Sunday, September 21, 2025
Report released from Muskrat Falls inquiry
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball has released the report on the Muskrat Falls Inquiry from Justice Richard D. LeBlanc, Commissioner. “I would like to…
Governance
Ontario extending natural gas to Scugog Island
Ontario is expanding access to natural gas throughout rural, northern Ontario and Indigenous communities with the launch of the next phase of the Natural Gas…
Manitoba releases its infrastructure priorities for 2020-21
Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure Ron Schuler now has a clear picture of what he is expected to accomplish in the year ahead following the release…
Climate adaptation could cost municipalities $5.3 billion annually: report
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) released a report entitled: Investing in Canada’s Future: The Cost of Climate…
Nova Scotia amends its Electricity Act
The Government of Nova Scotia is amending the Electricity Act to make it possible to add more clean, renewable energy to the province’s electricity system.…
Ontario, utilities to coordinate to speed up transit construction
The Government of Ontario is working with utilities throughout the Greater Toronto Area to provide stronger coordination during the construction of transit projects. Following the…
MOU paves way for ownership transfer of northern Manitoba airports
Premier Brian Pallister and Grand Chief Arlen Dumas, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize discussions toward an…
N.S. releases largest capital plan in provincial history
The Government of Nova Scotia’s 2020-21 Capital Plan invests the largest single-year capital funding in the province’s history. Finance and Treasury Board Minister Karen Casey…
Ontario introducing legislation to get transit projects moving
Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney has introduced legislation that will help deliver Ontario’s four priority subway projects on-time and on-budget. “In order to keep up…
B.C. budget includes record spending on capital projects
British Columbia’s Budget 2020 focuses on building the infrastructure the growing province needs, supporting thousands of new jobs, strengthening investments in health and education and…
Quebec, Cree Nation sign Grand Alliance
Québec Premier François Legault and Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and Chairman of the Cree Nation Government, Dr. Abel…
Key approval reached for Canmore flood mitigation project
The Government of Alberta has approved a new flood mitigation project for Canmore that will help ensure public safety and lower the risk of flood…
Commentary: Why Canada needs a strategy for aging assets
Asset management budgets are strained. That’s not new news. But the fact that this is the case in a time of record infrastructure investment at…
Report released on Muskrat Falls cost impacts
Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Natural Resources Siobhan Coady has announced that that the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities’ (PUB) final report on options…
Ontario signs MOU with Niiwin Wendaanimok for Highway 17 development
The Government of Ontario took further steps to deliver on the government’s commitment to widen and twin Highway 17 between Kenora and the Manitoba border…
CIB reaches MOU for Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has announcedthe signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link to Nunavut from Manitoba. The…
Permit advances Fort Nelson geothermal project
The Government of British Columbia has awarded a permit to the Fort Nelson First Nation to advance a geothermal energy project with the potential to…
Ontario to reform EA process for low-impact waterpower projects
Ontario is taking the next steps to modernize its almost 50-year-old environmental assessment program by working with holders of Class Environmental Assessments (Class EA) with…