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Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
VICTORIA — Former B.C. premier Glen Clark is returning to the public eye, two years after leaving his high-profile position as president of Jim Pattison Group. The provincial government has announced that Clark has been appointed to chair BC Hydro's boar...
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Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates
CALGARY, ALTA. — A Montreal-based company building a Canadian test site for carb...
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Light House launches new initiative to tackle construction plastics
VANCOUVER — The Light House organization has launched a new initiative aimed at...
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How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an e...
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Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
VICTORIA — Former B.C. premier Glen Clark is returning to the public eye, two ye...
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Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates
CALGARY, ALTA. — A Montreal-based company building a Canadian test site for carb...
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Light House launches new initiative to tackle construction plastics
VANCOUVER — The Light House organization has launched a new initiative aimed at...
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How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an e...
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Reducing urban heating and lifetime GHGs with concrete roads
“By mid-century, two out of every three persons on the planet will be living in...
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First Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project
CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbo...
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First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine
VICTORIA — A First Nation says it wasn't meaningfully consulted before the Briti...
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Alberta aiming to create test site to support new drilling technologies
LEDUC COUNTY, ALTA. — Alberta’s government says it will invest up to $50 million...
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TC Energy CEO sees opportunity in Trump win with refocus on natural gas
CALGARY — Donald Trump’s return to the White House is good news for Canada’s ene...
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Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed
VICTORIA — An operating permit has been granted for the Cariboo Gold Mine in cen...
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Sizzling concrete roads buckling in heat waves
Concrete roads and sidewalks are buckling across Canada in heat waves creating y...
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MIT study examines ways to cut down on GHG emissions from road construction
Canada is road-dependant. There are over one million kilometres of public roads...
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Forecasters issue ‘bomb cyclone’ warning for B.C., with 120 km/h winds predicted
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that a "bomb cyclone" is expected to b...
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Edmonton cement plant announces significant environmental advancements
EDMONTON — Heidelberg Materials North America recently announced significant env...
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Pembina Pipeline seeing increased interest from potential Cedar LNG suppliers: CEO
CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. says it has seen an uptick in interest from pot...
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Construction slated to start on Stanley Park water supply tunnel project
VANCOUVER — A major project is set to begin mid-November that will replace an ag...
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Five things to know about the proposed emissions cap on oil and gas production
OTTAWA — The federal government has published new draft regulations that will fo...
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Financial close reached on $35M solar project near Kamloops
VANCOUVER – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Coun...
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Enbridge in talks about Mainline pipeline expansion as Canadian oil output grows
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has begun talks with its customers about expanding its M...
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Canada has lots to learn from Sweden’s ‘Timber City’
Over a span of several decades Växjö, a small city in southern Sweden, has grown...
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Moving mass timber into mainstream: Experts discuss construction hurdles
Hurdles that mass timber faces to becoming part of mainstream construction were...
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B.C. miners win reclamation awards
By its nature, mining is a process of destruction – demolishing the ground on or...
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Panel provides cross-Canada look at accelerating the adoption of mass timber
As a $400 million a year industry mass timber is still in its infancy in Canada,...
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Federal, Alberta governments commit $50M to energy management in industrial facilities
CALGARY – The Government of Alberta and Natural Resources Canada are putting $50...
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Six months on, what has the Trans Mountain pipeline project achieved and what’s next?
CALGARY - Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expan...
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Vancouver Island material exchange encourages construction to go circular
A new waste exchange program is looking to take Vancouver Island into a circular...
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Climate and Construction: Milwaukee MTC towers lead the world in height
Mass Timber Construction (MTC) continues to gain popularity among designers and...
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Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy
The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar fa...
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Climate and Construction: New study spotlights logging industry carbon emissions
Questioning the benefits of incorporating wood into ever-larger construction can...
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Canadian Natural Resources buying Chevron’s Alberta assets for US$6.5B
CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Chevron Canad...
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The potential and pitfalls of recycled plastic in construction materials
It is estimated humans create over 380 million tons of plastic every year, with...
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Waste flare gas from oil drilling sites to help power Saskatchewan’s electricity grid
REGINA —As pressure grows on the oil and gas sector to reduce its emissions, one...
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Trudeau to chair Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee amid calls to resign
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will chair a meeting of the cabinet commi...
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Banned contractor case highlights need for review process
A Manitoba King’s Bench court case decision — one for the record books — is bein...
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Development permit approved for Calgary’s Scotia Place
CALGARY, ALTA. — The Calgary Planning Commission has approved the development pe...
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Panel chair selected for Bearspaw feeder main break review
CALGARY — The City of Calgary has announced the selection of Siegfried Kiefer as...
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Six contractors to bid on Saskatoon City Centre School Project
SASKATOON, SASK. — Six construction contractors have been shortlisted to submit...
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Trudeau shuffles cabinet as his Liberal government faces new election threat
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabine...
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Alberta government’s Green Line report raises feasibility questions: Gondek
CALGARY — A report on the Alberta government's proposed alignment for Calgary's...
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Global EV Growth and the Related Need for Charging Infrastructure
Electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly replacing conventional cars and becoming mai...