Sunday, June 22, 2025
$35M in funding for new Scarborough community centre
The governments of Canada, Ontario and the City of Toronto, announced funding for the construction of the Tamil Community Centre in Scarborough, Ontario. The federal…
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Calgary-Banff rail passenger project enters development phase
Invest Alberta Corporation, the Government of Alberta’s Ministry of Transportation and the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced a detailed MOU to continue to advance the…
Ontario issues RFP to deliver new Hanlon Expressway Interchange
The Ontario government has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement package to design and build the Highway 6 / Hanlon Expressway Midblock Interchange, which…
Recreational infrastructure funding for Atlantic university
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia announced funding for the construction of a new running track at the Université Sainte-Anne campus. The project will…
Hamilton reaches $1 billion in building permits for 2021
The City of Hamilton has officially surpassed $1 billion worth of construction since the beginning of the year, making June 2021 the earliest the City…
New Green Municipal Fund investments for Manitoba communities
Natural Resources and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced an investment of $666,750 through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help reduce greenhouse gas…
Halifax invests in greener public transit infrastructure
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia announced a combined $112 million investment to expand the Ragged Lake Transit Centre and start the electrification the Halifax transit fleet. “Good…
Full steam ahead for expanded Richmond Hospital
A new state-of-the-art emergency department and intensive care unit are just two of the improvements people in Richmond will see with more services and better…
New Green Municipal Fund investments for Quebec communities
Natural Resources Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), announced an investment of $442,150 through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help reduce greenhouse…
Canada and Quebec invest in the construction of a water treatment plant in Drummondville
The governments of Canada and Quebec announced more than $32.2 million in funding for the construction of a water treatment plant in Drummondville. The new infrastructure will be…
The Lac-Mégantic microgrid: a window on the technologies of the future
Hydro-Québec and the city of Lac-Mégantic are inaugurating the energy microgrid in Lac-Mégantic’s new downtown. In the wake of the July 2013 rail disaster, the city of…
Canada must climate-proof its infrastructure investments
The climate crisis is here and its impacts, such as record-breaking high temperatures in Western Canada, are bringing new risks and challenges for the nation’s…
The Port of Montreal’s Contrecœur expansion enters a new phase
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is entering a new phase in achieving its Contrecoeur expansion as it prepares to launch a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM) procurement process…
Nova Scotia to build three solar farms
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia announced funding for the construction of three new solar farms in the towns of Antigonish, Berwick and Mahone Bay. The project consists…
Feds announce $1.3B for Surrey Langley SkyTrain project
Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced up to $1.3 billion in federal funding toward the Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension project. The Province of British Columbia and…
Gordie Howe International Bridge project celebrates first 1,000 days
The Gordie Howe International Bridge team marked 1000 days since the start of construction. Progress over the past 1000 days notably includes near completion of…
Contract awarded for Winnipeg wastewater treatment plant project
Aecon Group Inc. announced that Red River Solutions, a 50/50 joint venture between Aecon and Oscar Renda Contracting of Canada Inc. has been awarded a…
CIB makes first Indigenous infrastructure investment with railway modernization
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Transport Canada (TC) and the Government of Quebec announced a partnership to provide an investment package to Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. and…
New Green Municipal Fund investments for Alberta communities
Natural Resources Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced an investment of $1 million dollars through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help…
RCCAO calls on federal government to address significant infrastructure deficit
The federal government must tackle the country’s massive infrastructure deficit and commit more money into transit, waterworks and roads and bridges, the Residential and Civil…
Calgary Green Line LRT now fully funded
Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, confirmed the Government of Canada’s commitment to invest up to $1.53 billion to build the new Green Line as part of…
Federal government blocks $775M Quebec City port expansion project
The federal government has blocked the Laurentia Project, a major deep-water expansion at the Port of Quebec, having determined the potential significant direct and cumulative…
Canada joins the Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Canada has joined the Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, endorsing its Charter with a goal to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby…
Feds take first steps towards building new train service
Transport Canada announced it is taking the first steps in preparing for the procurement process to build a new train service in the Toronto to Quebec City Corridor.…