In recent years brownfields have become a higher priority for all levels of government, but the focus is still on after-the-fact measures. The brownfield component of the federal government’s Building [...]

Hydro-Québec has confirmed that the Romaine hydroelectric power project, number one on our Top 100 list of projects for 2009, will have no impact on the territory of Labrador since its area of influence [...]

Today, FCM President Jean Perrault, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Que., issued the following statement on the federal election result: "On behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, I would like to [...]

Montreal's Maurice Richard Arena is to get a $5.2-million facelift starting in March and then be temporarily dedicated to short-track speed skaters training for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, reports Montreal's [...]

Today a service road under Montreal's Turcot Interchange remains closed after a large chunk of concrete fell off the highway structure yesterday, CBC News reports. Transport Quebec said the one-metre [...]

The federal government continues its deal-making spree this week, signing agreements with the provinces of Alberta and Quebec. Through Building Canada, Quebec will get $4 billion and Alberta will get about [...]

During his visit to Rimouski today, Lawrence Cannon, minister of transport, infrastructure and communities, announced a $7.3 million investment in the ports of Rimouski and Matane. The invested funds will [...]

The governments of Canada and Quebec are today announcing the opening of a rebuilt four-lane divided stretch of Highway 175 between kilometre 208 and 213, near the northern boundary of the Laurentian Wildlife [...]

A riotous scene with police standing by outside a town hall while Windrush Energy president John Pennie faces a crowd of protesters-it's your average public consultation on a proposed wind farm, somewhere [...]

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has changed the way the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) helps finance the remediation of brownfield sites. Up to $20 million in low interest loans will be made [...]