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First-ever Camosun College student housing project underway
VICTORIA – Construction has officially started on a student-housing project for...
Projects
CentrePort Canada Footprint Award celebrates founding president and CEO
WINNIPEG – The second annual CentrePort Canada Footprint Award was handed out re...
Economic
Saskatchewan pouring billions into infrastructure despite criticism
Construction in Saskatchewan is booming as government is on track to hit its $30...
Infrastructure
Carney says economic plan ‘settling in’ after Canada enters recession territory
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government's plan to build up the e...
Economic
Office-to-residential conversions offer bright prospects as new office projects slow
Office-to-residential conversions continue to move forward rapidly, particularly...
Projects
Ottawa under increasing pressure to show how policy changes are affecting emissions
OTTAWA — The federal government is facing increased pressure to state whether it...
Government
Trump makes changes to steel, aluminum and copper tariffs
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Monday adjusted tariffs on some steel, alum...
US News
Metro Vancouver announces review of wastewater facility where costs grew to $3.86B
BURNABY, B.C. — The Metro Vancouver regional district says it is moving ahead wi...
Infrastructure
CBTU’s new Indigenous action plan aims to promote thriving trades careers
Canada's Building Trades Unions (CBTU) has unveiled a new Indigenous Reconciliat...
Labour
Safety note: Most power line injuries in B.C. involve non-electrical workers
VICTORIA – BC Hydro and WorkSafeBC have released information that shows electric...
OH&S
Company fined $120,000 for injury on Edmonton light-rail extension project
EDMONTON — A company helping build Edmonton’s light-rapid-transit line has been...
OH&S
Alberta provides additional funding for BLUprint skilled trades program
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is investing an additional $300,000 to support...
Labour
Wolseley Canada invests $10,000 in Alberta groundwater research
CALGARY, ALTA. – Wolseley Canada is investing $10,000 in Living Lake Canada’s Ol...
Resource
New report proposes unique solution to Canada’s housing shortage
Canadian wood producers and manufacturers say they know how to solve the country...
Economic
EllisDon’s El-Sayah: ‘Community isn’t just an idea. It’s something you actively build every day’
In honour of Pride Month, the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Comme...
Associations
National Indigenous History Month: How Canada’s construction sector is engaging and where gaps remain
In Canada, every June is National Indigenous History Month, where the unique cul...
Infrastructure
Metro Vancouver fined $170,000 after worker hurt in ‘high-risk’ watermain operation
NEW WESTMINSTER — Metro Vancouver has been fined about $170,000 after a worker w...
OH&S
Train testing underway in latest Broadway Subway project milestone
VANCOUVER – The Province of B.C. has announced dynamic testing is underway on th...
Infrastructure
WorkSafeBC board appoints new public-interest director
VICTORIA – Raji Mangat, KC, was appointed a public-interest board member for a t...
OH&S
Canada slips into technical recession as economy stalls in Q1: StatCan
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in the first quarter, le...
Economic
AECOM selected for top-ranked Defence Construction Canada position
OTTAWA — AECOM has announced it has been awarded the top position on Defence Con...
Economic
Canadian labour, materials a priority in Tim Hortons $400M building investment
Canadian-born coffee and doughnut titan Tim Hortons and its restaurant owners ar...
Projects
Housing starts held back by regulatory conditions, structural factors: CMHC
OTTAWA — A new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says regulatory c...
Economic
Green building training program offers new careers for Port Alberni workers displaced by mill closures
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – IGV Housing, Synergy Foundation, North Island College and W...
Labour
Ware Malcomb expands Canadian presence with Vancouver office
VANCOUVER – International design firm Ware Malcomb has opened a new office in Va...
Economic
RAW Design pivots to smaller density builds as Ontario’s highrise condo market stalls
With the collapse of the highrise condo market in the Greater Toronto Area and o...
Economic
Aboriginal title can’t apply to private land, Supreme Court of Canada decides
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a ruling that Aboriginal title c...
Government
Stronger Canada will help ‘make America great again,’ Carney tells NY business crowd
NEW YORK — Canada's efforts to diversify trade ties and wean itself off the U.S....
Government
Paul Raff Studio, Japan’s Kengo Kuma selected to design Banff’s new visitor centre
Toronto-based architectural firm Paul Raff Studio Inc. and Japanese architects K...
Projects
Canada’s push to diversify trade away from U.S. seeing mixed results: report
OTTAWA — A small group of cities across the country drove Canada’s progress on d...
Economic
Massive fire guts Penticton, B.C., care facility, triggers evacuations
PENTICTON, B.C. — A massive fire at a long-term care home under construction in...
OH&S
CBTU launches Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan
OTTAWA — Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) has announced the release of its...