Sunday, April 20, 2025
New Brunswick welcomes new cabinet
Blaine Higgs, the 34th Premier of New Brunswick, has named his new Executive Council. Here are the key appointments impacting infrastructure development in the province:…
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Canada Infrastructure Bank closing in on new investments
The head of the Canada Infrastructure Bank has provided a glimpse into the quality and quantity of conversations his team has had regarding potential infrastructure…
Building for Toronto’s future
Building Canada’s largest city to accommodate the demands of the decades to come is the challenge facing urban developers building Toronto. At the Urban Land…
Ontario to conduct infrastructure Market Sounding Initiative
The Government of Ontario has announced it will conduct a Market Sounding Initiative in an effort to ensure that infrastructure built in the province meets…
Christine Hill takes over as CEO’s chair
Christine Hill has stepped into the role of chair for the Consulting Engineers of Ontario’s (CEO) board of directors as Jeremy Carkner steps down to…
Evolving the P3 model
The public-private partnership model has been, for the most part, a success story for infrastructure development in Canada. It has produced complex infrastructure projects on…
BC Transit names Pinkerton as new CEO
BC Transit has announced that Erinn Pinkerton has been appointed as the organization’s president and CEO. She had been in the role of interim President…
Rail service returning to Churchill
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Minister Jim Carr, have announced that, by the end of November, the rail line that serves Churchill, Manitoba will…
Alberta invests in Edmonton light rail expansion
The Government of Alberta has announced a $1 billion investment for the Valley Line West LRT in Edmonton. The route expansion will move 60,000 Edmontonians…
Grewal named CEO of Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has announced that Jay Grewal will succeed Kelvin Shepherd as president and chief executive officer of Manitoba Hydro, effective February 4,…
Contract awarded for Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel
Metro Vancouver (Greater Vancouver Water District) has awarded a $267 million contract for the Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel project in British Columbia to a…
Video released of Randle Reef Phase 1 development
Environment and Climate Change Canada has released a new video showing the development of the Randle Reef project in Hamilton. The Randle Reef project is…
Manitoba to sell renewable energy to Saskatchewan
Manitoba Hydro is in the process of finalizing a deal that would see it sell 215 megawatts of hydroelectricity to SaskPower. “Manitoba is Canada’s greenest…
Saskatchewan overpasses completed ahead of schedule
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that the overpass project at Martensville and Warman will open to traffic this fall, nearly one year ahead of…
Champlain Bridge Corridor to open in 2019
The Government of Canada has announced that the new Champlain Bridge Corridor project will not open on December 21st, 2018 as originally mandated as part…
Manitoba infrastructure minister receives new mandate
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has issued new mandate letters to each of his cabinet ministers, outlining his renewed priorities for each portfolio. “Cabinet ministers are…
Manitoba voters call for increased infrastructure spending
Infrastructure had a significant impact on the election campaign in Manitoba, as voters continue to encourage its leaders to increase spending to shrink a growing…
Next phase of work to begin on Alex Fraser Bridge
Choke points for people travelling across the Fraser River will be significantly reduced with the next round of work starting on the Alex Fraser Bridge…
Manitoba implementing procurement modernization strategy
Manitoba’s Finance Minister Scott Fielding has announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada (PwC) will assist the Manitoba government in developing and implementing a procurement modernization strategy to…
TransLink looks to increase Parking Rights Tax
Proposed changes to the Parking Rights Tax will help TransLink fund major transit and transportation improvements to keep people and goods moving quickly, safely and…
Ontario cancels post-secondary expansion plans
The Government of Ontario, under Premier Doug Ford, has decided to cancel plans for three new post-secondary education campuses across Southern Ontario. The campuses had…
Yukon, Alaska collaborate on Shakwak Project funding request
The governments of Yukon and Alaska are working together to secure funding to improve the Shakwak Project – the section of highway from Haines, Alaska,…
New faces take over in B.C.
With so many incumbent mayors choosing not to run, the British Columbia municipal election was bound to bring some new faces to leadership positions throughout…
Infrastructure takes centre stage in Ontario
Municipal election night in Ontario saw races throughout the province fought over future investments in community infrastructure. Most of province’s largest cities, including Toronto, Hamilton,…