Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Canada invests in improvements to Comox’s Community Centre
The Government of Canada and the Town of Comox announced a joint investment of more than $485,000 to modernize the Comox Community Centre. Through this…
Ontario awards $4.4M in funding for Sunset Beach renovation project
The City of St. Catharines Sunset Beach renovation project has been awarded a $4.4 million grant from the Province of Ontario following an application by…
Ontario advancing contracts for Ontario Line subway
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued Requests for Proposals (RFP) for two major works packages for the Ontario Line: Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations…
Canada invests in infrastructure modernization at Saint Mary’s University
The Government of Canada and Saint Mary’s University announced a joint investment of $20 million to support Phase 2 of the Sobeys Inspiration Hub and…
Lafarge pursues partnership to reduce cement’s carbon footprint
Progressive Planet announced the signing of a non-binding MOU with Lafarge Canada Inc. to explore a CleanTech solution expected to decrease the carbon footprint of…
Ironworkers crown new Toronto tower with final curved steel beam
On March 16, 2023, ironworkers placed the final curved steel beam 47 storeys above downtown Toronto, crowning Cadillac Fairview’s 160 Front Street West commercial office…
New interchange on QEII Highway north of Calgary
The Government of Alberta announced it is investing $51 million over three years to replace the interchange at the intersection of Highway 566 and the…
Toronto, Winnipeg tackle potholes to keep roads in a state of good repair
The City of Toronto launched a pothole repair blitz April 2, to keep Toronto’s expressways, major roads and neighbourhood streets in a state of good…
Federal budget 2023: Long-term investments are needed to fix Canada’s infrastructure gap
By Kerry Black, University of Calgary The federal government’s 2023 budget unveiled investments in infrastructure, with a narrative highlighting resilient and sustainable communities, and pointing to Ottawa’s…
RFQ issued for Quinte Health Care hospital site redevelopment project
Infrastructure Ontario and Quinte Health Care have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for teams to deliver the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Site Redevelopment Project.…
PSPC kept Parliament’s rehabilitation program moving despite delayed decisions
A report from Auditor General Karen Hogan tabled in the House of Commons found that Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) used flexible approaches to…
Manitoba continues restoration of infrastructure damaged in 2022 flooding
The Government of Manitoba announced it is continuing to restore, repair, and rehabilitate infrastructure damaged during the spring 2022 flood event. “Our government continues to…
Canadian Wood Council announces 2023 Wood Design & Building Award winners
The Canadian Wood Council has announced the winning projects of the 39th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. The influential awards program recognizes and celebrates…
Additional funding for NWT’s Dehk’è Frank Channel bridge replacement
The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories (GNWT) announced they will increase their investments to replace the Dehk’è Frank Channel bridge. The federal government…
Comtech, CIMA+ awarded services contract for Parliamentary Precinct projects
Comtech Group Inc. and CIMA+ announced that as a joint venture, the companies have been awarded a multi-year contract to provide specialized real property project…
Budget 2023 supports growing Canada’s clean economy
Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance unveiled the federal budget that included a focus on supporting clean electricity projects, with an assist from the Canada Infrastructure…
Manitoba funds $420M in transportation infrastructure in northern communities
The Government of Manitoba announced it is investing more than $420 million in vital transportation routes and infrastructure over the next five years. “We are…
Construction of Gene Zwozdesky Centre at Norwood complete
The Government of Alberta announced that construction of the Gene Zwozdesky Centre’s new tower is now complete and will be handed over to Alberta Health…
Firms shortlisted for second of three Surrey Langley SkyTrain contracts
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that two pre-qualified teams have advanced to the request for proposals (RFP) stage to design and build…
CIB commits $277M towards biorefinery and Canada’s largest electrolyzer
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced it has concluded the financing on its first project from its low-carbon fuels, carbon capture utilization storage and hydrogen…
Ontario Line consortium wins Transport Deal of the Year for North America
Connect 6ix – the consortium building the Ontario Line subway project – was awarded the IJ Global’s 2022 Transport Deal of the Year for North…
$12.5M announced to build new healing house in Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc
The Government of Canada, the Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) announced $12.5 million in federal funding towards the construction of…
Canada announces $1.4B investment to upgrade JTF Dwyer Hill Training Centre
The Government of Canada announced a $1.4-billion infrastructure project to upgrade the Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) special operations forces’ facilities at the Dwyer…
City of Toronto continues improvement of waterfront infrastructure in 2023 budget
The City of Toronto announced recent budget investments to continue to build and improve Toronto’s central waterfront with more than $160 million committed in the…