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B.C. invests $33 million into northern rural infrastructure
VICTORIA – The Province of British Columbia is providing funding to First Nation...
Economic , Government
Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year’s Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the hig...
Resource
False Creek South ‘replan’ would knit together present and future structures
One of Vancouver’s first neighbourhood showcases of urban planning is looking to...
Associations
Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news prompt payment may not be a benefi...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
EllisDon launches new tech brand, Building Digital
Ontario-based EllisDon has announced it has launched a new sub-brand, Building D...
Economic , Technology
The °µÍø½ûÇøion Record Podcast – Episode 346: Kansas City design and CPKC Stadium
On this episode of The °µÍø½ûÇøion Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren...
Hotson merges with SvN Architects
TORONTO — SvN Architects + Planners of Toronto has announced it has merged with...
Economic
Habitat for Humanity honours Grey Bruce program
TORONTO — Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce has been honoured as an Expanded Impac...
Projects
CRCA partners with Talent Beyond Boundaries to find roofing jobs for skilled refugees
VICTORIA – The Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) has announced a p...
Government , Labour
Legal Notes: Letters of credit for lien security called into question
Karmina Holdings Inc. believed it had properly posted acceptable lien security w...
Government
Growing wildfires across Western Canada are forcing thousands from their homes
Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildf...
OH&S
B.C. expands heat pump program with more than $250M in funding
VICTORIA – The Province of British Columbia and the federal government are fundi...
Government , Resource
Manitoba Federation of Labour re-elects Kevin Rebeck
WINNIPEG – Delegates at the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) convention have...
Labour
Bladerunners: Indigenous apprenticeship on the rise through ACCESS program
An Indigenous apprenticeship organization is helping youth out of potential risk...
Labour
Prompt payment not advantageous to homebuilders: CHBA BC head
While many segments of the construction industry in British Columbia continue to...
Associations , Government
Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption
Roofs are on the front lines of climate change adaption and the construction ind...
Projects , Resource
Rodrigue Gilbert assumes CCA’s top job with a focus on procurement reform
New Canadian °µÍø½ûÇøion Association president Rodrigue Gilbert says he is taki...
Associations
Climate and °µÍø½ûÇøion: NBC public review draws both support and pushback
The initial public review period in the 2020-2025 National Building Code (NBC) d...
Resource
Manitoba wildfire spread surprisingly fast, forcing evacuation
WINNIPEG, MAN. - Crews are continuing to battle a wildfire in northwest Manitoba...
OH&S
Wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to rapidly grow
The wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to grow rapidly. As of Tuesday...
OH&S
Highway upgrades begin in B.C.’s southern interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia has begun work to upgrade 482...
Infrastructure
New classrooms coming to Coquitlam
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is investing $18 million in...
Infrastructure
Federal and B.C. governments shore up Richmond flood protection
RICHMOND, B.C. – A combined investment of $13 million from the federal governmen...
Government , Infrastructure
B.C. invests in Kamloops advanced wood manufacturing
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is investing up to $8 millio...
Government , Resource
Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town today
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A fire behaviour specialist with the B.C. Wildfire Service s...
Government , OH&S
Pembina Pipeline says potential Trans Mountain purchase not a priority
CALGARY, ALTA. - Exploring a potential purchase of the Trans Mountain oil pipeli...
Economic , Resource
Manitoba honours journeypersons at highest achievement awards ceremony
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is recognizing journeyperson achievement in t...
Government , Labour
B.C. works to protect Okanagan water source from wildfires
VERNON, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is working with the Regional D...
Government , Resource
Five-day Edmonton auction sets Canadian record
EDMONTON — RB Global has announced that Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold 14,500 eq...
Economic
Highway upgrades coming this summer for northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Crews will pave and resurface 260 kilometres of highways a...
Infrastructure
B.C. washroom regulations should heed examples of Ontario, Quebec
WorkSafeBC, under pressure from Premier David Eby, is developing new regulations...
Associations , OH&S
Work begins on phase one of the Portwood project in Port Moody
PORT MOODY, B.C. – °µÍø½ûÇøion has begun on the first phase of EDGAR Developmen...