Construction

(Image/ Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4)

Extended closure coming to B.C.’s Highway 1, east of Golden

The stretch of Trans Canada highway will be closed for a total of 17 days, adding delay of 1.5 hours

 

Nighttime maintenance on Terrace’s Dudley Little Bridge will result in traffic restrictions, with motorists on Hwy 16 advised to anticipate delays. (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

Terrace’s Dudley Little Bridge on Hwy 16 faces overnight construction starting tonight

Traffic restricted to alternating single-lane traffic from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.

 

A battle between rival traffic control and flagging firms led to a $1.5 million defamation judgment against a Langley-based company’s former executives. (Image from Pixabay)

$1.5 million damages in defamation suit against Langley traffic control firm

Fake articles made wild accusations about one firm’s owner

 

A new housing development is constructed in Toronto on May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Canada’s housing starts make largest month-to-month jump in a decade

CMHC says rate of new construction in Vancouver in June was up 71 per cent from May

A new housing development is constructed in Toronto on May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Rise Memorial designs unveiled 2 years after fatal Kelowna crane collapse

United Way has set up an online fundraiser to collect donations for the project

  • Jul 12, 2023
A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
A new sinkhole – the fifth in the area this spring – appeared on Rob Rindt’s turf farm on June 10. The pile of gravel on the left is fill to seal it in. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Fifth Trans Mountain pipeline-related sinkhole since April concerns B.C. farmer

He estimates the latest sinkhole was up to 30 feet deep

A new sinkhole – the fifth in the area this spring – appeared on Rob Rindt’s turf farm on June 10. The pile of gravel on the left is fill to seal it in. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A machinery operator works on a gravel road off the side of Bear Mountain Parkway in Langford on May 29. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Lack of B.C. affordable housing chasing away the people who could build it

B.C. builders say tradespeople shortage made worse by the number of workers leaving the province

A machinery operator works on a gravel road off the side of Bear Mountain Parkway in Langford on May 29. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
A room inside a ‘carbon-minimal’ building is seen in an undated handout photo. One of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ buildings made with hempcrete is officially open this week and it’s located on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-UBC

UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings

Hempcrete captures carbon from the atmosphere as it set and turns to a concrete-like material

A room inside a ‘carbon-minimal’ building is seen in an undated handout photo. One of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ buildings made with hempcrete is officially open this week and it’s located on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-UBC
The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)

Trade union B.C.’s first to offer naloxone kits to construction workers

Kits are being offered in Victoria through the B.C. Construction Industry Rehab Plan

The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)
Houses and townhouses are seen in an aerial view in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday May 16, 2018. A new report says home construction in British Columbia will need to quickly rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Unprecedented construction needed in B.C. to offset record immigration: Report

Report: province must build 25 per cent more new homes than usual for the next five years

Houses and townhouses are seen in an aerial view in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday May 16, 2018. A new report says home construction in British Columbia will need to quickly rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Chris Atchison, President, B.C. Construction Association, urges the province to take steps to reduce the pressures on B.C.’s builders. Photo courtesy BCCA

A letter to B.C.’s construction contractors

Construction and Skilled Trades Month is a great opportunity to recognize the…

  • Mar 27, 2023
Chris Atchison, President, B.C. Construction Association, urges the province to take steps to reduce the pressures on B.C.’s builders. Photo courtesy BCCA
Work to fix the McConnell Crescent landslide has started with plans to finish end of April. (Submitted photo/McElhanney)

Work finally starts on Terrace landslide fix

Work on McConnell Crescent landslide fix to finish this spring, contractor says

Work to fix the McConnell Crescent landslide has started with plans to finish end of April. (Submitted photo/McElhanney)
The city is planning to convert the laneway on the west end of the Terrace Public Library into a small parking lot. It’ll involve cutting a few trees down. (Staff photo)

Small parking lot planned beside the Terrace Public Library

Lot would take up a gravel laneway on west side of the building

The city is planning to convert the laneway on the west end of the Terrace Public Library into a small parking lot. It’ll involve cutting a few trees down. (Staff photo)
Artist’s illustration of an elevated and separate pathway going up Lanfear Hill. (Illustration courtesy the City of Terrace)

City seeks grants for Lanfear Hill improvements

Population growth on the Bench drives need for better access

Artist’s illustration of an elevated and separate pathway going up Lanfear Hill. (Illustration courtesy the City of Terrace)
Construction workers build a single-family home on Cory Drive in Terrace. (Contributed photo)

New home construction falls off in 2022

But multi-residential unit permit values hold steady

Construction workers build a single-family home on Cory Drive in Terrace. (Contributed photo)
Most PPE in B.C. is only made with men in mind, creating one more barrier for women looking to enter the trades.(Credit: Pixabay)

From hardhats to boots: PPE is keeping women from the trades

Virtually all personal protective gear is designed only for men, creating barriers and safety risks

  • Jan 22, 2023
Most PPE in B.C. is only made with men in mind, creating one more barrier for women looking to enter the trades.(Credit: Pixabay)
Liz Barrett had hoped to return to her electrician apprenticeship after a year of maternity leave. Now her kids are nearly two years-old, but she can’t go back to work due to the lack of childcare spaces. (Courtesy of Liz Barrett)

Child care, benefits, stigma among barriers fuelling labour shortages in B.C. trades

Canada will face a shortage of at least 10,000 workers in every recognized trade in the next 5 years

Liz Barrett had hoped to return to her electrician apprenticeship after a year of maternity leave. Now her kids are nearly two years-old, but she can’t go back to work due to the lack of childcare spaces. (Courtesy of Liz Barrett)
A helpful crew from A&J Roofing patched up the Terrace Little Theatre on Friday amid high winds. (Submitted photo)

Roofers rescue Terrace Little Theatre as roof blows off in morning blizzard

“It’s humbling and very much in the Christmas spirit,” say theatre staff

A helpful crew from A&J Roofing patched up the Terrace Little Theatre on Friday amid high winds. (Submitted photo)
Work is continuing to transform the old Elks Hall into a homeless shelter on Tetrault on the Southside but its opening has been delayed. (Staff photo)

Ksan lines up $420,000 grant for homeless shelter renovation

Shelter move from downtown to the Southside delayed until January

Work is continuing to transform the old Elks Hall into a homeless shelter on Tetrault on the Southside but its opening has been delayed. (Staff photo)
Just one major road and civil works project is on tap for the 2023 and that’s an above ground and below ground rebuilding of Graham Ave. from Eby to Kenney. (Staff photo)

Major civil works project planned for Graham Ave.

Council to consider capital projects proposals for 2023

Just one major road and civil works project is on tap for the 2023 and that’s an above ground and below ground rebuilding of Graham Ave. from Eby to Kenney. (Staff photo)