OTTAWA- The international economic group that oversees a global anti-bribery convention says it’s monitoring the allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interfered in a criminal prosecution against SNC-Lavalin. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says it is concerned by accusations that Trudeau and staff in his office tried to ...
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Tourist development mulled at summit of Vancouver Island’s Malahat Drive
VICTORIA- A BC tourism company is partnering with a Vancouver Island First Nation on a plan that could see a major development at the peak of the winding, steep and sometimes narrow route connecting the Greater Victoria area to the Cowichan Valley. The proposed Malahat Skywalk would be built at ...
Read More »New integrity regime will add ‘flexibility’ to procurement bans: minister
By Andy Blatchford and Jim Bronskill THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Canada’s minister in charge of procurement says the Trudeau government wants the federal regime for dealing with companies that have integrity problems to be more flexible, a change that could help beleaguered SNC-Lavalin. The engineering and construction giant faces corruption ...
Read More »SNC Lavalin CEO sick of being used as a ‘puck in a political hockey game’
MONTREAL- Amid an ongoing scandal that has rocked the Liberal government in Ottawa, the head of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said he’s tired of seeing his employees “used as a puck in a political hockey game.” “Frankly, they don’t deserve it. And we’ve had enough,” chief executive Neil Bruce said Friday ...
Read More »SNC Lavalin Group slashes dividend 65%, reports $1.6B fourth quarter loss
MONTREAL- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. slashed its dividend by 65 per cent Friday as it reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.6 billion. The troubled engineering and construction giant said it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share compared with its earlier payment of 28.7 cents per share. ...
Read More »Quebec says former SNC Lavalin exec owes $11 million in back taxes
By Giuseppe Valiante THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL- Quebec’s Revenue Department is trying to seize the assets of a former SNC-Lavalin executive facing trial on fraud-related charges after estimating he owes the government more than $11 million in back taxes. A Feb. 18 court filing alleges Sami Bebawi did not disclose ...
Read More »Indigenous Owned Company Wins Major Pipeline Construction Contract
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 20, 2019 — Steel River Group Inc. (“SRG” or the “Company”) announced today that its subsidiary, Steel River Solutions (“SRS”), was named as the Prime Contractor for “Spread B”, a 65 km section of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure’s (“TSE: TWM”) (“Tidewater”) 120 km Pioneer Natural Gas Pipeline ...
Read More »Alberta government helping new methanol plant with $80M in royalty credits
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta- Alberta is giving $80 million in future royalty credits for construction of a new methanol plant in the province’s northwest. Premier Rachel Notley says Nauticol Energy is to start construction on the $2-billion plant near Grande Prairie next year with an opening set for 2020. She says ...
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