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February 28, 2010 - The construction industry had the highest number of workplace fatalities of any sector in Alberta in 2009, but this figure is the lowest in the last five years, reports the Journal of Commerce. 

February 25, 2010 - In announcing $4.2 billion in new projects this year to fix Quebec's battered highway network, Transport Minister Julie Boulet also named Jacques Duchesneau to prop up her government's battered reputation, the Montréal Gazette reported yesterday.

February 23, 2010 – According to a Toronto Sun report yesterday, “the federal government says it has finished deciding who gets what under key parts of its massive stimulus program in a tidal wave of approvals that should propel a spring job surge.

February 22, 2010 - The Ontario Minister of Transportation, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne and representatives from the Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) formally signed an agreement today permitting Ontario municipalities to advance municipal asset management through the use and adoption of OGRA's Municipal DataWorks (MDW) application.

February 20, 2010 – A recent article in the Lindsay Post, “Sometimes conservation means unlikely partners”, describes cooperation in action between a conservancy group and several Ontario aggregate producers.   

February 19, 2010 - Lafarge expects global demand to rise up to 5 per cent in 2010 after posting a fall in 2009 earnings.

February 6, 2010 - A report issued yesterday by the Associated General Contractors of America confirms a dire U.S. construction employment situation.