DCN Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:17:43 +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 DCN Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Trudeau shuffles cabinet as his Liberal government faces new election threat /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-as-his-liberal-government-faces-new-election-threat /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-as-his-liberal-government-faces-new-election-threat#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:59:39 +0000 /?p=418000 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabinet in a shuffle Dec. 20, though they may not have much time in those new roles after all.  Just before Trudeau moved to shore up his front bench, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared he is finally ready to vote down the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-as-his-liberal-government-faces-new-election-threat/feed 0 Global EV Growth and the Related Need for Charging Infrastructure /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/global-ev-growth-and-the-related-need-for-charging-infrastructure /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/global-ev-growth-and-the-related-need-for-charging-infrastructure#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:16:49 +0000 /?p=417952 Electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly replacing conventional cars and becoming mainstream. In 2023, 14 million new electric cars were added globally, bringing the total number of EVs on the roads to around 40 million. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global sales of EVs are expected to increase from 10 million per year in […]

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]]> /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/global-ev-growth-and-the-related-need-for-charging-infrastructure/feed 0 Will increasing the supply of housing make it more affordable? /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/will-increasing-the-supply-of-housing-make-it-more-affordable /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/will-increasing-the-supply-of-housing-make-it-more-affordable#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:00:50 +0000 /?p=417771 Canada has a serious shortage of housing that is affordable, defined as 30 per cent or less of a family’s annual income. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation estimates the country needs to add 3.5 million homes by 2030 to restore housing affordability. To make housing more affordable, Economics 101 says you need to increase […]

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]]> /dcn/news/economic/2024/12/will-increasing-the-supply-of-housing-make-it-more-affordable/feed 0 Tariff threats cast a shadow over U.S. reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/tariff-threats-cast-a-shadow-over-u-s-reliance-on-canada-for-the-majority-of-its-oil-imports /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/tariff-threats-cast-a-shadow-over-u-s-reliance-on-canada-for-the-majority-of-its-oil-imports#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:25:08 +0000 /?p=417810 NEW YORK — The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic demand and that relationship faces potential strain amid the threat of tariffs from President-elect Donald Trump. More than 50% of crude oil imported to the U.S. comes from Canada, up from 33% in 2013. The increase follows a jump in production […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/tariff-threats-cast-a-shadow-over-u-s-reliance-on-canada-for-the-majority-of-its-oil-imports/feed 0 $1.3B Tampa Bay Rays ballpark project goes to extra innings /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/1-3b-tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-project-goes-to-extra-innings /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/1-3b-tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-project-goes-to-extra-innings#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:20:25 +0000 /?p=417793 The on-again, off-again deal to build a new, $1.3-billion ballpark for Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball in St Petersburg, Fla., has gone to extra innings. After two earlier delays, on Dec. 17 the Pinellas County board of commissioners approved $312.5 million in bonds to finance its portion of the stadium, but a final […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/12/1-3b-tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-project-goes-to-extra-innings/feed 0 Toronto breaks ground on first Public Developer Delivery model affordable housing project  /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/toronto-breaks-ground-on-first-public-developer-delivery-model-affordable-housing-project /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/toronto-breaks-ground-on-first-public-developer-delivery-model-affordable-housing-project#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:10:10 +0000 /?p=417762 TORONTO — Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion is underway at 11 Brock Ave., the City of Toronto’s first affordable housing project delivered through the Public Developer Delivery model. Approved in July, the model is meant to accelerate the creation of non-market, affordable rental homes for low- and moderate-income residents on city-owned lands. Set to be complete by the end of 2025, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/toronto-breaks-ground-on-first-public-developer-delivery-model-affordable-housing-project/feed 0 Hydro One given the greenlight for new Timmins transmission line /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:05:43 +0000 /?p=417760 TIMMINS, ONT. — The Ontario government has given the go-ahead to Hydro One to seek all necessary approvals and build a new transmission line in the City of Timmins. Scheduled to come into service in 2023, the new 500-kilovolt line will run approximately 260 kilometres from the Wawa Transformer Station to the Porcupine Transformer Station, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line/feed 0 Dams across Ontario slated for rehabilitation thanks to $75M in funding /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/dams-across-ontario-slated-for-rehabilitation-thanks-to-75m-in-funding /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/dams-across-ontario-slated-for-rehabilitation-thanks-to-75m-in-funding#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:27 +0000 /?p=417757 BAYSVILLE, ONT. — The Ontario government is investing over $75 million to rehabilitate 10 dams across the province. The construction projects will take place over the next four years and are intended to extend the life of each dam to ensure they continue to meet provincial standards for decades to come.  According to the province, rehabilitation could extend […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/dams-across-ontario-slated-for-rehabilitation-thanks-to-75m-in-funding/feed 0 City of Toronto is overstepping its scope with TGS standards /dcn/news/government/2024/12/city-of-toronto-is-overstepping-its-scope-with-tgs-standards /dcn/news/government/2024/12/city-of-toronto-is-overstepping-its-scope-with-tgs-standards#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:05:00 +0000 /?p=417825 At a time when the residential construction industry is finding it difficult to build homes that people can afford, it makes little sense for some municipalities to impose additional green building standards that only raise the cost of new housing further and add to the affordability problem. But instead of being responsible and doing the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2024/12/city-of-toronto-is-overstepping-its-scope-with-tgs-standards/feed 0 The perfect equation: University of Waterloo’s M4 building underway /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/the-perfect-equation-university-of-waterloos-m4-building-underway /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/the-perfect-equation-university-of-waterloos-m4-building-underway#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:00:03 +0000 /?p=417813 After two years of planning, construction has started on a new Faculty of Mathematics building, known as M4, at the University of Waterloo (UWO) that will feature a cutting-edge, eco-friendly server room and prioritize Indigenous design principles, sustainability and wellness. The five-storey, 120,000-square-foot building will serve as the heart of the mathematics district on campus, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/the-perfect-equation-university-of-waterloos-m4-building-underway/feed 0 Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-to-shuffle-cabinet-friday-as-pressure-for-him-to-resign-remains /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-to-shuffle-cabinet-friday-as-pressure-for-him-to-resign-remains#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:37:02 +0000 /?p=417725 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw Trudeau lose his finance minister and face a new swell of pressure within his caucus for him to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-to-shuffle-cabinet-friday-as-pressure-for-him-to-resign-remains/feed 0 New Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place to open in 2029, auditor general says /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/new-ontario-science-centre-at-ontario-place-to-open-in-2029-auditor-general-says /dcn/news/projects/2024/12/new-ontario-science-centre-at-ontario-place-to-open-in-2029-auditor-general-says#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:15:41 +0000 /?p=417657 TORONTO — The timeline for opening a permanent new Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials telling the auditor general’s office the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029. When Premier Doug Ford announced last year the planned move for the attraction, from its east Toronto location to […]

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