
CMHC backs 34-storey Bosa Properties tower in Burnaby, B.C.
Construction on a 324-unit high-rise in Burnaby, B.C. will…
Prompt firings, denunciations follow job site stripper incident in Milton, Ont.
Several Ontario construction workers have been fired after a…

B.C. puts $2B toward low interest loans for builders of affordable housing
VICTORIA—The B.C. government is investing $2 billion in a…

Ontario shuts non-essential construction as COVID-19 case counts hit record
The Ontario government is extending its stay-at-home order to…

Alberta looks to expand apprenticeship system beyond traditional skilled trades
Alberta has introduced legislation to overhaul governance of the…
Residential school building at Lower Post, B.C., to be demolished, replaced
VICTORIA—A former residential school building in the remote British…

Nearly derailed by pandemic, $600M REM stop at Montreal airport gets back on track
Backing from the federal and Quebec governments has put…

Ontario schools getting $656.5M for HVAC retrofits, other upgrades
Schools across Ontario are getting hundreds of millions of…

Ontario workplace inspection blitz to target 1,300 construction sites
200 workplace inspectors alongside provincial offenses officers are expected…

Work on new $550M Calgary Flames arena paused due to budgetary issues
CALGARY—Work on a new arena for the National Hockey…

Federal government unveils $1.5 billion plan to boost green building
OTTAWA—Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has announced a $1.5-billion program…

Pomerleau to set up new innovation lab in downtown Montreal
Quebec-headquartered contractor Pomerleau is partnering with a Montreal training…

Iqaluit hotel ‘first of many’ time- and cost-saving projects for Stack Modular, Bird
At most hotels, it’s the guests who have done…

Infrastructure bank, Fortis subsidiary to invest $1.7B in Lake Erie transmission line
OTTAWA—The Canada Infrastructure Bank and ITC Investment Holdings have…

B.C. mass timber movement gets boost with backing for 13 new projects
A pair of government funding announcements last week will…

Construction jobs market gains again in March, closing in on pre-pandemic level
Employment in the Canadian construction industry is back within…
Quebec set to tender first phase of major highway extension in Laval
Construction on a roughly 10-kilometre extension to Autoroute 19…

Toronto boasts two-fifths of North America’s tower cranes in latest tally
Nearly 43 per cent of the tower cranes at…

B.C. tenders second portion of $260.3M Trans-Canada four-laning project in Chase
With construction already underway on the first component of…
Work to start in April on new US$97.5M bridge between New Brunswick and Maine
Work to replace a century-old bridge over the Saint…