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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The capital gains inclusion rate deserves its day in Parliament
While the news cycle in 2025 has largely been focused (rightfully) on the Libera...
Government
Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing
OTTAWA — The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed a...
Government
Ground broken on new $63M recreation, community centre in North Bay
NORTH BAY, ONT. – Representatives from the City of North Bay, EllisDon and other...
Infrastructure
GO Transit’s NOC officially awarded LEED Gold for green building initiatives
TORONTO — GO Transit’s Network Operations Centre (NOC) has been awarded LEED Gol...
Projects
Concord company faces $130,000 fine after worker fatality
CONCORD, ONT. — Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ont. has been convicted...
OH&S
Surgical centre in London slated for expansion
LONDON, ONT. — The Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre at London Health Sciences Centre...
Infrastructure
Francophone women gain employment in the skilled trades in Sudbury
SUDBURY, ONT. – The Province of Ontario is investing up to $750,000 over three y...
Labour
Bell Let’s Talk: Construction’s next generation needs mental health support now
Bell Let’s Talk Day has become the world’s largest conversation about mental hea...
OH&S
Green initiatives key to success for $7 billion Montréal mixed-use project
The first phase of 50 stores at the Royalmount project is already open, but ther...
Resource
Project check-in: How is Ottawa’s massive Centre Block rehabilitation progressing?
While all eyes may be on Ottawa for political reasons these days, the buildings...
Infrastructure
Trudeau says ‘everything is on the table’ for response to Trump tariffs
MONTEBELLO, QUE. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that if President...
Government
Trump signals 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports could be coming Feb. 1
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his administration could move...
US News
BMO poll says 63% express recession concerns, 48% believe economy will weaken
TORONTO — As tariff threats loom, a new Bank of Montreal survey finds 63 per cen...
Economic
RJC Engineers announces three new principals, four new associates
VANCOUVER — RJC Engineers is adding to its leadership roster with three new prin...
Economic
Companies fined $230,000 after Hamilton workplace fatality
HAMILTON, ONT. — New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. and TKEM Electri...
OH&S
CMHC says total housing starts in 2024 up two per cent from 2023
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the total number of housing star...
Economic
U.S. defense contractor to build 4,000-worker advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio
COLUMBUS, OHIO — U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to bui...
US News
Trump is holding off on tariffs, but betting Day 1 moves can cut energy prices and tame inflation
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and pla...
US News
Canadians watching to see if Donald Trump follows through on tariff threat
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is set to return to the White House with a massive age...
Economic
Multibillion-dollar upgrades proposed for Houston’s NRG Park
NRG Stadium is 22 years old and getting a bit frayed. That’s not surprising give...
US News
CCA outlines how to prepare your business for potential tariffs
OTTAWA — With the announcement of a proposed 25 per cent tariff on all imports f...
Associations
Unmarked graves: Supreme Court won’t hear Mohawk Mothers appeal over McGill expansion
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Indigeno...
Government
Mighty Canadian Minebuster gets a makeover
VAUGHAN, ONT. — If you’ve been to Canada’s Wonderland then you know the Mighty C...
Projects
Rising borrowing costs batter U.K. government and threaten to derail its left-leaning program
LONDON — Britain’s new government, which is already facing anger over higher tax...
Economic
National home sales finish strong in 2024, as association forecasts rebound this year
OTTAWA — The number of homes that changed hands across the country in December w...
Economic
‘We will not hesitate’: Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs
WASHINGTON — Ottawa is ready to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump s...
Government
Chatham to Lakeshore transmission line complete a year ahead of time
CHATHAM, ONT. – Construction of the Chatham to Lakeshore transmission line has b...
Infrastructure
Chrystia Freeland will run for the Liberal leadership
OTTAWA — Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute...
Government
Trudeau names ex-premiers, business and union reps to Canada-U.S. relations council
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formed a new Canada-U.S. relations co...
Government
Groupe Porteur awarded contract for Gatineau-Ottawa tramway project
MONTREAL, QUE. — The Société de transport de l’Outaouais has awarded the contrac...
Projects
St. Jacobs construction company fined $70,000 after worker struck by vehicle
ST. JACOBS, ONT. — Civil infrastructure and material supply company Steed and Ev...
OH&S
Biden’s big semiconductor law will ramp up U.S. chip production — but at a high cost, report finds
WASHINGTON — A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revi...