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Snye dredging underway near Fort McMurray

Snye dredging underway near Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Crews in Alberta are conducting work dredging the Snye to keep the channel clear for boats and watercraft in the Wood Buffalo area. The mouth of the Snye fills with sediment deposits, also known as silt, brought by the current of t...
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TC Energy Corp. completes public offering of common shares
CALGARY, ALTA. - TC Energy Corp. says it has closed a $1.8-billion bought deal o...
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B.C. officials ‘frustrated’ over U.S. decision to continue lumber duties
VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C. officials are not happy with the U.S.’s latest decision on...
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IUOE’s Gallagher urges swift decision on Nuvavut mine
OAKVILLE, ONT — Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUO...
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Snye dredging underway near Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Crews in Alberta are conducting work dredging the Snye to...
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TC Energy Corp. completes public offering of common shares
CALGARY, ALTA. - TC Energy Corp. says it has closed a $1.8-billion bought deal o...
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B.C. officials ‘frustrated’ over U.S. decision to continue lumber duties
VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C. officials are not happy with the U.S.’s latest decision on...
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IUOE’s Gallagher urges swift decision on Nuvavut mine
OAKVILLE, ONT — Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUO...
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Climate and Construction: Are LEED’s best days behind it?
Although the term “sustainable development” can be traced to the 1970s, it wasn’...
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Imperial Oil still investigating cause of produced water spill in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - Imperial Oil Ltd. says it is still investigating the cause and imp...
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Your Top JOC Headlines: Aug. 1 to 5
Your top Journal of Commerce headlines for this week include the unveiling of th...
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B.C. government funds four First Nations energy projects
VICTORIA – The Province of British Columbia is funding clean-energy projects in...
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Climate and Construction: Balancing human needs, embodied carbon and carbon emissions
What should be done when a low rise apartment building from the 1960s becomes in...
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Cenovus CEO says inflation ‘manageable’ as company posts massive upswing in Q2 profit
CALGARY, ALTA. - Cenovus Energy Inc. chief executive Alex Pourbaix said Thursday...
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TC Energy settles disputes over Coastal GasLink pipeline with LNG terminal owner
The company behind the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline spanning northern Br...
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B.C. funding supports bringing dead wood back to life
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. — B.C. is helping companies breathe new life into dead wood...
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Climate and Construction: ESGs are under pressure to perform
World attention has been buffeted by economic disruptions caused by Russia’s inv...
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Canada’s oilsands look into use of nuclear power as ‘net zero changes everything’
CALGARY, ALTA. - The pressing global need to slash emissions in the face of a gr...
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Feds propose to cap oil, gas emissions using industry specific carbon pricing system
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing to use an industry-specific cap-and...
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Coastal GasLink pipeline signs soil protection compliance agreement
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — An agreement has been struck between the Environmental Asse...
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$40 million to support Alberta CCUS projects
CALGARY, ALTA. — Alberta is casting a wide net to capture carbon emissions. Off...
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Climate and Construction: Pinning down mass timber’s overall environmental impact
Academic study of the environmental impact of steel and concrete including GHGs...
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Suncor cancels investor update in wake of CEO’s resignation
CALGARY, ALTA. - Suncor Energy Inc. has cancelled its planned investor update ab...
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Western Forest Products investing in B.C. facilities
LADYSMITH, B.C. — Western Forest Products Inc. plans to invest millions on its B...
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Suncor Energy says president and CEO Mark Little has stepped down, resigns from board
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. chief executive Mark Little has stepped down as pre...
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First test production of plastic a milestone for Heartland Petrochemical Complex
CALGARY, ALTA. - The $4.3-billion Heartland Petrochemical Complex, which has bee...
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Infrastructure key to fighting climate change: Arup experts
Infrastructure will play a key role in future climate change mitigation, accordi...
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Your top JOC headlines: June 27 to July 1
Your top JOC headlines this week feature the results of a large-scale mass timbe...
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Mass timber can perform well under fire, large-scale tests confirm
OTTAWA — A full-scale research fire test has found the fire performance of a mas...
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Climate and Construction: Embodied ICF carbons paid forward means reduced carbon emissions over time
“Efficiency First” is a design and execution approach for building envelopes gai...
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Alberta emissions regulator still accepting applications for reduction incentive program
EDMONTON—Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced small and medium-sized...
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Gold miners find mummified baby mammoth in Klondike
WHITEHORSE — A nearly complete mummified baby woolly mammoth has been found in K...
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Salvage and save – Victoria, B.C.’s message to builders
The City of Victoria has become one of the few jurisdictions in Canada that is a...
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Your top JOC headlines: June 20 to 24
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news the City of Vancouver has approved...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Labour shortage and the energy services sector
Canada’s energy service sector is bouncing back and now more than ever is the ti...
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Woodpecker nest halts construction of TMX pipeline near Bridal Falls, B.C.
VANCOUVER - The discovery of a woodpecker's nest has halted construction of the...
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Calgary Construction Association warns foreign consortiums a risk for Green Line
The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) believes the city’s massive Green Lin...
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North Shore treatment plant work continues through major challenges
Thick walls of grey concrete substructure have begun to rise at the site of the...
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Edmonton construction crane topples onto powerlines
Workers at an Edmonton construction site are safe following a crane collapse. A...
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$18M Taza Water Reservoir project taking care of a ‘precious resource’
Now being constructed by Chandos Construction on the edge of Calgary, the $18-mi...
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Saskatchewan highway infrastructure paving the way for economic boom
Saskatchewan's highway infrastructure is paving the way for an economic boom, as...
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B.C. begins first procurement for Surrey Langley SkyTrain
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Manitoba government releases first transportation infrastructure strategy
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Insurance Essentials: Don’t cut corners hiring subcontractors because of labour shortages
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