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U.S. and Canadian Rate Cuts Brighten Ontario’s Way Forward
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U.S. and Canadian Rate Cuts Brighten Ontario’s Way Forward
Hiring cools in province but remains in positive territory  Last fall, when we overviewed Ontario’s economic outlook, we noted that while some forward-looking economic indicators were flashing amber, few were flashing red (i.e., indicating a sharp cont...
Economic
![Global Market Scan: Falling profits of key heavy machinery players](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/Construction-equipment-for-web-300x200.jpg)
Global Market Scan: Falling profits of key heavy machinery players
Overall, the global construction industry has a mixed forecast for the rest of 2...
Economic
![AtkinsRealis appoints Marcotte, Shakir to board](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Government_05-768x432.jpg)
AtkinsRealis appoints Marcotte, Shakir to board
AtkinsRealis Group has announced the appointment of two new independent director...
Economic
![FedDev Ontario gives boost to manufacturing sites](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/shutterstock_46742413-scaled-e1590092555209-300x169.jpg)
FedDev Ontario gives boost to manufacturing sites
LONDON, ONT. - Local manufacturers and supply chains in southwestern Ontario are...
Economic
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U.S. and Canadian Rate Cuts Brighten Ontario’s Way Forward
Hiring cools in province but remains in positive territory  Last fall, when we...
Economic
![Global Market Scan: Falling profits of key heavy machinery players](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/Construction-equipment-for-web-300x200.jpg)
Global Market Scan: Falling profits of key heavy machinery players
Overall, the global construction industry has a mixed forecast for the rest of 2...
Economic
![AtkinsRealis appoints Marcotte, Shakir to board](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Government_05-768x432.jpg)
AtkinsRealis appoints Marcotte, Shakir to board
AtkinsRealis Group has announced the appointment of two new independent director...
Economic
![FedDev Ontario gives boost to manufacturing sites](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/shutterstock_46742413-scaled-e1590092555209-300x169.jpg)
FedDev Ontario gives boost to manufacturing sites
LONDON, ONT. - Local manufacturers and supply chains in southwestern Ontario are...
Economic
![U.S. construction employment rises in two-thirds of jurisdictions July-to-July](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_126983117WEB-300x169.jpg)
U.S. construction employment rises in two-thirds of jurisdictions July-to-July
ARLINGTON, VA. - Construction employment rose in 232, or 65 per cent, of 358 met...
Associations , Economic , US News
![CHBA index finds builder sentiment still negative](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_1365628031MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
CHBA index finds builder sentiment still negative
OTTAWA - The recently released Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) 2024 Q...
Economic
![Small firms endured 508 days of construction-related disruptions over five years: CFIB](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/01/ALBERTA-accounting-adviser-advisor-159804-e1514914959315-300x169.jpeg)
Small firms endured 508 days of construction-related disruptions over five years: CFIB
TORONTO —Nearly seven in 10 (68 per cent) small businesses have experienced disr...
Economic
![WZMH Architects launches new software for engineers and architects](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/CC_Laptop-Image-e1511794188547-300x169.jpg)
WZMH Architects launches new software for engineers and architects
TORONTO — WZMH Architects has launched Giraffe, an independently owned software...
Economic
![Industry Perspectives Op-Ed — Preparing for success: A case study in selling your business](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/02/SASKATCHEWAN-e1519757244489-300x166.jpeg)
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed — Preparing for success: A case study in selling your business
Selling a business and life’s work can be like a month-long sprint. From my exp...
Economic
![National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/CP-teamsters-MontrealMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways
MONTREAL — In a first for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023, freight traffic on its two largest railways ha...
Economic , Labour
![AtkinsRealis lands U.K. rail contract](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/03/SASKATCHEWAN-e1520352948765-300x169.jpeg)
AtkinsRealis lands U.K. rail contract
MONTREAL — Montreal-based AtkinsRealis Group has announced it has been appointed...
Economic
![Railway shutdown would be ‘devastating’ for small businesses: CFIB](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/05/shutterstock_467742179MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Railway shutdown would be ‘devastating’ for small businesses: CFIB
MONTREAL — A potential work stoppage at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023's two major railways this week wo...
Economic , Labour
![Downtown Toronto office vacancies exceed suburban areas for the first time](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Scott-Figler-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Downtown Toronto office vacancies exceed suburban areas for the first time
In what might be considered a harbinger of a changing market, the office vacancy...
Economic
![Rare earth elements: Crucial to today’s tech, but global supply challenges](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/shutterstock_2374630257MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Rare earth elements: Crucial to today’s tech, but global supply challenges
Rare earth elements (REEs), such as lanthanum, neodymium and cerium play crucial...
Economic , Resource , Technology
![CMHC says annual pace of housing starts in July up 16% from June](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_366451277WEB-300x169.jpg)
CMHC says annual pace of housing starts in July up 16% from June
OTTAWA — аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing start...
Economic
![Arup names three new Canadian leaders](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Economic_01-768x432.jpg)
Arup names three new Canadian leaders
TORONTO — Arup, an engineering and development consulting firm, has announced th...
Economic
![China’s economic recovery dragged down by property slump and weak consumption in July](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_359507501WEB-300x169.jpg)
China’s economic recovery dragged down by property slump and weak consumption in July
BEIJING — A continued property crisis and weak consumption dragged on China’s ec...
Economic
![Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/shutterstock_542960644-1-e1584380014353-300x168.jpg)
Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology
Waterloo-based HVAC technology startup Evercloak is garnering attention and, mor...
Economic , Technology
![FedDev supports two clean-tech Ontario manufacturers](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/shutterstock_2169583025MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
FedDev supports two clean-tech Ontario manufacturers
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The federal government has announced funding for Next Hydrog...
Economic , Government , Resource
![Residential Report: Governments must get on the same track to solve the housing crisis](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/01/RESCON_ResidentialReportMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Residential Report: Governments must get on the same track to solve the housing crisis
When it comes to the housing supply and affordability crisis, I feel like we are...
Economic
![Buck Brody named new president and CEO of ConstructConnect](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/BuckBrodyCEOMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Buck Brody named new president and CEO of ConstructConnect
CINCINNATI, OHIO — ConstructConnect, a provider of software solutions for the co...
Economic , US News
![Racialized workers less likely to be unionized: report](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_514367593WEB-300x169.jpg)
Racialized workers less likely to be unionized: report
OTTAWA — Black and racialized workers in аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 are less likely to be represente...
Economic , Labour
![Top 10 Major Upcoming Medical and Educational Construction Projects – U.S. – August 2024](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/Top-10-US-Projects-Header-Graphic-DCN-300x169.jpg)
Top 10 Major Upcoming Medical and Educational Construction Projects – U.S. – August 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming medical and educational c...
Economic , Projects
![Bird announces five projects in four provinces](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/09/shutterstock_1237083064MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Bird announces five projects in four provinces
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Bird Construction has announced it has been selected for fiv...
Economic , Projects
![Top 10 major upcoming Industrial and Water Treatment construction projects – аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 – Aug. 2024](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/Top-10-аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023-Projects-Header-Graphic-DCN-300x169.jpg)
Top 10 major upcoming Industrial and Water Treatment construction projects – аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 – Aug. 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming industrial and water trea...
Economic , Projects
![Affordable housing groups aiming to raise $110 million through community bonds](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_366451277WEB-300x169.jpg)
Affordable housing groups aiming to raise $110 million through community bonds
TORONTO — Tapestry Community Capital says housing groups across аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 are aimin...
Economic , Projects
![Economic costs of construction unfairly offloaded on small businesses: CFIB](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_1061567072MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Economic costs of construction unfairly offloaded on small businesses: CFIB
With federal and provincial governments committed to spending hundreds of billio...
Economic
![RioCan in no rush to build even as interest rates drop, CEO says](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/10/shutterstock_1480323476MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
RioCan in no rush to build even as interest rates drop, CEO says
TORONTO — It will take more than just interest rates dipping lower for RioCan Re...
Economic
![Average Canadian rent tops $2,200 in July even as pace of growth slows: report](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_366451277WEB-300x169.jpg)
Average Canadian rent tops $2,200 in July even as pace of growth slows: report
OTTAWA — Rents are still rising in аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 but the year-over-year pace of growth...
Economic
![China’s exports grow 7% in July, under forecasts, while imports gain momentum](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/08/china-1184107_1280-e1535568644836-300x169.jpg)
China’s exports grow 7% in July, under forecasts, while imports gain momentum
BANGKOK — China’s exports rose seven per cent in July from a year earlier, below...
Economic
![Waterloo Biofilter Systems acquires RH2O](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/shutterstock_2166900137MainwEB-300x169.png)
Waterloo Biofilter Systems acquires RH2O
GUELPH, ONT. — Wastewater treatment specialist Waterloo Biofilter Systems Inc. o...
Economic
![TC Energy eyes data centre growth as potential opportunity](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Data-centres-300x169.jpg)
TC Energy eyes data centre growth as potential opportunity
CALGARY, ALTA. - TC Energy Corp. is eyeing the rapid proliferation of data centr...
Economic , Infrastructure , Projects
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![Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_594218537WEB-300x169.jpg)
Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
Government , Labour
![Climate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/11/Bleasby_Climate6-01-300x169.png)
Climate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve
Ambitions to ban the new installations of natural gas appliances and mechanical...
Government , US News
![$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/FRONT-GC-NB-mill-Rendering-1-A-view-of-the-mill-once-it-is-completed-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.
Pre-planning engineering work has started for construction of a new recovery boi...
Projects
![Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/DW-construction-productivity-BIM-MAINWEB-300x168.jpg)
Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023, one buil...
Labour
![$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/AG-South-Niagara-Hospital-project-rendering-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
It’s been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive South Niagara...
Projects
![Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/AG-Luna-Bay-development-pic-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
Infrastructure
![аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Economic_06-768x432.jpg)
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
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Trades, supporters pledge to march on Labour Day
TORONTO - Ontario’s workers and their supporters are celebrating Labour Day acro...
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