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Parking Policy

Posted on 03 March 2010

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At this week's Urban Transportation Summit, Translink's Ian Jarvis talked about the City's Olympic achievments in the transportation realm. The Games have certainly done a lot for transit in Vancouver [...]

Saskatchewan Accelerates Building Canada Funding

Saskatchewan Accelerates Building Canada Funding

Posted on 02 March 2010

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Saskatchewan is accelerating $56.9 million in infrastructure funding to municipalities as a lead-in to the 2010 construction season, part of $100 million that Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs [...]

$439M for New Brunswick’s Transportation Infrastructure

$439M for New Brunswick’s Transportation Infrastructure

Posted on 14 January 2010

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New Brunswick’s 2010-2011 budget includes $439.3 million for transportation infrastructure. Transportation Minister Denis Landry announced the capital budget yesterday in the legislative assembly. Landry [...]

Bankrolling Infrastructure

Posted on 14 December 2009

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While there have been a lot of questions about why federal stimulus funding isn't "rolling out" fast enough, almost nobody has examined whether or not it's rolling too quickly. Federal Finance Minister [...]

Unloading a CANDU or Two

Unloading a CANDU or Two

Posted on 30 October 2009

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To get itself out of debt, NB Power is selling most of its assets to Hydro-Quebec for about $4.75 billion. That includes number 12 on last year’s Top 100 projects list, the Point Lepreau nuclear power [...]

Canadian-Made Technology Goes International

Canadian-Made Technology Goes International

Posted on 30 October 2009

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The Alberta Research Council (ARC) has patented a technology for creating construction panels out of wheat straw that will now be used in China. Oriented Split Straw Board (OSSB), similar in thickness [...]

Minister Baird on Infrastructure Funding

Posted on 20 May 2009

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This week's National Engineering Summit in Montreal was a chance for professionals in the industry to touch base, network and talk about how to get a piece of the thousands of infrastructure projects planned [...]

“Biggest Construction Project in Canada” Underway

“Biggest Construction Project in Canada” Underway

Posted on 14 May 2009

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Our number one project on this year's Top 100 list, the Romaine Hydroelectric Complex is officially under construction. Québec Premier Jean Charest made the announcement yesterday accompanied by Minister [...]

The Race to May 1 Continues

The Race to May 1 Continues

Posted on 29 April 2009

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Municipalities across Canada continue to come up with lists and plans to make use of federal stimulus funding—but some are finding it hard to get important infrastructure built or repaired under tight [...]

Faster Gas Tax Funding for MB

Faster Gas Tax Funding for MB

Posted on 28 April 2009

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The first payment of $33.5 million in 2009 federal gas tax funding will be delivered to Manitoba municipalities almost three months earlier this year. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Steve Ashton [...]

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