Infrastructure

12 Mid-August Economic Nuggets

The U.S. quarter-to-quarter annualized advance in gross domestic product (GDP)...

Economic August 17, 2018

Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 13 to 17

The top JOC newsmakers for Aug. 13 to 17 circle around the ongoing community ben...

Government , Infrastructure , Projects , Technology August 17, 2018

Batteries being stolen from construction sign trailers, Kingston police say

KINGSTON, ONT. — Police in Kingston, Ont., say they are investigating after batt...

Projects August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

Ontario government appoints new chair of Metrolinx transit agency

TORONTO — The Ontario government has appointed a new chair of the board for Onta...

Government August 17, 2018

Saskatchewan premier names new ministers of agriculture, highways

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has made some changes to his cabinet inc...

Government August 17, 2018

Nexen reports 270,000 litre pipeline spill of produced water in northern Alberta

CALGARY — A month after being ordered to pay $750,000 in fines related to a 2015...

Resource August 17, 2018

Reynolds, Vogel discuss details of federal prompt payment review

The highly anticipated federal prompt payment review was completed recently, pro...

Government August 17, 2018

Coalition urges B.C. government to launch prompt payment review

A broad coalition of construction employers, product manufacturers and labour gr...

Government August 17, 2018

Glace Bay arena receiving $9.75M in upgrade funds

CAPE BRETON, N.S. — Representatives of three levels of government have announced...

Projects August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

PHOTO: Do You See The YC

Work continues for the YC Condominiums at Yonge and College streets in Toronto....

Projects August 17, 2018

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 August 17, 2018

Crosslinx Transit Solutions and Metrolinx involved in Eglinton LRT legal dispute

Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS) and Metrolinx recently went before the Ontario...

Infrastructure August 17, 2018

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 August 16, 2018

Ontario’s July Construction Unemployment Rate, at 1.3%, a Record Low

How tight have construction labour markets become in Canada? Accompanying Grap...

Economic August 16, 2018

RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say Kinder Morgan protest camp to be dismantled

BURNABY, B.C. — The RCMP arrested protesters when officers enforced a court inju...

Infrastructure August 16, 2018

B.C. wide state of emergency declared as province battles nearly 600 wildfires

VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister says he hopes the province'...

Government August 16, 2018

UPDATE: Woman in custody after another Toronto crane climbing

TORONTO — A woman was rescued and taken into police custody in downtown Toronto...

OH&S August 16, 2018

Videos show workers on Florida bridge before collapse

MIAMI — New videos show construction workers labouring on a pedestrian bridge in...

OH&S August 16, 2018

Massive new roller coaster coming to Canada’s Wonderland

VAUGHAN, ONT. — Canada's Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto wil...

Projects August 16, 2018

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 August 16, 2018

Alberta Metis vote to support Trans Mountain

LAC LA BICHE, ALTA. — An organization that represents Metis in Alberta says it s...

Infrastructure August 16, 2018

Hydro power storage project to be built near retired open pit coal mine

CALGARY, ALTA. — A hydro power storage project proposed at the site of one of th...

Resource August 16, 2018

VRCA Silver Award winners a shining example of B.C. construction

The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) has announced the Silver...

Projects August 16, 2018

Municipalities get funding for 159 green initiatives

OTTAWA — The Government of Canada will provide over $12.1 million in funding for...

Government August 16, 2018

Firms fined for destroying swallow nests on worksite near London

LONDON, Ont. — Two Ontario construction companies have been fined for destroying...

Projects August 16, 2018

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 August 16, 2018

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