Saturday, August 16, 2025
2022 federal budget targets housing and greening the economy
In its 2022 budget, which includes $56-billion in new spending over six years, the federal government is proposing more than $10-billion in new spending on…
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Saskatchewan invests more than $1M in 23 municipal projects
The government of Saskatchewan announced 23 new municipal projects that will receive a combined provincial investment of more than $1 million under the Targeted Sector…
Cold Lake, AB begins for new Public Works Operations Centre
The City of Cold Lake, Alberta announced that an area of land down 69 Avenue has been busy as tree and brush clearing begins for…
Ontario provides $2M for Sudbury roundabout enhancement project
The Ontario government is providing $2 million through the Northern Ontario Resource Development Support (NORDS) Fund to the City of Greater Sudbury to improve local…
OGCA’s construction Symposium returns for 13th edition
For the past eighteen years, the Ontario General Contractors Association has brought together members, thought leaders and noteworthy construction industry professionals at a bi-annual Construction…
CN to develop rail component of Port of Montreal’s Contrecoeur expansion
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) and Canadian National Railway (CN) announced that they have reached an agreement to integrate rail transport at the MPA’s new…
Ontario awards contract to build bridge for Bradford Bypass
The Ontario government announced it has awarded a contract to design and build a bridge crossing for the Bradford Bypass, a new four-lane freeway, connecting…
City of Toronto’s new Clark Centre for the Arts in Scarborough officially opens
The City of Toronto announced that the new Clark Centre for the Arts will officially open to the public on April 20. Located inside Guild…
Teams prequalified for Weeneebayko Area Health Authority redevelopment project
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) have prequalified three teams to move onto the second phase of the Request for Proposals (RFP)…
SPONSORED: Reimagining Halifax’s Bedford Highway
Recently, many Canadian municipalities have begun to reassess their roadways and corridors, with a view to making transportation more sustainable. Crucially, this process seeks to…
Centre Block to be wrapped to preserve building’s historic facade during restoration
The masonry work on the Canada Parliament’s Centre Block has begun, with repairing or replacing over 140,000 of the building’s 400,000 stones. While this is…
Government grants to create Canada’s first full-scale commercial EV manufacturing facility
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced a pair of $259 million grants to General Motors of Canada Company to transform the company’s Oshawa and…
HydroOne to develop and construct transmission infrastructure in southwest Ontario
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy has directed the Ontario Energy Board to amend Hydro One Networks Inc.’s transmission license to develop four transmission lines to meet…
Metro Vancouver sued for $250M over North Shore wastewater plant project
Metro Vancouver has been served with $250-million lawsuit, filed in B.C. Supreme Court by construction company Acciona, which alleges it was wrongfully terminated from the…
City of Calgary releases RFQ for Phase 1 of Green Line LRT project
The City of Calgary announced that the Green Line (LRT) project has released the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Phase 1, from Shepard to Eau…
Canada invests in sustainable water infrastructure for City of Iqaluit
The Government of Canada announced federal funding of over $214 million through the Disaster and Mitigation Adaptation Fund to ensure the safety and long-term sustainability…
Federal government advances supports for zero emission bus transportation
Infrastructure Canada announced that the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) has been selected to support transit bus operators by producing comprehensive and…
EllisDon selected as preferred proponent for Thunder Bay Correctional Complex
EllisDon Infrastructure Justice has been selected as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance, and maintain the Thunder Bay Correctional Complex project. Infrastructure Ontario (IO)…
Construction set to begin on Regina’s new Urgent Care Centre
Work is beginning on Regina’s new Urgent Care Centre, which will offer residents an alternative to emergency departments for illnesses and injuries that are not…
Lakeridge Health celebrates opening of Durham’s newest long-term care home
Lakeridge Health celebrated the grand opening of Lakeridge Gardens, Durham Region’s newest long-term care home. “On behalf of the entire Lakeridge Health team, I am…
B.C. announces tender for permanent repair of Malahat section of Highway 1
Permanent repair work will begin soon on the portions of the Malahat section of Highway 1 damaged during November’s flooding. The project tender for the…
Nova Scotia makes infrastructure and research investments in rural universities
The province of Nova Scotia is investing $105 million to improve infrastructure, foster research and enhance healthcare and training at the province’s rural universities. “Ensuring…
Construction completed on pair of long-term care homes in NL
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew Furey was in Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor to mark the completion of construction of two new 60-bed long-term care…
Manitoba awards contract for design and reconstruction of Rivers Dam
The Manitoba government has awarded the contract for the design of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Rivers Dam on Lake Wahtopanah to KGS Group…