RCCAO ‘optimistic’ Ontario-Toronto funding deal will help address state-of-good-repair backlog
TORONTO — Nadia Todorova, executive director of the Residential and Civil Constr...
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Thorold Hub wins Brownie Award
THOROLD, ONT. — The Thorold Multimodal Hub has received a 2023 Brownie Award fro...
Projects
GTA new home market was flat in October
TORONTO — After three months of declines over the summer months, the GTA new hom...
Economic
Ontario releases ‘business case’ for moving science centre to Ontario Place
TORONTO - An analysis of the state of the Ontario Science Centre found that buil...
Government , Infrastructure
Chicagoland community could become cricket sport mecca
Who knew that cricket was so popular in Illinois. But an Oswego, Illinois-based...
US News
Climate and Construction: Build more homes faster and build them better
The 1960s ballad suggests, “A house is not a home.” Unfortunately, the North Am...
Government , Infrastructure
Long-awaited $115M Guelph community centre comes to fruition
Excavators have been brought in to do earthworks and prepare a site in the south...
Infrastructure
CIB provides $52M loan for Thompson Regional Airport redevelopment in Manitoba
THOMPSON, MAN. - The Canada Infrastructure Bank has signed a deal to lend $52 mi...
Government , Infrastructure
BCCA report paves way for prompt payment legislation
The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) recently released a cross-j...
Associations , Government
Regina’s construction season wraps up with $94M invested
REGINA – The City of Regina is winding down its 2023 construction season with $9...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour
VICA announces new leadership for 2023/2024
VICTORIA - The Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) has announced it...
Associations
Heddle Shipyards gets $107M for vessel life extension projects in St. Catharines
ST. CATHARINES, ONT. - Heddle Shipyards, the largest ship repair and constructio...
Economic , Projects
Fort Nelson First Nation developing geothermal energy on site of depleted gas wells
The Fort Nelson First Nation has embarked on an ambitious development project it...
Projects
Manitoba throne speech reiterates the economic horse pulls the social cart
The recent Manitoba speech from the throne laid out Premier Wab Kinew’s vision f...
Government
MCAC’s Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series provides $25,000 for youth
OTTAWA - Almost $25,000 in financial assistance had been awarded to students acr...
Associations
Poor Inuit housing ‘direct result of colonialism’: federal housing advocate
OTTAWA - A federal housing advocate is accusing every level of government in Can...
Government
Baytex Energy selling some Viking assets in southwest Saskatchewan for $153.8M
CALGARY - Baytex Energy Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell some of its Viki...
Economic , Resource
Fire destroys and damages new homes in Caledon
CALEDON, ONT. — An early morning fire destroyed two houses and damaged others....
Infrastructure
Indian rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel for 17 days, start pulling them out
UTTARKASHI, INDIA - Rescuers in India on Tuesday reached 41 construction workers...
OH&S
Suncor restarts production at Terra Nova after work to extend life of project
CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it has restarted production at its Terra Nova ...
Projects , Resource
Committee approves heritage reconstruction build in Ottawa’s Centretown
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s Planning and Housing Committee has approved a proposal to dism...
Projects
Twenty-two per cent of construction cones in downtown Montreal are ‘useless’: report
MONTREAL — A new report by Montreal's chamber of commerce says about one in five...
Infrastructure
Focus on the work, not who does it, says Women in Construction panellist
If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about the construction indus...
Associations
STO poised for major advances in 2024: Young
There are major expectations for Skilled Trades Ontario to deliver the construct...
Labour
Saskatoon approves motions to support federal Housing Accelerator Fund application
SASKATOOON, SASK. – The City of Saskatoon has approved motions to support its ap...
Government , Infrastructure
Ontario nixes cities’ ask to allow more of them to get housing infrastructure money
TORONTO - Ontario's housing minister is shooting down a request from big city ma...
Government , Infrastructure
B.C. delegation heads to Europe’s largest mining investment conference
VICTORIA - Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, i...
Government , Resource
New Anthony Henday lanes open in southwest Edmonton
EDMONTON, ALTA. – An 18-kilometre expansion to widen the southwest leg of Anthon...
Government , Infrastructure
Calgary City Council invests in housing, transit and safety
CALGARY, ALTA. – Calgary City Council has approved adjustments to the city’s ser...
Government
Province to take control of two Toronto highways in ‘new deal’ for city
TORONTO - Ontario will upload two Toronto highways to help alleviate the city's...
Government , Infrastructure
Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog
TORONTO — The dangers of a changing climate could add more than $4 billion per y...
Economic , Infrastructure
Ontario provides funding to create housing units in Prescott and Russell
ST-ALBERT, ONT. — Eighteen affordable housing units for seniors will be created...