickering will be receiving $5.2 million in funding from the province through the Building Faster Fund as the city exceeded its 2023 housing target, Premier Doug Ford announced recently. The city broke ground on a total of 1,502 new hou...
Government , Projects
Renovation slated for Confederation Centre of the Arts in P.E.I.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.—Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown will be...
Government , Projects
Leasing alternatives for financing capital expenditures
In recent years, leasing has emerged as a popular alternative method for financi...
Government
Brisbane Olympics organizers scrap plans for their 2032 centerpiece and reject new stadium idea
BRISBANE, AUS. - Brisbane Olympics organizers have scrapped plans to demolish an...
Government , Infrastructure
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Government provides Pickering with $5.2M for exceeding housing targets
PICKERING, ONT. — Pickering will be receiving $5.2 million in funding from the p...
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Renovation slated for Confederation Centre of the Arts in P.E.I.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.—Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown will be...
Government , Projects
Leasing alternatives for financing capital expenditures
In recent years, leasing has emerged as a popular alternative method for financi...
Government
Brisbane Olympics organizers scrap plans for their 2032 centerpiece and reject new stadium idea
BRISBANE, AUS. - Brisbane Olympics organizers have scrapped plans to demolish an...
Government , Infrastructure
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehen...
Government , OH&S
Glaholt will take ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ approach to Construction Act review
The review of Ontario’s Construction Act announced a few weeks ago is big news f...
Associations , Government
Task force housing blueprint calls for green, co-ordinated housing push
A task force focused on affordable housing through a climate-conscious lens is c...
Government
Windsor identifies four properties suited for housing development
WINDSOR, ONT. — The City of Windsor in Ontario has released a list of four munic...
Government , Projects
City opens energy and water reporting link for owners of large buildings in Toronto
TORONTO — The City of Toronto is implementing a new energy and reporting bylaw a...
Government , Resource
Residential Report: Use-it-or-lose-it policy could have costly consequences for housing
Let me debunk a couple of myths that are circulating regarding our housing suppl...
Government , Projects
Queen’s Park announces southwestern Ontario highway projects
WINDSOR, ONT. — The provincial government has announced progress on several high...
Government , Infrastructure
HCRA denies licence to firm with clouded past
TORONTO — The Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) has refused to grant...
Government
Legal Notes: Contractor confronts ‘do I stay or do I go’ choice
Campus Contracting Inc. found itself between a rock and a hard place. It had bee...
Government
Federal funds support Hamilton Biindigen Well-Being Centre
HAMILTON, ONT. — The federal government has announced $13 million in funding tow...
Government , Projects
Markham adopts 2024 budget with 2.99 per cent tax increase
MARKHAM, ONT. — The City of Markham has adopted its 2024 budget with a 2.99 per...
Government
Town of Huntsville becomes latest municipality to report cybersecurity incident
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - A town in Ontario's Muskoka region has become the latest muni...
Government , Technology
Procurement Perspectives: Outsourcing may be contingent on market conditions
A key concern when outsourcing is used is whether market conditions permit a mun...
Government
CIB and First Nations Bank of Canada announce $100 million loan participation agreement
SASKATOON – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and the First Nations Bank of C...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: March 4 to 8
Your top DCN headlines this week feature an update on the highly anticipated Rin...
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2024 Ontario budget set for March 26; minister says no tax increases
TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister says he will present the province's 2024 bu...
Government
Feds to support Bruce Power next-gen power research
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it will spend $50 million to suppo...
Government , Resource
Legal Notes: Ontario’s adjudication process demands fairness
Canada’s judicial process is rooted in the principles of justice, equity and the...
Government
Site prep to begin on Halifax Infirmary job
HALIFAX—The Government of Nova Scotia has announced that site preparations will...
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State funeral for former prime minister Mulroney to be held in Montreal March 23
OTTAWA — A state funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be held o...
Government
P.E.I. budget projects $85-million deficit, increase in health care spending
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government table...
Government , Infrastructure
Ottawa says its housing deals with cities will build 750,000 homes in the next decade
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it has reached 179 housing agreements with...
Government , Infrastructure
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present Liberals’ federal budget on April 16
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the Liberal government'...
Economic , Government
Thunder Bay getting $20.7 million from Ottawa to fast-track housing development
THUNDER BAY, ONT. —The northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay is set to receive $2...
Government , Projects
Mulroney remembered as statesman, nation-builder by construction stakeholders
Construction stakeholders were effusive in their praise for the legacy of Canada...
Associations , Government
Dreyer plans to focus on Construction Act ‘glitches’ during review in first act as COCA chair
The new chair of the Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) is a co...
Associations , Government
House of Commons silent, Parliament Hill flag at half-mast after death of Mulroney
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are absent from the House of Commons as Canadians...
Government
Nova Scotia tables bill to restructure management, regulation of electricity sector
HALIFAX — New legislation introduced in Nova Scotia changes how the electrical g...
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Huge construction projects pipeline outlined for Ontario
Ontario “is the place to be” with hundreds of billions worth of projects in the...
Infrastructure , Projects
$215M mass timber plant in Nova Scotia a ‘groundbreaking’ Indigenous collaboration
A $215 million mass timber manufacturing plant being developed in Nova Scotia co...
Projects , Resource
Inside Innovation: New solutions for building tall in tight spaces
Constructing tall buildings in tight urban spaces poses several challenges, incl...
Technology
Why can’t transit projects be delivered on time?
Among all construction projects, it’s unarguable large transit projects have the...
Infrastructure , Projects
Full EA planned with no shortcuts for Ring of Fire road project
The two Indigenous-led proponents of the Northern Road Link, that will provide a...
Associations
Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction
Not only was she eastern Ontario’s first representative on the Ontario Asphalt P...
Labour
Athletics release renderings of new Las Vegas stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics and their design teams released renderings Tue...
US News
Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others
Although not wanting to go into too many details, Connect Atlantic Utility Servi...