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Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     VANCOUVER / MUSQUEAM, SQUAMISH & TSLEIL-WAUTUTH TERRITORIES — Five leaders in British Columbia’s corporate sector are applauding the B.C. government for laying out a bold…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     VANCOUVER, Dec. 6, 2018 /CNW/ – The best description to characterize the movement of North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber wholesaler prices last week is “waffling”.…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     California officially became the first state in the nation on Wednesday, Dec. 5 to require homes built in 2020 and later be solar powered. To…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The forest was tinder dry. With no rain in weeks, the parched grass in the undergrowth had turned to straw, prompting fire bans across northeastern…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Homeowners living in San Francisco’s sinking and leaning Millennium Tower have presented a $100 million plan to fix the problem that’s plagued the city’s tallest…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     An organization that represents more than 1,800 construction-related companies says the industry is in trouble. “Our industry is one of the largest employers in Alberta…

By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA   I remember being in high school and meeting friends at the Rideau Centre after school. When I lived in British Columbia it was the same. We’d usually hang out after school taking our time to get…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     VANCOUVER / MUSQUEAM, SQUAMISH & TSLEIL-WAUTUTH TERRITORIES — Karen Tam Wu, B.C. director at the Pembina Institute and a member of B.C.’s Climate Solutions and Clean…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Canada’s National Energy Board says it makes no economic sense to install solar panels in provinces like Manitoba which have an abundance of cheap hydroelectricity.…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Ontario, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is seeking volunteers with a technical background in non-sewered sanitation…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The City of Saskatoon could consider ways to prevent birds from fatally striking tall and mid-sized buildings. A city council committee meeting on Tuesday featured…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Coquitlam is well on its way to welcome a brand new hotel tower providing accommodation for individuals from near and far as there was an…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     A few years ago, Jewel Tolliver was working “extremely” part-time at a restaurant when she saw an ad for a pre-apprenticeship program that would teach…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     As reported by CTV News, three years after the Charbonneau Commission filed its report on corruption in the awarding of contracts in the construction industry…