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Some lower- and higher-tech ways to fight corrosion in reinforced concrete
Some lower- and higher-tech ways to fight corrosion in reinforced concrete
In winter, and especially in spring’s freeze-thaw cycle, a road and bridge engineer’s thoughts turn to concrete corrosion. Corrosion is a natural process of destruction, just like earthquakes, floods and tornados, although less dramatic and violent. Unl...
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B.C. forestry, lumber industries condemn Trump tariffs
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Forest Practices Board completes audit for Haida Gwaii Natural Resource District
VICTORIA — The Forest Practices Board has completed its audit of BC Timber Sales...
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Ontario Lafarge plant implements ‘new wave of technology’ to combat CO2 emissions
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Some lower- and higher-tech ways to fight corrosion in reinforced concrete
In winter, and especially in spring’s freeze-thaw cycle, a road and bridge engin...
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B.C. forestry, lumber industries condemn Trump tariffs
VANCOUVER — Two industries that are slated to be hard hit by U.S. President Dona...
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Forest Practices Board completes audit for Haida Gwaii Natural Resource District
VICTORIA — The Forest Practices Board has completed its audit of BC Timber Sales...
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Ontario Lafarge plant implements ‘new wave of technology’ to combat CO2 emissions
There is no “silver bullet technology” to eliminate all CO2 emissions in the pro...
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Light House launches Building Material Exchange Marketplace
VANCOUVER — Light House, an organization focused on advancing circular practices...
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B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized Wednesday...
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BC Hydro selects three wind projects for 30-year electricity agreements
VANCOUVER — Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has announced the execution of t...
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B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on Northern Gateway pipeline after Trump
VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his prev...
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Green initiatives key to success for $7 billion Montréal mixed-use project
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Fireguards being planned, constructed across Alberta as wildfire season looms
CANMORE, ALTA. — With wildfire season in the not-too-distant future, the Alberta...
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Feds announce over $11M for clean fuel projects
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Canadian universities are world leaders in zero emissions
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EllisDon completes first pour with graphene-enhanced concrete
OTTAWA — EllisDon is reporting it recently completed its first test concrete pou...
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Alberta Energy Regulator lacks evidence for tailings spill cleanup claims: study
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Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
EDMONTON — Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters...
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‘On the front line’: Quebec planes and B.C. helicopters battle L.A. wildfires
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Alberta announces new effort to expand oil and gas pipeline capacity with Enbridge
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RESCON’s legal challenge against TGS causes outpouring of reaction
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2024 was Vancouver’s wettest year so far this century: Environment Canada data
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How net-zero emissions are being achieved in cement, concrete industries
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Five ways to improve Canada’s industrial carbon markets: CAC, groups
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC), along with 12 other leading firms, busin...
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Former B.C. premier Glen Clark has been appointed as the new BC Hydro chair
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Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates
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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
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Alberta aiming to create test site to support new drilling technologies
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TC Energy CEO sees opportunity in Trump win with refocus on natural gas
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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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