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News ArchivesYEAR2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 MONTH Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec HEADLINES Residential construction expected to decline Aug. 25, 2010, Ottawa – Canada's residential construction industry rebounded quickly from the recession. However, home building activity is expected to slow down in the second half of year. US machinery exports to Canada up 32% Aug. 19, 2010 – Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment increased
in the second quarter of 2010, with a big part of that gain coming from
Canada.
B.C. and Ont. housing markets effected by HST Aug. 16, 2010, Ottawa – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) says national home sales activity continued to trend down in July 2010. New bridge in Cornwall Aug. 11, 2010, Cornwall, Ont. – The Government of Canada will fund construction of the new North Channel Bridge at the Seaway International Bridge in Cornwall. Newly twinned section of Highway 101 open Aug. 9, 2010, St. Croix, N.S. – Motorists on one of Nova Scotia's most-travelled highways are benefiting from a new four-lane section of twinned road between St. Croix and Three Mile Plains on Highway 101. Repairs to Overpass in Merritt, B.C. Underway Aug. 6, 2010 – Repairs to the Walloper overpass on Highway 5 in Merritt, B.C. have begun, ensuring safe access to three provincial parks and the community of Logan Lake along Highway 97D. St. Peter's Bridge project on hold Aug. 6, 2010 – The deteriorating condition of the St. Peters Bridge has forced government to delay the Cardigan Bridge replacement until next year, says Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Ron MacKinley. Construction starts on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail Aug. 6, 2010, Calgary, Alta. – Minister of the Environment and Alberta's Transportation Minister have announced the start of a major pavement overlay to an 8.6-km stretch of Deerfoot Trail, north of McKnight Boulevard in Calgary. Dufferin Construction replaces overpass in 51 hours Aug. 6, 2010, Hamilton, Ont. – Dufferin Construction Company successfully replaced the Aberdeen Avenue Bridge over Highway 403 in just 51 hours on the civic holiday weekend with the use of Rapid Bridge Replacement Technology. |
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Aug. 19, 2010 – Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment increased
in the second quarter of 2010, with a big part of that gain coming from
Canada.

