Genoa’s mayor has announced that a 200 million euro ($220 million) project by hometown architect Renzo Piano inspired by a naval ship has been chosen to replace the Morandi Bridge that collapsed last summer, killing 43 people READ HERE
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A project to twin a 19-kilometre stretch of highway outside Grande Prairie is moving ahead. The provincial government announced support Dec. 14 for a pair of highway projects in the growing city northwest of Edmonton READ HERE
Dec
20
1907- 91 are killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Alabama.
Dec
20
Gaining access to Crown fibre will be a key issue for a potential buyer of the idled Fort Frances pulp and paper mill. Repap Resources Group notified Resolute Forest Products in mid-December of its intentions to enter into negotiations to acquire its northwestern Ontario mill. The private Canadian and U.S.... read more →
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Google is planning a major expansion in New York City, announcing Dec. 17 it will spend more than $1 billion on a new office complex that will allow the Internet search giant to double the number of people it employs there READ HERE
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This morning Hard Hat Hunter and Canadore College celebrated the launch of their series Steel Toe Rookie at Syl’s Neighbourhood Kitchen in North Bay, Ontario. Steel Toe Rookie is an educational series hosted by Bill Houlder (former NHL player) as he learns about various skilled trades, and receives some hands-on... read more →
Dec
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1991- the Skarnsund Bridge, designed by architect Johannes Holt, opens in Norway.
Dec
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The modernization provisions in Ontario’s new Construction Act may be largely technical in nature but they are so numerous, broad and impactful, with surprise interpretations by the judiciary no doubt coming down the line, that the province’s lawyers and other stakeholders are urged to learn the new rules now to... read more →
Dec
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A construction team led by EllisDon has won a $239 million contract to overhaul a GO Transit station just north of Toronto. Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx announced last week that the EllisDon Infrastructure Transit construction consortium will design, build and finance the reimagined Rutherford Station — a stop on GO’s... read more →
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Greenstone Gold Mines has gotten federal environmental assessment (EA)approval of its Hardrock gold mine project in northwestern Ontario. Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced Dec.13 that the Hardrock Gold Mine Project is “not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.” READ HERE