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by Colleen O’Shea At a recent Climate Change Action Plan meeting, organized by Sustainable Peterborough for municipal staff and politicians in the greater Peterborough, ON area, a presentation was made on how the Township of Selwyn is reducing energy and making good ice at the Ennismore Recreation…

The replacement for Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge could be completed as soon as November 2024 if city hall can cobble together $330 million worth of funding for the project. The latest design for a new span over the CPR Winnipeg Yards will be unveiled…

Numerous calls from the national press and industry experts are expressing their opinions that now is the time to begin renovating the “unlivable” official residence of our Prime Minister. The maintenance costs are hundreds of thousands of dollars to taxpayers per…

Richmond, B.C. (Feb. 7, 2018) — WorkSafeBC has released a new three-year plan to help employers reduce serious injuries in the construction sector. The 2018-2020 Construction High-Risk Strategy is designed to prevent unsafe acts or conditions that cause workplace injuries and…

VANCOUVER, Feb. 6, 2018 /CNW/ – QuadReal Property Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean Holmesas Senior Vice President of Residential Operations. Mr. Holmes will be responsible for QuadReal’s national property operations, with emphasis on property management, marketing, leasing, resident services and overall…

Foreigners living in Canada have boosted their share of the country’s mortgages in the last two years, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto, as young home buyers are bankrolled by their parents overseas, the federal housing agency said on Tuesday. Nearly 10…

Yays Concierged Boutique Apartments, working with designer Edward van Vliet, has turned a late 1950s harbor crane in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands into a novel serviced apartment that sleeps four. The project makes use of the original crane operator’s huts, and offers…

The Peterborough airport was put under the microscope at city hall Monday night as council was asked to consider a 20-year plan that recommends the city spend $48 million on upgrades and expansion. Airport planning consultant Adam Martin delivered a presentation…

Proponents of industrial projects situated near or on bodies of water in Canada will in future have to do more to protect fish and their habitat, the Liberal government said on Tuesday. The announcement by Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc is part…

JOLIETTE, Que. — The jury in the trial of well-known Quebec construction magnate, Tony Accurso, who was accused of breach of trust, needed less than 24 hours of deliberations to come back with an acquittal Tuesday. Defence lawyer Marc Labelle said in…

Brea, Calif. – The ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas (PMG) Listing Program issued its first listing report (PMG-1457) with the WaterSense certification for spray sprinkler bodies to Hunter Industries. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program…

A construction worker in his 30s is in critical condition after suffering a head injury in a fall at the Irving Oil headquarters in uptown Saint John on Monday afternoon. WorkSafeNB has issued a stop-work order and is investigating. Details about how…

TAMMET Systems Inc. innovates, develops and provides specialist safety solutions for the global construction industry. We help our customers to focus on their core competencies by supporting them with products and services that are consistently at the forefront of workzone…

As the owner of this website, I always try to be aware of online scams as well as ensuring the online safety for my advertising clients and daily visitors. More troublesome is that the Internet is also a dangerous place for…

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 5, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – REZ Real Estate is leveraging the festive and rhythmic ambiance at the heart of the IGLOOFEST festival to launch YIMBY, a new residential project adapted to the values and lifestyles of Generation Y (the millennials). YIMBY,…