The work sees Porter build two new hangars to accommodate its growing fleet, while the airport authority will build a new taxiway and related infrastructure to support the hangar development.

Statistics Canada’s latest look at the trend shows that residential construction costs increased by 2.5% in the third quarter, while non-residential costs grew by 2.1% percent. Both figures are notably lower than those seen in the second quarter of the year.

More than $5 million in funding from the federal government will go toward the renovation of a former elementary school building into a community hub.

Canada's energy sector will be the recipient of a wave of public and private investment dollars in the coming decade, experts say, as the push to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 gains momentum.

By procuring construction products with a lower carbon footprint – in other words, by enacting buy clean policies – governments can effectively support a sizeable market for clean building products.