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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during recent meetings in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since t...
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Fire continues to rage in Jasper, but officials say critical infrastructure intact
EDMONTON - Parks Canada says crews in the town of Jasper are fighting flames th...
Government , Infrastructure
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Feds put more than $172 million toward 4,257 Alberta affordable homes
EDMONTON – The Government of Canada has announced it will put more than $172 mil...
Government , Projects
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Court faced with a ‘binary’ choice in complex delay claim case
Complex construction projects often spawn complex disputes. The Ontario Superio...
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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their cont...
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Fire continues to rage in Jasper, but officials say critical infrastructure intact
EDMONTON - Parks Canada says crews in the town of Jasper are fighting flames th...
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Feds put more than $172 million toward 4,257 Alberta affordable homes
EDMONTON – The Government of Canada has announced it will put more than $172 mil...
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Court faced with a ‘binary’ choice in complex delay claim case
Complex construction projects often spawn complex disputes. The Ontario Superio...
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MTI to tender $150 million in additional highway infrastructure work
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) will a...
Government , Infrastructure
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Inside Innovation: From Kosovo to Texas, modular houses built in eight hours
An innovative modular homebuilder based in the tiny eastern European country of...
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Design team selected for next phase of George Massey Tunnel project
VANCOUVER – Cross Fraser Partnership has been selected as the preferred proponen...
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Feds, Alberta renew Canada Community-Building Fund agreement
EDMONTON – The governments of Canada and Alberta have signed a renewed 10-year a...
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Calgary launches Housing Capital Initiative
CALGARY – The City of Calgary has launched a $60 million Housing Capital Initiat...
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Federal government, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs sign self-government funding agreement
GITANYOW, B.C. — The Gitanyow Nation, represented by the Simgigyet'm Gitanyow (G...
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Biden ends reelection bid, endorses VP Harris for Democratic nomination
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping his reelection bid agai...
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Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon sworn in as labour minister, replacing O’Regan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' new minister for labour and seniors is Steven Mac...
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B.C. puts up to $7 million towards Okanagan Falls mass-timber manufacturing facility
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is contributing as muc...
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B.C., federal governments invest $195 million in highway infrastructure
SURREY, B.C. – The federal government and Province of British Columbia are inves...
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Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan leaving cabinet, sources say
OTTAWA - Two sources with knowledge of the situation say federal labour minister...
Government , Labour
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TC Energy’s US$15B Keystone XL claim thrown out by trade tribunal
CALGARY — TC Energy Corp., the Canadian company behind the ill-fated Keystone XL...
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Legal Notes: Duty of care can extend beyond direct contracts and liability provisions
How far down the project pyramid does duty of care extend? It’s a critical quest...
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Alberta invests $44 million in 21 cleantech companies
CALGARY – The Government of Alberta is investing $44 million through Emissions R...
Government , Technology
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Liberal energy minister promises ban on oil furnaces for new builds as soon as 2028
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced an intention to ban th...
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Winnipeg developing supplier code of conduct
WINNIPEG – The City of Winnipeg is developing a supplier code of conduct and env...
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B.C. partners on critical infrastructure projects
SMITHERS, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia is partnering with the Northwe...
Government , Infrastructure
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Canada’s 13 premiers set to begin days of meetings in Halifax
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers will be in Halifax today to begin three days of sche...
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New conflict resolution rules for B.C., First Nations environmental assessments
VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia has introduced new rules for dispu...
Government
![Atlas CCUS project signs carbon sequestration agreement with Alberta](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Atlas-CCUS-signing-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Atlas CCUS project signs carbon sequestration agreement with Alberta
EDMONTON – The Atlas project, a carbon capture, utilization and storage hub (CCU...
Government , Projects , Resource
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Vancouver re-evaluates downtown view cone policy
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s famous views may get a revamp with new city council guid...
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Your top JOC headlines: July 8 to 12
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news the construction team has been cho...
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![CIB supports new Alberta transmission line](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/09/DCNGEN-resource-mainweb-maggie-300x169.jpg)
CIB supports new Alberta transmission line
OTTAWA — The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has announced it is lending $283.5...
Government , Infrastructure
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Legal Notes: Overriding SGA provisions with clear unambiguous language
It is not surprising so many construction law specialists have weighed in with c...
Government
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Manitoba launches public consultations on highway safety improvement
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is inviting the province’s residents to provi...
Government , Infrastructure
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Canada’s restrictive Single Egress Staircase regulations under review
“Will that be one staircase or two?” As taller multi-level residential developm...
Government
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ATCO Electric fined $3 million for unearned rate increases, overstating its costs
CALGARY - A prominent Alberta company has agreed to pay $3 million in fines for...
Government
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Alberta establishes foreign credential advisory committee
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta is establishing an advisory committee to im...
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Toronto on the cusp of a major modular housing transition
The City of Toronto is taking concrete action to accelerate modular and rapid-bu...
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$2.88B Surrey hospital megaproject progressing on schedule, budget
Construction of a diaphragm wall has been completed and excavation and tieback w...
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Top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British Columbia construction projects – Canada – July 2024
The accompanying tables shows the top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British Colu...
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Toronto construction costs remain stubbornly high: RLB
The latest North American Quarterly Cost Report from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB)...
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Climate and Construction: Ontario Building Code begins 2020 NBC harmonization on Jan. 1
Big changes are coming on Jan. 1, 2025 to Ontario’s Building Code as part of the...
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Global Market Scan: Assessing the severe downturn in China’s real estate sector
China’s real estate market is in a deep downturn, with housing prices nearly mat...
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Kitchener’s 55 Franklin project a sequence and CLT showcase
Sequential construction and the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is speeding...
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Canada’s infrastructure deficit: Where it comes from, how to fix it
According to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada has...