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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NEW JET ENGINE TEST BENCH FOR AIR FRANCE INDUSTRIES AT ROISSY]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Air France has awarded SNC-Lavalin in Europe a complete general contracting contract for the construction of a new jet engiine test bench at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) Airport. The facility will be able to accommodate the next-generation extra large Airbus A380 and Boeing B777 engines.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT IN ALBERTA'S OIL SANDS]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering and procurement (EP) contract by Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray in north-eastern Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the second quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2010.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN MEDIA STATEMENT ON THE TORONTO AIR RAIL LINK PROJECT]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED DISTRICT COOLING PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Construction is pleased to announce that, in joint venture with Saudi Tabreed, it has been awarded a design, build and operate contract by Rayadah Investment Company (RIC) for a district cooling system to serve the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RIC is a Saudi public company owned by the Saudi Public Pension Agency (PPA).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND McGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE  ANNOUNCE FINANCIAL CLOSURE FOR THE GLEN CAMPUS]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) are proud to announce the financial closure and official signing of a partnership agreement between the MUHC and the McGill Health Infrastructure Group (MHIG), composed of SNC-Lavalin and Innisfree Ltd. Under this 34-year public-private partnership (PPP) the MHIG will design, build, finance and maintain the MUHC's new Glen Campus.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT IN ALASKA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Chugach Electric Association, Alaska's largest electric utility, to design and build the Southcentral Power Project in Anchorage, Alaska.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED SERVICES CONTRACT FOR S11D PROJECT WITH VALE]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Vale has awarded a cost reimbursable contract to an SNC-Lavalin / WorleyParsons consortium for the implementation of the S11D project in Brazil.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RANKED AMONG TOP 10 SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES IN CANADA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been ranked seventh in the Top 50 socially responsible businesses in Canada by Corporate Knights.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO DESIGN AND BUILD A SECTION OF WINNIPEG'S CENTREPORT CANADA WAY]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation to design and build a four-lane, four-kilometre section of a divided expressway linking Winnipeg's inland port to the James A. Richardson International Airport and the Perimeter Highway.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RENEWS ITS NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2010)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed a notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on June 1, 2010.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN POLSKA SIGNS PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT WITH GE HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY TO COLLABORATE ON NEW NUCLEAR POWER OPPORTUNITIES IN POLAND]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Polska SP. Zo.o. has signed a preliminary agreement with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to work together to evaluate new nuclear power plant opportunities in Poland.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED A DISTRICT COOLING PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Construction is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Saudi Tabreed for district cooling facilities in Dhahran in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The value of the contract is over CAN $105 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SULPHURIC/PHOSPHORIC ACID COMPLEX IN JORDAN]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin in Europe has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) contract to build a grassroots sulphuric/phosphoric acid complex including utilities and a power plant in Eshidya, Jordan by JIFCO, a joint venture company owned by Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS FOR 2010]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED JOINT VENTURE CONTRACT TO FINANCE, DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PORTION OF CALGARY'S STONEY TRAIL ROAD]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Chinook Roads Partnership, its new 50/50 joint venture with Acciona, has been awarded a contract by Alberta Transportation to design, build, operate, maintain and partially finance the southeast section of Calgary's Stoney Trail Ring Road. The contract is worth $769 million in 2010 dollars.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR OIL PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation - CVP, a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petr&oacute;leos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), for the visualization, conceptual and basic engineering phases for the production facilities and upgrading of extra heavy oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt Blocks. This is the first of several expected Work Authorizations under the contract signed with CVP.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REFUTES MISINFORMATION PUBLISHED ON FEDERAL BUILDING CONTRACTS]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin expresses its disappointment over an article published in La Presse on March 10, 2010 concerning SNC-Lavalin Operations and Maintenance's federal building management contract. In effect, the author of the article chose to ignore many important facts which were explained to him. If they had been included in the article, they would have clearly demonstrated that SNC-Lavalin's rates are absolutely consistent with the going market price for these types of services.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR THE JUNIN 2 BLOCK IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering services contract for the Empresa Mixta Petromacareo Project by PDVSA Engineering &amp; Construction, a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petr&oacute;leos de Venezuela S.A (PDVSA),. PDVSA Engineering &amp; Construction has also awarded SNC-Lavalin an umbrella Technical Services Agreement (TSA) for the execution of projects in the Orinoco Oil Belt.  Petromacareo is the first major award under the TSA.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FERTILIZER PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Sasol Nitro to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a new 400,000 Mtpy calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) production plant in an existing chemical complex in Secunda, South Africa.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS FOR 2009]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2009.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT IN SASKATCHEWAN]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for SaskPower's Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Demonstration Project.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT FOR PRINCESS MARGARET BRIDGE]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by the New Brunswick Ministry of Transportation for the rehabilitation of the Princess Margaret Bridge in Fredericton.&amp;nbsp; The work will be carried out by the Company's construction division, SNC-Lavalin Construction (Atlantic).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED STUDY CONTRACT FOR NITROGEN INJECTION / NITROGEN REJECTION AND CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION PROJECT IN ABU DHABI]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by GASCO (Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd.), a subsidiary of ADNOC, for front-end-engineering and pre-front-end-engineering (FEED and pre-FEED) studies for a Nitrogen Injection (NGI), in addition to a Nitrogen Breakthrough and Nitrogen Rejection (NBNR) and Carbon dioxide Recovery and Injection (CRI) project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.  The contract has an estimated value of over $10 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ESTABLISHES COMPANY WITH RUSSIAN BANK]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and the State Corporation 'Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)' today announced the formation of VEB Engineering LLC, a Russian company that will be jointly owned by SNC-Lavalin and the Bank (Vnesheconombank 51% / SNC-Lavalin 49%).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN NUCLEAR (USA) AWARDED MAJOR CONTRACT FOR STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT IN USA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Nuclear (USA) has signed a contract with Xcel Energy to replace the Unit #2 steam generators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP), located at Welch, Minnesota.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES ENGINEERING FIRM IN BRAZIL]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce the acquisition of Marte Engenharia Ltda., a leading Brazilian engineering firm with approximately 1,000 employees. The firm serves the power industry in Brazil and Latin America, with particular expertise in the design of high voltage transmission lines and electrical substations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR IRON ORE PROJECT IN MAURITANIA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Soci&eacute;t&eacute; Nationale Industrielle et Mini&egrave;re (SNIM) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for an iron ore concentrator project near Zouerate, Mauritania.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR POTASH PROCESS PLANT EXPANSION IN SASKATCHEWAN]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, in joint venture with PCL Industrial Management Inc. (PCL), it has been awarded a contract by Agrium to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the Vault Potash Project in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AIRPORTS: NEW MANAGER FOR CHERBOURG AIRPORT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that the Conseil g&eacute;n&eacute;ral de la Manche (Lower Normandy Region) has awarded SNC-Lavalin a D&eacute;l&eacute;gation de Service Public (Public service operating concession contract), for the Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport, for a six-year period.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR AN ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM IN CAMBODIA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design and build Electricit&eacute; du Cambodge's National Control Centre and Energy Management System in Phnom Penh. The value of the contract is estimated at $5 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the third quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT FOR CALGARY LRT EXTENSION PROJECT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design, build and do the procurement for the City of Calgary West Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Extension Project.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR WASIT GAS PROGRAM]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a front-end engineering (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Wasit Gas Development Program.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES 48% OF OAO VNIPINEFT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has purchased 48% of the common shares of OAO VNIPIneft (VNP), a leading Russian engineering company specialized in oil refining, gas processing, petrochemicals and chemicals.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the second quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2009.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF ISSUE OF DEBENTURES]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announces that it has completed its offering of aggregate principal amount of $350 million of 6.19% debentures due July 3, 2019.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INVESTS IN NEW YORK CITY NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Generation Inc., has signed an agreement to invest approximately US$70 million for a 20% interest in Astoria Energy II to develop, own and operate a new natural gas power plant in greater New York City.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES PRICING OF DEBENTURES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=880</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announces that it has priced the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $350 million 6.19% debentures (the &quot;Debentures&quot;).  The Debentures are being offered for sale on a marketed basis through a syndicate of agents led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. The Debentures will be dated July 3, 2009 and will mature on July 3, 2019.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONSULTANCY SERVICES CONTRACT FOR HVDC INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its Transmission and Distribution (T&amp;D) Group has been awarded a contract for consultancy services on the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electricity interconnection project between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF DEBENTURES]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO US NEWSWIRE SERVICESSNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announces that it has filed a preliminary short form prospectus with securities regulatory authorities or similar authorities in each of the provinces of Canada in connection with an offering of debentures (the &quot;Debentures&quot;). The terms of the offering will be determined at the time of pricing.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR MAJOR ALGERIAN GAS PROCESSING COMPLEX]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction contract by Sonatrach, Algeria's national oil company to design and build natural gas process facilities in the Sahara desert approximately 1200 km to the south east of Algiers.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN IN EUROPE STRENGTHENS ITS INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING EXPERTISE BY ACQUIRING ANTIS]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin in Europe is pleased to announce the strengthening of its industrial consulting expertise with the acquisition of ANTIS, a firm specializing in industrial engineering and logistics.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOREWAY THERMAL POWER PLANT GOES INTO COMMERCIAL OPERATION]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=871</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Power Ontario, a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, is pleased to announce that Goreway Station Partnership's 880 MW Goreway Power Station is now in commercial operation.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RENEWS ITS NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2009)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=869</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed a notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on June 1, 2009.  In the notice, the Corporation states that a maximum of 3,000,000 Common Shares, representing less than 2% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares as of May 20, 2009, may be purchased for cancellation.  As of May 20, 2009, the Corporation had 151,045,093 Common Shares issued and outstanding, 123,773,250 of which made up the pub]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT FOR MONTREAL'S NEW SYMPHONY CONCERT HALL]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=868</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased about the signing of a partnership agreement between the Government of Quebec and Groupe immobilier Ovation, a limited partnership wholly-owned by SNC-Lavalin, to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new concert hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES SPECTROL ENERGY SERVICES INC.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=864</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired the engineering and technical services firm Spectrol Energy Services Inc. of St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS FOR 2009]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES ENGINEERING FIRM IN CHILE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=848</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce the acquisition of VST Ingenieros Ltda, a leading Chilean consulting engineering firm specialized in mining geotechnical work with expertise and technology in the field of thickened tailings disposal. The Santiago-based company has approximately 50 employees.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY CONTRACT FOR AN AMMONIA AND UREA COMPLEX IN VIETNAM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=842</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin in Europe is pleased to announce that its Belgian subsidiary has been awarded a contract for Project Management Consultancy by PetroVietnam for a new Fertilizer Plant in the Ca Mau industrial complex, Vietnam.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS FOR 2008]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=835</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2008.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[JACQUES LAMARRE PASSES THE BATON]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=837</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jacques Lamarre announced today that he has decided to pass the baton to his successor on May 7, 2009 after 13 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., and a 42-year career with the Company. On May 7, 2009, the Board will name Pierre Duhaime as the new President and CEO, and as a Director.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BV2 JOINS SNC-LAVALIN IN EUROPE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=833</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=833</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin*** is pleased to announce that BV2, a key player in pharmaceutical and biotechnology engineering in the Benelux countries, is joining SNC-Lavalin in Europe**. This Belgian firm, headquartered in Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, near Mechelen, north of Brussels, has 63 employees.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AIRPORTS NAMED NEW MANAGER FOR THE TARBES-LOURDES-PYRÉNÉES AIRPORT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=814</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES QUÉFORMAT LTD.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=805</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its Qualitas Division has acquired Qu&eacute;format Ltd., a 35 years-old Longueuil, Quebec firm specializing in materials engineering, geotechnology and environmental sciences, and roofs and waterproofing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=793</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=793</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the third quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT  FOR  A SULPHURIC ACID PLANT IN MEXICO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=762</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=762</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo, S.A. de C.V. (MMB), a Mexican company controlled by Baja Mining Corp., for the technology package, engineering, project management and procurement services, and construction assistance, of a new, 2,400 metric tones per day sulphuric acid plant.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REINFORCES ITS PRESENCE IN ROMANIA AND EASTERN EUROPE BY ACQUIRING THE ASSETS OF TWO ENGINEERING GROUPS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=759</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=759</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it is strengthening its presence in Romania and Eastern Europe with the acquisition of the assets of two engineering groups based in Bucharest.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO BUILD NEW AIRPORT IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=755</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=755</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract for the procurement and construction of a greenfield airport at Benghazi, Libya.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND MURRAY & ROBERTS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NUCLEAR DEMONSTRATION POWER PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=751</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=751</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Nuclear and Murray &amp; Roberts are pleased to announce that Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd has awarded their joint venture company, Murray &amp; Roberts SNC-Lavalin Nuclear (Pty) Ltd. (MRSLN), a contract to provide engineering, procurement, project and construction management services for Phase II of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Demonstration Power Plant at Koeberg, South Africa.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ AWARDED CONTRACT FOR RIO TINTO ALCAN'S BOYNE SMELTER MAJOR SUSTAINING PROJECTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=749</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=749</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin and Sinclair Knight Merz Joint Venture (SSJV) has been awarded a contract worth approximately CAN $92 million (AUD $94 million) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the major sustaining projects for Rio Tinto Alcan's 550,000 tpa Boyne Smelter in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CAR BOMBING KILLS ALGERIAN EMPLOYEES OF SNC-LAVALIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=748</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=748</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[It is with the greatest sadness that SNC-Lavalin learned of a terrorist attack earlier today on a bus carrying its Algerian employees to work on the Koudiat Acerdoune water treatment plant and distribution project in Algeria. Twelve  employees were killed in the car bombing, and approximately 15 were wounded.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=526</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=526</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the second quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES LABORATOIRE SOL ET BÉTON]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=467</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=467</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Groupe Qualitas, has acquired Laboratoire Sol et B&eacute;ton L.S.B., a firm specialized in material and geotechnical engineering, based in Quebec City since 1973.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN WINS CONTRACT TO BUILD TWO NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATIONS IN FRANCE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=458</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=458</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, following a successful bid in response to a European tender call, its subsidiary SNC-Lavalin in Europe has been awarded a contract by GRTgaz - a subsidiary of Gaz de France - to construct two new natural gas compressor plants in France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES ENGINEERING FIRM IN NOVA SCOTIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=456</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=456</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announced that it has agreed to purchase all shares of C.J. MacLellan &amp; Associates in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, a 35-year old engineering and surveying firm offering a full range of multi-discipline design services.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND AECL SIGN MOU ON NUCLEAR  COLLABORATION WITH JORDAN'S ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=455</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=455</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today in Amman, Jordan with the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission covering a range of areas of cooperation designed to assist Jordan in assessing the feasibility of the introduction of a CANDU&reg; nuclear power program based on the Enhanced CANDU 6&reg; (EC-6) reactor.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR A NEW SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANT IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=383</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=383</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, in consortium with Acciona Agua, it has signed a contract worth approximately US$150 million with Myah Tipaza for the engineering, procurement and construction of a 120,000 m3/day seawater desalination plant in the province (wilaya) of Tipaza, Algeria. Myah Tipaza is 51% owned by Algerian Water Investment (a company formed in equal partnership by SNC-Lavalin and Acciona Agua) and 49% by a publicly-owned Algerian economic enterprise, &quot;Algerian Energy Compa]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RENEWS NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2008)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=377</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=377</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed a notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on May 30, 2008.  In the notice, the Corporation states that a maximum of 10,636,000 Common Shares, representing slightly less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares, may be purchased for cancellation.  As of May 20, 2008, the Corporation had 151,121,273 Common Shares issued and outstanding, 106,366,016 of which made up the public float.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS FOR 2008]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=240</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=240</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GENZYME PLANT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=234</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=234</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin, through its Sogequip S.A.S. subsidiary, will design and build a new plant for the American biotechnology group - Genzyme - in the Gerland district of Lyon.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PHARMA NOW IN SPAIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=197</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=197</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Pharma, the pharmaceutical division of SNC-Lavalin, has just opened an office in Barcelona dedicated to engineering (including qualification and validation) for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The office strengthens SNC-Lavalin in Europe's network. It will be able to draw on the presence and support of the SNC-Lavalin Group's powerful subsidiaries in Spain, Intecsa-Inarsa and Censa, which work in the infrastructure, buildings and industrial engineering sectors.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS FOR 2007]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=371</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=371</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2007.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL PROJECT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=189</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC AWARDED BMO FINANCIAL GROUP'S CANADIAN BRANCH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTRACT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=188</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a five-year contract by BMO Financial Group for the delivery of Facility Management services to its Canadian retail branch network.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES GROUPE TECHMAT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=187</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Groupe Qualitas has acquired Groupe Techmat (Techmat), a company specialized in the materials and geotechnical engineering sectors, headquartered in Saguenay, Quebec.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT BC's COAST MERIDIAN OVERPASS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=186</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its Vancouver-based division, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc. has been awarded a contract by the City of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia to design and construct the Coast Meridian Overpass.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES DTI TELECOM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=185</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce its acquisition of DTI Telecom Inc. (DTI), a Montreal engineering and consulting company of 65 professionals specializing in telecommunications.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC AWARDED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR STANDARD LIFE'S INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=184</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada to provide facility management services for its investment real estate portfolio.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES MINING ENGINEERING FIRM IN BRAZIL]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=183</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce the acquisition of Minerconsult Engenharia, a leading multidisciplinary engineering firm of approximately 1000 professionals based in Belo Horizonte, the capital of mining and metallurgical engineering activities in Brazil.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SULPHURIC ACID PLANT IN KAZAKHSTAN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=182</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a lump-sum engineering and procurement contract by Kazzinc JSC (a division of Glencore) for a new sulphuric acid plant, which will be an integral part of Kazzinc's new copper smelter in Ust-Kamenogorsk in eastern Kazakhstan. The contract is valued at over CAN $60 million (approximately EUR42 million).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE RESULTS FOR 2007]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=181</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results today for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ENERGY DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=180</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Company, to develop, install &amp; commission Distribution Management Systems (DMS) for its electricity distribution network. The new DMS systems will control California's electricity distribution network for Northern and Central California using SNC-Lavalin's GENe systems. They will be installed and operated from regional distribution centres in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, and in Northern and Central California.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES SPAN CONSULTANTS IN INDIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=179</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired Span Consultants Pvt. Ltd, an engineering firm headquartered in New Delhi, India with local offices in Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES THE QUALITAS GROUP]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=178</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=178</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired the engineering firm Groupe Qualitas Inc. (Qualitas) and all its subsidiaries.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS NET INCOME OF $41 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2007]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=177</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=177</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) announced its results today for the second quarter and six-month period ended June 30, 2007.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND MINERCONSULT AWARDED EPCM CONTRACT FOR BARRO ALTO FERRO-NICKEL PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=176</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=176</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that, along with local partner Minerconsult Engenharia, it has signed a US$100 million contract with Anglo American Brasil Ltda to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for a greenfield ferro-nickel plant near Barro Alto, in the state of Goi&aacute;s, 170 km to the northwest of Brasilia, Brazil.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES ALBERTA ENGINEERING FIRM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=175</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=175</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired Wiebe Forest Engineering Ltd., based in Calgary, Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING FIRM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=174</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=174</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired Pipecon Consultants Pvt. Ltd., based in Mumbai, India.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN / MURRAY & ROBERTS / HATCH JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD ALCAN'S ALUMINUM SMELTER IN SOUTH AFRICA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=173</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=173</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and its partners, Murray &amp; Roberts and Hatch, are pleased to announce that they have, as joint venture partners, signed a contract with Alcan Inc., valued at more than US$100 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for the first phase of Alcan's Coega Aluminium Smelter Project in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ON REUNION ISLAND, SNC-LAVALIN CLEAN AIR IS HELPING TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=279</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=279</guid>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PLANTS TREES AROUND THE WORLD TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=172</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=172</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's President and CEO, Jacques Lamarre, launched the Company's first worldwide tree planting initiative at noon today by planting a Red Ash tree next to SNC-Lavalin's head office in Montreal.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN IN EUROPE TRIPLE ACQUISITION]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=275</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=275</guid>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND WORLEYPARSONS AWARDED MAJOR EPCM CONTRACT FOR EMAL'S ALUMINUM SMELTER IN UAE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=171</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=171</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded, in joint venture with its Australian partner WorleyParsons, a major engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Emirates Aluminium (Emal). SNC-Lavalin's share in the joint venture will be 67%, and its revenues from the contract will be approximately $US200 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RENEWS NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2007)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=170</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=170</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on May 30, 2007. In the notice, the Corporation states that a maximum of 11,800,000 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing slightly less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares may be purchased for cancellation.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES AQUA TERRE SOLUTIONS INC.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=169</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=169</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired Aqua Terre Solutions Inc., a specialized environmental consulting practice with over 15 years of solid experience throughout Canada.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES A LOSS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2007]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=168</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=168</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its first quarter results for the three month period ended March 31, 2007.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES CAPITAL ENGINEERING IN THE USA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=167</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=167</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin America Inc., has acquired Capital Engineering Inc. located in Chicago, USA.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PHASE OF BRISAS PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=166</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=166</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has commenced the construction management phase of the Brisas Gold-Copper Mine Project in southeastern Venezuela.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN IN EUROPE AND ATEL JOIN FORCES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=261</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=261</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Chovet Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, in partnership with CDF Ing&eacute;nierie, was just awarded an owner-support contract by the Swiss energy group, Atel, for the permitting phase of a project to build a gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant in Bayet in Allier. A EUR240 million investment is planned for this facility.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT BY TONBRIDGE POWER'S PROJECT COMPANY - MATL - TO CONSTRUCT AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IN ALBERTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=165</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=165</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's Transmission and Distribution Division has been awarded a CAN $6M contract by Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) to design and construct an electrical substation near Lethbridge, Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES A FORECASTED LOSS ON A MAJOR POWER PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=164</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=164</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced that its 2007 first quarter results, scheduled for release on May 4, 2007, will be affected by a forecasted loss on a major power project, mainly due to issues arising from the bankruptcy proceedings of a key supplier.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES SPANISH ENGINEERING FIRM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=163</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=163</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired INGESGRUP S.A. and its subsidiaries, which includes INTECSA-INARSA, a Spanish engineering group recognized for its strong record of infrastructure in mass transit, water engineering, ports and marine facilities, tunnels and bridges and, the industrial sector, with its expertise in the construction of gas compression stations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HERBIGNAC CHEESE PLANT: SNC-LAVALIN TAKING THE LEAD]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=251</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=251</guid>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EXPERTECH AND UNION UNABLE TO REACH A NEW COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=162</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=162</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[As a 25% shareholder in Expertech, SNC-Lavalin, along with Bell Canada, would like to express its regret at the decision announced today by Expertech's unionized employees to reject their management's final offer to restructure their services. Expertech is left with no other solution than to develop a plan for an orderly winding down of its operations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES GROWTH IN NET INCOME AND A DIVIDEND INCREASE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=161</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=161</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its fourth quarter and year-end results with growth in net income and revenues, as well as a 29% dividend increase.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PHARMA WORKING WITH GSK, WORLD LEADER IN VACCINES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=247</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=247</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Assard-ELD (Architecture) and SNC-Lavalin Pharma (Special Technology) recently completed the design, construction management and certification of buildings (110,000 m2) for the new vaccine quality control centre that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - the world's second largest pharmaceutical company - had built in Wavre, Belgium.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES TCPI AND NORTHSTAR IN THE USA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=160</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=160</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired two companies, The Construction Partnership, Inc. (TCPI) and NorthStar CV, Inc., both based in the State of Pennsylvania, USA. These acquisitions increase SNC-Lavalin's pharmaceutical and biotechnology team by about 50 people to over 700 employees worldwide.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DMS UPGRADE IN AUSTRALIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=159</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=159</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Energy Control Systems Inc. (SLECS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc., has been awarded a contract by SPARQ Solutions Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of ENERGEX, an Australian corporation managing energy distribution networks, to upgrade its Distribution Management System (DMS) in Brisbane, Queensland.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED FORT HILLS OIL SANDS SECONDARY UPGRADER PROJECT IN ALBERTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=158</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=158</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Fort Hills Energy L.P. (FHELP) to provide front end engineering design services for Phase I of the Secondary Upgrader portion of the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project, located in Sturgeon County, 40 km northeast of Edmonton.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PLACOPLATRE IN VAUJOURS (92): ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SITE FOR SNC-LAVALIN IN EUROPE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=225</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=225</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin S.A.S. in Europe (*) has been retained to supervise the design of infrastructure and utilities, and provide project management services at a large-scale site for Placoplatre, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, in Vaujours (Seine Saint-Denis).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED EPCM CONTRACT BY GREENFIELD ETHANOL FOR ETHANOL PLANT IN JOHNSTOWN, ONTARIO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=157</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=157</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction management services for GreenField Ethanol's new 200 million litre per year ethanol plant in Johnstown, Ontario.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED EPCM CONTRACT BY COBRE LAS CRUCES FOR A GREENFIELD COPPER PROJECT IN SPAIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=156</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN CONCLUDES THE SALE OF SNC TECHNOLOGIES INC.]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has concluded the sale of its shares in SNC Technologies Inc. (SNC TEC) to General Dynamics as announced last February, following approvals received for the transaction from the Government of Canada and regulatory agencies in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A GROUP LED BY SNC-LAVALIN OBTAINS A TOWN PLANNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR THE ORLÉANS REGIONAL TRAMWAY IN FRANCE]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A group led by SNC-Lavalin International Inc., in partnership with Pingat Ing&eacute;nierie s.a.s, Dubus-Richez Architectes s.a.r.l. and Atelier du Paysage s.a.s., is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a project management contract by the Orl&eacute;ans Val de Loire Urban Community for town planning and equipment related to the construction of a second tramway line called CLEO (Construct the East-West Line).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[INGENIERIE STUDIO JOINS SNC-LAVALIN]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.* is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned European subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin S.A.S., has acquired Ing&eacute;nierie Studio, thereby extending its scope of general engineering capacities in France's Southwest and &Icirc;le-de-France regions.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED EPC CONTRACT FOR A GREENFIELD ALUMINUM SMELTER IN QATAR]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with state-owned Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium a.s. to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Services' Area and Potroom Building of a new aluminum smelter (Qatalum) in Mesaieed, Qatar.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC AND QATAR PARTNER ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY AND 10-YEAR SERVICES AGREEMENT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac is pleased to announce that it has formed a company with its local partner, Nasser Bin Khaled Al-Thani &amp; Sons Holding Company W.L.L. (NBK) of Doha, Qatar to develop business opportunities in the management of facilities, real estate, projects, and industrial and infrastructure operations in Qatar.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES GROWTH IN NET INCOME]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced its results for the third quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006, with growth in net income, revenues and backlog.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED HEAVY OIL UPGRADER STUDY CONTRACT IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=151</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petr&oacute;leos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), to carry out a scoping study for an Extra Heavy Oil Processing Complex in the Orinoco Oil Belt in Venezuela.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN T&D AWARDED CONTRACT BY TONBRIDGE POWER'S PROJECT COMPANY - MATL - TO BUILD 347 KILOMETRE TRANSMISSION LINE BETWEEN ALBERTA AND MONTANA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=150</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's Transmission and Distribution Division has been awarded a contract by Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) to design and build an electrical transmission line from Lethbridge, Alberta to Great Falls, Montana.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DKRW AND SNC-LAVALIN COMPANIES FORM ALLIANCE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT COAL-TO-LIQUID FUELS PROJECTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=149</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC (DKRW), headquartered in Houston, Texas and SNC-Lavalin GDS, Inc. of Houston and SNC-Lavalin Constructors Inc. of Bothell, Washington, wholly owned subsidiaries of SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), announced today that they have formed an alliance to develop, design and construct a number of coal-to-liquid fuel projects each valued in excess of a billion dollars.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED ENGINEERING DESIGN CONTRACT BY NORTH WEST UPGRADING IN ALBERTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=148</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed an engineering services contract with North West Upgrading Inc. for a total estimated value of CAN$27.5 million to complete engineering design specifications for the proposed North West upgrader in Sturgeon County, Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES GROWTH IN NET INCOME (2006)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=147</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced an increase in revenues, net income, and backlog in the first six months of 2006.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT AT VANKOR OILFIELD DEVELOPMENT IN SIBERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=146</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=146</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin UK Limited has been awarded a contract by NK Rosneft - NTC, an affiliate of OAO Rosneft, to carry out detailed engineering for its central processing facility at the Vankor oilfield development project in Siberia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR ALGERIA'S NEW 1227 MW THERMAL POWER PLANT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=145</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed two contracts with Shariket Kahraba Hadjret En Nouss S.p.A. (S.K.H. S.p.A.) for a total value of CAN$1.3 billion to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC contract), as well as operations and maintenance services (O &amp; M contract), for a 1227 MW gas-fired thermal power plant in the province of Tipaza, Algeria.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN CONCLUDES TRANSACTION ON INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN ALTALINK]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=144</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that it has concluded a transaction to increase its participation in AltaLink from 50% to 76.92%. The transaction received regulatory approval last week from the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS MAJOR CONTRACT WITH PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=404</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=404</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has announced it has signed a second turnkey contract as part of the R2G.M.P. &quot;Renovation and Redeployment of the Power Train Test Facility&quot; Project (R&eacute;novation et Red&eacute;ploiement des bancs d'essais du domaine Groupe Moto Propulseur) for PSA Peugeot Citro&euml;n at Carri&egrave;res sous Poissy (Yvelines).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN RENEWS NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2006)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=143</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on May 29, 2006. In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 10,800,000 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing slightly less than 9.5% of the public float of Common Shares.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND SAIPEM AWARDED CONTRACT FOR LNG TERMINAL]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=142</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=142</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-CENMC G.P., a partnership between SNC-Lavalin Inc. and CENMC Canada Inc., an affiliate of Saipem SpA, has been awarded a contract by Canaport LNG Limited Partnership to design and build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import and re-gasification terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME (2006)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=141</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=141</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced growth in revenues and net income, an increase in backlog, and a solid cash position at the end of the first quarter 2006.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR THE SHAYBAH EXPANSION PROGRAM IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=140</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=140</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a converted lump sum turnkey contract by Saudi Aramco to design and build the Shaybah Central Processing Facilities (CPF) which form the core project within the Shaybah Expansion Program in Saudi Arabia. These facilities include a gas/oil separation plant, gas compression facilities and utilities.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SAUDI ARAMCO'S KHURAIS WATER INJECTION PROGRAM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=139</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=139</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and Saipem S.A., in joint venture, have been awarded a converted lump sum turnkey contract by Saudi Aramco to design and build the seawater injection plants which form a key part of the Khurais Oil Field Development Program in Saudi Arabia. The four injection plants have a capacity of injecting over four million barrels of treated seawater per day.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN HANDS OVER THE NEW HARRY'S PRODUCTION PLANT IN MOSCOW]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=357</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=357</guid>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME, ITS DIVIDEND, AND DECLARES A THREE-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=137</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=137</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced growth in net income, an increase in backlog, a solid cash position, a three-for-one stock split, and an increase in its quarterly cash dividend.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN DECLARES A THREE-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=138</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=138</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a three-for-one stock split.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AGREES TO SELL SNC TECHNOLOGIES INC.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=136</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=136</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin announced today that it has agreed to sell its shares in its wholly owned subsidiary, SNC Technologies Inc.(SNC TEC) to General Dynamics for CAN$315 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN, ACTIVE IN BIOFUELS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=359</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=359</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin in Europe (head office in Reims) has just been awarded a project management contract by Saipol for an oil production unit and another by Diester Industrie for a turnkey esterification unit at Le M&eacute;riot (10).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT IN ONTARIO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=135</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=135</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Power Ontario Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc., has been awarded a CAN$757 million contract by Sithe Global Power Goreway ULC to design and build the Goreway 880 MW Combined Cycle Thermal Power Plant in Brampton, Ontario.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN NUCLEAR AWARDED CONTRACT ON BRUCE POWER RESTART PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=134</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=134</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to replace the steam generators at Units 1 and 2 of Bruce Power's Bruce A nuclear power station.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GULF INTERCONNECTION AUTHORITY AWARDS CONTRACT TO SNC-LAVALIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=133</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=133</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a three year contract by the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) for consultancy and supervision services for construction of the GCCIA Interconnection Project (Phase 1).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SIRR INGÉNIERIE JOINS SNC-LAVALIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=132</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=132</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin S.A.S., has acquired Sirr Ing&eacute;nierie, an engineering firm based in Alsace, France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES B2000 INGENIERIE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=537</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=537</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin S.A.S., has just acquired B2000 Ing&eacute;nierie S.A.S.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN & PARTNER TO CONSTRUCT NUCLEAR DEMONSTRATION POWER PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=131</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=131</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Murray &amp; Roberts (Pty) Ltd (SLMR), a joint venture company of SNC-Lavalin and Murray &amp; Roberts has been awarded a contract by PBMR (Pty) Ltd to execute Phase 1 (scope definition) for the engineering, procurement, and construction management of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Demonstration Power Plant (DPP) at Koeberg in South Africa.  The project will draw upon the experience and resources of SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Inc.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ALUMINUM SMELTER EXPANSION IN DUBAI]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=130</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=130</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a new contract by the Dubai Aluminum Company (DUBAL) for work on its Jebel Ali aluminum smelter in Dubai. SNC-Lavalin will be providing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services on the project, which has an overall capital cost of approximately CDN $330 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS GROWTH IN NET INCOME EXCLUDING HIGHWAY 407]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=129</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=129</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced growth in net income excluding Highway 407 for the third quarter and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ATP AWARDED CONTRACT TO BUILD FOUR NEW SUBSTATIONS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=128</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=128</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ATP Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., has been awarded a lump sum turnkey contract, valued at approximately CDN$40 million, by the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) to design and build four electrical transmission substations in the province of British Columbia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN JOINT VENTURE AWARDED FIVE WATER DISTRICT COOLING CONTRACTS IN ABU DHABI]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=127</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=127</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Gulf Contractors LLC (SLGC) has been awarded five contracts, worth a total of over CDN$97 million, by National Central Cooling Company (PJSC) (Tabreed) in Abu Dhabi to build two new water cooling plants and expand three others in the United Arab Emirates.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN WINS EPC CONTRACT TO COMPLETE SUPERCRITICAL THERMAL POWER PLANT IN POLAND]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=126</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=126</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Elektrownia Patnow II Sp. z.o.o. (EPII), valued at $298 million (approx. EUR204 million), to complete a 460 MW lignite-fired supercritical thermal power plant in Poland. EPII is a special purpose company with its core investor being Patnow-Adamow-Konin S.A. (PAK).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME  (Q205)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=125</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) reports growth in net income during the second quarter, and for the first six months ended June 30, 2005.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InTransitBC AWARDED CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE VANCOUVER'S NEW RAV RAPID TRANSIT LINE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=124</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that InTransitBC L.P., a limited partnership formed by SNC-Lavalin Inc., British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) and the Caisse de d&eacute;p&ocirc;t et placement du Qu&eacute;bec has signed a 35-year concession agreement with Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Project Management Ltd. (RAVCO) and the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA) to design, build, partially finance, operate and maintain the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver (RAV) rapid transit line.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN TO DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE AND OPERATE NEW OKANAGAN LAKE WILLIAM R. BENNETT BRIDGE]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its Okanagan Lake Concession Limited Partnership (OLCLP) has signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Province of British Columbia to design, build, finance and operate the William R. Bennett Bridge at Kelowna.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND BLACK & VEATCH CONSORTIUM AWARDED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR NEW LNG TRAIN IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=122</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and its consortium partner, Black &amp; Veatch Corporation, are pleased to announce that they will be providing services to Sonatrach in connection with the construction of the new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) train in Skikda, Algeria, under a Project Management Consultancy agreement. Services are set to start in early July 2005, and are expected to be completed in 2010.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN STRENGTHENS ITS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP WITH ACQUISITION IN WESTERN CANADA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=121</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired Morrow Environmental Consultants Inc., a Canadian environmental engineering and consulting company with offices in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NISHI-KHON / SNC-LAVALIN LTD. AWARDED CONTRACT BY DIAVIK DIAMOND MINES INC.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=119</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nishi-Khon / SNC-Lavalin Ltd. has been awarded a $16 million contract by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. for procurement and construction management services for Dike A418 in the Northwest Territories.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2005)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=120</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew, for a 12-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on May 27, 2005. In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 3,950,000 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares. As of May 25, 2005, there were 50,544,081 Common Shares issued and outstanding, of which the public float was 39,573,017.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED SERVICES CONTRACT FOR OIL PRODUCTION SUPPORT FACILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=118</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce that two of its subsidiaries have been selected by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) to provide front-end engineering (FEED) and project management services for new facilities to support the treatment, supply, distribution and injection of sea water in the Khurais and Ghawar oil fields.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED OIL SANDS PROJECT IN ALBERTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=117</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. has been awarded a contract, valued at approximately $40 million, by Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the Horizon Oil Sands Project - Froth Treatment Plant in Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME IN FIRST QUARTER 2005]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=116</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) announced that consolidated net income for the first quarter of 2005 increased to $23.7 million ($0.46 per share on a diluted basis) from $18.8 million ($0.37 per share on a diluted basis) for the corresponding period in 2004.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT ON HORIZON OIL SANDS UPGRADER PROJECT IN ALBERTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=115</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and its joint venture partner, Snamprogetti Canada Inc., have been awarded a lump sum contract by Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural) to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the Horizon Oil Sands Project - Secondary Upgrader Project. The value of the joint venture's lump sum contract plus the field construction is about $550 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES PERMANENT PRESENCE IN INDIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=114</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired RJ Associates (Engineers) Pvt. Ltd., a full-service engineering and contracting firm based in Mumbai, thus ensuring a permanent and local presence in India.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN, ONTARIO AND HYDRO-QUÉBEC TO PROPOSE MAJOR HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT IN LABRADOR]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=113</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. announced that it has submitted a joint proposal with Hydro-Qu&eacute;bec and the Ontario government for the development of large-scale hydroelectric generation facilities on the Lower Churchill River in Labrador. The proposal was submitted in response to a Request for Expressions of Interest and Proposals issued by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador in January 2005.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SULPHURIC ACID PLANT PROJECT IN RUSSIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=112</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. affiliates have been awarded contracts totalling approximately CAD$60 million by Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter (SUMZ) to design and supply equipment and materials for two 1,575 tonne/day metallurgical double absorption sulphuric acid plants. SUMZ is a subsidiary of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), one of the largest copper producers in Russia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN JOINT VENTURE AWARDED SIX WATER DISTRICT COOLING CONTRACTS IN ABU DHABI]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=111</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=111</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Gulf Contractors LLC (SLGC) has been awarded six contracts worth a total of CAN$145 million by National Central Cooling Company (PJSC) Tabreed in Abu Dhabi to build five, new water cooling plants, and expand an existing one, throughout the United Arab Emirates.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR RUSSIA'S VANKOR OIL PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=110</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=110</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a $13 million contract by Vankorneft, an affiliate of the Russian state owned oil producer, OAO Rosneft, for concept validation and front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the giant Vankor Oil Field in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME AND DIVIDEND]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=109</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=109</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin announces that consolidated net income for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $30.7 million ($0.60 per share on a diluted basis) compared to $19.8 million ($0.38 per share on a diluted basis) for the fourth quarter of 2003. Net income excluding Highway 407 was $37.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to $25.3 million in 2003.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BRUN-WAY GROUP AWARDED TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY CONTRACT IN NEW BRUNSWICK]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=108</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=108</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. and its joint venture partner in the Brun-Way Group, Atcon Construction Inc. have been awarded a $543.8 million contract by the government of New Brunswick to complete the four-lane Trans-Canada Highway across the province.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED WATER TRANSFER CONTRACT IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=107</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a CAN $750 million fixed price turnkey project contract by the Algerian Agence Nationale des Barrages to involving two contracts: one to design and and build a 600,000 m 3/day water treatment plant and pumping station at Taksebt, about 100 km east of Algiers. The contract also includes the operation and maintenance of the facilities for a five- year period once construction is completed.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO DESIGN & BUILD 117 MW POWER PLANT IN TORONTO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=106</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Engineers &amp; Constructors Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a CAN $122 million contract with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to design and build a 117 MW cogeneration power plant at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN - FOSTER WHEELER JOINT VENTURE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GORO NICKEL-COBALT PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=105</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=105</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Australia Pty Ltd., in a joint venture with Foster Wheeler (Qld) Pty Ltd., has been awarded a new contract by Goro Nickel SA (Goro Nickel) to provide services related to the engineering, procurement and construction management of Goro Nickel's US$1.878 billion Goro nickel-cobalt project in New Caledonia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SUBSIDIARY TO DESIGN & CONSTRUCT BIOMASS THERMAL POWER PLANT IN MINNESOTA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=104</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=104</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Power Inc., has signed a US $142 million contract with Fibrominn LLC for the engineering, procurement and construction of a nominal 50 MW biomass fueled power plant in the city of Benson, Minnesota.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IN MASSACHUSETTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=103</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=103</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Energy Control Systems Inc. (ECS) has been awarded a contract to upgrade NSTAR Electric &amp; Gas Corporation's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The contract includes the supply of new Energy Management System (EMS) applications.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC CONFIRMS THE SIGNING OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS FROM COAST TO COAST]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=102</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=102</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., Canada's leading facility management service provider, is pleased to announce it has signed several contracts with Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to provide comprehensive property and project management for 319 buildings in the federal government's real property portfolio. The contracts encompass a total of 2.9 million square metres, and represent the largest such service contract in Canada. The buildings are located from coast to coast.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CRUDE OIL GATHERING CENTRE IN KUWAIT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=101</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=101</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a US $79.3 million contract by the Kuwait Oil Company (K.S.C.) to upgrade, modify and expand its currently operational &quot;GC-27&quot; Crude Oil Gathering Centre and related facilities.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN TO TAKE TOTAL OWNERSHIP OF CANATOM NPM INC .]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=100</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=100</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire all remaining shares of Canatom NPM Inc. held by AECON Construction Group Inc., and will become the sole owner of the Toronto company.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME (2004)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=99</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=99</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announces an increase in net income for the third quarter and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND JACOBS CONSORTIUM AWARDED ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR PHOSPHATE PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=98</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=98</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. are pleased to announce that the consortium of their subsidiaries, SNC-Lavalin Europe BV and Jacobs' Delta Catalytic Saudi Arabia Ltd., has been awarded a US $5.7 million contract to provide advanced engineering services for the Saudi Arabian Mining Company's (&quot;Ma'aden&quot;) Al-Jalamid Phosphate Project in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC TO OPERATE NEW CALGARY COURTS CENTRE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=97</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=97</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc, one of Canada's leading infrastructure management service providers, has been awarded the building operations contract for the new Calgary Courts Centre, slated for completion by summer of 2007. The courthouse will be the largest building of its kind in North America.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HUSKY ENERGY AWARDS TURNKEY CONTRACT FOR THE TUCKER OIL SANDS FACILITIES TO SNC-LAVALIN INC . & -PCL]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=96</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=96</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[A subsidiary of Husky Energy Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Inc. / PCL Industrial Management Inc. have concluded a $290-million turnkey contract to design and build a major part of Husky's Tucker Oil Sands project in northern Alberta. Husky has awarded the contract to the 50/50 joint venture partnership between SNC-Lavalin and PCL for the project's Central Plant facilities.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED THREE CONTRACTS FOR WORK ON ALUMINUM SMELTER IN DUBAI]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=95</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=95</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded three contracts with Dubai Aluminum Company Ltd. (DUBAL) for work on its Jebel Ali aluminum smelter in Dubai. The total value of the contracts is approximately US $12 million]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INCREASES ITS NET INCOME]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=94</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=94</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. today announced growth in net income for the second quarter and for the cumulative six month period ended June 30, 2004.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SOGÉQUIP JOINS SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=93</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=93</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin France S.A.S., has acquired all companies in the Sog&eacute;quip family business group, located in the Lyon region of France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN EXPANDS ITS PRESENCE IN POLAND]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=92</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=92</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce the creation of its new subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Megadex Sp. z o.o.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INVESTS $100 MILLION IN NOVERCO THROUGH CAPITAL INFRAGAZ PARTNERSHIP]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=91</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=91</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. and its new partners in the Capital Infragaz limited partnership have invested $900 million for a 50.38% share in Noverco Inc. Noverco holds a 74.7% ownership in the Gaz M&eacute;tro limited partnership, and a 9.76% ownership in Enbridge Inc., two energy infrastructure businesses active primarily in the transportation and distribution of oil and natural gas.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2004)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=90</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=90</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew, for a twelve-month period, its normal course issuer bid, which expired on May 10, 2004. In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 3,951,900 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CHOVET ENGINEERING JOINS SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=89</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin France SAS, has acquired Chovet Engineering S.A. of Lyon, France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN'S FIRST QUARTER RESULTS SHOW INCREASE IN NET INCOME]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=88</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin today announced that consolidated net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 was $18.8 million ($0.37 per share on a diluted basis) compared to $18.3 million ($0.36 per share on a diluted basis) for the corresponding period last year.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INVESTS US$60 MILLION IN NEW YORK CITY NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announced today that its wholly owned affiliate, SNC-Lavalin Generation Inc. has signed an agreement to invest US$60 million in Phase l of a new natural gas power plant in greater New York city as part of a group of Canadian and American investors.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ATP AWARDED 138kV UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION LINE CONTRACT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=86</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ATP Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., has been awarded a contract for approximately CAN$14 million to design and build an underground transmission line for Three Sisters Mountain Village Ltd., near Banff National Park.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED SERVICES CONTRACT FOR WORK ON THE TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=85</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a US $28 million contract by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Trans Alaska Pipeline System's Strategic Reconfiguration Project.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NEW GOLD MINE IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=84</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Engineers &amp; Constructors Inc.(SLE &amp; C) has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for Crystallex International Corporation's Las Cristinas gold mine project in Venezuela, following a competitive bidding process.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES SOLID ANNUAL RESULTS AND AN INCREASE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDEND]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin today reported continued growth in net income and a dividend increase.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SUBSIDIARY AND PARTNERS AWARDED THREE MARINE / WATERWAY TRANSPORT CONTRACTS IN VIETNAM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=82</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, BAE Newplan Group Ltd. (BNG), has signed three marine and port-related contracts in Vietnam worth a total of $3.4 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ECS AWARDED A CONTRACT IN TAIWAN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=81</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Energy Control Systems Inc. (ECS) and Taiwan-based TECO Electric and Machinery Co. Ltd. recently signed a CAN $15.4 million contract with the Taiwan Power Company (TPC) to supply, install and commission a new Feeder Dispatch Control System (FDCS) at its Taipei South District Office.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS FOR n-PARAFFIN & LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=80</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has signed agreements with Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Company Limited in Saudi Arabia to execute an n-Paraffin and Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) Plant Project in the Kingdom. The project has a capitalized value of Saudi Rial 1218 million (US $338 million).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS FEASIBILITY STUDY AGREEMENT FOR PHOSPHATE PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=79</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Europe BV, in a consortium with a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Inc., has signed an agreement to carry out a US $9.4 million (CAN $12.2 million) feasibility study of the Al-Jalamid Phosphate Project in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SUBSIDIARY TO DESIGN & CONSTRUCT THERMAL POWER PLANT IN IRELAND]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=78</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Constructors Ireland Limited, has just signed a contract with Aughinish Alumina Limited (AAL) of Ireland to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a thermal power plant to be constructed near the City of Limerick.  AAL is a subsidiary of Glencore International AG of Switzerland.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS EPCM CONTRACT TO DEVELOP GOLD MINE IN SAUDI ARABIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=77</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that the Saudi Arabian branch of its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Europe BV, has just signed a contract to develop the Al-Amar Mine in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN - FOSTER WHEELER JOINT VENTURE AWARDED CONTRACT AS PART OF PHASE TWO OF GORO NICKEL PROJECT REVIEW]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=76</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=76</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary SNC-Lavalin Australia Pty Ltd. in a joint venture with Foster Wheeler (Qld) Pty Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Goro Nickel SA to carry out certain engineering, planning and related activities as part of the Phase 2 review of the Goro Nickel Project in New Caledonia. The joint venture is known as the CEG Joint Venture.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN POSTS STRONG THIRD QUARTER RESULTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=75</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin reported continued strong financial performance for both the third quarter and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN WINNER OF A 2003 PCI DESIGN AWARD]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=74</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has just been awarded a 2003 Design Award by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), a Chicago-based engineering organization, for its work on the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Canada.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AN SNC-LAVALIN SUBSIDIARY AWARDED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR SEYMOUR FALLS DAM SEISMIC UPGRADE IN NORTH VANCOUVER]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=73</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=73</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Pacific Liaicon and Associates Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc., has been awarded the construction management contract for the Seymour Falls Dam Seismic Upgrade by the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN WINS ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FACILITY CONTRACT IN UAE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=72</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=72</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a US$47.4 million contract by the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER) for the detailed engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning of the Central Environment Protection Facility (BeAAT) in the United Arab Emirates.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ALCAN REFINERY EXPANSION STUDY UNDERWAY]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=71</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Joint Venture (J.V.) composed of  Leighton Contractors and an SNC-Lavalin Australian subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Australia PTY Ltd.  has signed a contract with Alcan Gove Development Pty Limited to undertake the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) preliminary to the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) for the proposed expansion of Alcan's alumina refinery at Gove, in Australia's Northern Territory.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY CONTRACT IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=70</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=70</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., has been awarded an engineering and design study, by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in United Arab Emirates, to determine the most suitable method of recovering carbon dioxide (CO2) from boilers and steam reformers.  The CO2 will be used at the Bab Thamama &quot;B&quot; oil reservoir in a process which is designed to make it possible to recover more of the reservoir's existing reserves.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE AWARDED CONTRACT WITH PSA MOTOR GROUP IN SLOVAKIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=68</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=68</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin France S.A.S, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a CAN $3 million contract by the French company PSA Motor Group to provide project management for the construction of an automobile plant in Trnava, Slovakia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE AND BARBOSA & VIVIER AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SAINT-DIZIER HOSPITAL]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=69</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=69</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin France S.A.S. and the architectural firm, Barbosa &amp; Vivier, have been awarded a contract by Le Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Dizier relating to the construction of a new 288-bed hospital in Saint-Dizier, France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED THERMAL POWER CONTRACT IN NEW MEXICO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=67</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=67</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Constructors Inc. has signed a contract with the City of Farmington, New Mexico to design and construct a 60 MW combined cycle thermal power plant.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS EARNINGS GROWTH IN THE SECOND QUARTER]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=66</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=66</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. today announced growth in net income and revenues for the second quarter of 2003.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT IN ALBERTA BY BELL WEST]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=65</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=65</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. is pleased to announce it has been hired by Bell West Inc., prime contractor for Alberta SuperNet, to assist Bell West in managing construction of the Extended Area Network portion of Alberta SuperNet - the Government of Alberta's new high speed telecommunications network. This project will require the services of up to 30 engineers from SNC-Lavalin's Calgary and Edmonton offices. SNC-Lavalin's contract runs until July 2004.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED US$1.95 MILLION CONTRACT FOR COPPER PLANT IN MEXICO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=63</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=63</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Chile S.A. has just signed a US$1.95 million contract with Compa&ntilde;&iacute;a Minera La Parre&ntilde;a S.A. de C.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo Pe&ntilde;oles of Mexico.  The contract is for work on Milpillas' greenfield copper plant in the Santacruz Municipality of the State of  Sonora, Mexico.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[TROUVIN, FIMATEC FRANCE AND S.A.M. FIMATEC JOIN SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=62</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=62</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Jean Claude Pingat, President and General Manager, SNC-Lavalin France is pleased to announce the SNC-Lavalin Group's acquisition of Trouvin, Fimatec France and S.A.M. Fimatec.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR A THERMAL POWER PLANT IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=64</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=64</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Constructors International Inc. has been awarded two contracts by Shariket Kahraba Skikda S.p.a.; one, for nearly $600 million, to design and build a 723 MW combined cycle thermal power plant in the Skikda region of Algeria, and the other to operate and maintain the plant, once it is built. Shariket Kahraba Skikda is owned by three companies belonging to the Algerian Government: Sonatrach, Sonelgaz and the Algerian Energy Company.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN'S BAE-NEWPLAN SUBSIDIARY AWARDED CONTRACT FOR MINE AND CONCENTRATOR COMPLEX AT VOISEY'S]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=61</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=61</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, BAE-Newplan Group Limited (BAE-Newplan) of Newfoundland and Labrador, has been awarded a contract by Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Ltd. (VBNC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inco Limited. The contract covers engineering, procurement and construction management services for the new mine, concentrator and related facilities complex to be located at Voisey's Bay, Labrador as part of the initial phase of the Voisey's Bay project.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2003)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=60</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=60</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew for an 11-month period its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on June 9, 2003.  In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 3,966,000 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NISHI-KHON/SNC-LAVALIN AND DIAVIK DIAMOND MINES WIN NATIONAL AWARD FOR ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=59</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=59</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Nishi-Khon/SNC-Lavalin Limited (NKSL) a joint venture between Nishi-Khon Engineering and Environmental Services Limited and SNC-Lavalin Inc., and Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI) have been awarded the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers' National Award for Engineering Achievement.  The Award recognizes their work on the design and construction of the Diavik A154 Dike, a crucial element of the new Diavik Diamond Mine in the Canadian Arctic.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES STRONG FIRST QUARTER RESULTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=58</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=58</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin Group reports growth in net income excluding Highway 407 and a continued solid balance sheet.  Net income excluding Highway 407 for the first quarter of 2003 was $21.9 million, an increase of 12.8% compared to $19.4 million last year mainly due to increases in the Infrastructure, Power and Mining and Metallurgy segments.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PROFAC-MANAGED BUILDINGS RECEIVE FIVE TOP INDUSTRY HONOURS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=57</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=57</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., one of Canada's leading providers of diversified management services, is pleased to announce that it was recently presented with five industry awards by the Toronto Chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED WATER TREATMENT PLANT & WATER TRANSPORT SYSTEM CONTRACT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=56</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=56</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded an approximately CAN$200 million fixed price contract to design and build a water treatment plant and water conveyance system in the Dominican Republic.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIRST NATIONS - PRIVATE SECTOR  PARTNERSHIP GAINS MOMENTUM]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=55</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=55</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The creation of Epcom Resources Inc., a Yukon company, heralds a new era of First Nations-private sector partnerships.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EXCELLENT YEAR FOR SNC-LAVALIN]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=54</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=54</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin today reported growth in net income, backlog and revenues for both the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2002.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT TO BUILD 120 MW HYDRO PLANT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=53</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=53</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc., in consortium, is pleased to announce that it has signed a $167 million contract to design and build a 120 MW power facility for Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation in British Columbia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES TEXAS-BASED GDS ENGINEERS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=52</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has acquired GDS Engineers, a Texas-based engineering firm of 500 employees which generates approximately US$50 million in annual revenues.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED URGENT WATER PROJECT IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=51</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a CDN$ 96 million contract by the Algerian Agence Nationale des Barrages to carry out an emergency water project for the city of Skikda, 400 km east of Algiers.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CREATION OF SNC-LAVALIN FRANCE]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jean-Claude Pingat, Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin France, announces that, during the first quarter of 2003, SNC-Lavalin Group's companies in France will become subsidiaries of SNC-Lavalin France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS MAJOR CONTRACT TO BUILD AMMONIA PLANT IN AUSTRALIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=49</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin (S.A.) Inc., recently signed a contract worth more than US$300 million with Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd., for the engineering, procurement and construction of an anhydrous ammonia production plant.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND PAE GOVERNMENT SERVICES AWARDED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES CONTRACTOR AUGMENTATION PROGRAM CONTRACT]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Defence Programs Inc. and PAE Government Services through their 50-50 owned company, SNC-Lavalin PAE Inc., have been awarded a contract by Public Works and Government Services Canada with an estimated value of $200 million for the Canadian Armed Forces Contractor Augmentation Program (CANCAP).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AMERICA, INC. ACQUIRES CERTAIN ASSETS OF THE EICHLEAY GROUP]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin America, Inc. formally announced today that in September, 2002, it acquired certain assets from the Eichleay Group, including the Industrial business sectors of Pittsburgh-based Eichleay Engineers and Constructors.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND PAUL WURTH AWARDED JOINT CONTRACT TO MODERNIZE WORLD'S LARGEST COPPER ELECTRO-REFINERY]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Chile S.A., Paul Wurth de Chile Ltda. And Paul Wurth S.A. have been awarded a joint contract to modernize and automate Codelco's copper electro-refinery in Chuquicamata, Chile.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS GROWTH IN REVENUES AND NET INCOME]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=46</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin Group today reported growth in net income and revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN TO BEGIN NUNAVUT MINE DECOMMISSIONING AND RECLAMATION PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=44</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Engineers &amp; Constructors Inc. is set to begin work on the decommissioning and reclamation of the Polaris Mine in the Canadian High Arctic for TeckCominco . The ship carrying the heavy equipment required for the project leaves the Port of Montreal today, bound for the mine site. Work on the project is scheduled to begin in early September and will be completed in October 2004.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN POSTS INCREASE IN NET INCOME, BACKLOG AND REVENUES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=43</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin today reported growth in net income, backlog and revenues at the end of the second quarter.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN-AL-HASSAN JOINT VENTURE AWARDED OMAN GAS PLANT CONTRACT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=42</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A joint venture between SNC-Lavalin and Al-Hassan Engineering Co. S.A.O.G., of Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman has been awarded a contract by Petroleum Development Oman L.L.C. for the turnkey design and construction and first year of operational support of the Saih Nihayda Gas Plant (SNGP) in Oman. The fixed price contract signed today is valued at approximately US $115 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (2002)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=41</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew for a twelve-month period its normal course issuer bid, which will expire on June 7, 2002.  In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 4,112,000 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ALOUETTE AWARDS THE EPCM CONTRACT TO SNC-LAVALIN - HATCH]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=709</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FILTRATION PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=379</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pacific Liaicon and Associates Inc., a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc., has been awarded a contract for nearly $4 million by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) for work on one of the world's largest greenfield filter plants.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SELECTED BY NEPCO'S FORMER MANAGEMENT AND CLIENTS TO COMPLETE POWER PROJECTS - EXPANDING]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=39</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=39</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, SNC-Lavalin Constructors Inc., has been awarded contracts to complete construction on eight gas-fired thermal power plants in the United States.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES STRONG RESULTS AND A DIVIDEND INCREASE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=38</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin Group today reported a significant increase in net income, with a first quarter result of $139.1 million in 2002 compared to $6.0 million reported for the same period last year.  Revenues also increased by 11% to $627.2 million from $564.9 million last year.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED URGENT WATER DIVERSION PROJECT IN ALGERIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=37</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a CAN$141 million contract by the Algerian Department of Water Resources to build a water supply transfer system, which will divert much needed drinking water from five area dams to the city of Algiers.  Work began on the project on April 1, 2002.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN TO PARTICIPATE IN MALTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONCESSION]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=36</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=36</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. and two partners announced today that the Maltese government has selected their consortium, Malta Mediterranean Link, to assume 40% ownership of Malta International Airport p.l.c.  This company will be the concessionaire of Malta International Airport under a 65-year concession agreement.  The Maltese government retains the remaining 60%.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN STRENGTHENS ITS PRESENCE IN FRANCE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=35</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pingat Ing&eacute;nierie, a French subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, has acquired Soci&eacute;t&eacute; Boplan, an engineering firm with about 100 employees based in five sites in western France.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SIGNS NEW CONTRACT WITH THE GREAT MAN-MADE RIVER AUTHORITY IN LIBYA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=34</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=34</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a major contract, worth CDN$475.2 million, for the operation, maintenance, care and custody of the Sarir water pipe plant in Libya.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ALTALINK RECEIVES REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR ACQUISITION OF TRANSALTA'S ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION BUSINESS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=33</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[AltaLink received regulatory approval today from The Alberta Energy &amp; Utilities Board (AEUB) to acquire TransAlta's electric transmission business in Alberta. Approval for the $850 million sale had been expected in the first quarter of 2002, and it came through on target today.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN SELLS 26% OF ITS SHARES IN HIGHWAY 407]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=32</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin announced today that it is selling 26% of its shares in the 407 International Inc. highway concession to one of its partners in the venture, Cintra of Spain, owned by Grupo Ferrovial and Macquarie Infrastructure Group of Sydney, Australia. Cintra will purchase the shares for a cash consideration of $178.2 million, or $3.96 per share, which is approximately four times SNC-Lavalin's original investment per share price.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES CONTINUED STRONG RESULTS AND A DIVIDEND INCREASE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=7</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=7</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin Group today reported its 10th consecutive year of net income growth excluding Highway 407 for the year ended December 31, 2001 and a dividend increase.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ANNOUNCES NEW RUSSIAN BUSINESS CONTRACTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=31</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=31</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin announced the signing of a contract today with Moscow JSC CITY to provide engineering design services for a series of multi-functional train stations along a proposed rapid transit link (ARTL) between Sheremetievo Airport and the Leningradsky Railway Terminal Station.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED ALUMINUM SMELTER CONTRACT BY PECHINEY]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=27</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=27</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Europe BV has just signed a services contract with Pechiney Netherland N.V. to modernize its aluminum smelter in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The anticipated capital cost of the modernization is approximately US$100 million.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER ATTENDS SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN SNC-LAVALIN AND RUSSIAN ALUMINIUM (RUSAL)]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=26</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=26</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Mikhail Kasyanov, the Russian Prime Minister, was present today in Montreal for the signing of a Memorandum for Cooperation between SNC-Lavalin and Russian Aluminium (RusAl). Signing on behalf of their companies were Jacques Lamarre, President &amp; CEO of SNC-Lavalin, and Alexander Livshits, Deputy General Director of RusAl.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[YUKON FIRST NATIONS JOIN FORCES WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL BUSINESSES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=25</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=25</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[Kluane First Nation, Ta'an Kwach'an Council, Dakwakada Forest Products. Inc. and White River First Nation recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SNC-Lavalin Inc., Golden Hill Ventures Ltd., and ACR Systems Inc. to jointly pursue business opportunities in the Yukon.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MOZAL ALUMINUM SMELTER PROJECT RECEIVES PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=24</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=24</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and its South African partner, Murray &amp; Roberts were awarded the Project Management Institute's 2001 Project of the Year award today for their work on the Mozal Aluminum Smelter in Mozambique.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN STRENGTHENS AGRIFOOD PRESENCE IN CENTRAL CANADA WITH ACQUISITION OF WINNIPEG ENGINEERING]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=23</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=23</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin's presence in central Canada has just increased with the recent acquisition by SNC-Lavalin Audet of the engineering consulting firm, Roberts, Sloane &amp; Associates, Inc.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[KASKA NATION AND SNC-LAVALIN LAUNCH NEW JOINT VENTURE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=22</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=22</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kaska Nation and SNC-Lavalin Inc. today announced the creation of a new joint venture to pursue mine decommissioning and reclamation opportunities in the Yukon.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS CONTINUED REVENUE GROWTH]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=21</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin Group today reported continued growth in revenues and net income (excluding Highway 407) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HIGHWAY 407 EAST PARTIAL EXTENSION OPENING A SUCCESS STORY FOR SNC-LAVALIN AND CONSORTIUM PARTNERS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=20</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=20</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and its consortium partners, Grupo Ferrovial/Cintra and Capital d'Am&eacute;rique joined the Hon. Brad Clark, Minister of Transportation of Ontario today for the official opening - four months ahead of schedule - of the East partial extension and a Central deferred interchange of 407 ETR.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NEW ALBERTA TRANSMISSION COMPANY ALTALINK NAMES FIRST CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=19</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=19</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[AltaLink, the new transmission company formed to acquire the electrical transmission assets of TransAlta has appointed Scott Thon and James Harbilas to the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer respectively.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NEW SNC-LAVALIN CONTRACT TO ENSURE RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES FOR LIBYAN COASTAL REGIONS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=18</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=18</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. has been awarded a C$58 million contract to restore 26 km of a conveyance pipeline transporting crucial water supplies to the city of Benghazi, and other regions along the fertile coastal strip of Libya.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN INTERNATIONAL INC. AND COGECO CABLE INC. JOIN FORCES ABROAD]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=16</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=16</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc. recently signed a marketing agreement to jointly pursue projects in the field of broadband distribution networks worldwide.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS CONTINUED EARNINGS GROWTH]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=17</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=17</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[For the second quarter which ended June 30, 2001, net income including Highway 407 increased by 38.2% to $10.7 million ($0.23 per share) compared to $7.7 million ($0.17 per share) for the same period last year. Net income excluding Highway 407 was $17.0 million ($0.36 per share), a 9.4% increase from $15.5 million ($0.33 per share).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN ACQUIRES TITAN PROJECTS LTD.]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=13</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=13</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Titan Projects Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=12</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=12</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has filed notice to renew for a twelve-month period its normal course issuer bid which expired on May 22, 2001. In the notice, the Corporation states its intention to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 3,253,400 Common Shares of the Corporation, representing less than 10% of the public float of Common Shares.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. ANNOUNCES ISSUE OF COMMON SHARES]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=11</link>
            <guid>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=11</guid>
            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (SNC:TSE) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., under which the underwriters have agreed to buy 3,000,000 Common Shares of the Company and sell them to the public.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO PURSUE SELECTED POWER PROJECTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=10</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc announced today that its subsidiary The SNC-Lavalin Corporation and Washington Group International have formed a strategic alliance to provide engineering, procurement and construction services to help meet the critical demand for additional electric generating capacity in the United States and Canada.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FILTRATION PROJECT]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=40</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pacific Liaicon and Associates Inc., a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Inc., has been awarded a contract for nearly $4 million by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) for work on one of the world's largest greenfield filter plants.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN OBTAINS A $120 MILLION CONTRACT IN TURKEY]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=9</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin and a local Turkish company have, as part of a consortium, signed a CDN$120 million lump sum turnkey contract with Eti Holding S.A. of Ankara, Turkey, for the establishment of a pyrite burning sulfuric acid plant. SNC-Lavalin will be leading the consortium.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS GROWTH IN NET INCOME]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=8</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group today announced net income (excluding the Highway 407 concession) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001 of $12.7 million ($0.28 per share), a 10% increase from $11.5 million ($0.25 per share) last year. Net income including Highway 407 was $6.0 million compared to $2.5 million for the first quarter of 2000.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND PIPELINE POWER PARTNERS TO DESIGN AND BUILD GAS COMPRESSOR STATION IN NEW YORK STATE]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=4</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The joint venture between SNC-Lavalin Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group) and Pipeline Power Partners (PPP) is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Central New York Oil and Gas Company to provide the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a natural gas storage compression facility and associated gas processing equipment to operate the Stagecoach Gas Storage Project in Tioga County, New York.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN CONTINUES GROWTH IN THE WATER SECTOR IN VENEZUELA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=6</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin has signed a US$ 15 million contract with the Venezuelan Ministry of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources for the final design and execution of two waste water pumping stations, treatment plant and connecting pipelines for the eastern peninsular city of Carupano in Sucre state. Sewage is presently discharged at sea by the municipality. This project will therefore have a considerable impact on the quality of the environment in the area.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN PARTNERS WITH HYDRO-QUEBEC IN AN INTERCONNECTION PROJECT IN AUSTRALIA]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=5</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin today announced that it has signed contracts with Hydro-Qu&eacute;bec to participate in the Murraylink project, an interconnector between the electricity transmission grids of the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia. SNC-Lavalin, through its subsidiary SNC-Lavalin Investment Australia Pty Ltd, has taken a 50-per-cent equity participation in the project.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS A DIVIDEND INCREASE AND A RECORD BACKLOG]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=15</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group today announced revenues of $1.74 billion for the year ended December 31, 2000, a 37% increase compared to $1.27 billion in 1999. Net income (excluding the Highway 407 concession) rose to $53.1 million (or $1.14 per share) from $49.5 million (or $1.06 per share) in 1999. Including Highway 407, net income for 2000 was $23.9 million compared to $36.3 million in 1999, which had reflected eight months of highway operation.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN AND MEMBERTOU BAND ANNOUNCE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=14</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sydney, Nova Scotia February 21, 2001 - SNC-Lavalin and Membertou Band today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore jointly mutually beneficial collaborative efforts to develop projects in the Maritime provinces. This agreement is in line with SNC-Lavalin's strategic initiatives to partner with Aboriginal groups and for greater consultation with them in the development and management of resources.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS REVENUE INCREASE OF 46 % IN THE THIRD QUARTER]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=190</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group reported revenues of $462 million in the third quarter of 2000, an increase of 46 percent over the corresponding period in 1999. Revenues in the first nine months of 2000, totaling $1.23 billion, were almost at the same level as that reported for the entire 1999 fiscal year, reflecting increased activity in almost all operating segments of the Company.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN POSTS STRONG SECOND QUARTER RESULTS]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=191</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group today reported revenues of $434.6 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2000, an increase of 44 per cent over the corresponding period in 1999.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNC-LAVALIN REPORTS INCREASED REVENUES AND RECORD BACKLOG]]></title>
            <link>http://www.snclavalin.com/news.php?lang=en&amp;id=192</link>
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            <description><![CDATA[SNC-Lavalin Group today reported revenues of $333.5 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. Excluding the company's participation in the Highway 407 concession, revenues were $326.3 million, representing a 4 per cent increase over the corresponding period last year. Backlog increased 13 per cent during the first quarter to $3.1 billion.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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