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Student residence Koto has risen on Burnaby Mountain
BURNABY, B.C. – Rize Properties has announced it has completed Koto, its first s...
Projects
Canadian forest sector faces another blow with new U.S. tariff onslaught
VICTORIA — The Trump administration's latest tariff onslaught won't just hurt Ca...
Government
Vancouver approves development funding overhaul to support housing and long-term planning
VANCOUVER - Vancouver City Council has approved, with amendments, updates to the...
Projects
TC Energy brings two new western Alberta gas transport projects into service
CALGARY, ALTA. — Natural gas shipper TC Energy Corp. says two newly built projec...
Resource
Manitoba Premier Kinew ‘willing to entertain’ Alberta to Ontario pipeline
CHARLOTTETOWN — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesday he's open to a west-ea...
Government
BuildForce’s national 10-year forecast tracks $500B in major projects
BuildForce Canada’s latest 10-year construction forecast reveals it is tracking...
Uncategorized
BuildForce flags worker pressures as P.E.I. moderates and Newfoundland and Labrador ramps up
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
Economic
Ontario construction groups push practical AI adoption over hype
As AI continues to reshape industries around the world, Ontario’s construction s...
Technology
Hotel operator fined more than $620,000 for asbestos infractions
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Hotel operator Northland Properties Corporation was fined...
OH&S
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...
Infrastructure
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...
Economic
VRCA launches Build Lower Mainland campaign ahead of municipal election
VANCOUVER – With the clock winding down to October’s municipal election, the Van...
Associations
Major Manitoba non-res projects, Saskatchewan homebuilding drive Prairie construction outlook
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
Economic
BuildForce forecasts diverging construction outlooks for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
Economic
How AI can answer the call for faster permitting
Building organizations continue to call on governments to speed up homebuilding...
Technology
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...
Economic
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...
OH&S
Major highways shut amid plea for Fraser Canyon residents to flee wildfires
BOSTON BAR, B.C. — Wildfires have shut down two major highways from Metro Vancou...
Resource
Quebec outlook buoyed by non-residential projects as housing slows: BuildForce
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
Economic
Pipelines and megaprojects help fuel Alberta construction growth to 2035: BuildForce
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance L...
Economic
Beneath B.C. — A BC 1 Call feature series: Part 3, beyond the repair
In this six-part Journal of Commerce feature series, BC 1 Call examines...
Infrastructure
RFQ to be issued: B.C.’s first major battery storage project takes a step forward
VANCOUVER ISLAND — On July 30, BC Hydro will issue a request for supplier qualif...
Projects
June Prairie storms cause at least $728 million in insured damage: IBC
WINNIPEG — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe June storms in Manitoba an...
Infrastructure
Vancouver approved 2027–2030 capital plan, with $3.5B for infrastructure
VANCOUVER — Vancouver City Council has approved the 2027–2030 capital plan, outl...
Government
Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll
OTTAWA — A large majority of Canadians in a recent poll said they worry that art...
Technology
Office-to-residential conversions shaken but not stirred by New York’s Pfizer incident
Tuesday, July 7 dawned in New York City with emergency crews responding to repor...
Projects
10 Top Pre-Bid Water/Sewer Projects in Ontario – July 2026
Ten top pre-bid water/sewer projects in Ontario, ranked by project value as of J...
Projects
Trump’s new tariffs target about 5 per cent of Canada’s exports to U.S.: economists
OTTAWA — Economists weighing in on U.S. President Donald Trump's latest round of...
Economic
B.C. construction forecast points to residential pullback, short-term non-residential boost
BuildForce Canada has released its annual Construction and Maintenance Looking F...
Economic
AtkinsRéalis, Scout Engineering sign MOU to advance Indigenous partnership
CALGARY, ALTA. – Engineering firm AtkinsRéalis and Scout Engineering & Consu...
Economic
Saskatchewan sawmill curtailing operations, 117 employees affected
BIG RIVER, SASK. — The operators of a Saskatchewan sawmill say production will b...
Resource
Megaproject progress: $4B Cedar LNG project reaches key construction milestones
Construction is accelerating on the $4 billion Cedar LNG project near Kitimat, B...