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Honda Canada postpones $15-billion EV investment project in Ontario

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:23:25 +0000

TORONTO — Honda Canada is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle investment project in Ontario, including a proposed EV battery plant and retooled vehicle assembly facility. Honda Canada spokesman Ken Chiu said due to the recent slowdown in the EV market, Honda has announced an approximate two-year postponement of the comprehensive value chain investment project in […]

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Pembina Pipeline sees enough demand for potential expansion to Cedar LNG project

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:05:32 +0000

CALGARY — The chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says he believes there will be enough demand to support an expansion to the Cedar LNG project on the B.C. coast as it looks to sign on more shippers for the first phase now in early construction. Pembina has shortlisted the preferred counterparties, and has begun […]

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Alberta invests $47M in CASA Mental Health to build three youth facilities

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:00:59 +0000

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced it is providing $47 million in capital grants to CASA Mental Health to build live-in and day program youth facilities in three new locations: Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray and Calgary. The organization focuses on youth who are experiencing mental health challenges that are complex but do not require […]

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Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:43 +0000

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said recently. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city, already home to Formula One’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Ferrari and Warner Bros. amusement parks, […]

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Ground broken on expanded emergency department in Renfrew

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:05:12 +0000

BARRY’S BAY, ONT. — Construction is now underway to expand St. Francis Memorial Hospital’s (SFMH) emergency department and renovate the ambulatory care clinic. It what is being called the largest redevelopment in St. Francis Memorial Hospital’s history, the province is investing more than $18.6 million in the project. The work includes renovating the hospital’s ambulatory […]

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Mass timber takes root in two Sudbury industrial builds

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:00:38 +0000

Structural steel has long been the material of choice for industrial buildings in Sudbury, Ont., but Bloomington Developments has stepped out of that comfort zone to build two industrial buildings in mass timber. The larger project is a 48,000-square-foot two-storey industrial/commercial building comprised of cross-laminated timber (CLT) that will be completed by the end of […]

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BCIT announces new Mott Electric Pavilion for trade students

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 May 2025 11:15:39 +0000

BURNABY, B.C. — The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and Mott Electric have announced the naming of the new Mott Electric Pavilion at the BCIT Burnaby Campus. The pavilion aims to expand access to electrical apprenticeship training opportunities, creating over 250 new seats each year, explains a release. The project was aided with a $2 million donation from […]

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$42M Toronto Metropolitan University Student Wellbeing Centre breaks ground

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 May 2025 08:00:15 +0000

TORONTO — Set to rise on a tight site at the intersection of Bond and Gould streets, construction of Toronto Metropolitan University’s new Student Wellbeing Centre (SWC) is officially underway. Designed by Siamak Hariri, founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, the project involves preserving and restoring the heritage O’Keefe House of 1855. An eight-storey, hybrid […]

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Zenterra Developments unveils Atlin: A first for the Clayton Crest community

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:05:04 +0000

VANCOUVER — Zenterra Developments has unveiled Atlin at Clayton Crest, the first of seven condo buildings that will make up the Clayton Crest master-planned community in Surrey’s West Clayton neighbourhood. Offering views of the valley and mountain, the project features shared spaces with barbecues, fire pits, lounge seating and community gardens. Other amenities include an […]

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Contract awarded for affordable housing expansion in Ottawa’s south end

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 08:20:04 +0000

OTTAWA — Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) has announced Beaudoin Canada has been awarded the construction contract for Shearwater Court, an affordable housing expansion in Ottawa’s south end, near Uplands Drive. The project will see the addition of a six-storey building that will introduce 45 new one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes, states a release. This expansion […]

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Game on: South Bowmanville rec centre breaks ground

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 08:05:59 +0000

CLARINGTON, ONT. — Set to open in 2026, construction for phase one of the new South Bowmanville Recreation Centre is now underway. The former Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Centre is being transformed into a multi-sport facility. The first phase will feature: A FIFA-sized multi-sport dome with an indoor walking track. Two FIBA-sized basketball courts adaptable for […]

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How Lytton Chinese History Museum rose from the ashes, almost five years after fire

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:12 +0000

LYTTON, B.C. — Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese History Museum in October 2021, about four months after it and most of the village were destroyed by a wildfire that claimed two lives. Clad in protective gear, she sifted through foot-deep ashes in the hope of recovering some […]

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