Sunday, July 6, 2025
Hatch wins award for work on the REM underground works
Hatch announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Canadian Project of the Year Award (Over $300 million) by the Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC)…
Quebec
Three designs proposed for replacement of Alexandra Bridge
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and the National Capital Commission (NCC) presented three proposed designs for the new bridge to the NCC Board of…
Laval holds groundbreaking ceremony for new cultural facility and library
The groundbreaking ceremony took place for Laval’s new cultural facility, which will include a main library and a centre dedicated to professional artistic creation. It…
Pie-IX railway bridge project structural works underway at Port of Montreal
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has kicked off structural work on its Pie-IX rail bridge rehabilitation project. Scheduled for December 2025, the project works will…
Feds support Atikamekw of Manawan with $60M for new elementary school
The Government of Canada and the Atikamekw Council of Manawan announced the opening the new Awacak okiskinohamatowikamikowaw Elementary School. The school is designed to accommodate…
Canada invests in sustainable wood construction technologies in Montreal
Natural Resources Canada announced a federal contribution of more than $2.8 million to FPInnovations for three projects. The funding includes investments to support the use…
Construction of Montreal Metro’s Blue Line extension project set to begin
The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced that the Blue Line extension project is taking shape and will begin his construction in the coming…
Construction begins on new NORAD facility at CFB Bagotville
The Government of Canada announced the beginning of construction on a new Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) facility at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Bagotville. This facility…
Dismantling of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium roof begins
The construction site for replacing the roof of the Olympic Stadium is entering a symbolic phase. Teams are now busy dismantling the white Sheerfill canvas…
Port of Montreal successfully completes major rail optimization project
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced that it completed its extensive project to optimize rail capacity, a project to improve the performance and fluidity of…
AtkinsRéalis wins modernization contract for the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) for the expansion and modernization of the…
Hydro-Québec announces $9B wind farm in Chamouchouane region
The Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, the Atikamekw of Wemotaci, the Domaine-du-Roy MRC and Hydro-Québec announced a partnership for the development of the Chamouchouane zone in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean,…
Canada, Quebec invest $163M to plan public transit project in Gatineau
The governments of Canada and Quebec announced a joint investment of $163.5 million for the planning phase of the structuring electric public transit project between…
Stantec wins CSLA award for master plan of Sainte-Thérèse Island Park
Stantec has won a 2024 Excellence Award presented by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) for its completion of the master plan for the…
Victoriaville and Cleo to launch V2X electric vehicle charging stations
The City of Victoriaville, in partnership with Cleo, a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, is poised to make history in the Canadian municipal sector. Together, they are…
Québec grants Unamen Shipu community $31M for construction of bridge
The Québec government has signed an agreement providing for the payment of $31 million to the Innu Council of Unamen Shipu for the construction of…
Canada announces investments to support skilled tradespeople in Quebec
The Government of Canada announced investments of over $42 million for Quebec apprentices through the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy. The Government of Canada is providing $39.4…
Canada invests $10M to ehance supply chain efficiency at the Port of Sept-Îles
Transport Canada announced an investment of up to $10 million through the National Trade Corridors Fund for the Port of Sept-Îles. The project involves updating…
Federal government to acquire Quebec Bridge, spend $1B over 25 years on repairs
The Government of Canada announced an agreement with the Canadian National Railway (CN), the current owner of the Québec Bridge, to repatriate the structure to…
Stantec selected to design new biomass cogeneration plant for Quebec First Nation
Stantec announced it has been selected by the Onimiskiw Opitciwan Limited Partnership to design the future biomass cogeneration plant for the Atikamekw community of Opitciwan…
Quebec government announces major changes in public infrastructure
The Government of Quebec announced the deployment of the Quebec public infrastructure strategy and the tabling of the bill aimed at creating Mobilité Infra Québec. Aiming…
Quebec holds official groundbreaking for the Espace Riopelle Pavilion
The Government of Quebec held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Espace Riopelle pavilion, an expansion of the Musée national des beaux‑arts du Québec (MNBAQ), in…
PSPC awards construction contract for repair work on Des Joachims Bridge
Public Services and Procurement Canada announced it has awarded a contract valued at over $1.2 million to Groupe Lapalme for repair work and upgrades on…
Water main breaks are rarely due to a single factor, new Concordia research finds
Canadians are no strangers to water main breaks. Aging equipment, increased demand and seasonal weather changes, along with many other factors, have added stress to…