Nova Scotia
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Renewed sports complex opens in Dartmouth, N.S.
The Zatzman Sportsplex has reopened following a $28 million renovation and expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Abbott Brown Architects.
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New CBTU program aims to increase women apprentices
Canada’s Building Trades Unions have announced the launch of provincial Offices to Advance Women Apprentices in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia Province House marks bicentennial
The sandstone Palladian-Georgian structure is Canada's oldest legislative building, originally housing Nova Scotia's colonial government prior to Confederation.
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Canada invests $4.5 mil in Link Performing Arts Society
The government of Canada is investing $4.5 million in a project by the Link Performing Arts Society, granted through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund.
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New community and cultural centre set for Digby
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are providing $5.5 million towards building a new community and cultural centre in the municipality of Digby.
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Canada invests in Yarmouth ferry terminal upgrades
The Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are each investing up to $3 million in the phase one redevelopment of the Yarmouth International Ferry Terminal.
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Chapel Point Battery Command Post to be restored
The Government of Canada is providing $390,000 towards the restoration of the Command Post of the historic Chapel Point Battery.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Injuries to young workers declining in Nova Scotia
As more young people enter the workforce, workers and employers in Nova Scotia are being encouraged to make workplace safety a priority.
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Cape Breton creative hub receives $5-mil federal investment
The federal government is investing $5 million to help create the Cape Breton Centre for Arts, Culture and Innovation, a new creative hub located in Sydney, N.S.
Canadian Property Management
Alberta hits the trifecta for GHG emissions
Differing populations, economic drivers and sources of electricity generation are easily discernible in the provincial/territorial breakdown of GHG emissions statistics.
REMI Network
Nova Scotia changes Occupational Health and Safety Act
The Nova Scotia government is making changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act that will help keep employees safe at work.
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Nova Scotia invests in university sporting venue
Nova Scotia is investing in the Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games by contributing $1 million in a venue at St. Francis Xavier University.
Canadian Property Management
NS accessibility legislation gets more scrutiny
The proposed legislation sets out a guiding framework for how accessibility standards will be developed, applied and enforced, but critics decry its lack of specifics.
REMI Network
National Trust names winners of 2016 This Place Matters
Kentville, Nova Scotia and St. Catharines, Ontario have won the National Heritage Trust of Canada’s 2016 This Place Matters Competition.
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Nova Scotia issues RFI for Dennis Building site
Nova Scotia is looking for innovative and creative ideas to develop the Dennis Building site in downtown Halifax, while preserving its historic façade.
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Nova Scotia on track to beat 2020 GHG target
Greenhouse gas emissions in Nova Scotia are down 17 per cent and on track to beat a 2020 reduction goal of 10 per cent below 1990 levels.
REMI Network
Nova Scotia propels accessibility legislation
A 22-person panel from community and government organizations have released a report to guide the Nova Scotian government on accessibility legislation.
