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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during recent meetings in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since t...
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Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana’s $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project
NEW ORLEANS - Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of south...
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Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report
TORONTO — Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but p...
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A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
TORONTO — In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the he...
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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their cont...
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Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana’s $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project
NEW ORLEANS - Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of south...
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Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report
TORONTO — Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but p...
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A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
TORONTO — In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the he...
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Court faced with a ‘binary’ choice in complex delay claim case
Complex construction projects often spawn complex disputes. The Ontario Superio...
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Strickland offers tribute to departing O’Regan
OTTAWA — Canada’s Building Trades Unions executive director Sean Strickland has...
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Applications for Skills Development Fund Training Stream open next week
KITCHENER, ONT. — Premier Doug Ford made skilled trades training investment anno...
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Inside Innovation: From Kosovo to Texas, modular houses built in eight hours
An innovative modular homebuilder based in the tiny eastern European country of...
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Five things to know about Quebec’s unique, two-week-long construction holiday
MONTREAL - It's one of Quebec's many idiosyncrasies that in the dog days of summ...
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Lemay wins Beaconsfield cultural centre design contest
BEACONSFIELD, QUE. — Beaconsfield City Council in Quebec has officially endorsed...
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Proposal deadline looms for high frequency rail bidders
At close to 1,000 kilometres it’s the world’s largest train project, and in just...
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Applications for green building retrofits will be accepted in August
HALIFAX, N.S. — The dates for a new intake of applications through the federal g...
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Biden ends reelection bid, endorses VP Harris for Democratic nomination
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping his reelection bid agai...
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Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon sworn in as labour minister, replacing O’Regan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' new minister for labour and seniors is Steven Mac...
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Feds to upgrade Gaspe harbours
RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, QUE. — The federal government has announced it will spend $50...
Government , Infrastructure
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Residential Report: Governments hanging on to land only hinders much-needed housing
A significant contributor to the cost of new housing is the price tag associated...
Associations , Government
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Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan leaving cabinet, sources say
OTTAWA - Two sources with knowledge of the situation say federal labour minister...
Government , Labour
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TC Energy’s US$15B Keystone XL claim thrown out by trade tribunal
CALGARY — TC Energy Corp., the Canadian company behind the ill-fated Keystone XL...
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Trudeau outlines details of $30B, 10-year fund for public transit
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says applications are now open for a nati...
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Legal Notes: Duty of care can extend beyond direct contracts and liability provisions
How far down the project pyramid does duty of care extend? It’s a critical quest...
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Carbon tax revenues reallocated to new St. Marys kiln
ST. MARYS, ONT. — The federal government has announced funding of $2.2 million t...
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![Major transit facility upgrades coming to Windsor](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/08/shutterstock_561828169-e1565814679103-300x169.jpg)
Major transit facility upgrades coming to Windsor
WINDSOR, ONT. — The City of Windsor is upgrading its transit system after a join...
Government , Infrastructure
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Liberal energy minister promises ban on oil furnaces for new builds as soon as 2028
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced an intention to ban th...
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Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA
TORONTO - A major highway, several thoroughfares and a key transit hub were floo...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
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Parrish launches housing task force in Mississauga
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — As one of her first acts as the new mayor of Mississauga, On...
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Procurement Perspectives: Implementing a formal procurement structure
The extent of success enjoyed in implementing a formal structure to ensure munic...
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Quebec town leaders, residents unite to decide fate of mine with ties to Pentagon
MONTREAl, QC. - Five Quebec municipalities located by a proposed site for a grap...
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Canada’s 13 premiers set to begin days of meetings in Halifax
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers will be in Halifax today to begin three days of sche...
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RHI funds support three projects in the Sault
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — The federal government has announced spending of $4 mil...
Government , Projects
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MOL funds new training platform for insulators
RICHMOND HILL, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is allocating $700...
Government , Labour
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Work halted at Ontario Place site until court hearing July 19
TORONTO — Ontario Place Protectors (OPP) has successfully stopped further demoli...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: More working-class voters support Pierre Poilievre — can he keep them?
Under Premier Doug Ford, Labour Minister David Piccini, and former labour minist...
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Toronto on the cusp of a major modular housing transition
The City of Toronto is taking concrete action to accelerate modular and rapid-bu...
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Proposal deadline looms for high frequency rail bidders
At close to 1,000 kilometres it’s the world’s largest train project, and in just...
Government , Infrastructure
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$1.25 billion Don River flood prevention ‘never designed’ to stop DVP deluge
The $1.25 billion Port Lands Flood Protection Project (PLFPP) was never designed...
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Toronto’s tallest condo tower taking shape
Work is proceeding at a quick pace on Toronto’s SkyTower condo project, which wi...
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Massive Texas LNG facility moves ahead despite court ruling
Preliminary construction is moving ahead on the massive new liquefied natural ga...
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OSWCA members begin work on battery cell gigafactory site in St. Thomas
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Top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British Columbia construction projects – Canada – July 2024
The accompanying tables shows the top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British Colu...
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Toronto construction costs remain stubbornly high: RLB
The latest North American Quarterly Cost Report from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB)...