Construction + Materials

Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate change

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 27th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

ALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire[...]

City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Photo by Roy Gaiot, Canadian Architect magazine THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied[...]

Feds name housing priorities, eye foreign buyers ban on non recreational residences

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 18th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Justin Trudeau has handed his housing minister a series of tasks – including some targeting foreign buyers – in an attempt to make home ownership a reality for more Canadians. In a mandate letter sent[...]

Bank of Canada deputy says households may be more impacted by rise in interest rates

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

OTTAWA – A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the number of highly indebted households appears to be back on the rise as pandemic aid from governments winds down. In a speech to a conference held by the Ontario[...]

End of quantitative easing shadows Liberals’ consultation on managing federal debt

By:Building .caPosted: Nov 2nd, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland discusses Canada’s economic recovery in a virtual conversation hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce on October 27, 2021. OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada’s move to end its pandemic-driven[...]

Bank of Canada warns on prolonged inflation, ends bond buying program

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 28th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem (photo: Bank of Canada @bankofcanada Twitter) OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is warning inflation will stay higher for longer than it previously forecast and signalled that an interest rate hike may be[...]

Push to send vaccines to developing nations a global economic win: BoC chief

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

OTTAWA – The governor of the Bank of Canada pressed the case for COVID-19 vaccines to be sent to developing nations as part of a broader push to not only end the pandemic, but aid[...]

U.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports

By:Building .caPosted: May 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

CALGARY – A move by the U.S. Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise producer costs and cut into their profits but is unlikely to affect prices to[...]

Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

VANCOUVER – Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Thursday. Kirsten Hillman[...]

With travel plans cancelled, Atlantic Canadians turn to home renos

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 6th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL When the pandemic closed borders and put a temporary stop to travelling, many Atlantic Canadians took their holiday funds and poured them into home renovations instead. “We were saving up for a trip to[...]