Tag Archives: Construction

OTTAWA - Cities and construction groups are asking the Trudeau Liberals to relax the rules for expected cost overruns from infrastructure projects facing delays from the COVID-19 pandemic - or ad...

BILLINGS, Mont. - A Canadian company said Monday that it's started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is shaking up the people in the top spots at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, including saying goodbye to the chief executive and installing a new board chair. Out is Pi...

The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic could get a boost if Canadians paid more attention to the relative humidity levels in public and private spaces, according to a growing body of internat...

The Saskatchewan Construction Association (SCA) is asking for public support from all levels of government to allow construction projects across the province to continue uninterrupted. In a media rele...

A report by the Humane Society of Canada says better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year. Here's a list of which animals die...

Canada's Humane Society wants Ottawa to require better fire protection in barns to help prevent the deaths of many thousands of animals every year. The society says in a report that nearly 750,00...

SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said waivin...

SMITHERS, B.C. - Opponents of a pipeline who support the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs say they have returned to camps along a road leading to a work site outside Houston, B.C. Jen Wickham, a me...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's massive $187-billion infrastructure program will be scrutinized by the office of the auditor general of Canada. Interim auditor general Sylvain Ricard says his o...