Government
Ontario passes amendments to its Construction Act
Ontario passes amendments to its Construction Act
Important amendments to Ontario’s Construction Act (OCA) received Royal Assent on Nov. 6 under the Building Ontario For You Act (Bill216). These come as a result of an independent review undertaken by Duncan Glaholt, founder of construction law firm Glah...
Government
Ontario invests $13 million in early mineral exploration
TIMMINS, ONT. – The Province of Ontario is investing $13 million through the Ont...
Government , Resource
Feds announce $25M for green shipping projects in Ontario
WINDSOR, ONT. — Up to $25.2 million has been allotted for four projects by the f...
Government , Projects
UBC on receiving end of $9M to help 1,500 construction workers with certification
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada has announced it is investing in 1,500 interna...
Government , Labour
Latest News
Ontario passes amendments to its Construction Act
Important amendments to Ontario’s Construction Act (OCA) received Royal Assent o...
Government
Ontario invests $13 million in early mineral exploration
TIMMINS, ONT. – The Province of Ontario is investing $13 million through the Ont...
Government , Resource
Feds announce $25M for green shipping projects in Ontario
WINDSOR, ONT. — Up to $25.2 million has been allotted for four projects by the f...
Government , Projects
UBC on receiving end of $9M to help 1,500 construction workers with certification
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada has announced it is investing in 1,500 interna...
Government , Labour
Risk management in procurement and construction projects
Managing risk on major construction projects can be a delicate balance of severa...
Government
Letter to the Editor: Investment tax credit program amounts to more red tape
To the Editor: There’s an old adage that if something sounds too good t...
Associations , Government
Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway
TORONTO — As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma...
Government , Projects
Seven-unit affordable housing project for women opens in Longueuil
LONGUEUIL, QUE. — The governments of Canada and Quebec along with the City of Lo...
Government , Projects
Toronto staff peg cost of provincially ordered bike lane removals at $48M
TORONTO — City of Toronto staff are estimating that the Ontario government's pla...
Government , Infrastructure
Federal immigration plans undermining what Ontario has done to tackle labour shortage
Despite efforts undertaken by all three levels of government, times are tough fo...
Government , Labour
Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 11 to 15
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news two buildings partially collapsed...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
Arbitration privacy versus confidentiality
SOS Marine Inc., a Québec-based maritime service company, was contracted by M/V...
Government
TruGrp v Karmina follow-up: Returning clarity and certainty to the use of letters of credit to vacate construction liens
In the Ontario Superior Court’s decision of TruGrp v Karmina, 2024 ONSC 2165 (se...
Government
Ontario to launch second round of Skills Development Fund at $74M
ORO-MEDONTE, ONT. — The second round of Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF)...
Government
‘Do the work’: Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
VANCOUVER — The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia...
Government , Labour
Leadership in procurement creates bottom line profits
One responsibility of a procurement leader is to improve the organization that h...
Government
Federal government faces potential loss if Trans Mountain pipeline sold: PBO
OTTAWA — The federal government faces a potential loss on the sale of the Trans...
Government , Infrastructure
Toronto commemorates No. 2 Construction Battalion
TORONTO — The City of Toronto recently commemorated the No. 2 Construction Batta...
Government
Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program
OTTAWA — Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help m...
Government , Infrastructure
Trucking, construction expect ‘labour crisis’ with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in troub...
Government , Labour
Toronto report recommends fee reductions, other steps to create new rentals
TORONTO — City of Toronto staff have issued a report recommending steps the city...
Government
Supplier creditors must be prepared when faced with insolvencies
Financial insolvency can open up a Pandora’s Box of issues for contractors, subc...
Government
BREAKING: Justin Trudeau congratulates Donald Trump on his U.S. presidential win
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended congratulations to Donald Trump...
Government
Provincial engineers allege Ontario government is unlawfully locking them out
TORONTO - Ontario government engineers participating in rotating strikes that in...
Government , Labour
Coalition Against New Home Taxes creates board game to drive home excess taxes message
TORONTO — A coalition of Canadian homebuilders, the Coalition Against New Home T...
Government
Minimizing the chance of mistakes in the procurement process
To maximize your overall profits you need to minimize the potential mistakes in...
Government
Poilievre asks premiers to axe their sales taxes on new homes worth under $1 million
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' prem...
Government
White to succeed Young as STO CEO
TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced it is appointing Candice White as...
Government , Labour
Fifth Working for Workers Act receives Royal Assent
TORONTO — Ontario’s fifth Working for Workers Act has received Royal Assent The...
Government
Your top DCN headlines: Oct. 28 to Nov. 1
Your top DCN headlines this week feature a story from the recent Ontario Buildin...
Government , Labour , Projects
Engineering executive receives 14-month sentence for rigging bids for Québec City contracts
GATINEAU, QUE. — André Côté, a former executive for engineering firm Roche ltée,...
Government
Strickland outlines ‘game-changing’ wage requirements in new tax credits regime
A proposed new wave of green technology projects that could soon be launched acr...
Government , Labour
Most Read News
Beyond net-zero: Wellington East Business Centre using unique concrete methods
Canada’s largest office building to pursue beyond net-zero standards is schedule...
Projects
Northvolt says Quebec battery plant will proceed despite bankruptcy filing
MONTREAL — Northvolt AB has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States...
Projects
Tampa Bay Rays say new St. Pete stadium is unlikely to be ready for 2028 season, if at all
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — A combination of severe hurricane damage to Tropicana Fie...
US News
Ontario provides $21.8M for water treatment plant expansion in Kemptville
KEMPTVILLE, ONT. — In order to support the construction of the Eastern Ontario C...
Infrastructure
Ontario breaks ground on Sarnia long-term care home
SARNIA, ONT. — Construction is underway on Trillium Villa Nursing Home, a new 16...
Projects
Affordable housing project geared towards deafblind breaks ground in Toronto
TORONTO — More than 56 people who are deafblind or living with other physical di...
Projects
Habitat for Humanity housing survey highlights Canada’s deepening housing crisis
TORONTO — Habitat for Humanity Canada’s third annual Affordable Housing Survey r...
Economic
Reaching for the sky: First phase of massive rental development underway in Barrie
BARRIE, ONT. — Construction is now underway on the first phase of a new highrise...