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Feds approve Saskatchewan’s output-based performance standards program
Feds approve Saskatchewan’s output-based performance standards program
REGINA – The Government of Canada has approved Saskatchewan’s provincial plan to replace the federal carbon tax on industrial emitters with a Saskatchewan-based program. The Saskatchewan Output-Based Performance Standards (OBPS) program goes into effect...
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Climate and Construction: Ontario upends residential planning with its twin Bill 23 greenbelt assault
There is no doubt Ontario has a housing shortage. How that shortage is addressed...
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Indigenous nations on path to become agents of development: Fox
It’s hard to think about the future when you’re trying to deal with immediate ne...
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Wildfire damaged timber harvesting expedited for First Nations
VICTORIA — A forestry agreement with First Nations will accelerate their ability...
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Feds approve Saskatchewan’s output-based performance standards program
REGINA – The Government of Canada has approved Saskatchewan’s provincial plan to...
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Climate and Construction: Ontario upends residential planning with its twin Bill 23 greenbelt assault
There is no doubt Ontario has a housing shortage. How that shortage is addressed...
Resource
Indigenous nations on path to become agents of development: Fox
It’s hard to think about the future when you’re trying to deal with immediate ne...
Associations , Resource
Wildfire damaged timber harvesting expedited for First Nations
VICTORIA — A forestry agreement with First Nations will accelerate their ability...
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Making mass timber more attractive on a municipal level
Mass timber construction is growing and so are some of the challenges it faces....
Government , Resource
Could geothermal energy be a game-changer for Nunavut?
A new study has been launched to assess whether geothermal energy could be succe...
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Activists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest
VANCOUVER - Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in no...
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TC Energy seeking to sell off $5 billion in assets in 2023 to fund future projects
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. is looking to divest $5 billion in assets next year, a...
Economic , Resource
Potentia and Greengate enter Microsoft deal to supply renewable energy
STETTLER, ALTA. — Microsoft has partnered with Potentia Renewables Inc. and the...
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Climate and Construction: Tracking Canada’s slow but steady pace to a retrofit building code
With Canada’s 2020 National Building Code (NBC) covering new construction now op...
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Pristine alpine lake contaminated by dust from mountaintop coal mines, study shows
New Alberta government research has found windblown dust from mountaintop remova...
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Legal Notes: Automated software may be the answer to future ESG compliance reporting
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has grown over the past five years. C...
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Province moves to create British Columbia energy regulator
VICTORIA — The provincial government is preparing to make sweeping changes to ho...
Government , Resource
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 24 to 28
Your top JOC headlines this week feature the largest Indigenous-led economic pro...
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Building Transformations explores timber in the digital age
The recent Building Transformations summit brought together experts in mass timb...
Resource , Technology
Teck Resources cuts guidance for steelmaking coal; outage continues at Elkview mine
One day after announcing it will exit the oilsands business by selling its stake...
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Suncor to acquire Teck Resources’ stake in Fort Hills oilsands project for $1B
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. will buy out Teck Resources Ltd.'s 21.3 per cent st...
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LNG Canada awards two new contracts to local First Nation companies
KITIMAT, B.C. — The LNG Canada project in Kitimat has awarded contracts to Brock...
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‘Saviour for the world:’ Saskatchewan fills resource gaps caused by war in Ukraine
SASKATOON - Cameco Corp. is in a position to grow, the president of the Saskatoo...
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Climate and Construction: Understanding MTC’s embodied full carbon story begins in the forest
Attention has been focussed on the sourcing and processing of concrete and steel...
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TC Energy, Pembina Pipeline enter into carbon sequestration agreement
CALGARY, ALTA. – Alberta Carbon Grid (ACG) announced recently that both TC Energ...
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Capstone marks start of two Alberta solar projects
DRUMHELLER, ALTA. – Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has announced the start...
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Boomtown no more: How Alberta’s economy has changed, in spite of sky high oil prices
CALGARY, ALTA. - To take the temperature of the local economy, Lloydminster May...
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Hartland landfill provides glimpse into RNG tech known as WAGABOX
A facility is set to be installed at the Hartland landfill site on Vancouver Isl...
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Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 17 to 21
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news the Vancouver Art Gallery is getti...
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B.C. puts $20 million towards First Nations clean-power generation project
ATLIN, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia is contributing $20 million towar...
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Carbon emissions from forestry masked by government accounting, says report
An analysis suggests Canada is using questionable methods to dramatically undere...
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Oilsands group pledges to spend $16.5B on carbon capture project by 2030
CALGARY - Canada's biggest oilsands producers say they will spend $16.5 billion...
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Graham Construction chosen for Woodfibre LNG site work
SQUAMISH, B.C. — Graham Construction has been chosen by Woodfibre LNG to carry o...
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Presenters tout benefits of structural cold-formed steel
At the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction’s 2022 conference, three present...
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Climate and Construction: PassivHaus and prefabrication pursue complementary paths
High energy efficiency standards and prefabrication seem to be a match made in c...
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Manitoba’s Red-Seine-Rat wastewater facility creates ‘winning conditions’ for several communities
Geotechnical work is expected to begin this fall at the site of a new, long-awai...
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$400-million treatment plant slated for Niagara Region
Niagara Region is moving forward with plans for a new, $400-million wastewater t...
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Mass timber a key component to Kelowna airport terminal expansion
A large, multi-year expansion project planned for the terminal at Kelowna Intern...
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Young worker who died in potash mine never got to meet his daughter
There are no words that can describe the loss of a child. That was the message...
Associations , OH&S
Life saving innovation: Ledcor celebrated for excavation rescue system
Improving safety on construction sites is everyone’s business. Ledcor Group rec...
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Energy revolution will spur boom for builders, economists say
A handful of construction economists assembled for a recent economic webinar agr...
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Alberta goes forward with Deerfoot Trail upgrades after several speed bumps
EDMONTON – After halting upgrades to Deerfoot Trail in Calgary in July the Alber...
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High Frequency Rail gathering steam, bureaucrats say at CCPPP conference
It’s not yet full steam ahead, but the federal High Frequency Rail (HFR) project...
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Workers’ comp changes leave industry in ‘no man’s land’: Baspaly
Dr. David Baspaly, CEO of the Council of Construction Associations in B.C., says...