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Shippers forced to delay loads as 50% tariffs jack up export costs
OTTAWA — Canadian shippers have started to hold back merchandise and postpone de...
Economic
Ottawa to announce details of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. today
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to unveil details of Canada's retaliatory...
Economic , Government
BC Hydro’s Mount Pleasant substation expansion powers forward
VANCOUVER — BC Hydro’s $90 million expansion of the Mount Pleasant substation is...
Infrastructure
Studies show year-round shipping potential from Port of Churchill
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's premier says studies showing year-round shipping potential...
Infrastructure
Project update: Heavy equipment labs nearly ready to roll at Olds College
OLDS, ALTA. – PCL °µÍø½ûÇøion recently celebrated a milestone at Olds College o...
Labour
Re-escalating trade war puts Canada’s economic rebound at risk: economists
OTTAWA — Economists are warning that a re-escalation in the trade war with the U...
Economic
‘We got attacked’: Carney says retaliatory tariffs on U.S. to take effect next month
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says retaliatory tariffs will hit the U.S. s...
Government
CCA applauds federal investment for Treaty 7 territory youth trades training
CALGARY, ALTA. — The Calgary °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (CCA) is welcoming news th...
Associations
Industry-Ready Carpentry Foundation program launches in the Kootenays
KOOTENAYS, B.C. — With employment insurance funding provided by the Government o...
Labour
U of T students explore AI’s role in construction safety, productivity through master’s program
Canada’s universities and colleges are reshaping their programs to integrate AI,...
Technology
Competition Bureau should investigate government for ‘greenwashing’: NDP
OTTAWA — NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies wants the Competition Bureau to inv...
Government
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts slowed in July
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing start...
Economic
Alberta minister faces more fury at second town hall on AI data centres
REDWATER, ALTA. — Alberta's technology minister faced yet another firing line of...
Government
Domtar to indefinitely idle pulp mill in Howe Sound, B.C., putting 400 out of work
HOWE SOUND, B.C. — Another mill is shuttering in British Columbia, affecting abo...
Economic
With 500-plus structures damaged or lost, B.C.’s fire season is among the worst
VICTORIA — More than 500 homes or other structures have been destroyed or damage...
Resource
Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport receives nearly $50M for upgrades through AIF
INUVIK – The first investment through Canada’s Arctic Infrastructure Fund (AIF)...
Infrastructure
Saskatchewan building permit growth ranks first among provinces
REGINA — Statistics Canada's recently released building permit numbers indicate...
Economic
‘A win for common sense’: Alberta chimes in on Ontario’s recent bike lane decision
TORONTO — Alberta Minister of Transportation Devin Dreeshen issued a statement o...
Government
Canada, U.S. both say they made gains in new trade deal that averted tariffs
WASHINGTON — Canada-U.S. Minister Dominic LeBlanc smiled widely beside U.S. Pres...
Government
BC Hydro invests $200M in ‘critical’ Newell Substation upgrades
BURNABY, B.C. — BC Hydro has announced it is investing $200 million to modernize...
Infrastructure
Alberta technology minister met with jeers at first town hall over AI data centres
LACOMBE, ALTA. — Alberta's technology minister was jeered, badgered and booed la...
Technology
Pre-construction work in progress for $24.4M energy centre at Delta Hospital
DELTA, B.C. – Fraser Health has announced design and pre-construction work is un...
Infrastructure
Mackenzie Valley Highway construction and procurement moves a step forward
YELLOWKNIFE — An amendment to the 2018 National Trade Corridors Fund contributio...
Infrastructure
Growth of construction robotics usage and spending is headed upwards
The construction industry is embracing robotics more than ever before, according...
Technology
Alberta government to hold first AI data centre town hall in central town of Lacombe
LACOMBE, ALTA. — Alberta's technology minister is set to hear from residents in...
Technology
Metro Vancouver workers picket projects linked to planned harbour dredging
VANCOUVER — Job action by unionized Metro Vancouver outside workers could affect...
Labour
Trump delays 50 per cent tariffs on Canada for three days
OTTAWA — Canada has temporarily dodged 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28-billio...
Economic
Some July road construction highlights from Saskatchewan
REGINA — A pair of Wakaw-area road projects, culvert work near Rosthern and a no...
Infrastructure
Alberta to do long-term water security study to support population, industry growth
EDMONTON — Alberta's government says it's looking to do a study on the long-term...
Resource
Enbridge breaks $4 billion Sunrise looping project into four segments
Enbridge’s $4 billion B.C. Sunrise expansion of the Westcoast natural gas pipeli...
Infrastructure
Dust is yet to settle on NYC’s office-to-residential worries
The failure of key structural columns inside the high-profile Pfizer building in...
Projects
‘Not suitable’: Utilities commission rejects power plant for Olds, Alta., data centre
OLDS, ALTA. — The Alberta Utilities Commission has denied an application to buil...