Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines for the week involve cannabis, candidates and campaigns. Canada officially announced the legalization of cannabis, which the JOC highlights in a collection of articles that directly impact the industry; Vancouver mayoral candidates...
Associations , Government , OH&S
University of Saskatchewan partners with First Nation on climate change research
SASKATOON, SASK. — University of Saskatchewan researchers are working with a Fir...
Technology
WorkSafeBC launches impairment awareness campaign
VICTORIA — With recreational cannabis use legal as of Oct. 17, WorkSafeBC is lau...
OH&S
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A new wave of innovative, comfortable, and high performing buildings and develop...
Government
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – September 2018
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic
Irene Lanzinger, BC Federation of Labour president, won’t seek third term
VANCOUVER - BC Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger has announced she...
Labour
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines for the week involve cannabis, candidates and campaigns....
Associations , Government , OH&S
WorkSafeBC launches impairment awareness campaign
VICTORIA — With recreational cannabis use legal as of Oct. 17, WorkSafeBC is lau...
OH&S
University of Saskatchewan partners with First Nation on climate change research
SASKATOON, SASK. — University of Saskatchewan researchers are working with a Fir...
Technology
B.C. finance minister says speculation tax brings balance to housing crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia's proposed speculation and vacancy tax is aimed at c...
Government
Vancouver architects Acton Ostry celebrate 25 years with new book
A Vancouver architecture firm is noting a milestone and moving ahead. Acton Ost...
Economic
Earth samples show dust from B.C. pipeline blast not a health threat: Enbridge
VANCOUVER - The company that owns a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burne...
OH&S , Resource
Alberta NDP demands Opposition detail planned cuts to regulations, labour rules
EDMONTON - Alberta's NDP says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney needs to explain wh...
Government , Labour
Calgary mayor doesn’t want to spend more than province on 2026 Games
CALGARY — The mayor of Calgary says the city shouldn't contribute more than the...
Government
B.C.’s 2018 Lieutenant Governor Safety Award winners announced
VANCOUVER — Technical Safety BC recently announced the winners of its 2018 Lieut...
OH&S
Collaborative sustainability honoured at Alberta conference
RED DEER, ALTA. — The 2018 Alberta Urban Municipalities (AUMA) Conference and Tr...
Associations
New hospital approved for Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. — A project to replace Fort St. James, B.C.’s Stuart Lake H...
Infrastructure
Are you ready for the legalization of cannabis?
VANCOUVER — Uncertainty continues to swirl around the legalization of cannabis a...
OH&S
New school slated for Winnipeg’s Waterford Green neighbourhood
WINNIPEG — Winnipeg has announced it will build a new school in its Waterford Gr...
Infrastructure
$896-million bilateral infrastructure agreement reached
REGINA — The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have signed a bilateral agre...
Government
Royal Alberta Museum officially opens in Edmonton
EDMONTON — After more than three years of construction, thousands flocked to the...
Projects
Better Buildings BC incentive plan aims for zero
A new incentive program is looking to help British Columbia’s construction indus...
Projects
Vancouver mayoral candidates address housing, development
VANCOUVER — Vancouver voters will have to choose from a crowded field of 21 cand...
Government
Temporary access allowed for residents of landslide threatened B.C. community
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Some residents of the northeastern B.C. community of Old F...
Government , OH&S
Annual housing starts pace slowed to 188,683 units during September
OTTAWA — The annual pace of Canadian housing starts fell to their lowest level i...
Economic
Governments join together to fund more child care spaces
VICTORIA — All three levels of government are working together in British Columb...
Government
Enbridge to begin building road to access pipeline explosion site in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access r...
Infrastructure
B.C. government releases report on review of professional reliance
Several British Columbia engineering and technical associations, whose members a...
Government
Auditor general says B.C. needs to know more about tax breaks it gives
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s auditor general says the provincial government nee...
Government
Coquitlam ride systems builder breathes new life into old mine
A Coquitlam, B.C. ride company is bringing a mine museum’s past into the future....
Projects
The Construction Record podcast – Episode 40: Marijuana, mines and Better Building BC
On this week’s Construction Record podcast, Daily Commercial News managing edito...
Canada moves to block steel dumping with 25% surtax on select products
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it will impose a 25 per cent surtax on som...
Government
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 8 to 12
This week’s top headlines reveal more concerns about community benefits agreemen...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Alberta Opposition leader remains undecided on 2026 Olympic bid
CALGARY — The leader of Alberta’s official Opposition isn’t ready to jump on the...
Government
Regina Habitat project to train high school students
REGINA — Habitat for Humanity in Regina broke ground on 11 new homes last month....
Projects
$100-million luxury hotel taking shape in Calgary
Located on 5th Avenue S.W. in the core of downtown Calgary, PBA Land and Develop...
Projects
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Edmonton’s gondola bridges public, private resources
Edmonton isn’t known for its mountains and ski hills, but a gondola proposal cou...
Infrastructure
Routine quote changes lives, builds love
For Derek Wu, a contractor in Regina, it was a routine call, like ones he’d been...
Projects
CCA to publish project management guide in early 2019
A construction industry task force on project management services delivery expec...
Associations
Supply chain consultants look to optimize the project process
What on Earth does “supply chain management” mean? The term was coined by Keith...
Associations
Better Buildings BC incentive plan aims for zero
A new incentive program is looking to help British Columbia’s construction indus...
Projects
No short term fix likely for housing affordability in Vancouver or Toronto
For some time, economic pundits have been predicting a major price correction in...
Economic
Town halls reveal CBA sentiment among BCCA members mostly negative
Members of the British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) and other organi...
Associations
Things are heating up at Edmonton’s ICE District
EDMONTON — As construction continues on Edmonton’s Stantec Tower, developers hel...
