Monday, December 22, 2025
Southern Interior undergoing significant surfacing work in 2018
A resurfacing project on Highway 5 near Barriere is now underway, marking the beginning of a busy season of resurfacing in the southern Interior region,…
Western Canada
Progress continues on Lethbridge Destination Project
Science students in southern Alberta are getting closer to benefiting from new labs and learning spaces at the University of Lethbridge’s Destination Project, as construction…
Highway 1 work begins west of Golden
Construction has begun on a project to improve safety and increase capacity by expanding the Trans-Canada Highway to four lanes, between Donald and Forde Station…
Fort McMurray continuing care centre breaks ground
Construction is underway on the $110-million Willow Square Continuing Care Centre in Fort McMurray, which will create 108 spaces with room to expand as the…
Timeline announced to build new school in Brandon
Premier Brian Pallister has unveiled additional details about the new kindergarten to Grade 8 school in southeast Brandon during a visit to the new school…
Retrofit design work underway for Lower Mainland bridges
The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is moving forward with retrofit designs to further strengthen the Lions Gate and Ironworkers Memorial bridges. Changes…
Saskatchewan budget earmarks $2.7 billion for infrastructure
Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations will invest more than $1.5 billion into infrastructure in 2018-19, while executive government ministries and agencies have more than $1.2 billion in…
BC Hydro investigating underground substation in Vancouver
BC Hydro and the Vancouver School Board are revisiting the idea of building a new underground substation at the Lord Roberts Annex property in the…
RFP issued for CapitalCare Norwood project
Alberta Infrastructure is posting a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a construction manager for the CapitalCare Norwood Redevelopment project. The construction manager fills an important…
Next phase open for Alberta Renewable Energy program
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) has opened the first of a three-stage competitive process, under which bids will be considered to provide a total…
Canada, Alberta sign bilateral infrastructure agreement
Alberta has become the sixth province or territory to sign a bilateral infrastructure agreement with the federal government, with close to $3.4 billion allocated to…
Canada, B.C. sign bilateral infrastructure agreement
British Columbia is the latest province to sign a bilateral infrastructure agreement with the Government of Canada, receiving more than $4.1 billion over the next…
East Side Road Authority Repeal Act passed
The Manitoba East Side Road Authority Repeal Act has been proclaimed by the government of Manitoba, ensuring that a single government department is in charge…
Concept plan approved for Richmond patient care tower
Premier John Horgan has announced that the replacement for the original Richmond Hospital tower is moving ahead, and a new patient care tower is on…
Retrofits underway for Lower Mainland bridges
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in British Columbia is moving forward with retrofit designs to further strengthen the Lions Gate and Ironworkers Memorial bridges.…
Five appointed to Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board
Five new members have been appointed to the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board, just a few days following the abrupt resignation of nine members of the board.…
Alberta releases its 2018-19 budget
The Government of Alberta is focusing on strategic investments, eliminating waste, and charting a path towards a balanced budget as it works to recover from…
Manitoba Hydro board members resign
Nine of the ten members of the Manitoba Hydro-Electric board have resigned. H. Sanford Riley, chair of the board, released the following statement on behalf…
B.C. to provide funding for high-speed rail study
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the partnership between British Columbia and Washington state, the B.C. government will help fund a study of a…
BC Hydro proceeding with First Nations’ energy projects
BC Hydro has announced it plans to pursue negotiations for electricity purchase agreements with five First Nations’ clean energy projects through its Standing Offer and…
TransLink’s 10-year vision secures regional funding
The Mayors’ Council and the Province of British Columbia have agreed on a plan to fund the regional share for Phase Two of the 10-Year…
Made-in-Manitoba environmental vision released
The Government of Manitoba has released its plan for reducing carbon emissions in the province, with the introduction of the Climate and Green Plan Implementation…
Manitoba delivers 2018 budget
The Government of Manitoba has introduced its budget for 2018, introducing tax cuts for small and medium-sized businesses, new investments in school construction, and funding…
Manitoba to rebuild section of PTH 15
Preliminary work will be underway this summer to reconstruct a 34-kilometre section of PTH 15 from PR 206 near Dugald to the Brokenhead River. “This…