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	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:10:03 MST</pubDate>
	
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		<title>Scott Construction continues work on research centre at Vancouver General Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37921</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A worker is busy cutting rebar at the future site of the Robert N.H. Ho Research Centre at Vancouver General Hospital.]]></description>
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		<title>Independent contractors association criticizes Burnaby's fair wage policy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[B.C.&rsquo;s open shop association is criticizing Burnaby&rsquo;s fair wage policy for increasing construction costs and taxes, but the mayor said it is just good social policy with a 20-year track record of success.]]></description>
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		<title>Eastern, central focus of federal budget a concern to industry</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37924</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Construction leaders in Western Canada believe the 2010 federal budget is focused on stimulus spending in Eastern Canada, despite a need for a long-term plan to address infrastructure needs across the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Industry welcomes federal government's commitment to labour-market tracking </title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37925</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government&rsquo;s recent commitment to provide up-to-date labour market information and innovation by colleges is music to the Construction Sector Council&rsquo;s ears.]]></description>
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		<title>International Living Building Institute launches new challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37927</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Living Building Institute (ILBI) put its greenest foot forward recently by launching version 2.0 of its Living Building Challenge (LBC) building rating system. ]]></description>
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		<title>International snowplow championship packs 'em in</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37928</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a mid-winter competition that has attracted contestants from around the world to Canada this February.]]></description>
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		<title>'Quality product cannot come from cutting corners on safety'</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37985</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following letter was sent to Burnaby, British Columbia mayor Derek Corrigan in response to his comments in a story in the March 10 Journal of Commerce on the municipality&rsquo;s fair wage policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Study supports domed stadium for Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37929</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Regina might be getting a new stadium. A study commissioned by the by Saskatchewan government concludes a domed stadium in downtown Regina is feasible.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. construction spending drops by $5.5 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37930</link>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. construction spending in January fell by $5.5 billion to $884 billion,]]></description>
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		<title>Canada BIM Council nears information exchange agreement with U.S. counterpart</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37931</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Canada BIM Council is close to finalizing a memorandum of agreement with its American counterpart,]]></description>
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		<title>SNC Lavalin awarded Saskatchewan carbon capture project</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37932</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for SaskPower&rsquo;s Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dominion Construction gets two B.C. contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.joconl.com/article/id37933</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Seacliff Construction Corp.&rsquo;s general contracting division, Dominion Construction, has been awarded two institutional construction management contracts in British Columbia worth a total of $61.8 million.]]></description>
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