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Feds support seven Quebec projects through Trade Corridors Fund
Feds support seven Quebec projects through Trade Corridors Fund
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it has allocated $38 million towards seven projects in Quebec under the National Trade Corridors Fund. Among them, the Montreal Port Authority will increase export capacity for Canadian containerized grains,...
Government , Infrastructure
Procurement Perspectives: A professional approach may facilitate the settlement process
While a proper professional approach to negotiations may facilitate the settleme...
Government
Biden administration to provide $325 million for new Michigan semiconductor factory
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration said Monday that it would provide up to $3...
Government , US News
Building Ontario Fund board of directors appoints inaugural CEO
TORONTO — Michael Fedchyshyn has been appointed the inaugural chief executive of...
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Feds support seven Quebec projects through Trade Corridors Fund
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it has allocated $38 million towar...
Government , Infrastructure
Procurement Perspectives: A professional approach may facilitate the settlement process
While a proper professional approach to negotiations may facilitate the settleme...
Government
Biden administration to provide $325 million for new Michigan semiconductor factory
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration said Monday that it would provide up to $3...
Government , US News
Building Ontario Fund board of directors appoints inaugural CEO
TORONTO — Michael Fedchyshyn has been appointed the inaugural chief executive of...
Government
‘Significant overreach’: Ontario municipalities slam province over bike lane rules
TORONTO — Upcoming legislation that would require cities to get provincial appro...
Government
Repeal Toronto’s Office Replacement Bylaw to boost housing: JLL
Commercial real estate firm JLL has weighed in on Toronto’s Office Replacement B...
Government
London adopts broader housing unit bylaw
LONDON, ONT. — The City of London, Ont. has announced that amendments to The Lon...
Government
Residential Report: Development charges are out of control as housing crisis teeters on the edge of a cliff
Fasten your seatbelts. The residential construction industry is in for a rocky...
Government
‘We’ve got to move’: Ontario mayors highlight ways they intend to get housing built faster
Mayors from five Ontario municipalities said while they are doing what they can...
Government
Your top DCN headlines: Oct. 14 to 18
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news on the timeline and process for th...
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‘Logjam’: Labour minister tries to reset faltering talks at Port of Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says contract talks at the P...
Government , Labour
Ontario to speed up environmental assessments, property acquisitions for Highway 413
TORONTO — Ontario plans to speed up the building of highways by facilitating con...
Government , Infrastructure
Fraser outlines Housing Design Catalogue timetable, process
OTTAWA — Federal Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser...
Government
Ontario proposes reforms to bike lane policy, pothole repair, speed limits
TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced it will consult with municipaliti...
Government , Infrastructure
Legal Notes: Sudbury hit with $1 million claim over failed road repair pilot project
Already embroiled in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case, the City of Greate...
Government
Ontario supports trades training in Leeds-Grenville
BROCKVILLE, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is spending $2.1 mill...
Government , Labour
Annual inflation falls to 1.6 per cent in September, raises odds of 50-basis-point rate cut
 OTTAWA - The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank o...
Economic , Government
Procurement Perspectives: Insurance and liability considerations in supply chain agreements
To at least some degree, all contracts involve an allocation of risk between the...
Government
Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to ‘renovate their basement’
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid stu...
Government , Labour
Nuclear commission approves Pickering plant extension to 2026
TORONTO - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says it has approved a short ex...
Government , Infrastructure
Toronto proposed BEPS met with praise and criticism from stakeholders
The City of Toronto has embarked on a quest to develop standards that would set...
Government
Your top DCN headlines: Oct. 7 to 11
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news a lawsuit has been launched by the...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Quebec court grants injunction to stop illegal dumping in Kanesatake
MONTREAL — A Quebec court has granted a temporary injunction against several res...
Government
Feds transfer $16M to Newfoundland and Labrador for infrastructure priorities
ST. JOHN'S — The Government of Canada has transferred more than $16 million to N...
Government , Infrastructure
Legal Notes: Architects placed in Grenfell Tower phase two inquiry cross hairs
Finger pointing related to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy is so widespread it’s...
Government
Lawsuit launched by Mosaic Transit Group on Finch West LRT
TORONTO — Mosaic Transit Group has filed a lawsuit over the Finch West LRT. Acc...
Government , Infrastructure
Ontario government engineers start job action in contract dispute
TORONTO - More than 600 professional engineers and land surveyors who work for t...
Associations , Government
Federal Court of Appeal ruling allows massive CN Rail hub to proceed
TORONTO — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the construct...
Government , Projects
Toronto announces timetable for 2025 budget consultations
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and coun. Shelley Carroll, chair of the city...
Government
Procurement Perspectives: °µÍø½ûÇøion-oriented activities on major projects
°µÍø½ûÇøion includes all activities whose purpose is to make an improvement to...
Government
Procurement Ombud launches ‘Bait and Switch,’ a procurement practice review
OTTAWA — The Office of the Procurement Ombud (OPO) has launched Bait and Switch,...
Government
Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 30 to Oct. 4
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news designs have been unveiled for the...
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Winnipeg history demolished for downtown park makeover
Winnipeg history buffs and heritage organizations were shocked and angered recen...
Projects
Feds transfer $16M to Newfoundland and Labrador for infrastructure priorities
ST. JOHN'S — The Government of Canada has transferred more than $16 million to N...
Government , Infrastructure
UPDATE: No injuries reported after crane collapses downtown Toronto
TORONTO - Toronto police are reporting no one was injured after a crane collapse...
OH&S
The ‘math doesn’t make sense’: A rental housing development struggle
The biggest challenge to getting rental housing projects built today is the math...
Associations
Lawsuit launched by Mosaic Transit Group on Finch West LRT
TORONTO — Mosaic Transit Group has filed a lawsuit over the Finch West LRT. Acc...
Government , Infrastructure
Lakeview partners gather for Harbourwalk groundbreaking in Mississauga
There were good vibes on all sides as stakeholders and politicians gathered for...
Projects
Toronto again reigns in latest RLB crane count
TORONTO — Toronto remained the champion of Rider Levett Bucknall’s (RLB) biannua...
Economic , Projects
Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to ‘renovate their basement’
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid stu...