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As blogged on AXIOS, most U.S. cities are at risk of experiencing extreme heat thanks to the “urban heat island effect” that’s causing cities to warm as much as 50% faster than the rest of the country. Advertise YOUR business on…

As blogged on FastCompany.com, at 4 p.m. on a bright spring day, if you’re positioned along the High Line, you’ll feel the sun’s rays beating down on you. This makes sense—the High Line is an elevated outdoor park exposed to the…

As reported on CBC News, it’s called a muskrat hut and the people behind it hope it can help alleviate some problems on First Nations and beyond. “The muskrat hut is a small mobile building that houses a bathroom, a shower,…

As reported on  Safety+Health magazine, employers should prioritize efforts to help workers get a good night’s sleep, researchers from Colorado State University say after their study of construction workers found a connection between poor quality sleep and the risk of workplace…

As reported on CBC News, to see the front of the stately Alberta legislature building, everything looks to be in place. But walk around to the southwest side of the 106-year-old structure and a different picture emerges. Shrouded in scaffolding and shrink…

As reported in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, the developer behind a 10-storey apartment building under construction at a prominent corner in the Broadway business district is seeking a property tax break worth $788,535. A City of Saskatoon report estimates the developer’s investment…

As blogged on FastCompany.com, in a world where wildfires and hurricanes are becoming more frequent, design for new housing would be smart to anticipate the climate disasters that are coming. So these new buildings aren’t made from wood or any other…

The revised 31R Parliament proposal includes a 49 storey tower, a “kettle building” and a 5 storey “ribbon building” that runs nearly the full length of the southern border of the Distillery District. The developers are requesting rezoning and a site…

Among web analytic statistics, the bounce rate is one of the metrics most often overlooked by marketers. A bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visitors to your website who leave your website quickly after arriving. Some advanced systems also use…

Statistics Canada reports that the value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities declined 3.7% to $8.0 billion in June, largely due to a decrease in the value of multi-family and institutional permits. Six provinces declined, with Alberta accounting for over one-third of…

Toronto/Minneapolis: August 9, 2019:  The Grey to Green Twin Cities Conference on Green Infrastructure will occur in the Twin Cities Region from September 30 to October 1, 2019, for the first time. The two-day conference features keynote speakers, over 30 technical sessions,…

As reported in the Winnipeg Sun, the City of Winnipeg and one of its committees has been found in contempt of a court order, due to the way it considered a hotly debated development proposal. The city could also face financial…

OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2019 /CNW/ – The trend in housing starts was 208,970 units in July 2019, compared to 205,765 units in June 2019, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual…

As reported in The Star, dividing city lots to build two houses on one property is increasingly common and controversial in Toronto. Is this good planning in light of sky high housing prices and a lack of land for development? Cherise Burda…

As reported on CBC News, the McDonald Park Neighbourhood Association in Kamloops is fundraising to install two new murals on the outside of the park’s washroom and change room buildings, in the hope it will help deter vandalism. McDonald Park, located in the…