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The former head of a Montreal construction trade school was arrested by the province’s anti-corruption unit Wednesday and charged with fraud-related crimes against the school. The anti-corruption unit said officers arrested Alain Prud’homme, who was director of the trade school until Oct. 2017.…

Representatives of the nation’s concrete industry need only take a quick look around to see how their craft is changing the Las Vegas skyline. When the more than 60,000 industry leaders and executives arrive Tuesday at the Las Vegas…

A Calgary-based company plans to invest $2B in a new upgrading facility east of Edmonton and the province says the project will create more than 2000 construction jobs in Alberta. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and officials with Calgary-based Value…

Starting this year, thousands of skilled labourers and tradespeople will be needed in B.C. for a handful of multibillion-dollar construction projects that will be underway — provided they don’t get halted by the courts. Over the next two years,…

Courtesy of Colleen O’Shea,   Last month, I read an article on Ammonia 21 on how a curling rink in Canada has been equipped with North America’s first aqua ammonia refrigeration system. I reached out to Art Sutherland, the President of Accent Refrigeration,…

Construction continues on what is being billed as Canada’s most energy-efficient high-rise. The Sifton Properties building in their West Five Community is being called the first of its kind in Canada. “Helio is the buidling which we speak of…

Windsor mayor Anna Allen is excited at the prospect of a new life finally coming for the old Nova Scotia Textiles plant in the town. Halifax developer Navid Saberi acquired the iconic building and the two-hectare property it sits…

THUNDER BAY, ON, Jan. 23, 2019 /CNW/ – Giving every Canadian a real and fair chance at success means helping them get the skills and training they need to succeed in a changing economy. The skilled trades are good, well-paying, middle-class jobs,…

When sewage sludge is processed at wastewater treatment plants, the leftover “biosolid” material is generally dried and set aside. While some of it ends up being used as fertilizer, much is often just stockpiled or sent to a landfill.…

Cape Breton University is constructing a student welcome centre in its great hall, intending for it to serve as a first point of contact for anyone seeking information about programs or services on campus. The university has issued a…

VANCOUVER, Jan. 21, 2019 /CNW/ – Today, LNG Canada announces the value of contracts and subcontracts approved as of December 2018, following the first three months of the construction phase of the large-scale LNG export project near Kitimat, British Columbia. LNG Canada has…

It’s nonsensical that the Town of Mount Royal, with just one per cent of the population on the island of Montreal, can impose the Royalmount project on everyone else, says a leading urban planner. “I think it’s a question…

A proposed development in the Royal Oak neighbourhood near a popular regional park won’t be going to forward as initially planned. Roger Graham, president of the Royal Oak Community Association (ROCA), has confirmed that Saanich-based Mike Geric Construction has…

A B.C. couple is warning about unsolicited door-to-door sales after they were sold a furnace contract that would have cost them far more than the furnace was worth. Maple Ridge residents Sandy Kallin and Debbie Shepherd say an individual…

REGINA, Jan. 21, 2019 /CNW/ – Brandt Developments, in partnership with the CNIB Foundation, has announced the beginning of the building demolition phase of the site renewal project at the long-time home of CNIB at 2550 Broad St. today. The existing…