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Montreal-based WSP Global to buy U.K. environmental consulting company in third takeover in just three months
A sign board displays the TSX record first close over 20,000 points in Toronto, Friday, June 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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University of Calgary students convert ATVs to solar power to help Indigenous communities
An all-terrain vehicle drives near the old Hudson Bay buildings in Kimmirut, Nunavut on October 11, 2021.
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What is engineering? How to introduce kids to a world of invention and problem-solving
A student during coding class at the UBC Engineering and Science summer program for kids at UBC in Vancouver September 1, 2016. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
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Kids can think like an engineer
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Capturing Gen Z’s values is key for Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 by Mediacorp
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international business
Renault to cut fewer jobs than initially planned by 2024
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a cable to charge a Renault Kangoo ZE electric utility vehicle at a Renault dealership in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo/File Photo
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These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers
Windsor,Ont. Oct.4/21- Windsor photographer Heike Delmore, takes a photo of Kushboo Patel while on a shoot for Build a Dream at Valiant Machine and Tool. (Rob Gurdebeke)
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CAE and Air Canada sign five-year aircraft maintenance training partnership
The Air Canada logo is shown on a plane at a hangar at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ont., on February 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
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Hydro One reaches contract agreement with union representing about 1,800 employees
A Hydro One sign is seen on the wall of a building at 483 Bay St. in downtown Toronto, on July 10, 2017.
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London family remembered for hard work, patience, selflessness
Yumna Afzaal, 15, left, Madiha Salman, their grandmother who can’t be identified due to Pakistani tradition, and Salman Afzaal, 46. Submitted by Afzaal family
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Amazon to create 10,000 jobs in U.K. this year
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 27, 2019 An Amazon worker packs items at the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, east England on November 27, 2019. - US e-commerce giant Amazon on Friday said it will create another 10,000 jobs in Britain, a day after announcing a US hiring spree as online shopping booms during the pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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What is AI? Is it different from machine learning?
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Mass timber sets an affordability benchmark
A crane lifting a panel of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT).
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SNC-Lavalin hoping for bigger push into U.S. market after years of crisis
Chief operating officer and interim CEO Ian Edwards, middle, is said to have been tasked with developing a plan for SNC-Lavalin that will deliver 'sustainable success' by lowering risk, simplifying the business model and generating stable earnings and cash flow.
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WSP Global misses expectations despite fourth-quarter profit surging to $68.9-million
The Shard skyscraper and Saint Paul's Cathedral are seen in a view of the London skyline from south London June 16, 2012. In buying Parsons Brinckerhoff Group for $1.3-billion in 2014, WSP Global added U.S. clients including the operator of New York’s subways. For the engineering firm, that means a bigger foothold in rails, bridges and ports after working on buildings such as London’s Shard skyscraper.
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SNC-Lavalin to sell oil and gas unit, record charges on construction contracts in reinvention push
A man walks past the headquarters of SNC Lavalin in Montreal on November 6, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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WSP becomes world’s second biggest environmental-consulting firm with purchase of earth-sciences specialist
The Great Hall at Union Station in downtown Toronto, is photographed on April 21 2020.
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Aecon swings to $6.2-million loss as coronavirus slows construction projects
An Aecon construction site near the Gardiner Expressway is shown in Toronto on Friday, July 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe O'Connal
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Investors favour companies with post-pandemic growth plans
An Air Canada check-in area is shown at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Saturday, May 16, 2020. Air Canada says it is bolstering its summer schedule, which nonetheless remains more than 50 per cent smaller than last year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pound the airline industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Canada’s engineering firms struggle to hire amid COVID-19 pandemic
The offices of SNC Lavalin are seen in Montreal on Monday, March 26, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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I want to be a geomatics engineer ... what will my salary be?
Dr. Eric Saczuk teaching a student to operate on a drone for geomatics engineering. Image courtesy of Scott McAlpine, British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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SNC free to exit Montreal in 2024 after shareholders vote down proposal
The SNC-Lavalin headquarters stands in Montreal on Nov. 6, 2014.
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WSP Global withdraws 2020 guidance amid ‘uncertainty,’ but retains most projects
The Shard skyscraper and Saint Paul's Cathedral are seen in a view of the London skyline from south London June 16, 2012. In buying Parsons Brinckerhoff Group for $1.3-billion in 2014, WSP Global added U.S. clients including the operator of New York’s subways. For the engineering firm, that means a bigger foothold in rails, bridges and ports after working on buildings such as London’s Shard skyscraper.
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SNC-Lavalin disbands special committee on spinoffs, but ‘all options’ still open
The SNC-Lavalin headquarters is seen in Montreal on February 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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High-school research program cancelled amid funding dispute with Ontario government
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seen after a meeting with Canada's provincial premiers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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More than half of Canadians say charges against SNC-Lavalin should go to criminal trial: poll
More than half of Canadians say fraud and corruption charges against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. should go to a criminal trial rather than a negotiated settlement where the Montreal engineering and construction giant would pay fines and avoid prosecution.