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VRCA launches Build Lower Mainland campaign ahead of municipal election
VRCA launches Build Lower Mainland campaign ahead of municipal election
VANCOUVER – With the clock winding down to October’s municipal election, the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) has launched the Build Lower Mainland campaign. Built around three priorities – cost to build, time to build and people to bui...
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Support, uncertainty and outcry greets new West Coast Oil Pipeline
The $35.2 to $43.7 billion B.C.-Alberta West Coast Oil Pipeline (WCOP) proposal...
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Restrictive apprentice-journeyman ratios losing out on youth and dollars: WCA
The Winnipeg Construction Association (WCA) and the Construction Association of...
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Wiltshire to assume MHCA president role in December, the first female to do so
WINNIPEG — The board of directors for the Manitoba Heavy Construction Associatio...
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VRCA launches Build Lower Mainland campaign ahead of municipal election
VANCOUVER – With the clock winding down to October’s municipal election, the Van...
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Support, uncertainty and outcry greets new West Coast Oil Pipeline
The $35.2 to $43.7 billion B.C.-Alberta West Coast Oil Pipeline (WCOP) proposal...
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Restrictive apprentice-journeyman ratios losing out on youth and dollars: WCA
The Winnipeg Construction Association (WCA) and the Construction Association of...
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Wiltshire to assume MHCA president role in December, the first female to do so
WINNIPEG — The board of directors for the Manitoba Heavy Construction Associatio...
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CAGBC announces ‘impactful’ green building award winners
MONTRÉAL – The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) recently unveiled the winne...
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Gardner named chair of Canadian Taxpayers Federation board
EDMONTON — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has announced the appointment...
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CHBA BC appoints new CEO George Greenwood
BURNABY, B.C. – The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia (CHB...
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MHCA receives Portage and Main keepsake to celebrate a piece of Manitoba’s history
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) recently received...
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Canadian Association for the Practice of Architecture launches with national advocacy mandate
OTTAWA – A new national non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the busin...
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Patkau Architects wins AIA architecture award for Arbour House
VICTORIA – Vancouver’s Patkau Architects has taken home its fifth AIA Architectu...
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BGC Engineering wins ACEC-BC award for geospatial analysis in climate risk assessment
BGC Engineering of Vancouver has won the 2026 Association of Consulting Engineer...
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Steel producers association unhappy with tariff remission program extensions
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association says Ottawa's late...
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Jessica LeNoble wins ACEC-BC Future Leader Award
Jessica LeNoble, an environmental engineer with Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd....
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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...
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ACEC marks Consulting Engineering Day with frank panel discussion
As Canada’s consulting engineers increasingly embrace Artificial Intelligence, c...
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National Consulting Engineering Day: ACEC looks to the future of engineering in a nation-building climate
OTTAWA – The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC) is...
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MCABC and partner host German delegation of building-technology manufacturers
VANCOUVER - The Mechanical Contractors Association of B.C. (MCABC) and the Canad...
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Manitoba construction associations call for pause on jobs agreement after FOI release
WINNIPEG – Several Manitoba construction industry associations concerned over th...
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Reflecting on 35 years: MHCA president Chris Lorenc set to retire at the end of 2026
After 35 years on the job, Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) presid...
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Nominations open for VRCA Outstanding Achievement Awards
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is now accept...
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Registration open for 2026 MCAC annual conference in Kelowna
OTTAWA – Taking place at the Delta Grand Okanagan from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in Kel...
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BCCSA opens applications for second year of bursary program
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has opened a...
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Stakeholders offer qualified support for Canada Strong Fund
Construction and engineering stakeholders say they generally support a package o...
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Shell to buy ARC Resources in deal valued at $22B including debt
CALGARY, ALTA. — Shell plc has signed a $22-billion deal to acquire ARC Resource...
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CHBA-CO commends City of Kelowna for exploring temporary DCC reduction
KELOWNA, B.C. – The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of the Central Okanagan...
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WCA applauds City of Winnipeg’s CCDC contract pilot project
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Construction Association (WCA) is applauding the City of...
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CMHC reports annual rate of housing starts slowed in March
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the seasonally adjusted annual r...
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MCAC survey reveals non-harmonized safety certifications increasing costs, delaying projects
OTTAWA – New survey findings released by the Mechanical Contractors Association...
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New president and CEO announced for Winnipeg Construction Association
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Construction Association (WCA) has named Darryl Harrison...
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UPDATE: Workers descend on B.C. legislature advocating for and against ‘labour neutral’ bill
VICTORIA – The BC Building Trades (BCBT) and some of its members intended to put...
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Adjudication becomes more popular – but cases last longer, are more complex
Six years after its launch, Ontario’s construction dispute adjudication system –...
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CCA wants you to put your project in the national spotlight
OTTAWA – The Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) new cross-country docuser...
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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Hotel operator Northland Properties Corporation was fined...
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B.C. port flagged for federal fast track, but security concerns have lasted years
DELTA, B.C. — George Harvie, mayor of Delta, B.C., has been sounding the alarm o...
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Alberta, Saskatchewan make compelling case for supplying U.S. with oil: Hoekstra
EDMONTON - The U.S. ambassador to Canada says Alberta and Saskatchewan could mak...
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Major Manitoba non-res projects, Saskatchewan homebuilding drive Prairie construction outlook
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
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BuildForce forecasts diverging construction outlooks for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
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Economists see encouraging signs in June inflation report beyond gas price break
OTTAWA — Lower gas prices were the major force pulling the headline inflation ra...
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Ontario advancing harmonized national health and safety standards for construction workers
There’s no time for a summer lull for Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) policy ad...