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Alberta technology minister met with jeers at first town hall over AI data centres

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:59:50 +0000

LACOMBE, ALTA. — Alberta’s technology minister was jeered, badgered and booed late Wednesday (Aug. 19) by a room packed with hundreds of people over the province’s plans for an artificial intelligence data centre. Nate Glubish was in the central town of Lacombe for the first in a series of town halls touting the windfall the […]

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Growth of construction robotics usage and spending is headed upwards

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:15:34 +0000

The construction industry is embracing robotics more than ever before, according to Builtworld’s 2026 Annual Equipment & Robotics Benchmarking Report. “Less than a third (29 per cent) of contractors were using robotics on their jobsites to some degree in 2025. This year, that figure has more than doubled,” the report says. Several research organizations offer […]

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Alberta government to hold first AI data centre town hall in central town of Lacombe

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:55:27 +0000

LACOMBE, ALTA. — Alberta’s technology minister is set to hear from residents in the central region tonight on what they think of artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish is scheduled to be in Lacombe for the first in a series of town halls. Glubish has spent years crafting an AI strategy and wooing investors to […]

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Stantec launches data platform in support of offshore wind projects in Atlantic Canada

wp-poster — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:25:30 +0000

OTTAWA — Stantec, in collaboration with Net Zero Atlantic, has developed an open-access geospatial data platform designed to support offshore wind development and energy planning across Atlantic Canada. According to a release, the platform provides provinces, developers, regulators, utilities, researchers and communities with a centralized resource to explore offshore wind opportunities. “Through an interactive ArcGIS interface, users […]

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Alberta man planning protests against data centres as province announces town halls

wp-poster — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:01:55 +0000

EDMONTON – A man leading a movement against artificial intelligence data centres in Alberta says provincial officials can expect to get an earful at an upcoming town hall. Ben Baril says he and other protesters will be at an Aug. 20 hearing in Sturgeon County to tell Premier Danielle Smith’s government that true public consultation […]

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Bell reports copper thefts surge 78% at the mid-year mark

wp-poster — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:18:50 +0000

MONTREAL – Bell Canada is reporting copper theft continues to rise across Canada, with serious consequences for critical services. In the first half of 2026, Bell has seen a surge in theft and vandalism targeting telecommunications infrastructure, causing service outages that can disrupt Internet, TV and phone services, but, more importantly, access to 911 and […]

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New data centres will pay all energy costs, get no cash incentives under Ontario plan

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:15:17 +0000

TORONTO – Data centres in Ontario will need to cover all their energy costs and could pay more for electricity than other industrial users, the government said Thursday as it faces mounting pressure from local lawmakers to bring in guardrails around the facilities powering the artificial intelligence boom. Premier Doug Ford lauded data centres as […]

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Building generation for data centres is a powerful opportunity for construction

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:34:04 +0000

The modernization and expansion of today’s digital infrastructure is offering major opportunities for the construction industry for years to come, an investment McKinsey estimates to be worth about $19 trillion by 2040. Much emphasis is being put on the billions of dollars targeted for data centre construction. Yet the construction of the buildings themselves involves […]

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Oakville enacts data centre pause as Ontario municipalities wrestle with AI buildout

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:01:48 +0000

OAKVILLE, ONT. – Oakville has enacted a one-year moratorium on new data centres, becoming the first Ontario municipality to take the step as local lawmakers grapple with the concerns surrounding the new wave of facilities powering artificial intelligence. Councillors in the town southwest of Toronto have directed staff to study whether its own regulations need […]

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Canadian company helps develop a digital tool to aid land development assessments

Lindsey Cole — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:30:09 +0000

Montréal-based WSP, a technology company with 110 offices around the world, has played a key role in developing a digital land-use evaluation platform called Land iQ, designed to simplify property analysis on a large scale. WSP’s Australian office has partnered with two specialized organizations, technology start-up Giraffe, and Aerometrex, a geospatial technology company with which […]

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Showcasing the power of construction: VRCA, BCCA Launch BUILDFest

Lindsey Cole — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:05:46 +0000

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA), in partnership with the British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA), have launched BUILDFest, a first-of-its-kind event that reimagines what a construction industry gathering can be. Taking place on Sept. 24 at the PNE Forum, BUILDFest brings together the innovation of a tradeshow, the energy of a festival and […]

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Construction meets data science in Buildots Intelligence Lab

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:15:42 +0000

Buildots, developers of an AI-enhanced construction intelligence platform for construction projects, has announced the Buildots Intelligence Lab, the industry’s first AI-powered research hub. The Lab has been created to help project managers replace gut-feel decision-making with objective, data-driven intelligence. Its work rests on three pillars: insights that reveal critical industry trends, metrics that set performance […]

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