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Port Moody

Major Port Moody development unveiled

The first master-planned residential community in almost two decades is approved and moving ahead in Port Moody.
Cadillac Fairview

Cadillac Fairview rolls out decarbonization technology

Cadillac Fairview is implementing an AI-powered energy intelligence platform to cut energy consumption and carbon emissions across ten Toronto-area buildings
Guelph

Guelph to build $115-mil South End Community Centre

Construction of the centre will include elements to support Guelph's net-zero energy goals.
Cape Breton

Cape Breton U announces $84-mil for net-zero building

A net-zero design will be realized through the installation of a geothermal closed loop system, solar panels, and smart building controls.
Geothermal energy systems now in on tax credit

Geothermal energy systems now in on tax credit

The 2023-24 budget also confirms that low-carbon heating systems are exempt from the labour conditions tied to some of the other categories of clean technology eligible for the tax credit.
Green LRT phase 1

Calgary expands office conversion program

The City of Calgary is expanding its Downtown Calgary Development Incentive program.
Office IAQ best practices up for consultation

Office IAQ best practices up for consultation

Health Canada is preparing guidance on indoor air quality in office buildings aimed at landlords, employers, building operators, facilities managers, maintenance staff and tenants' health and safety committees.
Quebec school maintenance budget gets top-up

Quebec’s school maintenance budget gets top-up

The newly released Quebec budget also promises $100 million over five years to allow post-secondary institutions to lease extra classroom space in commercial buildings.
climate

Quest to curb climate crisis more urgent than ever

The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on March 20, warns that maintaining the global average temperature threshold of 1.5 C is becoming even more challenging.
Traffic evolving on the skilled trades career path

Ontario to fund skilled trades training centres

The Ontario government has allocated $224 million under its Skills Development Fund to help build, expand or upgrade training centres for the skilled trades.
laws centre

UVic laws centre construction underway

Construction is now underway on the University of Victoria’s National Centre for Indigenous Laws (NCIL).
Flooding

Three-in-five Canadians are worried about spring flooding, a new survey finds

Three-in-five Canadians are worried about the potential consequences that flooding and severe rain events may cause during the spring season.
Edmonton

Funds aimed at reviving Edmonton’s tourism sector

Four projects will receive almost $4 million from the federal government to enhance Edmonton's tourism economy.
Cape Breton

Medical school campus planned for Cape Breton University

Nova Scotia is investing $58.9 million for a second medical school campus that will train more doctors and focus on rural healthcare needs.
Accessibility is everybody's business

Ontario opens new round of inclusive community grants

This year's focus prioritizes projects that improve opportunities for community engagement and those that support older adults to age and live at home with access to care.
Manitoba reaffirms energy equipment tax credits

Manitoba reaffirms energy equipment tax credits

The 2023-24 Manitoba budget announces ongoing extension of tax credits for geothermal, solar thermal and biomass system equipment, which had been scheduled to expire this summer.
Queen's Park

Restoration plans unfold for Queen’s Park legislature

A major renovation of Ontario’s 130-year-old legislative building at Queen’s Park is moving forward as the province proposed a new ministry that would oversee the restoration project.