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VIDEO: CanaData preview with ConstructConnect’s Alex Carrick

The annual CanaData economic forecasting conference takes place on Sept. 28-29,...

Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S , Resource , Technology September 20, 2021

PNWER panel: Net-zero future can’t cripple economy

Experts attending the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s annual summit discusse...

Resource September 20, 2021

$700-million Travers Solar Project largest farm ever built in Canada

A sparsely populated area of fields, farms and cattle-grazing land southwest of...

Resource September 20, 2021

Enbridge fined for breaching Minnesota environmental laws during Line 3 construction

CALGARY—Enbridge Inc. has been fined for breaching Minnesota environmental laws...

Government , Projects , Resource , US News September 20, 2021

DIYers benefit from lumber price correction

CALGARY — Homeowners who resisted the urge to renovate during the first 18 month...

Economic , Resource September 17, 2021

One dead after helicopter rolls on landing near Nunavut gold mine

CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - One man is dead after a helicopter rolled on landing Tu...

OH&S , Resource September 16, 2021

First Notice: New board member for Progressive Planet; federal leaders enter final campaign week; BCCR holds mining seminar

  Progressive Planet welcomes Lacey to board Vancouver-based Progressive...

Associations , Economic , Government , Resource September 14, 2021

Mass timber sector poised to be leaders in ‘climate-smart construction’: Structurlam

The mass timber market has never been stronger, with the number of mass timber b...

Resource , US News September 14, 2021

New age dawning in solar technology

Strides are being made in new solar technology that can be integrated into build...

Resource , Technology September 10, 2021

Saskatchewan approves timber for new Prince Albert mill

PRINCE ALBERT, SASK.—Timber allocations for a new mill in Prince Albert have bee...

Economic , Resource September 9, 2021

Saskatchewan pushes for carbon capture network

REGINA — The Province of Saskatchewan is going all in on carbon capture utilizat...

Resource September 8, 2021

Progress on Wet’suwet’en rights and title slower than parties would have liked

SMITHERS, B.C. - British Columbia's minister of Indigenous relations and reconci...

Government , Resource September 3, 2021

Liberals pledge $2B to help ‘transition’ oil workers; Alberta communities lukewarm

CALGARY - The federal Liberals have pledged $2 billion to help workers in oil-pr...

Government , Resource September 1, 2021

Conservatives, NDP support CBAs, will kill CIB

Most national construction stakeholders are expected to remain neutral during th...

Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource August 27, 2021

Canada slow to join the global ‘Mod Squad’

Productivity growth within the construction industry requires more than the adop...

Others , Resource August 27, 2021

First Notice: Party leaders on campaign trail; Defense Metals reaches milestone; new Portage La Prairie hospital

  Party leaders campaign in B.C., Ontario The Canadian Press reports the...

Government , Projects , Resource August 25, 2021

B.C. funds logging truck driver training in the Okanagan

KELOWNA, B.C. — Officials are looking to boost training for logging truck driver...

Labour , Resource August 25, 2021

Pembina: First Nations needed to power B.C.

Indigenous efforts to advance clean energy projects are being blocked by governm...

Government , Infrastructure , Resource August 23, 2021

Judge throws out Trump era approvals for Alaska oil project

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - A federal judge threw out Donald Trump administration approv...

Resource , US News August 20, 2021

BHP Group gives long awaited go ahead for Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan

SASKATOON - Australian mining giant BHP Group says it has approved $7.5 billion...

Projects , Resource August 17, 2021

Southeast Alberta hydrogen task force launched

MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. - An independent working group to establish a framework to i...

Infrastructure , Resource August 17, 2021

First Notice: National home sales down; SNC-Lavalin sells oil and gas division; RESAAS CEO to address virtual summit

  National home sales declined in July Statistics released today by the C...

Economic , Resource August 16, 2021

COVID cluster found at Trans Mountain site

VALEMOUNT, B.C. - A cluster of COVID-19 cases at the Trans Mountain Pipeline pro...

OH&S , Resource August 13, 2021

Potable water infrastructure funded for Outlook

OUTLOOK, SASK. — Canada and Saskatchewan are partnering to fund a $5.3 million p...

Infrastructure , Resource August 10, 2021

Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 2 to 6

Your top JOC headlines this week cover a recent agreement that aims to reignite...

Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource August 6, 2021

Gibson announces new tankage at Edmonton terminal

CALGARY, ALTA. – Gibson Energy Inc. has announced it’s sanctioned construction o...

Infrastructure , Projects , Resource August 6, 2021

New evacuations ordered as B.C. wildfire flares, but rain possible this weekend

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says more than 100 new fires have broken out...

OH&S , Resource August 5, 2021

Hemp waste, a new cement replacement and biofuel

Hemp is a cannabis sativa plant that contains only trace amounts of THC, the psy...

Resource August 4, 2021

TC Energy Q2 earnings slip to $982 million but comparable profits up 21 per cent

CALGARY- TC Energy Corp. is reporting lower net profits in its latest quarter as...

Economic , Resource August 3, 2021

Line 3 pipeline to be in service by end of year, despite legal challenges: Enbridge

CALGARY - Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 pipeline replacement is on track to be in servi...

Projects , Resource August 3, 2021

Alberta plans biofuel facility for Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. — Southern Alberta will soon be the site that will turn agricu...

Infrastructure , Resource August 2, 2021

UBC prof: Fires, beetles and climate put B.C. forestry in jeopardy

Lumber prices have been on a wild roller-coaster this year and experts say the f...

Resource August 2, 2021

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