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Northerners applaud funding for long-awaited road through Arctic tundra; costs could top $1B
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start…
Staying on target: Fall election looms as federal infrastructure plan progresses in fits and starts
In the early morning hours of June 24, a…
Ottawa says no formal request made by Saskatchewan over infrastructure dollars
REGINA—The federal government says it has not received a…
Richmond, B.C. looks at major scale-up of district energy system with tentative backing of Infrastructure Bank
RICHMOND, B.C.—A district energy system that heats and cools…
Construction of new NHL arena for Calgary Flames to start in 2021 as city council approves $550M deal
Calgary is going to build a new arena for…
Major stretch of Yukon’s North Klondike Highway to be upgraded as part of $157M construction job
WHITEHORSE—A major project to upgrade about 100 kilometres of…
Feds to spend nearly $150M to bolster infrastructure at Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C. ports
VANCOUVER—A series of major upgrade and expansion projects at…
With school repair backlog at nearly $16B, Ontario government moves forward on funding
TORONTO—Ontario is asking school boards across the province to…
Canada Infrastructure Bank pitching in $20M to pilot P3 on small-scale Ontario municipal wastewater project
TORONTO—Several weeks after making its third-ever investment, the two-year-old…
N.L. premier defends decision to trudge forward on Muskrat Falls megaproject
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier says the joy…
Trudeau pledges $1.3B in federal funds for five-stop Montreal metro extension
The funds will help pay for an extension to the blue line on the city’s east end
PCL among consortium picked to build new $750M hospital in Corner Brook, N.L.
CORNER BROOK, N.L.—A seven-firm consortium has been picked to…
Governments putting up $81.5M to build new wastewater treatment plant in Lloydminster
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta.—Three tiers of government and two separate provinces…
Feds, province put up nearly $50M for series of flood prevention projects in Grand Forks, B.C.
GRAND FORKS, B.C.—A small city in south-central B.C. that…
Infrastructure bank gives Via Rail $55M for work on still-uncertain multibillion-dollar project
OTTAWA—Via Rail is getting $71 million in federal cash…
Plan for construction of $595M Alberta superlab scrapped as Kenney makes good on promise
EDMONTON—Alberta is cancelling construction of a medical superlab and…
Volvo Group announces funding for construction of memorial along Ontario’s Highway of Heroes
WHITBY, Ont.—Just a few months after the federal government…
C-69, federal bill overhauling environmental approval process for major construction jobs, clears final hurdle
The highly controversial bill, along with another piece of legislation barring oil tankers from B.C.’s northern coast, is poised to become law after gaining the Senate’s stamp of approval
Runway, taxiway upgrades to begin at Hamilton, Ont. airport as feds chip in to help fund $38.9M project
HAMILTON, Ont.—A significant rehabilitation project at the John C.…
Ontario construction industry prepares for new prompt payment, adjudication rules expected to bring ‘profound’ change
TORONTO—Contractors, subcontractors, owners, construction lawyers and a wide range…
