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Manitoba Housing is entertaining proposals to redevelop downtown Winnipeg’s vacant Centre Village housing complex — with demolition on the table for troubled 13-year-old project. On Tuesday, the provincial agency launched a formal search for a non-profit organization, Indigenous group or government interested in developing at…

The City of Mississauga is thrilled to announce the distinguished jury for the 2023 Mississauga Urban Design Awards. This year’s ceremony and celebration takes place on September 21, 2023. “Each year, the Mississauga Urban Design Awards jury has the privilege of reviewing…

Aecon Group recently announced that it has been selected by Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors to deliver the Deerfoot Trail Improvements project in Calgary under two contracts with an aggregate value of $615 million. Aecon has been selected as the preferred proponent for…

Whitehorse’s MacBride Museum Society is suing a local contractor and architecture firm as well as a product manufacturer over a “serious roof leak” in the recently-expanded portion of the downtown museum. The leak has damaged the museum as well as certain “displays,…

Along a downtown Montreal street, in sight of city hall, orange-and-white-striped traffic cones stand in a row on the sidewalk. A few metres away, more cones mark off construction sites, while a solitary cone is perched atop a blue bollard separating…

The City of Winnipeg could look at reducing its carbon tax bill by retrofitting some publicly owned buildings. A motion passed at the city’s water and waste committee on Monday calls on city staff to report on how much Winnipeg will…

XYZ Reality, the leading provider of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for construction and engineering projects, announces its expansion into the United States to help asset owners and general contractors eliminate rework, improve efficiency and streamline processes. Due to the interest and…

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) – together with its members and partners in the concrete sector – recently released Concrete Zero, an Action Plan to ensure Canada’s cement and concrete industry achieves its carbon emissions reduction goals by making cement net-zero by 2050. The industry has…

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is releasing the results of this year’s annual landmark research project for the intelligent commercial buildings sector. Conducted by Harbor Research and funded by CABA members, the research aims to help industry players like OEMs,…

Sajal Jain, a sixth-grade student at A.P.S. Senior Secondary School in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the winner of the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWSH) Foundation’s 2023 poster contest. Jain will receive USD $100, and A.P.S. Senior Secondary School will…

Friends and family members from a tight-knight Mennonite community near Tillsonburg, Ont., came to London on Friday for a ceremony to commemorate two of their own who were killed on a construction site two years ago. A tree-planting ceremony was held…

The Vancouver Island Construction Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 4th Annual VICA Awards, which recognize individuals and companies who have dedicated themselves to building excellence and advancing the construction sector on Vancouver Island. “The VICA Awards are…

At TrueLook, our customers are the driving force behind what we do – that’s why we’ve placed a heavy emphasis on carefully gathering and analyzing customer feedback. Your feedback helps guide our product roadmap and acts as the deciding factor in…

Guelph has been the birthplace or sometime-home of many women who have made great accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. Some, like film star Neve Campbell and fashion designer Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, achieved celebrity status. Others are not as well…

Windsor has often felt forgotten at the southern end of Ontario, but now the region finds itself in the geographic and business centre of a rapidly emerging electric vehicle/battery industry. With Volkswagen announcing its intention last week to build a massive…