Cape Breton flooding left states of emergency in three counties and Port Hawkesbury, with 54 roads still closed, eight bridges damaged and one death reported.
Construction has started on Phase 1 of the North Coast Transmission Line, backed by $3.9B from Ottawa and B.C. to expand the Prince George–Terrace corridor.
Construction has started on the North Coast Transmission Line, a multi-phase B.C. grid project tied to 9,700 jobs and nearly $10 billion a year in GDP.
Ottawa and Alberta will fund at least 1,460 Alberta affordable housing units across 21 supportive and transitional projects, with $385 million pledged.
Northern Ontario construction update: BOT’s $38-million Highway 17 realignment near Rainbow Falls leads a busy 2026 season of northern builds.
Ottawa construction news for September 2026: a $768.6M PCL science hub contract, $78M Alexandra Bridge work, $30.5M electrical upgrades and 11 proposed towers.
Ottawa and Alberta will back at least 1,460 Alberta affordable housing units across 21 projects, with $220M federal, $165M provincial and $238M from other sources.
Canada tariffs on construction materials now cover $27.6 billion in U.S. imports, with many steel and aluminum products moving from 25% to 50%.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026 projects at least 3.5 C of warming by century’s end and describes the shift as irreversible. Here is what the assessment contains, what it leaves open, and who it is written for.
