Resource Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Resource Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair /joc/news/resource/2024/12/former-b-c-premier-glen-clark-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-bc-hydro-chair /joc/news/resource/2024/12/former-b-c-premier-glen-clark-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-bc-hydro-chair#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:38:22 +0000 /?p=418683 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 board of directors, taking over for Lori Wanamaker, whose term ends on Dec. 31. Clark […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/former-b-c-premier-glen-clark-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-bc-hydro-chair/feed 0 Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates /joc/news/resource/2024/12/canadian-carbon-removal-company-scores-us40m-grant-from-fund-backed-by-bill-gates /joc/news/resource/2024/12/canadian-carbon-removal-company-scores-us40m-grant-from-fund-backed-by-bill-gates#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:20:01 +0000 /?p=417789 CALGARY, ALTA. — A Montreal-based company building a Canadian test site for carbon removal technologies has received a US$40-million grant from Bill Gates’ climate solutions venture firm. Canadian startup Deep Sky announced it was awarded the grant from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst to help build what it calls its Deep Sky Alpha project in Alberta. The […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/canadian-carbon-removal-company-scores-us40m-grant-from-fund-backed-by-bill-gates/feed 0 Light House launches new initiative to tackle construction plastics /joc/news/resource/2024/12/light-house-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle-construction-plastics /joc/news/resource/2024/12/light-house-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle-construction-plastics#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:10:03 +0000 /?p=417781 VANCOUVER — The Light House organization has launched a new initiative aimed at diverting and upcycling plastic waste from 10 Metro Vancouver construction sites. The Construction Plastics Initiative is a pilot project that is running until February 2026 and is still looking for more projects. The intention is to collect, separate, measure and process plastics […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/light-house-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle-construction-plastics/feed 0 How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later /joc/news/resource/2024/12/how-toxic-impact-of-mount-polley-disaster-filters-through-b-c-waters-10-years-later /joc/news/resource/2024/12/how-toxic-impact-of-mount-polley-disaster-filters-through-b-c-waters-10-years-later#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:40 +0000 /?p=417515 WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste that had inundated their territorial waters. She thinks of the 2014 disaster often. “There are physical changes you can […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/how-toxic-impact-of-mount-polley-disaster-filters-through-b-c-waters-10-years-later/feed 0 Quebec municipalities brace for new flood zone maps that show more properties at risk /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-municipalities-brace-for-new-flood-zone-maps-that-show-more-properties-at-risk /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-municipalities-brace-for-new-flood-zone-maps-that-show-more-properties-at-risk#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:31 +0000 /?p=417133 MONTREAL— Officials in some Quebec municipalities ravaged by past flooding say they fear possible financial repercussions for residents as the province prepares to introduce new flood maps that would greatly expand areas deemed at risk. Five years ago, when a dike gave way in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que., the rush of water forced more than 6,000 people […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-municipalities-brace-for-new-flood-zone-maps-that-show-more-properties-at-risk/feed 0 Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador announce energy deal to resolve decades-old dispute /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-newfoundland-and-labrador-announce-energy-deal-to-resolve-decades-old-dispute /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-newfoundland-and-labrador-announce-energy-deal-to-resolve-decades-old-dispute#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:14 +0000 /?p=416832 ST. JOHN’S — Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have signed a sweeping new deal to build new energy projects and throw out a decades-old contract that has long been a source of strife and bitterness for Canada’s easternmost province. The agreement in principle ends a contract signed in 1969 that allowed Quebec to buy cheap […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/quebec-newfoundland-and-labrador-announce-energy-deal-to-resolve-decades-old-dispute/feed 0 History made: Ontario expands procurement target for electricity needs /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:58:39 +0000 /?p=416445 TORONTO – The Ontario government has made the decision to expand the largest competitive energy procurement in the province’s history by 50 per cent to meet soaring energy demand. The procurement has increased from 5,000 megawatts (MW) to up to 7,500 MW to ensure Ontario has the reliable and affordable electricity, a release reads. Since […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs/feed 0 Reducing urban heating and lifetime GHGs with concrete roads /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:15:54 +0000 /?p=416302 “By mid-century, two out of every three persons on the planet will be living in urban areas. These growing urban populations face two simultaneous climate challenges; extreme heat events attributed to Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects, and Global Climate Change (GCC).” These projections come from a 2021 study co-authored by MIT researchers Hessam AzariJafari, Randolph […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads/feed 0 First Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:53:24 +0000 /?p=415822 CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project proposed by a consortium of oilsands companies be reviewed under the federal Impact Assessment Act. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nations, Frog Lake First Nations, Heart Lake First Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project/feed 0 N.S. regulator greenlights 2.4% power rate hike; would be higher without bailout /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:21 +0000 /?p=415630 HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia regulator has approved a 2.4 per cent power rate hike for 2025 to help the province’s utility compensate for delays in Muskrat Falls electricity. But that figure for residential customers would have been far higher without a federal bailout. Because of the delays, Nova Scotia Power had to purchase fuel […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout/feed 0 As N.L. firm pivots, scientists say Canada’s green hydrogen dreams are far-fetched /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:00:28 +0000 /?p=415495 ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland energy company’s embrace of data centres is raising doubts about eastern Canadian hopes of harnessing the region’s howling winds to supply Germany with power from green hydrogen. Chemical engineer Paul Martin said the notion that “rich Germans” will pay for hydrogen energy made from Atlantic Canadian wind farms and […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched/feed 0 Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/northern-ontario-site-selected-for-nuclear-waste-underground-repository /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/northern-ontario-site-selected-for-nuclear-waste-underground-repository#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:05:26 +0000 /?p=415304 TORONTO — A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada’s nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a non-profit body funded by the corporations that generate nuclear power […]

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