More than $250 million has been announced for highway construction projects for 2024-25, as part of the Provincial Government’s Multi-Year Provincial Roads Plan. This investment is part of the $1.4 billion in improvements to provincial roads and highways announced last year. The Roads Plan outlines a list of highway construction projects planned for the 2024-25 […]

With infrastructure leading the charge, Canada’s construction sector remains positive in Q2 2024, according to the latest RICS/CIQS Construction Monitor. Workloads by sector. (Image courtesy of RICS) Overall sentiment in Canada’s construction industry remains positive in the second quarter, and similar to that of the first three months of the year, report the Royal Institution […]

Canada has begun construction of a new air base designed to support the rapid deployment of Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters. The quick reaction alert (QRA) facility will be located CFB Bagotville in Quebec – home to the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 3 Wing, which currently operates two squadrons of Boeing F/A-18A Hornet fighters. The […]

Canada’s Alberta province would hire as many as 42,500 workers in the next nine years as authorities replace 23% of its 2023 labour force, who are expected to retire by 2033. “The province’s demographics should help to close much of that gap, with an estimated 41,100 new workers under the age of 30 projected to […]